i had a mother who read to me

"you may have tangible wealth untold, caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. richer than i you cannot be, i had a mother who read to me." ~strickland gillilan

i made this for my mom, for mother's day, it was a short and east project but fun to do! and i loved the quote! for i do have a mother who read to me. :)

back to work

well, i finally got some inspiration and decided i had the time to get back into art. it's been a busy month since my husband left, but that was done on purpose so i wouldn't get to lonely and go crazy! :)
a few days ago i went onto pamela garrisons blog, (as i do quite regularly)i was struck my her post on art fiber fest. specifically the fabric journal. it took a couple days still to get my head in gear with my body and schedule but now i'm thrilled to be back at it. creating is so much fun!!! so thank you pam, though i doubt you'll ever read this. i'm hoping to create my own fabric journal soon, my plan is to use the scraps of fabric left from my daughter's bedding. my mom is going to make it all for me! i'm so excited and am now on the look out for the perfect fabric combos. anyway, just wanted to update my blog since it's been yet another month!

slowing down

well, once again it's been awhile. life has been a little crazy in our house the past month or so. we have been preparing for 6 months without daddy. as well as getting ready for a baby girl, due to arrive while daddy is gone. it's been an extremely emotional past two weeks especially. but god is getting me through them day by day with a faithfulness one can only expect from him. today we had a little easter egg hunt just me and gabriel. tomorrow we will be with friends all day and i don't really know what they have planned so i figured we'd do our little things a day early. at just over two it's fun to watch him getting all excited about it. :) we didn't even color eggs last year. anyway, the picture is on the day daddy left. it's still sinking in that i won't see my love for so long. we are hoping that they will be able to fly him home for a week or two when the baby is born but it's not set in stone so who knows! either way, i'll still be delivering without him by my side to hold my hand. i'm really not looking forward to that. but i figure that 1000s of women have done it before me so i can do it to! anyway, now that life is settling into a slower pace and it's just me and the little man i'm hoping to get some art done. it has been so long since i've really just sat down and enjoyed creating. i also have a few projects to tackle in order to get the baby room ready. she will have to share with her big brother for awhile so it's limiting me as to color scheme. but i have some fun ideas and now just have to make it all a reality. hopefully now that i'm not as busy with the husband i'll be able to keep up with my blog. :)

romance

well, it's been a long while since i've posted anything. but life has been pretty crazy compared to what it once was. i have not had time to do any art until just this last week. i was inspired by valentines day and had reason to make something for my sister. so this is what came from that. i enjoyed the creative process as usual. anyway, hope it's enjoyed!

with a new year comes new life

well world, i have shamefully neglected my blog for quite some time now, however i do not feel the least bit of remorse knowing that no one really reads these anyway right? :) after a very quiet thanks giving my husband and i prepared to be away from our sandiego home for the entire month of dec. he had to go out to see for three weeks, during which time i went home to my parents in beautiful hume lake nestled in the sierra nevada mountains, in the middle of the giant sequoia nationl monument. we had a wonderful time and enjoyed many days of sitting around doing nothing much but visiting, eating and playing. we went sledding and did at least five puzzles. Gabriel had a wonderful time other than a cold which wasn't too bad. his favorite person is papa (my dad) who played with him almost every spare moment he had. :) he is now very spoiled and is having a hard time going back to "normal" life, meaning it's just mommy and daddy again and he has to play by himself some of the time. i also enjoyed some time alone with sisters and friends, all of whom i've been missing for so long. at the end of three weeks however i was very ready to see my husband again and to go home, however home was not to be our destination yet. the day my husband arived we spent with my family and celebrated my neices 2nd birthday. the next day we spent with my mother in law and her christmas guests. and the following day we made our way to santa maria to spend christmas and a few days with my father in law and that side of the family. again we had a good time but i was very ready to go home. saddly on the day of our departure we had not been on the road but maybe two hours when we had a casualty that delayed our getting back on the road until about 8 hours later!!! and so we arived home exhausted and have spent the last few days resting and of course doing laundry and cleaning and putting away all the stuff we got for christmas. most of which was for Gabriel. :) so we are home, and life is slowly getting back to normal, i miss my art and am anxious to find some time to get back into it. my husband is working tonight and i think i'll dig in after gabe gets to bed. but add to all this the fact that i have my bible study starting up again next week and i have 3 lessons to catch up on! ( bad naughty me i have been really lazy and enjoyed not having home work during my daily devotions) and we are excitedly preparing for a new addition to our small but growing family. the new member i speak of is at the moment growing within my belly. and at 11 weeks i am occasionally sick and very tired whenever much energy is exherted. but we are, as i said before, very excited! well i supose i've rattled off long enough. but i must admitt that i enjoy talking to nobody. :)