Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I love new Beginnings, Not just a new year, but think of all as a new beginning, a new birth, a new day, new weeks and new months, perhaps a new relationship, new friendship, Oh the list could go on and on..... I always have believed that everything new in our life appears for a reason, not long it might perhaps become an "old" in our life but some times if we take the time to quiet the mind and sit and reflect how we felt when things were NEW, it brings back that spark or the calm we seek to begin fresh,.

I spent some time catching up in blogs that I love to read, and as I read a few of them found myself inspired, in awe, amazed and last but not least totally blessed to have these connections and friends! I truly have been blessed and wanted to say THANK YOU for being in this part of my life.

Last week I created a list of things I want to accomplish in 2011...no particular rhyme or reason to it... but thought I would share some of them here...



1. Learn to knit (scarf or dishcloths)

2. Complete 3 water color paintings,

3. Complete 3 collages

4. Participate in 3 ATC swaps

5. Make 36 ATC cards (3 for each month and what the month resembled)

6. 3 Orphanage quilts

7. Learn some new embroidery stitches.

8. Learn to do a thread sketch

9. Crochet an afghan

10. Crochet 2 backpacks

11. Lose 25 -50 pounds

12. Eat at least 1 piece of fruit each day

13. Make 2 doilies

14. Crochet 1 filet hanging

15. Sew some gift bags with draw strings

16. Add more flowers to the Reiki Garden

17. Take 1 college course. ( not sure what at this time)

18. Do more with my angel cards.

19. Organize at least two things a month, room or drawers

20. Work on the book my sister and I began writing 6 years ago.

21. Create 3 small art quilts

22. Create a home made journal

23. Take a photo and get made into a print

24. Graduation scrap books

25. Make over in sewing studio


I could keep going and going but this is a small start and one I can be accountable for here and share as I go.....

So with that I will close and wish you all a Blessed New Year!

Merry Christmas

Not much has been happening here, well o.k. so a lot has been happening but more so just a busy time of the year than normal I guess, but just take one day at a time and try to breathe deep and relax and I know the rest will fall into place right!? Uhhh ya right something like that................... I did manage to start to get the village set up in the above photo on a day that we ended up with close to eight inches of snow and four feet of drifts by the doors and garage, Not a fun way to begin the winter
Becky did the Christmas tree this year.....she always does such a great job I just let her go!
I did start a scrap book for the basketball games, so far so good. I am only behind one game as of right now, so not too worried...easy layouts and more of just a memory book for her , Still time consuming but so worth it in the end.
Well here it is.....recall the friend I mentioned many posts ago that wanted to do a quilt for her mom who is undergoing chemo...well we had started the process a few mos ago and she never wanted to work on the blocks and finally now..UGH 2 days a go she thinks this process is going to be done for Cmas! Ok Reba take a HUGE DEEP BREATH here and smile and say sure comeon over we can work on a few rows ect// she gets here and says to me......: I have26 blocks so we do not have to use all of them so after 4 hours of her laying them out and looking at them......this is what we got to work on
Nice blocks and she did design all of them....the deal of this was I would HELP her sew them in rows and basically do the top the rest is up to her! But I will help where needed but HONESTLY....a week before Christmas??? Ok take another deep breath Reba and move forward this can work out fine!

We spent 2 hours on cutting the sashings which she wanted 1 inch finished so I cut them at 1.5......and proceeded to sew the rows and she loved the look as did I.......we did manage to get four of the rows completed and decided to work on the rest today.....she shows up at my house and says I changed my mind I want to do it another way......... By this time I am not smiling she decided she wants to change the entire layout...and I was not smiling or in any mood to mess with this person who has n idea how to quilt let alone know how much work it entails...

she had some photo blocks printed off at a photo place that was supposed to be on cotton poly and was almost like a nylon......they frayed so bad we could not use them well we can but I know she will not be happy with them so I decided not to even venture there, I guess her husband thinks he can do that which I am very grateful for!!! The two people that were doing some cross stitch blocks for her to place in the quilt are not even close to being done but yet I am supposed to have this done for cmas!

So I instead gathered up all of my supplies , scissors, seam ripper, I cut all the sashings they need,....I gave a very basic demo on how to tie a quilt and also how to sew the binding on.......and sent her on her way home..... not even caring now if I get the stuff back as I was so frustrated she even did this expecting this much stuff on short notice when we ALL summer and most of the fall to work on it but she didn't realize HOW MUCH WORK this was...>Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



Ok got that issue handled and now onto making some goodies for Christmas as I have to work the weekend and oldest daughter will only be home Thurs night late and Friday so celebrating early house is needing some much tender love and cleaning which I may get to tonight along with a ton of laundry to complete!.

How come no one ever told us growing up life was going to be this way!???

All in all life is good...we are all healthy and have so much to be thankful for!!

