No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. –Russian Proverb
Olympic swimmer Andrew Rutherfurd is competing for Bolivia during the 2012 London games. Andrew is a world-class athlete and a devoted member of the Mormon faith. Learn about his journey to the Olympics and his faith in God.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
A Stitch In Time: July Finishes Giveaway Winner
Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce. –Vivian Komori
Another month has gone by! I can't believe how quickly the year is passing. And I can't believe how many beautiful projects you all have finished. I have enjoyed seeing them all and have bookmarked more than one for future reference. Our winner this month was drawn by LadyBug. She picked number 17.
Congratulations to
Sewfrench
Sew French will receive a 10" stacker (layer cake) of Song Bird by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs from our sponsor, The Fat Quarter Shop. If you have a minute, check out her winning Entry, Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend. She also had two other finishes this month, number 8 and number 52. May I recommend that you check out her 52. It is pretty amazing. And make sure to visit a few other projects that were linked up this month. You won't be disappointed!
The August Finishes Linky Party is open, so you can link up as you go throughout the month. Remember to include the August Finishes button {code found on the August post} somewhere in your post. The giveaway, sponsored by The Fat Quarter Shop, is a Layer Cake of Serenade by Kate Spain!
Today's post brought to you by: 
Another month has gone by! I can't believe how quickly the year is passing. And I can't believe how many beautiful projects you all have finished. I have enjoyed seeing them all and have bookmarked more than one for future reference. Our winner this month was drawn by LadyBug. She picked number 17.
Sewfrench Sew French will receive a 10" stacker (layer cake) of Song Bird by Carina Gardner for Riley Blake Designs from our sponsor, The Fat Quarter Shop. If you have a minute, check out her winning Entry, Diamond's Are A Girl's Best Friend. She also had two other finishes this month, number 8 and number 52. May I recommend that you check out her 52. It is pretty amazing. And make sure to visit a few other projects that were linked up this month. You won't be disappointed!
The August Finishes Linky Party is open, so you can link up as you go throughout the month. Remember to include the August Finishes button {code found on the August post} somewhere in your post. The giveaway, sponsored by The Fat Quarter Shop, is a Layer Cake of Serenade by Kate Spain!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Apparently, Blogger Thinks It's None of My Business
It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy.
–George Horace Lorimer
Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll two weeks ago about how much sleep you need. I was really surprised to find that the nearly half of the votes were for 8 hours. I wonder if that is because that's how much sleep the “experts” recommend, and we've had that drilled into our brain so that's what we think we need. Or if that is what we really need. I voted for 8 hours, but how I love to get 9 or 10. Of course, those are precious hours and giving them up to sleep is a hard choice. To the two who voted for 5 hours of sleep, please teach me 
!
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Last week, I wasn't able to get my poll to post. The poll gadget still isn't working this week, so I'm going to take it as a sign from the universe that it is time to retire the "I Must Ask . . ." series. It really isn't any fun without a poll to go with the question {not to mention frustrating for me} and I'm not sure if or when the poll gadget will be working again. I'm sure I could do a little digging, but I think for now this is the last question I must ask.
The other week, I stopped by the bank to deposit a check. If I had been thinking at all, I would have gone inside the bank because the drive-through at this particular branch is horrible. The service is SO slow and the setup is ridiculous. There are two lanes, each with two teller terminals, one behind the other. I've been trapped in this drive-up for an inconvenient amount of time more than once. The worst was when I was stuck behind someone who wanted a cashier's check {at the drive-up!}. On that particular day the teller finished my transaction first {a simple deposit, which was ready when I pulled up} and I sat there for 15 minutes waiting for the lane to clear. If you're at the second teller terminal in either lane, there is no escaping because all incoming traffic is funneled down to a one-lane queue behind you and when a teller lane clears, the first two cars in the queue can advance to the open terminals, one behind the other. You just have to wait until the person in front of you is finished because there's no way around and no backing out.
But I digress. Today is not the day to rant about the shortcomings of my bank's drive-through. I mention it because I was at the head of the queue waiting for a lane to open up, glad to have a smart phone with a Facebook app {what part of "please have your transaction ready" is difficult to understand?}. While I was waiting, a woman shuffled up to my passenger side and motioned for me to roll down the window. She asked if I had any cash as she was trying to get something to eat. I had $3.00 in my wallet, which I gave her. Had she caught me on my way out of the drive-through, I probably would have given her a ten.
For the most part, I use a card to pay for purchases. But I like to carry a little mad money, you know, just in case. At any given time, I have no more than $20 in my wallet, which seems like a huge amount to me. At the moment, I think I have like 79₵, which isn't really enough for anything. $10 is my cash comfort level, but I don't stress if I'm down to a few coins. I don't like having a lot of money in my wallet anyway, because then I'll just spend it and wonder where it went.
