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I haven’t posted in awhile, but I’ve been busy.  Finally got a camera from my daughter to be able to post photos.  These are from last week…

52 of the Reasons I love My Husband

1. You hold me when I need it.
2. You keep me warm at night.
3. You never seem to mind my cold feet on your nice warm legs.
4. You love me back.
5. You don’t mind stopping for groceries.
6. You put up with reality TV. J
7. You don’t complain about the messy kitchen – much.
8. You let me convert the dining room into “Craft Central” when I need to.
9. You support me in my many various endeavors
10. You’re my King of Hearts.
11. You’ve become part of my large family very easily.
12. You never seem to mind chauffeuring the kids around.
13. You’re always there for me.
14. You can pull me back from an anxiety attack.
15. Your reassuring ways.
16. You rub the sore spot on my foot.
17. You don’t mind when I fart in bed.
18. I can be me when I’m with you.
19. You love staying in with me instead of going out on the town.
20. Your faith in God even after all that’s happened in your life.
21. Neither of us is perfect, but we’re perfect for each other.
22. Your short velvety hair.
23. How you laugh out loud even when you’re watching TV alone.
24. You don’t mind that my snoring just adds to the cacophony of yours.
25. Your intelligence: that you can keep up with me/exceed me at Jeopardy.
26. That you know SO MUCH about music.
27. How you do little things for Lydia even when she doesn’t seem appreciative.
28. How you remember what drinks and subs I like.
29. You never complain when I ask you for a late night sandwich.
30. You make me popcorn.
31. You let me be your barber.
32. You go with me to things you might not enjoy, but you go anyway.
33. You donate blood.
34. You gave my mother a mother’s day gift I didn’t even know about.
35. You let me pick out your clothes from time to time.
36. You like my cooking.
37. You make me laugh when you yell at the TV during a football game.
38. You’re a good husband.
39. You’re a fantastic lover.
40. We fit right.
41. You fill my gas tank for me.
42. You’ll split an everything omelet (minus peppers, plus mozzarella) at the diner with me.
43. You believe in me.
44. You like candles.
45. You’ll shop with me at Archimage.
46. Your family accepted me from day one.
47. You don’t mind doing laundry.
48. You send me e-cards just because you love me.
49. You sit in bed with me at night on your laptop while I’m on mine.
50. You don’t mind buying my deodorant or tampons.
51. You’re not into skinny women… you like my curves.
52. You don’t mind running errands for me when I need help.

Yesterday I made a business card holder out of the wide end of a men’s tie.  I cut it far enough up to hold the cards, then stitched the cut end closed.  Next I attached ribbon to the point with a cute button, so that when you fold the point over the “inside” of the tie, the ribbon can wrap around and tie it shut.  It came out cute, but I don’t have pics yet.

These are made out of 2 identical placemats each. The tall one my daughter wanted, but a little smaller, so we folded down the top then sewed them. We added a man’s tie as the handle. She can’t wait to show her friends in school tomorrow! The others were made for my friend’s two girls.

Are you ready… the thing I made happen today…

I got a new job!

I’ve been looking for a permanent job for almost seven months… and today I was hired in an upper-level management position at a post-secondary school I’m very excited about.  So, I figure that’s a good accomplishment for today!

On to making other felt and jewelry things tomorrow…

I’m finally starting to catch up.  Thing 5 I made on my lunch hour.  It’s a tea wallet for my mother.  It easily holds 4 TAZO tea bags and 4 packets of sugar.

Family Reunion tear-off reply cards.

Felt-covered mini-notebook.

Felt-covered Day Planner.

Yes, I’m behind.  Here is my Thing #1…

I’m thinking that I could go in a million different disconnected directions and end up creating very little.  So, with that in mind, I’m thinking that my first few craftings will consist of organizational helpers like…

• Crafting notebook - to keep ideas, lists, photos, etc.
• Needle/scissor keeper - to have all my embroidery needles in one place
• Craft bag - to have lots of ideas and project possibilities with me at all times
• Paper caddy - to carry my paper projects and favorite paper gadgets in

After that I will turn to the business of creating things for others. I have in mind some of the following:

• Felt fun things - like brooches, dolls, ornaments
• Jewelry
• Bags/purses
• Notebooks
• Stationery and stationery folders
• Fabric thumbtacks
• And, hopefully, other fun things!

OK - so 4 days to the first project!

OK - I’ve never thought about creating a thing-a-day before, but I’m totally up for it!  As a matter of fact, I can’t wait, and will be starting a notebook today to list my ideas (complete with checkboxes for noting completion)!  Mostly I work with paper, fabric and jewelry, so I’m hoping to stretch my creative mind beyond those and delve into new media in February.  Good luck to all my fellow thing-a-day-ers!  I can’t wait to see what we all come up with!