Bees, Land and Crafting

In my mind, I picture a renovated house, the bees in the background and us walking around that field. That'd be lovely.

This is one of the shots I snapped as I drove around the outskirts of Harrisonburg (VA). I really loved the rolling hills out there and hope Mark will be able to visit it with me.

IT's wonderful to be home and to see everyone. Who knew a week could feel so darn LONG. In case you didn't Google it, here's where I was last week - do you know how much fun I had looking through all my pages of old atlas-turned-wrapping-paper sheets until I found Virginia? And imagine my glee when I found the exact place I'd be? I turned this into an envelope to hold all the daily notes I made for Mark. It was really fun and made me happy to be crafting again.

Wow It's HOTT!

I'm talking about the weather! Geez...upper 90s with heat index higher than that, along with intense sun. Saturday is suppose to hit 100. :) Lovely! Also lovely is the pink/green color combination. I LOVE this together. Here's my latest (and only real one) craft project later. I need a craft space so I can spread out. I really also want to get out my beads soon and make some earrings or something. So this is my nameplate contest entry for work. I had so much fun making it! There were so many possibilities but in the end, I decided to go with what makes me feel good.

I love pink and green because it will always remind me of a childhood memory of my dad coloring with me and my siblings. He didn't do that often with us but the one time I remember is when he colored a dress these two colors. I thought it was so different but so pretty. I remember I was really impressed that he was so good - not only at staying in the lines, but also at selecting color combinations I never would have put together.

Crafty Goodness

Wow, the entire month of September passed and I didn't even post here! I am sure tired of being tired of things. Mainly it's just work. We are still short two positions being filled, including my manager role, but I think if we can get some good people hired, my life is bound to be less busy and stressful. Right?? Since I never know who might stumble across my posts, I won't say much here besides, pray hard for some help soon. Then I can return to the happier me I like to be.

Last Friday, I sat through a pilot training of Covey's Focus Workshop adn it really helped me to get back to what was important to me. What are my values? What do I hope to accomplish? How should my values drive my decision making process? My reaction to people's demands, requests, dramas, etc.? It was really good. No, it was a really great day. And wouldn't you know it...as I was leaving for the day, I answered one last call and it ended up being a loaded, long call. LOL, can't win sometimes. I did not, however, let it ruin my weekend. Instead, I did a few emails when I got home and then banished work from my mind for the weekend.

I helped Mark work on a label/tag for the honey and had a such a GREAT time! IT was so fun and relaxing to focus on something creative. I even made a trip to Hobby Lobby in New Braunfels to pick up some tags to try out. There's not a big selection at that location but they did have one size to try (medium) so we'll see what the big HL of SA has to offer. A color other than white might be nice. Okay, so tags made and attached. Now to sell the honey...

Knitting Friends and Big Kahuna

Well, I wouldn't say "never." Some things I still have to work on in life. Actually, I should say I am typically not these things but of course there are plenty of things for me to work on in myself. And here are two other fortunes I thought fun, funny and appropriate last night. :)



Last night we met friends in San Antonio at the Big Kahuna for dinner, catching up and some crafting. Two of us knitted and one person drew/colored. I haven't seen my SA pals in months and I can't tell yuou how my heart swelled to see them and to give them each a hug. It was so wonderful!

The above yarn was given to me by Mark and I have been wanting to do something special with it and last night, I finally decided. My friend Tu Ann, who cooks at and was an owner of BK, really liked the yarn (50% Merino, 50% silk) so much that I am going to make a special scarf for her. I think I even have a pattern in mind but I need to get it on paper. Nothing fancy. I will snap a shot once I make some progress.