Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you have a lovely day with those you love!

Winter Welcome

I use to subscribe to several different quilting magazines.  As the time came and went to renew each one, I usually opted to not renew.  There are a couple of magazines though that I really love and hold on to.  One of those is McCall's Quilting magazine.  In the Holiday issue (Nov/Dec) 2009, I spotted this quilt pattern designed by Susan Guzman.  I have been wanting another Christmas quilt and loved how different this one was.  I used only fabric I had on hand.  It's called Winter Welcome.

I use to have a dining room

Not anymore. I have had a dining room in all the houses we have lived in but you know how many times we used them? Not many. We just aren't formal people. I tried though. We took the old table and chairs to the cabin and then looked for a new set at the stores. I just couldn't find anything that I fell in love with. I kept trying to think of what I would like in that area if I didn't have a dining room there. The Honey and I finally found this piece of furniture. It fits so well with our high ceilings. Then I had to find a couch/love seat/chairs....came up with this.

Don't look at the rug. Just pretend it isn't there. In our old house I had a red room. This house I went with different colors so it has been rolled up and stored away. I am only using it to see if I like the size and am now too lazy to roll it back up and put it away.

 

 

And aren't these flowers darling? I love them. I knew they were from a child of mine but didn't know which one until today. Have to share them with him so he can see what they look out.

 

If you celebrate Mother's Day, I hope you had a beautiful day! Mine was wonderful. I was able to talk to my faraway children...even my missionary...all at once this afternoon. It was a very fun phone call!

Happy 4th!

I love this country of ours! I feel so blessed to be an American.

It's been a great couple of days. Birthday yesterday and it wasn't too bad turning around year older. Some years have been rough. :) There was a missionary sighting of Lil' Man in TN. I love hearing about those! And tomorrow we head to Bear Lake to look at more cabins. I love my life!