So, I have been keeping this blog for a year. I’ve worked on projects, bored you all with stories of my kids and home life and all sorts of things. My audience seems to range from my family (Rex’s parents and my parents primarily – who now miss it if I don’t update every day!) to my good friends (Hi Anne!) to all of you on the Bloggers who Embellish and Artful Quilters Ring and some Crazy Quilting friends from other sources (Hi Louanne!).
Artistically I have learned heaps! Everytime I got stuck all of you were there. I appreciate all of the encouragement and comments that you all posted and I appreciate all of you who read and don’t comment!
I don’t really know what I enjoy about blogging, but it’s become part of my life and I’m glad for it. Maybe it’s just a great outlet for things that my 3 and 4 year old and husband aren’t interested in…or it’s just a great place for me to babble!
No one has asked me in a long time, but my first post is where I got my title…Cheryl Wheeler is a favorite singer of mine and this is one of her great songs…much to my dismay, it turns out most people (mostly family) thought I picked the title because it suits me (harrumph!) – I actually picked it more as a comment on society, but I guess (she admits VERY grudgingly) that it does fit me a little! 😉
Thanks to all of you…I wonder what next year will bring?

My 2021 “Phrase” of the year and Happy New Year!
So, one of my issues last year was stopping to just enjoy life. Unlike most people, we escaped the health and employment issues of crazy 2020 but I couldn’t help but wait for the “other shoe” to drop – basically waiting for something bad to happen. In searching for a