It's Here!

My new sewing machine came yesterday and I love it! It has some really cool features that I have already really enjoyed even though I have just done some practice stitches so I can get to know the machine a little better. It is going to be super nice to have and I already have a long list of hopeful projects to do:)


Me looking like an old lady. A happy one though

Sewing is Sew FUN!

I've been waiting for my sewing machine to come(I should get it today) and while I've been waiting I already cut out my first project. A nice crib sized quilt. I hope it turns out okay and that my new sewing machine will work well for it. I will update with more pictures as I get further along in making it. Wish me luck:)

I Capture the Castle

I just finished reading "I Capture the Castle" today and I have to admit I didn't love it as much as I had hoped I would. I loved reading a personal journal and I thought it was written well but I just didn't agree with the ending. I really was hoping it would be more like boy meets girl and gets the girl but it wasn't that so much. I still enjoyed reading it and I did like part of the ending but I don't think I would read this book again.

Birthday

Well, I had another birthday and it was a really fun one this year. I started out by going to playgroup and then I went out to lunch at Olive Garden for my favorite soup, salad, and bread sticks with a few friends and then I ended the evening with the best Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake I have ever tasted! Yes, I made it thanks to a friends awesome recipe. It was so great and I am having another piece right now and it is even better, if that is at all possible. I got a lot of cards and phones calls, a few free dinners coming my way, and a couple other things that will make my life a lot easier. I even tucked away some money for my sewing machine fund. All in all it was a great day. Thanks to all that made it that way!

Lemons

So Levi and I were watching that 2 and Half Men show and they said something that was not only funny but had a good point. It went something like this:

"You see when life gives me lemons I make lemonade but when life gives you lemons you bite right into them and suck them dry."

It was really funny and it got me thinking about how much I bite into the lemon instead of making something better of it:)

Good Quote

"In this life, we can literally lose everything—home, family, material possessions. He said if I did not return home, I would lose my job. “Do not worry about material things,” I wrote back. “If I lose that job, the Lord will help me find something better.” I finished my mission."

-After Losing Everything, Liahona November 1997

Goals in Review and New Goals

Last year I did really good with my goals until the latter part of the year. Looking back on it I had a lot to do and maybe a little too much. One thing I did really well that wasn't really a goal in the beginning was reading more. I was able to finish on average one book a month. That was great!

This year, I am taking it a little easier. I plan to cut back on computer time on Sunday by not checking my email that day, I am also going to do some sort of spiritual study at least once a day...this could be reading the scriptures, or ensign, genealogy or writing in my journal. Also, I would like to save up money to buy a specific sewing machine I have my eyes on in a sewing shop in Woodbridge.(Any donations would be thankfully accepted..ha ha)After that purchase my goals get a little crazy and I would like to at least sew two quilts and some crib sheets.

Here is to another year with new and exciting adventures and challenges:) I hope you all have great goals to work on this year and that you have a loved one, like I do, who is willing to help you achieve those goals.