This will be sort of a downer post, so I'm warning you if you want to back out now. First of all, TRUST is one of the most important words in my vocabulary and in my actions. Unfortunately, I normally trust someone until they give me reason to NOT trust them. Anybody that is a true friend of mine KNOWS beyond a shadow of a doubt that they can trust me with their deepest, darkest secret and it's NEVER EVER repeated. I can name on one hand (less than that now, really) how many people I feel that way about. Once a trust has been broken with me, you can pretty much bet I won't be telling you anything anymore. I used to tell that to Kevin growing up.....that TRUST is something that I MUST be able to do with him. Once the trust is lost, it's very hard to gain it back, if ever.
Those of you that have been my "friend" or have followed my blog know what kind of year I've had. It's totally SUCKED. No other way to put it, so I'm not going to sugar coat it. I'm far from a drama queen and have tried to handle all this (and more that alot of you may not know about) and come out of it sane. I've been very sick for a long time, both mentally and physically. I've TRIED to continue to be a good friend to those that have befriended me. I haven't been around as much, nor have I posted as much because I just couldn't. Plain and simple. But you know, it's amazing how you find out who you can REALLY REALLY trust and count on and who REALLY REALLY is your friend when you are in a time of need. I never ask for anything, which is probably one of my many vices. I don't ask for help, EVER. I try to "fix it" myself. I've always been a "fixer" and sometimes you just can't fix things. People that USED to stay in contact, email, call, etc. have been MIA. Then there are those most wonderful people that I totally trust and call my friends who have been here through thick and thin, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You will never know how much it's meant to me or maybe how your email or call came at "just the right time". Then there are those that I "thought" were my true friends and I don't really think are anymore. I see them posting on blogs but never on mine anymore. That's okay....there's no prize for the most posts, is there? I certainly won't be using my blog posts to determine my amount of friends. It just makes me wonder sometimes about people and things. Maybe I'm not ENOUGH of a drama queen. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe I don't come on here and tell every little detail of my life, but since that's not my style, it won't be happening. I'm not changing for anybody. If people like me, they like me for who I am and what I believe in. If you don't, that's fine too. I LOVE people, and if you are my friend, I'm available for you DAY OR NIGHT and will do anything humanly possible for you that is legal. There are absolutely NO CONDITIONS on that. You never know when that person might really be in "trouble". It doesn't matter if my husband is home, or I'm busy, or I have company, or whatever the scenario may be. If they need me, I've always tried to be there for them. For those of you that have been there for me, THANK YOU. There have been some very, very DARK moments in my life these last few months, and you've helped to bring me through them.
That's all I feel like writing right now. Tomorrow or soon I will try to share some positives with you. Until then, I love y'all and I wish you enough....
Love,
Carolyn
Monday, February 1, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
My dryer is broken.....
it must be. I mean, the knobs all turn, and when I turn the knobs it comes on, but....for some reason or another that I can't put my finger on, the clothes are coming out SMALLER???? What's up with that??? Hmmm...I'll have to think on this one for a little bit. It's only happening to MY clothes, too. It's a conspiracy, I tell ya!
This just cracks me up - literally. My hair dresser who is also a good friend, does my hair from her home. Today was my day to "wash away the gray" and get a trim. Well, let's just say that she is just about the cutest thing ever, and looks like she's about 25, literally. I mean, she's nearly 50, probably doesn't weigh 110 pounds soaking wet, and that would be stretching it, still can and DOES where a bikini (I've never had one on my body, nor will I ever) and actually looks GOOD in it, has perfect hair and makeup all the time...you get my drift? I. HATE. HER. Well, not really, of course. We're sitting there waiting for the gray to wash away, and she says, "Do you mind if I have my lunch while we are waiting?". I knew what was coming. We've been down this road before. I said, "No problem, go for it." She pulls out some kind of FUNKY diet protein drink. YUK I'm sitting there with my non-diet, once a day MEGA COKE from Dairy Bar (think Abby on NCIS!). She SAYS she needs to lose a half a pound... And she does/goes to Weight Watchers. I bet they hate her. LOL "Uhm, yes team Weight Watcher leader. I'm here because I need to lose a half a pound. Can you help me, please???" Everybody is probably GLARING AT HER. Well, anyway, I guess my dryer isn't broken after all. By the way, I told her I was going to blog about her. LOL
Now, on to stitching. I ALMOST have a finish and hope to share it with you in a few days. I also have some new stash to share, but didn't take a picture today and it's too late now for good lighting. AND, a good friend and my son talked me into getting out more so I signed up for two quilting classes today. woohooo.... So maybe soon I will have some quilty finishes to show you, too. Oh yeah, I have to actually GO to those classes, don't I? hmmm.... Well, we shall see. I mean, if I GO, who's going to tend to my Facebook farms? My squash might rot. LOL Oh my, if you have NOT starting farming, DO. NOT. DO. IT. It's an addiction, believe me. My farm is perfectly organized, but my house is a sty. I guess the priorities are a bit jumbled right now. Actually, it's been good therapy for me to point and click these last few months, but now it's time to move on. It's taking too much time, with nothing to show for it. It's not like we can actually EAT that stuff.
