Finally Square with the Quilting Squares

About five years ago I started meeting with a women to help another lady learn to quilt. We meet for just one year. We had lots of fun sewing, gabbing and just being together. Some weeks other women joined us, but it was the three of us that made the full year. The quilt we were each making had twelve squares. At the year's end, I had only six squares finished. These six squares have been just hanging around, waiting to be made into that bed quilt. They came with us from Terre Haute, Indiana.

I have another purpose for them now. I'm sharing them with my six daughters. I started to do that last year, but couldn't decide how to display them. This year I found hangers with a star at the top. It was perfect. You see each of my 6 daughters (Lonita is included) are stars in my world. They are the new generation and each is doing great! They are wives and mothers. Each is different and doing her own thing. I'm so pleased with them. They are my Stars. I love all 6 of you girls. Keep up the good work.

The hard part was deciding who gets which square. The BIG decision has been made. Now, each girl will receive one of the squares. You can guess which one is yours, but I bet you will be surprised.

Where are you Meagan?

This past weekend our home was full of fun. We shopped, ate, went to the movies, slept and really enjoyed each other's company. One daughter even bought a 1000 piece puzzle to put together. Yes, 1000 pieces. The box was opened and pieces divided between inside and border pieces. Several of us worked on the puzzle. We got the outside frame put together. We then proceeded to the inside pieces. The flag and lady in the puzzle was constructed and connected to the outside frame. But, before we knew it, it was time for all the sisters to go home. The puzzle sat on the living room table waiting to be finished. Well, I got several more pieces connected, but then other concerns crept into my mind and time.

We needed my granddaughter Meagan to finish this puzzle. She did a 500 piece puzzle in about 1 1/2 days during spring break this year. Meagan, where are you?? We needed you.

Today, I started another baby quilt and needed room to cut fabric. Dad and I sadly put the puzzle away--till the sisters come back next year. We'll start it over then.

Mother's Day Greetings

This has been a very special day. I have talked to all my children in the last few days, in which they have wished me a Happy Mother's Day. I have had a great day. Recently Dan and I have begun spending several days celebrating specials days. Its been fun.

For Christmas we were in Iowa and presents and good wishes came for at least a week . We opened cards from friends before our trip and after the trip.

Before Valentines Day, Suzanne was here and we worked at having fun for at least a week. It wasn't hard. We had chocolate candy and heart cookies here for a week. I love making cookies, and it was so fun with a daughter.

For Dan's birthday we had fun in California celebrating the McLeans' birthdays. Then when we got home to Nevada it was Dan's birthday and we celebrated it again.

Now for Mother's Day, Dan and I have had fun together for several days. Being the end of the school year, we had time to go to two movies, a party Friday night and now Mom's day. The fun keep going on.

The real message is: Family is what makes it all worth while. Whether we are together physically, on the phone, or in thought, we all love and care about each other. We are a FAMILY. And each one of us knows it with all our heart. We seek and depend upon each other for strength in times of need and we celebrate with each other in times of joy. We have grown into this little by little. It reminds me of when we would say our family prayer together and told each other we loved them by name. Even if you were mad at your brother or sister at that moment, you got over it and said you loved them. What a unity we began. Yea, for Families. Yea, for the McLean's. May this unity be passed down to each generation.

Mom does the Unthinkable

I've been thinking of buying some new hand towels for our bathroom lately. What started it was some new towels we bought for the guest bathroom. I found I really liked the feel, but they were for the other bathroom. I kept sneaking the bath towels into our bathroom. But, then I started sneaking the hand towels also into our bathroom. There was something different about them. The new towels were soft! I wanted soft towels too. Plus, Donna's towels in her hall closest always look so fluffy and soft and just begging you to pull them out and use them.

But the old towels didn't have any holes and they were still the color as at first use. They weren't worn out! Darn those old towels. What was I to do. I couldn't get new ones, not till the old ones wore out. Habit said you didn't get new towels till the old ones were thread bare. Isn't that the law??

Well, I took a leap this morning and bought 5 (count them) 5 new, fluffy, and soft hand towels at our favorite store, Target. Some good points: they were on sale (only one dollar off), they were extremely soft, they felt just-right. Before I could change my mind: I Bought Them. This was so fun. I spent at least twenty minutes picking the colors. It was hard to decide whether to get all the same color or all different colors. I decided on getting different colors.

They are washed, dried, and put into the towel basket waiting to be used. I'm so excited. Out goes the old-habit theory for towels. I'm all for soft. Excuse me, I think I need to go wash and DRY my hands.