TLB and I are setting out for Hobby Lobby in a bit....

... and buying items to make a craft today. Hehehe!

TLB does NOT do crafts. She pays others to make them for her. Totally endearing!!

And even though she says she doesn't enjoy them, when I can get her to do something (maybe once out of every ten years), she always seems extra proud when she finishes it.

There's something she does do that I never have been able to.... knitting. And she's great at it. And knitting seems much more chic anyway. So even in her non-domesticity.... except that she's also a very accomplished cook, she's mega cool!

Anyway.... we'll see how the day goes.

We're going to do a Valentine quilling project.

I learned how to quill when I was 8.... it was one of the first crafty things I learned.

TLB had a neighbor teach me. She'd see I'd have an interest in something and sign me up for lessons or pay someone to teach me. What a lucky daughter I've been! I learned all the important things about life from my incredibly wonderful mother.... and the little extra interests I had she didn't know how to do, she made sure I got the chance for.

More to come...

TLB LOVED Hobby Lobby!

Playing an old game.....

..... Ally and I. It happened as we were driving down Ustick Rd. the other day and saw a car with a Hawaii license plate.... then 20 seconds later Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Now, if you've never been on Ustick Rd, you might not understand the significance of that. Ally got Alaska yesterday. Guess I better get out more.

Turning the full-of-stuff-bins in my garage into an etsy store

It's time. I've been chattting this up for years.... YEARS. Been cleaning out my garage. Getting rid of soo soo much. Have sold a ton of stuff and donated lots. But there's still so much fabric, paint, wood, floral supplies, paper, jewelry making stuff... you name it, it's out there. I even have friends that will call up sometimes and ask if they can "come shop in my garage". I dare not even put a round-about dollar tag on it all. The only way I can begin to justify it is by creating. Finally putting it all to some kind of use. Sooo, there it is. And here I go. If I think something might be fun for someone else to try I'll blog about it with instructions and photos and such. It feels weird saying that because like most people, there's WAY more I can be taught than I could ever teach others. Anyway. See ya out there!

New normal

Virus's, masks, hand sanitizer, staying home, conspiracy theories, hoarding, facetiming, toilet paper shortage, the worst of incompetency from the very highest level, gaslighting, so much blind and deafness (though, not literally), smokescreens, bold-face lies accepted without explanation.... the list goes on and on. First and foremost though, this is nothing to be made light of. The meme's were a good laugh in the beginning, but they're stale and old now. People are suffering, people are sick, people are dying. Medical workers all over the world are putting their lives at great risk everyday, working to save and protect so many. Grocery and essential store workers, truck drivers and delivery people are making sure store shelves are stocked so we have what we need. It's hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Until there's a vaccine there isn't much "finality" in sight. People. Oh, the people. In so many ways huma...

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