ANYway, that's all for tonight. And just so you know, I really love my beautician. I just love to give her a hard time. ggrrrr.... LOL
I love y'all and love it when you let me know you've been here. Be on the look out for another giveaway soon. :)
I wish you enough...
Hugs and love,
Carolyn :)
This just cracks me up - literally. My hair dresser who is also a good friend, does my hair from her home. Today was my day to "wash away the gray" and get a trim. Well, let's just say that she is just about the cutest thing ever, and looks like she's about 25, literally. I mean, she's nearly 50, probably doesn't weigh 110 pounds soaking wet, and that would be stretching it, still can and DOES where a bikini (I've never had one on my body, nor will I ever) and actually looks GOOD in it, has perfect hair and makeup all the time...you get my drift? I. HATE. HER. Well, not really, of course. We're sitting there waiting for the gray to wash away, and she says, "Do you mind if I have my lunch while we are waiting?". I knew what was coming. We've been down this road before. I said, "No problem, go for it." She pulls out some kind of FUNKY diet protein drink. YUK I'm sitting there with my non-diet, once a day MEGA COKE from Dairy Bar (think Abby on NCIS!). She SAYS she needs to lose a half a pound... And she does/goes to Weight Watchers. I bet they hate her. LOL "Uhm, yes team Weight Watcher leader. I'm here because I need to lose a half a pound. Can you help me, please???" Everybody is probably GLARING AT HER. Well, anyway, I guess my dryer isn't broken after all. By the way, I told her I was going to blog about her. LOL
Now, on to stitching. I ALMOST have a finish and hope to share it with you in a few days. I also have some new stash to share, but didn't take a picture today and it's too late now for good lighting. AND, a good friend and my son talked me into getting out more so I signed up for two quilting classes today. woohooo.... So maybe soon I will have some quilty finishes to show you, too. Oh yeah, I have to actually GO to those classes, don't I? hmmm.... Well, we shall see. I mean, if I GO, who's going to tend to my Facebook farms? My squash might rot. LOL Oh my, if you have NOT starting farming, DO. NOT. DO. IT. It's an addiction, believe me. My farm is perfectly organized, but my house is a sty. I guess the priorities are a bit jumbled right now. Actually, it's been good therapy for me to point and click these last few months, but now it's time to move on. It's taking too much time, with nothing to show for it. It's not like we can actually EAT that stuff.
ANYway, that's all for tonight. And just so you know, I really love my beautician. I just love to give her a hard time. ggrrrr.... LOL
I love y'all and love it when you let me know you've been here. Be on the look out for another giveaway soon. :)
I wish you enough...
Hugs and love,
Carolyn :)
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to me...
Another birthday today. I can't believe it's already time for another one. It seems it was just last year. Oh, where does the time go? Thank all of you for your sweet emails, cards, and well wishes and for your beautiful gift, Chris. I do appreciate them so much!
This past year was so hard...I'm really glad it's over with. I've been sick for the last 2 months and can't seem to shake this cold or flu or whatever it is. My Christmas decorations are still up (that is SOOOOO not me!) and everything is a mess around here. I don't even care. Family is so important, and not having mine to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, birthday, etc., makes it not fun at all. If you are blessed enough to have them around, enjoy them as much as you can. I'm just thankful that I've had friends that have kept in touch with me during this difficult time. You'll never know how much it's helped, and it really shows who your true friends are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I'll write more later. Just wanted to say Happy New Year to those of you who still visit. I appreciate you very much and hope to be back to my old self soon.
