A bit about me!

I see meme on blogs all the time.  I am always impressed by the one at  Barefoot Mama.  So I thought I would do one.


Right Here, Right Now


What I'm wearing... jeans, white tee and Nikes

What I'm reading... Moonlight Cove by Sherryl Woods

What I'm creating... I'm working on my Grandmothers Flower quilt that I am sewing from scraps of other quilts.
What's happening in my kitchen... left over pizza

What I'm smelling... the smell of rain and fallen leaves

What I'm hearing... U of O beating USC and now the news.

What's on my mind... That’s it’s a nice relaxing Saturday night – and a sick friend

Words to live by..."In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away"- shing xiong


What happened in my world this week... Really feeling “relaxed” in my apartment and that it’s my own.

How do you spend your dash?

The Dash

 By Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

From the beginning…to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth

And spoke of the following date with tears,

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time

That she spent alive on earth

And now only those who love her

Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own,

The cars…the house…the cash.

What matters is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard;

Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left

That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough

To consider what’s true and real

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect

And more often wear a smile…

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is read

With your life’s actions to rehash

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?

Something to think about......

We all struggle day to day in figuring out what makes us tick.  Below are questions we can ask ourselves to make sure what we are doing is what we want to be doing.  

1.What are you passionate about?


2.When you wake up what do you wish you could be doing?


3.How do you want to spend your time?

4.What REALLY turns you on?

5.What’s fun for you and not work?


6.What activities do you like to do?


7.What gives you a sense of fulfillment?


I found these questions from a blog. who is asking herself these questions she found in an article in the Costco magazine.  It's always interesting on where a person gets their inspiration for change.

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L – Day 12

Today I was thinking of words that start with L.  I was blank.  My coworker came up with love.  That’s a good one.  Then after coming back from lunch…  it hit me lunch.   I should have taken a photo of my lunch but it wasn’t that memorable. Then I looked at my mission statement which I have posted on my wall at work.

It made me think of laughter and life.  To enjoy life.   But those weren’t the right words either but reading the statement with a new slant got me thinking.  I still haven’t picked a word to live by this year.   I think I have found it.  Encompass.    I wrote this mission statement my first full year at Portland State.   A good friend helped me but through the bull***t to really figure out what I want to be.  As I have been living life I have really tried to remember who I want to be.   I have tried to live with passion, to  laugh, to be creative especially through my struggles in the last few years – good and bad.  I am finally in a good place I hope and I know that the words above have helped me. Back to my L word.  I think the word for today is lists.  I am not normally a list person, I make a list for special dinners and for trips but I don’t live my life by lists but I am finding I do in one area.    I have made lists of books I read, books I want to read, movies i have watched and ones that look good to view.  A couple of years ago a friend ( the same one who helped me with my mission statement) told me how he keeps track of  the books he has read in a little notebook.  That seemed so intriguing that I decided to do it.  I went to a book store and found a journal that had quotes from Jane Austen and little drawings of the era.  I loved it.  Since then I have kept of all books I have read.  It’s so cool to go back and look at how many I have read in the last 4 years or so.  I have also started an excel spreadsheet of  authors and all the books they have written to help me keep track.  I have many many on there.  I love going through and checking off ones i have read and ones I can search for.  Another L word. Love.  I love it!!!!!!

A new adventure

Hi,

I have been thinking alot about my blog lately. I am going to jump on a new adventure with it. I have two ideas. I need to get the motivation to post. I look at it a lot and think, I need to post. But i don't have the inspiration. I have been sick with a cold on and off for the past 3 weeks (it's dreadful) and I haven't been motivated to do any crafting. I have even sat down to do cross stitch and i just can't do it and go back to bed. lol

My ideas:

1. Make a post about the letter of the alphabet. A through Z. Now would it be crafting influenced i don't know I have so many interests i might just do it on what ever interests me. i think some of the letters might be hard like Q. But then quilting popped in to my head so it might not be as hard as i thought.

2. Take a photo sometime during the day for a month. I know I could do this. The hard part would be downloading it.

3. Write a story in continuous parts like Louisa Alcott use to do for the papers.

4. Write reviews

5. Write a mystery quilting pattern. First I would need to start quilting again.. lol

I am going to think about this more today and i will be back with an update.

Dottie

Another venture.

I am starting an outline to write a book. At this moment I am up to 3 pages. I have written main characters, other characters, stores, business, etc and have outlined what the town looks like in my mind. I need to still come up a name for the town. Any ideas? I have names for the business or at least the main ones. I have a history of the town and the main house that I have somewhat thought out.
It is so exciting. I still have a lot of parts to figure out but I can already see cross stories, and potential sequels. I just need to figure out what this main story is going to be about. I have dreamed about this town before. I have written small stories set in this town as a beginning, I think I am going to be setting it in current times but have set up scenarios for the ability to be able to go back in history also. I am not sure of exactly what state it's going to be in but I know it's near the coast and the town is on a bay. Quilting and other crafts will be a part of it. Some of the details might change as I go along but the basic features I think will work. As example. names have changed while I am transcribing onto the computer the pages I have written by hand. As time goes along I might find more appropriate things then the ones I am making up now...
This is also a long time dream. Writing a book. I know it's just not a fly by thing. I know it will take hard work. I also know that I will struggle with words. I know that I might not finish it by tomorrow but hopefully in my lifetime. lol But it is a project, an adventure and the best way to reach the goal is to work on a little bit each day.

Dream books..

Here is another idea for using old books as the basis for your dream books from Jane's Apron and Vintage Pleasure.
My friend David even had another idea. Get a scrapbook album and stick your inspiration cutouts on each side of the paper that comes in the plastic holder and then you can pull them out and put them with other inspiration and come up will whole new ideas.

Dottie.

P.S. All this time on my hands is turning into some wonderful dream adventures.

Another thought!

Hello
Another name......

Orange Cherry
or
Cherry Orange...

Inspired abound listenting to podcasts..

Dottie

AN IDEA....

THE GOLDEN TULIP! A NEW NAME FOR A BLOG OR SOMETHING..