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Thursday, January 30, 2020

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!  

 


Thursday, January 23, 2020

Week 4 of 2020

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by [Clear, James]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 - )

Thursday, January 16, 2020

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




Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Two cabins near end....


Second week of 2020: 

Feeling blessed and happy.  


Wednesday, January 1, 2020

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