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Lizzie Velasquez

Erin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:18:44 +0000

I had the opportunity this morning to read about an amazing young woman. A woman that is the definition of optimism. A young woman that shines with the radiance God has give her. You really do need to check out her website. Enough about what I think, you need to go check out her site now. So go already.

http://www.aboutlizzie.com/

Fear = crying?

Erin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:55:07 +0000

Please forgive me. I know I am terrible at blogging, but I am trying. Ok, well this started out to be a blog for both me and my husband, and after a very short time (I mean before the wedding). It some how became my blog. For those of you that know me, you know I have issues with certain types of communication (i.e. letter writing, internet chat, e-mail, blog, phone calls. so pretty much if you are not in front of me to keep my attention, I become spacey and …..)

Why do we cry when we are scared? That seems like a strange response to fear. You would think maybe run, hide, fight, but cry. It is like saying “feel sorry for me, I have snot running down my face, my eyes are blood shot, I can’t see and my face is splotchy.” Why cry? And the thing is I know I have done it before. Pretty much at the thought of having surgery, I get scared and start to cry. I even once told my parents I would keep my room clean until I moved out in order to avoid surgery, I was 13, they didn’t take my offer.

It is just, fear bring some of the strangest reactions I can think of. Happiness brings laughter, anger brings yelling, sadness bring tears, confusion brings doe eyes, frustration brings creased forehead, but fear bringing tears? What happen to fight or flight. No where in there is cry. It isn’t Fight, flight or cry. So why do we cry when we are scared?

Well that is my random ramble for the day.

Later.

Another Giveaway!

Erin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:03:22 +0000

Check out this one!

Check out this Giveaway!

Erin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:05:42 +0000

Ok, today with be short and sweet for now. Note, for now. I say sweet because I am here to tell you about an awesome Moda Layer Cake Giveaway in Make Life, held by Bradie at A Quilty kind of Girl Designs. You have to check it out. Go Now! Enter! But not to many times, I want to win.

Later

Jaybird Quilts!

Erin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:41:58 +0000

If you love quilting you have to check out one of my favorite quilting blogs. Jaybird Quilts. She is awesome. If you love quilting you need to check her out. Did I mention she is having an AWESOME giveaway right now. You have to check it out. Well that is it for my lunch time rant.

Later

Monday :-(

Erin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 19:55:35 +0000

Another week, Another Monday. So this has to have been the longest Monday ever. I have been working none stop all day, and yet feel like I have got nothing done. Wishing I was at home with my dog and husband. Mike finished everything early and went home. I think he is working on the year. He bought a new lawn toy yesterday that left a nice bare spot on the front yard, so now he is trying to fix it.

On a totally different note, I am trying to decide what to do next, in the way of quilting. I want to make another quilt so bad, but I don’t know for whom or what colors. I asked my brother if he wanted one, but he is so picky about everything that he doesn’t want one, because they don’t keep him warm enough. (So put another blanket on, and besides it is spring.) If anyone has any ideas let me know.

Well, this is going to be a short one, I am going to go finish up for the day, and hopefully get home at a decent time. Feel free to leave a message or e-mail, as you know, I love to talk.

Later

Finally Friday

Erin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:44:29 +0000

Ok, ok, so I am starting to get bad at posting again, but things have been crazy this week. When you wake up every morning thinking it is Friday, it makes for a really long week. As for news with us, well…yeah.

Mike is working on filling cracks in the basement floor in effort to slow down the water that we are sure will be coming in soon from all this melting snow. He has also been spending a lot of time with his buddy in crime (a.k.a. Best Man) seeing how his better half has Mono. For those of you that didn’t know, my best friend is dating Mike’s best friend and hopefully sometime in the future will join us in the land of married couples, as for right now, she is finishing school and he is teaching school.

As for me, the crafts are rolling. I am working on P.S. I Quilt’s Pin Wheel Quilt Along, Mom and I are doing this together. We are almost done with Block One, and then on to Block Two. I will try to remember to put photos in the next one, right after I remember to take pictures. I am also working on finishing my cousin’s nine patch quilt, I was shooting for last Christmas, now I am just hoping to have it done before she graduates high school, which gives me four years, she is still in 8th grade. I am also considering trying my hand at stitching. Ok, so it is just embroidery, but stitching sound so much more modern and fun. Most people hear embroidery and think of geese with bonnets.

As for the house, I am putting off painting the cabinets, it will be a long drawn out mess of an experience, but I just can’t stand the look of the cabinets right now, it makes the kitchen look so dated and small. In my personal opinion, if you have a small kitchen with only one small window, you should not do floor to ceiling dark stain wood cabinets. I am going to repaint them a cream color, change out the old oiled brass hard ware for a more modern nickle, maybe so some antiquing to the doors, get new cordless blinds for the windows and repaint the walls with a satin finish pale yellow paint. Hopefully that will all take place this spring or summer.

Well, hey break is over, I need to get back to work. I am so glad it is actually Friday today. Take care you all and keep on smiling.

Later

Erin

A moment

Erin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:51:42 +0000

So far today is going well, I guess you could even say it is a good day. I feel like I have accomplished a lot. I did have a little cry though, I’m talking one or two tears. I heard a song that made me think of Kara. For those of you that don’t know, she was my best friend, she was like a sister, and she did almost four years ago (this July). I’m not as upset or depressed as I was a couple of years ago. I still get sad from time to time, you know, I hear a song, or I think of something that I would want to share with her. Kind of like when Mike and I got engaged. I had promised her that she would be the first I would call, and I was so excited at the time I grabbed my phone and almost tried to call her. It is sometimes easy to forget she is gone. She was my best friend, we were really close, but we did sometimes go a month or so between hang outs and stuff, we were both busy with nursing school and all. I really do miss her, but I also know she is in an amazing place right now and that I will see her again. I hope it is a long time too, it’s not like I have a death wish, but on the other hand, I miss doing stuff with her. I miss girls days out, getting manicures, shopping, seeing movies, getting ice cream, shopping, talking…you get the picture. I guess I just needed a moment to think of her and be a little sad, followed by happiness. I’m happy that I knew her, happy I got to spend time with her and grateful she was in my life, even if it was for a short time.

PHOTOS!!!! FINALLY!!!

Erin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:12:39 +0000

PHOTOS ARE UP!!!!!!!

Ok, so there will be more to come, but I am so happy I got these up. You have no clue how long I have been working on this.

Later

Another Monday, Another Week

Erin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:27:10 +0000

Another Monday, Another Week. Can you feel the excitement? Neither can I. I was up most of the night coughing, which of course keep Mike up most of the night too. We are off to a great start. I think the only one that sleep well for once was the dog, and of course he is at home right now, probably sleeping some more.

I must say though, there are a few things this week I am looking forward to. My mom and I are working on our first blocks for P.S. I Quilt’s Pinwheel Sampler Quilt Along. I have my fabric, which my husband picked out, but I am thinking of changing it. I will post a picture later to get your opinion. He picked out brown, blue and green (of course). My milk chocolate brown, aqua and sorbet orange got shot down; he doesn’t like the color orange. Of course my shades of blue and red got shot down, along with the dark brown, lime kind of green and dark purple. Hey, if anyone reading this has any ideas for color combination, please leave a comment below.

Well, I know this is a short one, for me, but I need to get back to work, lunch is over. Anyways, take care and thank you for reading.

Later