Friday, June 19, 2009
My New Adventure
This is the fabric I chose to begin my new adventure.
It's called Blossom by Urban Chiks of Moda.
Aren't the fabrics pretty?
The process begins by stitching the strips together in groups of 5 and 6.
Ironing. Of course there had to be some form of unpleasantness in this process.
And cut the stitched strips into squares.
And then into triangles.
Pam says her cat always gets into the act when she quilts. I have six cats, so the odds were pretty good that at least one would come out to play. Meet Roscoe. He's my new stitching buddy.
More cutting....
Ugh...more ironing. I knew this was too good to be true.
Voila! Aren't I clever?
Friday, May 29, 2009
Has it been 3 months? Wow....
Not that it's an excuse or anything, but I've have been very busy. I mean, I was the mother of a graduating senior. You know what that means, right? Shopping for prom dresses, college visits, various competitions, etc. This school year has been so very full, between the kids and their activities and my 2nd year of teaching, sometimes it is hard to catch my breath. I am heading full steam ahead into my summer vacation, and will try much harder to make blogging more of a priority. I have lots of pictures from all that has been happening, so perhaps a brief pictorial retrospective of the past school year will be forthcoming. I plan on fully enjoying this summer, as we prepare to ship Emma off to OU in August, just days before her 18th birthday. Why don't you come along for the ride?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
"All that is necessary...
"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
It Wasn't Broken Overnight...
Just in case you missed it, the website is www.usaservice.org .
We are all in this together. Unless, of course, you're Rush Limbaugh. And if you are Rush Limbaugh, get the hell off my blog! I doubt you would understand it.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Change has Come!
History was made today, thankfully. The "Education President" has left the building and as an educator, I shed a tear of joy and breathed a sigh of relief. Once again we have a leader who is literate. I am confident that President Obama will embrace the English language with such passion as to not feel the need to make up his own words. A student asked me today what Bush will do now. I answered, "He will write a book...um, er...he will hire someone to write a book."
All of the country's education issues will not be solved overnight. I am saddened how many parents have raised their children to be uninformed teenagers. This morning a student, after seeing the Obamas on television leave the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, wanted to know when the footage was taped because, "church is only open on Sundays and Wednesdays". Teachers cannot do this alone. I will give a big shout out to the Chief Justice for the teachable moment he gifted to all of the English teachers watching with their classes today. It was the perfect opportunity to highlight how adverbs can be moved around and not change the meaning of the sentence.