I know that not everyone is cash conservative. Mr. Bug likes to have a stash of cash. A long time ago, I had a boss who carried a money clip full of large bills, always. And once upon a time, I had a boyfriend who was paranoid that when he went to make a purchase of any kind he'd get to the register and not have enough cash, so he carried superfluous amounts. I learned growing up that every penny counts, so I used to write checks for everything so I could keep close tabs on what I spent. I only write a few checks nowadays. I mostly use a card, and those purchases are even more easily tracked than checks because I don't have to write anything down; I can just check on-line and balance it out in my spreadsheet.
I've told you how much money I like to carry. I wondered if asking about pocket money was OK for "polite conversation." I'm pretty sure that Blogger thinks it is none of my business. It's the only explanation for the poll gadget to be out of order for two weeks in a row. But kosher or not, I must ask . . . what's in your wallet? If you want to participate this week you'll have to leave a pocket change/mad money comment and I guess we'll find out if it really is none of my business
. You can round to the nearest dollar or declare the exact amount. Anything more than $50 is above my pay grade, so if you carry more than that . . . well . . . just say $50+ and I'll assume that means $50, three pennies, two nickels and a dime.
–George Horace Lorimer
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Last week, I wasn't able to get my poll to post. The poll gadget still isn't working this week, so I'm going to take it as a sign from the universe that it is time to retire the "I Must Ask . . ." series. It really isn't any fun without a poll to go with the question {not to mention frustrating for me} and I'm not sure if or when the poll gadget will be working again. I'm sure I could do a little digging, but I think for now this is the last question I must ask.
The other week, I stopped by the bank to deposit a check. If I had been thinking at all, I would have gone inside the bank because the drive-through at this particular branch is horrible. The service is SO slow and the setup is ridiculous. There are two lanes, each with two teller terminals, one behind the other. I've been trapped in this drive-up for an inconvenient amount of time more than once. The worst was when I was stuck behind someone who wanted a cashier's check {at the drive-up!}. On that particular day the teller finished my transaction first {a simple deposit, which was ready when I pulled up} and I sat there for 15 minutes waiting for the lane to clear. If you're at the second teller terminal in either lane, there is no escaping because all incoming traffic is funneled down to a one-lane queue behind you and when a teller lane clears, the first two cars in the queue can advance to the open terminals, one behind the other. You just have to wait until the person in front of you is finished because there's no way around and no backing out.
But I digress. Today is not the day to rant about the shortcomings of my bank's drive-through. I mention it because I was at the head of the queue waiting for a lane to open up, glad to have a smart phone with a Facebook app {what part of "please have your transaction ready" is difficult to understand?}. While I was waiting, a woman shuffled up to my passenger side and motioned for me to roll down the window. She asked if I had any cash as she was trying to get something to eat. I had $3.00 in my wallet, which I gave her. Had she caught me on my way out of the drive-through, I probably would have given her a ten.
For the most part, I use a card to pay for purchases. But I like to carry a little mad money, you know, just in case. At any given time, I have no more than $20 in my wallet, which seems like a huge amount to me. At the moment, I think I have like 79₵, which isn't really enough for anything. $10 is my cash comfort level, but I don't stress if I'm down to a few coins. I don't like having a lot of money in my wallet anyway, because then I'll just spend it and wonder where it went.
I know that not everyone is cash conservative. Mr. Bug likes to have a stash of cash. A long time ago, I had a boss who carried a money clip full of large bills, always. And once upon a time, I had a boyfriend who was paranoid that when he went to make a purchase of any kind he'd get to the register and not have enough cash, so he carried superfluous amounts. I learned growing up that every penny counts, so I used to write checks for everything so I could keep close tabs on what I spent. I only write a few checks nowadays. I mostly use a card, and those purchases are even more easily tracked than checks because I don't have to write anything down; I can just check on-line and balance it out in my spreadsheet.
I've told you how much money I like to carry. I wondered if asking about pocket money was OK for "polite conversation." I'm pretty sure that Blogger thinks it is none of my business. It's the only explanation for the poll gadget to be out of order for two weeks in a row. But kosher or not, I must ask . . . what's in your wallet? If you want to participate this week you'll have to leave a pocket change/mad money comment and I guess we'll find out if it really is none of my business
. You can round to the nearest dollar or declare the exact amount. Anything more than $50 is above my pay grade, so if you carry more than that . . . well . . . just say $50+ and I'll assume that means $50, three pennies, two nickels and a dime.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
A Stitch In Time: August Finishes Linky Party
I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them. –George Bernard Shaw
Welcome to the August Finishes Linky Party! If you're new here, make yourself comfy and get ready to be inspired! For those of you who've been around for a while, thanks for being here! I can not tell you how much I enjoy visiting your blogs and seeing your finished projects. You are all so talented and have such great ideas! If only there were about 18 more hours in a day 
so I could have more time to recreate some of your fabulous projects! The party will be open all month, so link up as you go and I'll be around to see what clever and crafty things you've been up to.
Anything finished between 12:00 am on August 1st and 11:59 pm on August 31st {in your time zone} can be added to this linky party. You have through noon {MST} on September 1st to post about it and link up.