I wish you enough....
Love,
Carolyn
This past year was so hard...I'm really glad it's over with. I've been sick for the last 2 months and can't seem to shake this cold or flu or whatever it is. My Christmas decorations are still up (that is SOOOOO not me!) and everything is a mess around here. I don't even care. Family is so important, and not having mine to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, birthday, etc., makes it not fun at all. If you are blessed enough to have them around, enjoy them as much as you can. I'm just thankful that I've had friends that have kept in touch with me during this difficult time. You'll never know how much it's helped, and it really shows who your true friends are. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I'll write more later. Just wanted to say Happy New Year to those of you who still visit. I appreciate you very much and hope to be back to my old self soon.
I wish you enough....
Love,
Carolyn
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas from Texas!
I just wanted to take this time to wish each and every one of my blogging friends a very Merry Christmas and a most wonderful New Year!
This has been a very rough year for me, but I've got my mind set that 2010 will be different. I have so many plans that I've written down - not New Year's resolutions. I break those before January 1st is over with. LOL These are either things I want to ADD to my life or release from my life. One thing that I've decided to add is more charity work. I feel that God has given me the gift of creativity. I need to use it to help others, whether it be stitching a square for a quilt, making wheelchair caddys for the nursing home residents or making quilts for the sweet babies that need them. So that is the main thing I will be adding this year. Small, but hopefully meaningful. I also intend to give away more. I have been blessed with so much that I feel that I should share it with others. So there will be giveaways as soon as I have time to go through my things and get them together. This will happen after the new year, too.
I haven't been good at blogging this year, but I hope to do better next year. Life does get in the way, and blogging seems to get pushed on the back burner. I know it happens with all of us from time to time. I hope to do better.
I want to thank each and every one of you that have become my friends, and that includes all of you that read or comment or just lurk. You are all very special to me. It's amazing how close one can become to someone that you never have and probably never will set eyes on. Stitchers and quilters are such wonderfully loving and giving people. I am blessed to be a part of that group. Thank you for the emails to check up on me, the sweet comments and emails when my Mom passed away, when you don't see me blogging or just to say hello. You are all wonderful! Thank you for the inspiration I receive in reading YOUR blogs. Soooooo many creative people out there, which results in enabling. hmmmmm...... And I'm easily enabled. LOL
Merry Christmas, my friends. You are all a wonderful gift to me!
I wish you enough,
Love,
Carolyn
This has been a very rough year for me, but I've got my mind set that 2010 will be different. I have so many plans that I've written down - not New Year's resolutions. I break those before January 1st is over with. LOL These are either things I want to ADD to my life or release from my life. One thing that I've decided to add is more charity work. I feel that God has given me the gift of creativity. I need to use it to help others, whether it be stitching a square for a quilt, making wheelchair caddys for the nursing home residents or making quilts for the sweet babies that need them. So that is the main thing I will be adding this year. Small, but hopefully meaningful. I also intend to give away more. I have been blessed with so much that I feel that I should share it with others. So there will be giveaways as soon as I have time to go through my things and get them together. This will happen after the new year, too.
I haven't been good at blogging this year, but I hope to do better next year. Life does get in the way, and blogging seems to get pushed on the back burner. I know it happens with all of us from time to time. I hope to do better.
I want to thank each and every one of you that have become my friends, and that includes all of you that read or comment or just lurk. You are all very special to me. It's amazing how close one can become to someone that you never have and probably never will set eyes on. Stitchers and quilters are such wonderfully loving and giving people. I am blessed to be a part of that group. Thank you for the emails to check up on me, the sweet comments and emails when my Mom passed away, when you don't see me blogging or just to say hello. You are all wonderful! Thank you for the inspiration I receive in reading YOUR blogs. Soooooo many creative people out there, which results in enabling. hmmmmm...... And I'm easily enabled. LOL
Merry Christmas, my friends. You are all a wonderful gift to me!
I wish you enough,
Love,
Carolyn
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
My Blogaversary giveaway winner is.........
