Tag Archives: Family

My Day on the Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop

Thank you to Carol from Just Let Me Quilt who has been hosting this hop since 2013. There sure has been a lot of memories, Christmas gift ideas and wonderful recipes shared through this hop over the years. For me a big part of holidays as a child was starting Christmas baking with my MomContinueContinue reading “My Day on the Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange Blog Hop”

I Love Thursday #59

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color some weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. My list is short this week. Our beautiful snow is all gone because of the incessant rain. TodayContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #59”

I Love Thursday #58

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Colorsome weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. I’ll start by wishing all of my American friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving. Here in Canada we celebrateContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #58”

I Love Thursday #56

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color some weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. This was my view this morning when it got light enough to get a photo: The first snowfallContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #56”

I Love Thursday #54

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color most weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. As seems to be the story of my life I’m late to the party to share my happyContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #54”

I Love Thursday #53

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color most weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. What’s not to love about wonderful fall weather! Clear blue skies, the changing colours of the foliage, havingContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #53”

I Love Thursday #52

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color most weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. These past couple of months I have been paying attention to my diet and try to get someContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #52”

I Love Thursday #51

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color most weeks to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. I haven’t joined the linky party the past couple of weeks. I’ve been in a blue funk againContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #51”

I Love Thursday #50

I’m joining a group of friends who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. I am very grateful for our amazing group of firefighters that have been working so hard to getContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #50”

I Love Thursday #49

There are a great group of bloggers who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. These days I’m so grateful for our on line community which allows me to feel more inContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #49”

I Love Thursday #48

There are a great group of bloggers who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. My gratitude post this week especially goes to the valiant, heroic firefighters and helicopter pilots who areContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #48”

I Love Thursday #44

There are a great group of bloggers who get together via a linky party on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color each week to share list of things that bring them joy, inspire them or make them laugh. I try to make it most weeks, but it’s just not always possible. Real life does getContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #44”

I Love Thursday #43

Hello to all of you from a beautiful, hot, sunny golf course in beautiful British Columbia. Life is pretty special when you can wake up to a view like this every day: I’m joining some friends who share posts of things that bring them joy and gratitude we all link up on LeeAnna’s blog NotContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #43”

Another UFO Finished

Several months ago I was lucky enough to do a pattern test for Sandra of MMM Quilts. Her pattern Waltzing With Bear was fun to do since the pattern was so well written and can be found here. My granddaughter had fallen in love with this quilt and asked if I could add to itContinueContinue reading “Another UFO Finished”

Lost in Space

I have been having a week that meant I have been out of touch this week. Apparently WordPress lost all of the links I had posted on my last posts so I will try to get that fixed ASAP. Appointments and meetings filled my time along with family news of Covid-19 testing and quarantining whileContinueContinue reading “Lost in Space”

I Love Thursday #41

If you’ve never checked LeeAnna’s blog, Not Afraid of Color, you really need to pop over to see the lists of things that bring joy to several friend’s lives. I always enjoy seeing the treasured glimpses in to these great blogger’s lives and happiness. I missed posting last week since there is some stuff goingContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #41”

My weekly Goals and Review

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #54 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I started joining Roseanne and Sue at Home Sewn By Us for this fun link up. Last week’s list: 1. Try to get away to the studioContinueContinue reading “My weekly Goals and Review”

I love Thursday #40

There are a group of friends who share lists of things that make them happy over on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color. I missed posting last week due to having the worst migraine of my life for several days due to the wild swings in weather (sunny to snow to sunny to rain andContinueContinue reading “I love Thursday #40”

I Love Thursday #39

Here it is the start of a new month and it’s time for a group of creative bloggers to share our gratitude posts over on LeeAnna’s blog Not Afraid of Color. It’s always fun to head over and see what brings joy in to people’s lives. For me, one of the biggest joys is family.ContinueContinue reading “I Love Thursday #39”