To participate in this month's linky party:
• Finish a project {finished as in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away} with some sort of stitching in it and blog about it or post a photo of it on Flickr.
• Scroll down to see what other bloggers are up to and link to your own finishes.
• Please include the August button in your blog post. Copy the code in the text box below and paste it somewhere in your post. The button is a link back here, so that other bloggers can find their way over and link up too.
• Each time you link up a finished project, you're entered to win the August giveaway, a Layer Cake of Serenade by Kate Spain!
• Thank you to The Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring our giveaway!
The Fine Print {which might be boring but you really should read}:
• Projects must include stitching of some sort. For example: appliqué, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting, practical sewing {garment construction, bags, curtains, etc.}, quilting.
• Projects must be completely finished. As in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away.
• You can pick something new to do, but projects do not have to be started during the month. If you pick up a UFO, Ph.D, WIP and finish it during the month, it counts.
• Finishes must be completed during this month, but you have until noon MST on the 1st of the next month to link your post.
• Post about your finish and then link your specific post {instructions here} above. Links to your blog and not the individual post about your finished project will be deleted.
• Have more than one finish this month? Great! Post about each finish individually and then link the specific posts up separately. Each finish, and therefore each link you add, counts as one entry for this month's giveaway.
• If you've already posted about a finish for this month, there's no need to do a separate post. Just add the button to that post and link up.
• Please copy and paste the code below to include this month's button somewhere in your post {not your sidebar}.
• Don't have a blog? You can link from your flickr account. Just post a picture, include a little note about your finish and a link back here {code included below} in the description. Then join the linky party.
• Make sure to visit a few of the other links and leave them some love {ie, a comment}. A good rule of thumb is to visit two links for every one you include.
• Winner of the sponsored giveaway will be drawn randomly from among the links and announced by 8:00 pm MST on the 3rd of the following month.
• Instructions for making an index page to your finishes can be found here.
• Kindly consider changing your comment settings to the pop-up window option for faster and easier commenting for visitors to your blog. Instructions can be found here.
so I could have more time to recreate some of your fabulous projects! The party will be open all month, so link up as you go and I'll be around to see what clever and crafty things you've been up to.Anything finished between 12:00 am on August 1st and 11:59 pm on August 31st {in your time zone} can be added to this linky party. You have through noon {MST} on September 1st to post about it and link up.
To participate in this month's linky party:
• Finish a project {finished as in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away} with some sort of stitching in it and blog about it or post a photo of it on Flickr.
• Scroll down to see what other bloggers are up to and link to your own finishes.
• Please include the August button in your blog post. Copy the code in the text box below and paste it somewhere in your post. The button is a link back here, so that other bloggers can find their way over and link up too.
• Each time you link up a finished project, you're entered to win the August giveaway, a Layer Cake of Serenade by Kate Spain!
• Thank you to The Fat Quarter Shop for sponsoring our giveaway!
The Fine Print {which might be boring but you really should read}:
• Projects must include stitching of some sort. For example: appliqué, crochet, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting, practical sewing {garment construction, bags, curtains, etc.}, quilting.
• Projects must be completely finished. As in done, finito, nothing more to add, ready to use/display/give away.
• You can pick something new to do, but projects do not have to be started during the month. If you pick up a UFO, Ph.D, WIP and finish it during the month, it counts.
• Finishes must be completed during this month, but you have until noon MST on the 1st of the next month to link your post.
• Post about your finish and then link your specific post {instructions here} above. Links to your blog and not the individual post about your finished project will be deleted.
• Have more than one finish this month? Great! Post about each finish individually and then link the specific posts up separately. Each finish, and therefore each link you add, counts as one entry for this month's giveaway.
• If you've already posted about a finish for this month, there's no need to do a separate post. Just add the button to that post and link up.
• Please copy and paste the code below to include this month's button somewhere in your post {not your sidebar}.
• Don't have a blog? You can link from your flickr account. Just post a picture, include a little note about your finish and a link back here {code included below} in the description. Then join the linky party.
• Make sure to visit a few of the other links and leave them some love {ie, a comment}. A good rule of thumb is to visit two links for every one you include.
• Winner of the sponsored giveaway will be drawn randomly from among the links and announced by 8:00 pm MST on the 3rd of the following month.
• Instructions for making an index page to your finishes can be found here.
• Kindly consider changing your comment settings to the pop-up window option for faster and easier commenting for visitors to your blog. Instructions can be found here.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
NICU Buntings: A Finish From My Mom
If you haven't any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble. –Bob Hope
Today I'm sharing a finish for my mom, Peggy, so she can join this month's linky party.
Here's what she had to say:
I have a finish! They are NICU buntings for a young man's Eagle project.
I line quilted the pieces and stitched them together, added ties and bias binding. You can see the ties better in this picture.
Today I'm sharing a finish for my mom, Peggy, so she can join this month's linky party.
Here's what she had to say:
I have a finish! They are NICU buntings for a young man's Eagle project.
I line quilted the pieces and stitched them together, added ties and bias binding. You can see the ties better in this picture.
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