My Precious G'ma time ~

I got to spend a couple weekends with my Precious Granddaughter and she is SO into SEWing ... I bought her a mini Janome 2 Christmas' ago, and now that's all she wants to do when she comes over ... So y'all know what a giver I am ... I gave in and we sewed together ... 


This was her attempt at her first pattern reading on her own.  We used the "almost free" tissue holder pattern we got from Ami Simms BLOG and it's a pattern from Linda Halpin.  They both have some great tips and patterns and lots of GREAT reading!


So Precious has been digging thru G'mas scrap tubs and she's got a GREAT eye for color!  Maybe she can teach me something about that, because that's where I struggle the most in my creativity.  I think my mind bounces too much with too many ideas :)  

After choosing many different color combinations, Precious started sewing... and because she had not sewn for awhile, her confidence was way down... so my first answer to her is always for prayer, because I want her to learn to lean on The Lord for all her needs and cares.  We pray alot together ... and we've always taught her to pray out loud, and she does so quite freely ... ah, LOVE that girl!  So we prayed for her to not be anxious or fearful and then she takes a deep breath and dives in! :)  She sews and sews and sews... and has made these holders for her mom, both GrGrandmas, her teacher, her old teacher, friends, and one to tuck into her back pack too!



She also wanted to make a magnet for her mom to put on the dishwasher so they could see if the dishes were clean or dirty ! :)


This Precious child SURE knows how to tug at her G'mas heart strings ... and I am SO VERY priviledged to be able to spend time with her and (hopefully) inspire her to do something she loves.  She IS my heart!

PRECIOUS !

See why I call her Precious ???                                                              
She is my Precious gift from The Lord !

VACATION !!

We are in Washington DC ... our nation's capital... what an EXCITING place!  Lots of beautiful architecture, artistry, history, memorials, and people!  We've been having a good time while we were here ...

We left Missouri last Wednesday morning and flew to Chicago then on to DC ... nice flying!  Checked into the Radisson @ Crystal City and only about 10 minutes out of DC ... so we are close enough to get there easy, and far enough away to avoid the masses ... but how can we tell?

This is a noisy big city... seems like everywhere we go people are talking and talking, and no one listens!  We've gone into restaurants, only to be asked to be set outside with the traffic and noise so that we could talk to each other and hear ourselves!  Everywhere you go, people honk ... is it because they have horns?  Or is it part of the noise factor for this neck of the non-woods?

One thing I did notice, and was quite impressed with is the etiquette of non cell phone use in the restaurants and most public places... now there's a couple people we've run into that do... but for the most part, the people that live and work here either turn them completely off, or on buzz, and when they take a call, they go outside ... personally, I wish more of the country would adopt this behavior!

We have had some of the BEST food ever!  We started by eating at the Legal Seafood Restaurant, based out of Boston ... they have served their clam chowder at EVERY Presidential Inauguration since 1981 ... and OH MY GOSH!  We can sure tell why!  Steve and I eat clam chowder all over the place!  We used to eat out every Friday night in the 80's, and every Friday night, we had clam chowder!  Well THIS clam chowder has put them all to shame!  It is the clammiest, the creamiest, the best balance of flavor we have ever tasted ... and I don't care what it costs ... IT'S WORTH IT !  We ate there for 2 dinners and a lunch while we were here!

After 17 years without one, we are actually on vacation in WASHINGTON, DC!  Thanks to our beautiful daughter, Melissa, and her generous hubby Jack ... THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR THIS AWESOME OPPORTUNITY and to realize a life-long dream.  

I guess I got side-tracked while on vacation, but will post some pics when I do this ... I learned today from my CRAZY friend that I'm supposed to post a pic with each blog ... I wish Publish Postthey put together a manual for doin this stuff!  THANKS CRAZY !