Mare's nest: TWO college graduates!!!!

Friday, May 7, 2010

TWO college graduates!!!!

We are headed out to our second college graduation within 6 months!

This time it's Becky - on the left- She is graduating with a Criminal Justice Major and a minor in psychology.

TWO graduates int he family!!!

And since I've bragged to everyone else who would listen, Lissa- on the right just got a FULL TIME teaching position at the high school level!

LIFE

GOOD

7 comments:

Pat at Bell Creek Quilts said...: Congrats to your grads and you, too :); May 7, 2010 at 10:31 AM
SkippyMom said...: YAAAAAAAAAY! How great is that! I am so happy for you all - have a wonderful, celebratory weekend. They are lovely [and congrats on the job Lissa!]; May 7, 2010 at 2:09 PM
said...: Congrats - how proud you must be!

Rachel; May 7, 2010 at 2:14 PM
said...: Congrats - how proud you must be!

Rachel; May 7, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Alycia~Quiltygirl said...: yay!!! You gotta love the job part too!; May 11, 2010 at 9:23 PM
Quilter Kathy said...: WOW! I am just now gaining an appreciation for all the effort and money that goes into getting a kid through a degree...amazing that you could accomplish 2 in your family in such a short period of time. Way to go!
It really is something to be very proud of!; May 21, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Susan Freebery said...: Indeed, it is. Well done, all of you!; June 22, 2010 at 7:20 PM

Three pennies a day

I have been trying to give my three cents worth lately. I read about this movement to change the world by 3 pennies.
What you do is, every morning you put three pennies in your left pocket. During the course of the day if you do something nice for someone you move one penny to your right pocket. So, it can be something big and nice, something unexpected and nice or even something small and nice like opening the door for a stranger. Then at the end of the day your goal is to have the three pennies in your right pocket.
Kind of neat huh? Just a little pocket reminder to be nice to people and go out of your way a bit. I also tell myself sometimes, "ooo that wasn't a nice thought, I should have to move my penny back!" ;-)
I hope whoever reads this has a three penny day.

Up date on one of the Worlds Smallest Quilt Guilds

Our membership is now officially 50% bigger than previously noted! My good friend Susan from Florida is now an official member of the guild. Initiation took place at the International Quilt Festival in Chicago. Flori, as she is lovingly called in our guild brings a special imitable style to our most exclusive guild. She hob-nobs with Alex Anderson, rubs elbows with Pink Flamingos and knows me! Guess that last part wasn't too humble now was it? ;p Flori is our official Officer in Charge of Coffee and she did her job remarkably well at the festival, finding coffee for us when the situation was getting quite desperate. She also found coffee fabric which was quite the feather in her cap. Well, it would be if she was wearing one. Good job new officer!

History of One of the wolds smallest quilt guilds

I once believed I belonged to THE worlds smallest quilt guild, 2 people- my favorite cousin and myself. Then Mary Stori came to my local guild as speaker and she pointed out that she and a fellow quilt friend were the worlds smallest quilt guild. So, I had to revise my thinking. ONE of the worlds smallest quilt guilds consists of myself and my favorite cousin, we don't have regular meetings as the distance is a bit far for either of us to commit to on a regular basis. She lives in gorgeous Colorado, with a spectacular view of Pikes Peak, I live in lovely Wisconsin, within a short drive of beautiful Lake Michigan.
As a guild however, we are working on 2 or more round robbins. I say 2 or more because I forget exactly where we are with them. I have 2 at my house, and if I remember correctly she has 1 at her house. When we get together, usually in CO, we do a lot of quilt retreating as she has a longarm machine. We don't pay dues, and we haven't decided yet which of us is president, but I think I'm going to run for that office this year. I'm pretty sure I will win as she is awfully busy homeschooling 5 kids, taking care of a baby and running her longarm machine daily. She does most of the charity quilts, quilting donations on her longarm, though we have done several prayer quilts together for people we have heard about.
Now for a name for our little group........ I'm thinking, there will be more on this in my ramblings