Bronny! Thanks to Random.org, number 11 was the number selected. Bronny if you will email me with your snail mail address, I'll get your box out to you as soon as possible. I hope it doesn't take too long to get "across the pond". :)
Thank you to all the entered. I have pulled many more things to giveaway in the next few weeks/months, so keep an eye out. Like I said in an earlier post, I'm clearing out, soooooo I'm going to share with y'all. Hope that's okay with you. I'd rather share with my blogging friends that stitch than anywhere else. :)
No more news on the homefront except that two trees are up and decorated, the outside looks like National Lampoon Christmas Vacation and I'm working on the other trees, the mantel and getting out the dishes tomorrow. I will try to get some pictures when it's all finished.
Until then, my friends....I wish you enough.
Love and hugs,
Carolyn :)
Thank you to all the entered. I have pulled many more things to giveaway in the next few weeks/months, so keep an eye out. Like I said in an earlier post, I'm clearing out, soooooo I'm going to share with y'all. Hope that's okay with you. I'd rather share with my blogging friends that stitch than anywhere else. :)
No more news on the homefront except that two trees are up and decorated, the outside looks like National Lampoon Christmas Vacation and I'm working on the other trees, the mantel and getting out the dishes tomorrow. I will try to get some pictures when it's all finished.
Until then, my friends....I wish you enough.
Love and hugs,
Carolyn :)
Monday, November 30, 2009
Giveaway Extension
Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to say that I've decided to extend the contest until Tuesday evening due to the holiday weekend. There were so many that were out of town and didn't have a chance, and I was busy as a bee, too.
Sooooo, I will randomly draw a name Tuesday evening and post the winner here. I will also email the winner if there is an address available. Please don't enter on this post, but the one below.
Thanks so much!
Carolyn
Just a quick note to say that I've decided to extend the contest until Tuesday evening due to the holiday weekend. There were so many that were out of town and didn't have a chance, and I was busy as a bee, too.
Sooooo, I will randomly draw a name Tuesday evening and post the winner here. I will also email the winner if there is an address available. Please don't enter on this post, but the one below.
Thanks so much!
Carolyn
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wanna Play??? :)
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers and followers. I hope tomorrow is filled with family, friends and many blessings (not to mention tons of food! LOL). We will be staying at home as both DH and I are sick, but we still have many blessings to be thankful for.
My blogoversary came and went due to the fact that I've had the flu. BUT, that is to your advantage, because during that time I would keep adding things to the box. LOL Soooooo, even though it's late, I'm still going to celebrate my two years of being a part of blogland. I can't even begin to thank all of you that have become faithful readers and dear, dear friends, all because of this little, ole blog. You are all so very special to me even though we will most probably never meet face to face. I've had blogging friends pray for me, as I have for them, rejoice with me, as I have with them, cry with me, as I have with them, etc. Who says you have to know someone in "person" to be close to them? Not me!!! No way....
So to celebrate all of my dear friends, this is a picture of what you will receive. I have some cross stitch and some quilting things, as I have both as readers, and they are both my passion. Are you ready? All I ask of you is two things. One is that you are a follower of my blog, but the most important is that when you post ON THIS POST ONLY that you say one thing that you are thankful for. That's it. Easy peasy!
Still want to see a picture? LOL I know, I know, I'm being a tease. Okay, here ya go:
I think the picture is clickable for a larger view. Does any of this interest you?
Well, what are you waiting for??? ENTER!!! on this post only, please, and I will randomly draw a name on Sunday evening after all the Thanksgiving festivities and shopping and decorating are done. Work for you?? :) Who knows, I will probably be adding more to it in the meantime. LOL
Okay, I know there are alot of you that are dying to see the "after" of my sewing room. Give me just one more week. It's almost there. I've been working like a dog getting it set up, and y'all are going to be happy to hear that there are going to be more giveaways. As I've been sorting and putting away, etc, I've also been purging. Yep, bad word I know, but hey! You will be getting a chance to have some of this TOTALLY. RIDICULOUS. AMOUNT. OF. STASH. There! I said it. Ridiculous, I tell ya. Like a dang store around here. LOL So hang with me for just another week and I promise to show you pictures of my now "to die for" sewing/craft studio.
