DARE Graduation

The youngest grandchild has hit this local milestone.  It's a program that is so needed in this day and age IMHO.  The program is about Saying NO to drugs, No to under age drinking and builds self confidence and what to do in certain situations to keep your self safe in skit mannerisms.  The local Sheriff's Department has an employee at the school for Fifth Graders, getting to know the children and build a rapport with them and lead as a prime example of community involvement.  Many children treated this Deputy as the Pied Piper.

I love these Boys!
PGS#3 on the left with his BFF, RS what a great kid! on the right
Congratulations Guys!  

 

Week 4 of 2020

Continuing on with my drive and seeing progress in many areas.  VBG and TG!!
Each year I tally my "Dream of 100" where I track projects finished, hiking, biking, trips, museums, movies, books read etc... as a way to reflect at year end and to visualize/remember  how my time was spent. 
For the past 5 years I've happily excelled the "self proclaimed 100"
Each.
And.
Every.
Year.

Such as the category of reading  books.  I love to read and will have 2-3 going at one time.  Currently am reading the Bible (daily with prayers and meditation),  Atomic Habits by James Clear (on my night stand and during the day/errands and wait times), and When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi  (an audio book to listen to when I'm doing my Kitchen chores).  Right now I am really enjoying the Bible and Atomic Habits so far.  I thought I'd write my 2019 list of books read here for my personal reference as I continue to try to empty my shelves.

1. Dead Watch
2. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
3. Memory Man 
4. Coffin Dancer
5. Lady Killer
6. Today Will be Different
7. King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table
8. Think Twice
9. Firefly Lane
10. Fly Away
11. The Panther
12. The Almost Sisters
13. The French Gardener
14. LaRose
15. Someday Soon
16. Lilac Girls
17. Magic Hour
18. NYPD Red 3
19. The Things We Do For Love  
20. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
21. Blue Gold
22. Lost City
23. Exclusive
24. The Lost Girls
25. The Hit
26. The Curated Wardrobe
27. Comfort and Joy
28. Shadow of Night
29. Demon Seed
30. A Dog's Purpose
31. The 5 Secrets you Must Discover Before you Die
32. Undercurrents
33. Radical Kindness
34. Mad River
35. The Stars Are Fire
36. The Talbot Odyssey
37. When Organizing Isn't Enough SHED
38. Notorious Nineteen
39. The Best of Daily Wisdom for Women
40. The Never Game
41. Polar Shift
42. Organizing From the Inside Out
43. The Dry Grass of August
44. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
45. Overdose
46. Backseat Saints
47. The Girl who Stopped Swimming
48. Where the Crawdads Sing
49. Become a Better You
50. The Collectors
51. The Art of Dying Well
52. Deliver Us From Evil
53. Keep Quiet
54. Year One
55. One Second After
56. One Year After

Would you believe my shelves don't seem to be getting any emptier either as family and friends will share a "good Book" or suggest another book to read/lend besides the titles my book clubs' selection for the month.   But with 56 read last year - it is a great number and I'm satisfied.  

8 - )

Roaring 20's coming through..

Working on my spool quilt I started in October 11, 2019.  The thread winded sets are all made, now only need to iron, cut and stitch on the background bars on each side before figuring out which the spool ends to use on each and where.  Fortunately  I saw Edyta Sitar's quilts at our guild meeting in Glens Falls the following day and they are even more fabulous in person,  as is she.




What a talented, kind and beautiful woman with her quilt Common Bride- One quilt pattern I love.

My humble spool bits being shown below:  

   

 Being the third Thursday of this new decade finds me streaming on through my wishes.
Actually making time to sew in my studio though it's still a mess, (must be my normal)   ;~/

Eureka!  A new to me concept.   But it instills my creativity to try to "sew my way out of the mess" and that hasn't been working for me so I'll just try embracing it from now on,.....  we'll see.

TTFN
Jane

Two cabins near end....

Second week of 2020: 

Feeling blessed and happy.  

Intention is key and my current project for 2020

"A good intention clothes itself with power."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson


Always having the best of intentions, though I seem to falter in the completions arena.
So to bring in a very happy, healthy yet productive 2020 my current focus is Two Cabins design from Nancy's Needle.



My word of the year is "record-breaking".
Keeping it simple and now that my computer is back and running, post weekly, simply and proceed.




TTFN, Jane

 Living with simplicity, and steadily share more routinely are my 2020 intentions