I wanted to not grumble but take some time and wish all of you a very Blessed Merry Christmas!



Reba~

So far behind

Been a busy two weeks but an awesome one too! Hubby and I went to Morton MN to see Charley Pride, Chip has seen him before in concert and I have been a fan since a small girl and love his music so this was like a dream come true for me! In the photo above Charley is promoting his book that he wrote with Jim Henderson, the name of the book is called Pride, It is is an excellent read if you like reading a bout peoples lives!
We were in the second row and he sang some of his newer songs along with many of the older tunes as well and had a section he did on gospel.
A great night to remember!!! A good showman for sure for his age!
Last weekend we loaded up both the girls rented a suite and went to Sioux falls SD. In the above photo is Becky just hanging out the night we arrived.
In the photo above Liz enjoys the hot tub! We spent two nights, I got some reading done and the kids enjoyed their 5 hour shopping trip in the mall.....I am not a big shopper so a good book was most welcome!
I did manage a little bit of stitching,
The newest addition to the f arm was a new 4-wheeler. hubby's new toy! I did manage to catch a pic of the kids on it but have not gotten the time to unload the camera yet.

I have some long shifts at work coming up so please forgive the time lapse in posts. Eventually it does get better!

The snow missed us this time....been in the low 30's and cold but the ground is still bare!


Until next time have a great week!

Great Give Away

Well you can imagine here I am blog hopping and came across this blog of great wonders!! If you enjoy scrapping and just awesome creativity stop over and take a peek
This is for a great New Tim Holtz blog candy give away.


And another great give away as well and plan to snoop a while on these blogs cause they are awesome!!

Some excellent stamping up products!

What happened to fall

Just some fun little water colors...In the above one I was trying to gather a native spirit look
I love trees..not sure why but I always have
Water color trees
so decided it was high time to begin working some of my stashes down......so here is a small start...the leaves in the bag are headed to my etsy shop in a few days, and the hand made jornals are for co workers based on their interests
An update on my water color tiger, slow but sure.
I completed an embroidery project!! Framed and hung today...
Ahhh our oldest dog Felix... a border collie is just plain getting old, we got him as a baby at 6 weeks and he is now 10 years old. This year I decided it is time to move him into the garage, I am about positive his old bones appreciate it!


Our harvest is complete!! The machinery got cleaned up and tucked away until next year!

We already had a snow and ice....was 32 yesterday and the winds were howling for two days...we lost power and just waited it out like we normally do! At this rate it is going to be a super long winter!!


Hope you all have had a great week and I hope your weekend is a safe one!

Happy Halloween and Hauntings~


Reba~

Fall in the air

Yes, Fall is in the air!! My garden is slowly fading out and life around the farm is turning brown as we lose more daylight hours and the nights become cooler...I went a few days ago and picked a few of the last flowers I had for a first year crop!!

Youngest daughter the week of homecoming each day they had a theme This simply was school spirit day but she reminded me so much of myself back in the early 80's LOL
We moved to our final field yesterday......here is the beginning of it coming out!
Even the farm manager rode along to see that things were going well!
I love his eyes!
Then today after work I swung out to see how far hubby managed to get in the field....Almost half done today so we hope tomorrow to be a ble to say the comine part is done!! Shall hope for no break downs!
While I was out on this farm I decided to snap a photo of a few surroundings to remind me of the things close to me during Earth month for CED.
Just below my feet are some ricj variety of f all colors!
Unloading in the semi
Awe my ride home....I left the pickup so the men could fill up with fuel and also have a ride home tonight!......so called my daughter and thumbed a ride......so typical of roads near me....she leaves the dust in the wind!! :)

A few creative things in the making but you will have to wait until next week for those as I did not make it to my shop with a camera in hand! Sooo dear blogger friends, until next time have a great week!


Reba~

Earth Theme and Harvest

In Spite of the rains we have had our harvest is close to half done now. Soybeans are finished and now working on corn.
The yields have been good, better than we anticipated,... We can only once we are done thank the good Lord above for the bountiful fruits of my husbands labor once again!
I made a card for my sister, not a good photo at all I did not realize how the light reflected until now doing this. Will try and get a better photos of this later on.
Well I am now using the new room hubby worked so hard on! This was taken three mornings ago, first sunrise of the day, awesome view for me!
I love how the trees appear as a silloute
This is my favorite one! I love the deep orange
I did a new painting again of dessert/ changed a couple of things, once again some watercolor and pastel chalks.
I did a collage, water color and scraps used from a different painting that I did not like so cut it up and used a leaf punch and created a new piece....hid a few things in it as well :)
I was running a farm errand for hubby and soooo happy I took my camera with I was able to capture some beautiful shots
Love the reds
ISnt that gorgeous fall colors!
Almost made it to Willmar and just happened to catch this beauty..

Eagles are so majestic!

Hope you all have a great week!