This Week’s Challenges from Tourmaline: March 18 – 24 (OWPC, WW & CYW)
My quilted shamrock table topper.
Challenge quilt from years ago,
Nature
This Week’s Challenges from Tourmaline: March 18 – 24 (OWPC, WW & CYW)
I found this guy sitting outside my front door. I have no idea what it is. Maybe some kind of moth? His head is fuzzy
Look at this face!
Canada Geese. I love these guys. I know they can be noisy and messy, but they are comical if you watch them.
The first blooms in my woods.
The Rumor
Daily Prompt: Identical, Blush
This week’s two words are Canard and/or Rumor.
It was late when her shift at the hospital ended. She was tired and she couldn’t stop thinking about the rumors she had heard at work. I can’t believe they are going to lay off nurses, she thought. We are short staffed as it is.
She was lost in thought and not paying attention to her surroundings while she walked to her car in the dark parking lot. They still hadn’t fixed the lights that had burned out weeks ago. As Peggy started to put the key in the door to unlock the car, something hit her on the head. She felt herself falling down, but it was in slow motion. Suddenly as she was losing consciousness, she felt hands around her waist. Peggy heard garbled voices.
It seemed like she had been asleep for days when she finally opened her eyes in the emergency room. Not sure why she was there, she tried to get up but fell backward on the liter. Her head really hurt and she felt a huge bandage on her head. She could not figure out what had happened to her.
She fell asleep again, then woke shortly after hearing voices near her. Opening her eyes she saw that her identical twins were standing next to the bed. Wait, how did I get into a bed and room without me knowing it.? What is going on? Her kids were happy to see she was awake finally. They gave her a big hug and started asking questions about her injury. All Peggy could remember was something hitting her head and someone grabbing her.
Then her nurse came into the room. She explained that one of the overhead lights in the parking lot had exploded and the metal bracket fell on your head. It was very lucky that the security guard was there and saw it happen. You could have been out there until day shift started.
Peggy appreciated the fact that the security guard got her attention right away, but she was furious that the hospital had been neglectful in not repairing the lights. She was steaming.
After Peggy’s kids left, the security guard that had helped her walked into the room. He told Peggy that he was happy to see she was awake. He had been worried about her all night. Apparently, she had said some strange things to him when he was trying to keep her from falling. Peggy, blushed as she thanked the kind man for what he had done for her. He told her no worries that he knew she didn’t realize he was trying to help her.
In the evening, the nursing supervisor came in to check on Peggy. She told her that she had given everyone quite a scare. Peggy looked at her square in the eye and asked her if the hospital was laying off nurses. Her supervisor laughed and said that canard has been going around the hospital for months. Peggy just stared at her and asked if it was true. The supervisor just smiled and said you just get better and don’t worry about anything. Then she was gone.
Share Your World
Cee’s Share Your World March 19, 2018
Here are the questions and my answers for Cee’s Share Your World this week.
What is your earliest memory? My earliest memory is from about three years old. I remember my mother and I had matching swimming suits with gingerbread men on them. Mine had a ruffle around the bottom. I can remember sitting on the step of the kid’s pool at our local LPRA.
Which way does the toilet paper roll go? Over or under? Ahh, this has been the subject of a lot of debate. In my house, the toilet paper goes over. When I got married, my husband insisted it go under. I told him that since I was the one who replaced most often, and cleaned the bathroom, it would go over. So, our entire marriage the roll went over.
What makes you feel grounded? I feel grounded when I go to Mass. If I miss for one reason or other on Sunday, I feel as though part of me is missing. Going to church makes me feel as if I am a part of something so much bigger than my small little world. I feel the love of the Lord deep in my soul.
What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. What I really appreciated this past week was having my Gracie home with me. My dear friend was keeping her while I was away. Last Tuesday she came home. She hasn’t left my side since except when she needs to go out. Here she is. 🙂
Devastation
Color Your World
Making A Plan
Daily Prompt: Patience, Incubate, Wrinkle
Image from Gulf News Readers Blog
How do you come up with a good plan? Well, I think that you need to have patience, utilize the principle of incubation, and smooth out the wrinkles in your ideas.
Here’s what I mean. To devise a good plan your thoughts cannot be rushed. It takes time to sift through all of your options and do some research. If these options are not considered, your plan may not be successful.
As you are considering these options, you have to ponder their value. Hence incubation. These ideas have to be twisted and turned in your mind so that you do not miss any important information. They sort of simmer there for a bit.
As for the wrinkles, well these are the thoughts that cause some doubt or they present an obstacle to your plan. With the right information, we can determine the best course of action.
