It’s time again to choose my word for the year. It’s an attempt to choose a word that influences my state of mind throughout the year and creates a structure and framework for my life.
Here are my past choices:
2009-SERENE
2010-CREATE
2011-BALANCE
2012-VARIETY
2013-MEMORY
2014-MEMORY
2015-EMBRACE [Read more…] about One Little Word 2016
Reading Road Trip Challenge 2015 wrap-up
Reading Road Trip Challenge 2015
Thanks to She’s Got Books on Her Mind for hosting. I did a challenge similar to this in 2012 and managed to get all the states with some work. Since then, I’ve kept track of my states each year in my regular reading and usually get more than half without trying. Because I read a lot of series that are set in the same locale and many books set in England, I don’t have a ton of diversity, so I set my goal for the Wayfarer: 21-30. I got 27 states without doing anything different in my reading and some states got many hits. [Read more…] about Reading Road Trip Challenge 2015 wrap-up
2015 Sequel & Prequel wrap-up
2015 Sequel & Prequel Challenge
I signed up for this challenge instead of one about finishing series because I had many ongoing series that I wanted to work on without necessarily finishing any of them. I signed up for 25-50 points: Amateur and totally blew that out of the water by getting 230 points which is over twice the threshold for Veteran. [Read more…] about 2015 Sequel & Prequel wrap-up
Christmas quilts 2015
Now that Christmas is over I can do the big reveal of my recent finishes! The first is a lap quilt for Mark who loves all things beachy. I began it in January as a project with my quilting partner who made hers of bright pink, teal, and mustard prints with a white background. We worked on them every other week. The pattern is called “Pow-Wow” by Cluck Cluck Sew and I used prints from the “Shore Thing” and “Going Coastal” collections by Emily Herrick for Michael Miller fabrics. The gray pindot background is “Here Boy!” by Abi Hall for Moda Fabrics, the blue solid on the back is “Solids” by Polly Minick & Lauri Simpson for Moda Fabrics, and the binding is “Best.Day.Ever!” by April Rosenthal of Prairie Grass Patterns for Moda Fabrics. [Read more…] about Christmas quilts 2015
2016 Reading Challenge post #3
Just can’t get enough of all the fun challenges going up for next year so I’m posting as I go this year instead of one massive post at the end of December. Some are old ones that I love and some are brand new because I like the mix. But I think this is the end. This makes 9 challenges, plus the 2 from Riedel Fascination that go until February 2016, so that is enough to manage! [Read more…] about 2016 Reading Challenge post #3