“Indeed, nothing is more critically connected to happiness—both our own and that of our children—than how well we love and support one another within the family.”
M. Russell Ballard
{ Happiness }
A New Twist…
on “Smile for the camera, honey.”
Sheesh.
Stuff To Love
right this minute…
A rainbow of much loved color to spark my imagination in the crocheting department. Oooh…what I can do with all this Peaches and Cream prettyness. Just you wait and see…
A new pile of books about sewing and cooking and blogging and crocheting that should keep me very busy for months, and months, and months. Hot dang.
A wild, sleepy, ancient, 100 year old kitty. No, no–it’s documented. I think he belonged to my great-great grandmother.
No, really.
A glorious pile of brand new magazines to inspire my wander-lusting brain. Hmmm…Scottish Countryside…French classic…American Farmhouse. I just can’t decide exactly what to dream about.
*sigh*
A cute, little Eskimo finger puppet from WeeKnit. It’s suppose to be the Bald Kid trying to keep warm. Notice the sweet little black missionary tag! Haha. Sorry it’s so blurry–but he just wouldn’t stand still!
Playing with paint swatches and trying with all my might to pick just the right colors for the modern classic chicken coop.
Of course, if I had MY way…
Heh, heh, heh.
Favorite Days
Don’t you just love listening to a fabulous motivational speaker–you know, someone who inspires you to work hard…
to be a better person?
I do. In fact, I bet I have close to a hundred such speeches on cassette tapes. I know…I’m old. But they still work.
We are a lucky bunch because twice a year we get to hear from our favorite Church Leaders in a series of Conference sessions for a couple of days.
We even use the days of inspiration as a lovely excuse to set out wonderful food…
and gather the sweet kids around, while we watch and listen together.
Of course it takes some very special “lion taming” supplies in case we encounter any wild animals.
But mostly, it’s the sheer fun of being together while we laugh and sew and listen hard and take notes on how to do things just a little bit better.
But seriously, all that food never hurts.
{ Smiles }
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. They are but trifles, to be sure but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”
~ Joseph Addison
516 days till we see this boy again.