Now, that is not to say that we still cannot come up with an unsuccessful plan. But, if we make our decisions with the best information we have, and for the right reasons, our plan is not faulty. Rather, the information available to us was incomplete.
It is important to note that our life experiences, education, cultural experiences, and geographic location affect the information that is readily available to us. When I was a young mother, I did not have the experience to make all the right decisions about my daughter. By the time the next one came along, ten years later, I was much better equipped to raise him. My oldest constantly tells her brother and sister that she broke me in for them. There is a lot of truth to that statement.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all the Irish. Let’s face it everyone is Irish on March 17th. Any big plans to celebrate? Back in Pennsylvania, I would go to the parade our community had. Then most years went to a St. Paddy’s Day party usually at one of the local churches. There was a big group of friends who went together. It was a lot of fun. Of course corned beef and cabbage were on the menu and lots of green beer. And a multitude of green dyed desserts. We would have a grand time dancing and laughing with friends. Good times, good memories.
This has been a quiet week. Last weekend I was away with my daughter and granddaughter for Alannah’s dance competition. She did very well both in her solo and her group dances. She competed in five dances. Clogging group and solo, hip-hop, jazz, and tap.
We stayed in a new hotel close to the college. My only complaint about the long weekend was there was no place to get a decent meal. Everything was fast food. Not being familiar with the area, we were reluctant to drive too far to search for restaurants. Google was no help either. Daylight Savings Time hit too. It really messed with our timing on Sunday. There was a lot of confusion for sure.
Last week I was visiting a friend in Cary. We had a great time sewing together. This time we mostly worked on hand sewing. I did put a quilt top together while I was there. I have it in line to be quilted this week. I got home just in time to leave for the dance competition.
I got home Monday afternoon. I had left my car at my daughter’s house and when I got back the battery had died. Triple-A came out and jumped the battery and it’s been fine since.
I haven’t done much all week. It took me a day or two to recuperate from the weekend. Each year the recuperation time increases. 🙂 I guess that’s to be expected. I did a short run to the food store. Made some delicious chicken stew. I posted on my blog. Saw a little basketball. I got back to reading the book I started a while ago.
I skipped quilting this week. I was told I missed a wonderful show and tell. That’s one of the best parts of the meeting. Getting to see the beautiful work from all the members.
One of our guild’s outreach projects is making hats for the newborn nursery at our local hospital. I took my yarn and needles with me and have completed 28 baby hats. I am trying to crochet one every night while I sit in front of the TV. They don’t take long to make.
I hope ya’ll have a good week.
Wanda
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Linda G. Hill’s prompt for #SoCS March 17, 2018: green
I love where I live. I live in a clearing in the middle of the woods. It’s quiet back here and there is a lot of wildlife. I often see bear tracks on my property. I even had an alligator in a small pond once. It wasn’t a big one, but still an alligator! Of course, there are deer, rabbits, squirrels, red foxes, coyotes, anoles, and raptors that fly around all the time. I have to be careful because one could easily swoop down and pick up my little Gracie.
Gracie is my little 12-pound Cairn Terrier mix. She’s a sweetheart and so much company for me. So when she goes out into the yard, (woods) I have to check on her often.
One of my favorite critters are the tree frogs. I love the noise they make singing to each other. At night they gather around my porch light by my front door to feed off the bugs. I get the biggest kick out of seeing them on the storm door and on the wall of the house. They just sit there getting fat. They don’t even move when I get close. They are always kind enough to stay still so I can take photos of them.
Last fall, there were a ton of baby frogs. Around the light that is on the wall by my door, there is a small ledge about a half inch wide. There were five baby frogs in a row sitting
on it. Too cute.
I almost think of the frogs as pets. I check on them each evening. They just make me happy. I don’t particularly like to hold them or anything, just like to look at them.
Here is a picture of the first frog that has come to the house this year. I always get excited when I start to see the tree frogs. It means winter is over and spring is on the way.
The color green always reminds me of Kermit the Frog and his famous song It’s Not Easy Being Green. You remember the Muppets right? Kermit was lamenting about blending in with so many ordinary things. I always thought it was cute. Maybe that’s why I love the tree frogs so much. 🙂
Friendly Fill-Ins Week 97
Here are my fill-ins for Week 97: March 16, 2018.
1. When I am nervous, I eat whatever kind of junk food I can find.
2. When I am angry, I cry, yell and usually walk away from whatever makes me angry.
3. Today, I know for sure that I am just where I am supposed to be.
4. For St. Patrick’s day, I used to go out to celebrate. This year I will stay home and have corned beef and cabbage for supper.
Cookies & Moo 