Don't Worry...

... Be happy, mon!  This oh-so-happy hat is my latest completed crochet project and is now for sale in my "shop" to the first person to claim it!  Click read more for all the specs!

For Sale

Hey guys, I've been working the last couple weeks on a few items for sale.  I only have a limited number so the first people to claim them get them!  :)  Check them out!

Back-(B)logged

I've got such a back-log of blogs.  In the last few months I've been busy sewing, crafting, creating, cooking, confronting, and designing... maybe too busy because I haven't been able to blog about any of it.  So... this blog is dedicated to Design Work!

Back in the Kitchen

I cooked my first meal post-Katelyn's-surgery tonight and it really did feel great to be back in my kitchen!  That said, it wasn't my best:  Shepherd's Pie with corn that definitely needed more spices!  I tend to over-salt my Shepherd's Pie so I was trying to avoid that... which I guess I did, I just also avoided any flavor at all.  Oh well - there's just something about eating a meal you cooked in your very own house that makes even the most bland meal taste great!

Faithful to My Heart

I know it's silly.  I know it's irrational.  But it's still what I laid awake thinking about last night.

My child is lying sick in a hospital bed - she's 18 months old and had surgery yesterday.  I should have been thinking about doctors and antibiotics and stitches and gauze.  But all I could think about was her Easter basket.

Katelyn's Story

Click the pic of my baby girl to be taken to the story of what's going on with Katelyn right now.  Thank you all for your many prayers and sweet thoughts - it's really been overwhelming!  We love you!

To the Love of My Life

Happy 8th anniversary to the love of my life!  I can't believe it's gone so fast!  You and I have shared some of the most beautiful and the most devastating moments together and through them all you have been a safe place for me to fall, a shoulder to cry on, and a best friend to laugh with.  I do not deserve you but I thank God everyday for you.

I know this anniversary is bitter sweet.  Even as we grieve together, you have been a source of strength and comfort.  In those moments when I see you beside me, I think of your song, "It's been harder than we dreamed but I believe that's what the promise is for, so let's go dancing in the mine field."  And then I remember... you and I have always been able to dance in dark, haven't we?

I love you!