Guess what? I already knew that my neighbors Elaine and Jo were awesome, but they've gone over and above now. They have a long arm quilting machine (they actually use theirs....I don't know how to use mine yet) and Joe does all the quilting and Elaine does the piecing. Well, I was down their visiting the other day and Elaine said that Joe was bored and didn't have any quilt tops to quilt. I jumped on that so fast people's heads were going around and around (picture the Exorcist). I "meekly" (NOT, I've never been meek a second in my life!) said, "Well uhm, er, I have a few at my house that I've had for years that would love to be quilted, but uhm....I would hate for you to have to do that." Well, long story short, I now have two quilts QUILTED and my Christmas one is getting done as I type. Does that totally rock or WHAT? All I have to do now is put the binding on and I actually will have finished QUILTS instead of just tops. WOOOHOOOOO!!! I'm a happy dancing gal. Yeah buddy. uh huh ohhhhh yeah! LOL I will save the pictures of those when I have gotten the binding on them. I'm just so excited I could spit, but I'm a Suthun lady and we don't do that, do we? ;)
Okay, I'm going to close for tonight. Don't forget to follow the rules and sign up on this post only for the giveaway if you are interested.
And thank you.....thank you for being there, for coming back when I'm not consistent about being here, for understanding when I'm not in the blogging frame of mind and most of all for being such wonderful friends. I love you all more than you know!
I wish you enough,
Love and hugs,
Carolyn
My blogoversary came and went due to the fact that I've had the flu. BUT, that is to your advantage, because during that time I would keep adding things to the box. LOL Soooooo, even though it's late, I'm still going to celebrate my two years of being a part of blogland. I can't even begin to thank all of you that have become faithful readers and dear, dear friends, all because of this little, ole blog. You are all so very special to me even though we will most probably never meet face to face. I've had blogging friends pray for me, as I have for them, rejoice with me, as I have with them, cry with me, as I have with them, etc. Who says you have to know someone in "person" to be close to them? Not me!!! No way....
So to celebrate all of my dear friends, this is a picture of what you will receive. I have some cross stitch and some quilting things, as I have both as readers, and they are both my passion. Are you ready? All I ask of you is two things. One is that you are a follower of my blog, but the most important is that when you post ON THIS POST ONLY that you say one thing that you are thankful for. That's it. Easy peasy!
Still want to see a picture? LOL I know, I know, I'm being a tease. Okay, here ya go:
I think the picture is clickable for a larger view. Does any of this interest you?
Well, what are you waiting for??? ENTER!!! on this post only, please, and I will randomly draw a name on Sunday evening after all the Thanksgiving festivities and shopping and decorating are done. Work for you?? :) Who knows, I will probably be adding more to it in the meantime. LOL
Okay, I know there are alot of you that are dying to see the "after" of my sewing room. Give me just one more week. It's almost there. I've been working like a dog getting it set up, and y'all are going to be happy to hear that there are going to be more giveaways. As I've been sorting and putting away, etc, I've also been purging. Yep, bad word I know, but hey! You will be getting a chance to have some of this TOTALLY. RIDICULOUS. AMOUNT. OF. STASH. There! I said it. Ridiculous, I tell ya. Like a dang store around here. LOL So hang with me for just another week and I promise to show you pictures of my now "to die for" sewing/craft studio.
Guess what? I already knew that my neighbors Elaine and Jo were awesome, but they've gone over and above now. They have a long arm quilting machine (they actually use theirs....I don't know how to use mine yet) and Joe does all the quilting and Elaine does the piecing. Well, I was down their visiting the other day and Elaine said that Joe was bored and didn't have any quilt tops to quilt. I jumped on that so fast people's heads were going around and around (picture the Exorcist). I "meekly" (NOT, I've never been meek a second in my life!) said, "Well uhm, er, I have a few at my house that I've had for years that would love to be quilted, but uhm....I would hate for you to have to do that." Well, long story short, I now have two quilts QUILTED and my Christmas one is getting done as I type. Does that totally rock or WHAT? All I have to do now is put the binding on and I actually will have finished QUILTS instead of just tops. WOOOHOOOOO!!! I'm a happy dancing gal. Yeah buddy. uh huh ohhhhh yeah! LOL I will save the pictures of those when I have gotten the binding on them. I'm just so excited I could spit, but I'm a Suthun lady and we don't do that, do we? ;)
Okay, I'm going to close for tonight. Don't forget to follow the rules and sign up on this post only for the giveaway if you are interested.
And thank you.....thank you for being there, for coming back when I'm not consistent about being here, for understanding when I'm not in the blogging frame of mind and most of all for being such wonderful friends. I love you all more than you know!
I wish you enough,
Love and hugs,
Carolyn
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