bits of sunshine

Little Bits

That To-Do List I mentioned yesterday, this is what it looked like at one point during the day ::
More of it is crossed off now.  And more is added to it.

The sun is shining today.  And it is 6 degrees below zero (F).

My winners of the 1000th comment are Angie and Elissa!  They were writing at the same time!  Something will be in the mail within the next week.  Thank you so very much to ALL of you who read and comment here.  You bring me so many smiles and bits of sunshine.  I am blessed. 
(And how did I get to 1000 comments so fast, you ask?  300 of them were from that HuGE Sew, Mama, Sew give-away day - December 3.)

At the top of my to-do list yesterday were two custom order hot water bottle cozies.  This is how they turned out :: 

I am happy with them, and so was the purchaser!  

A very happy tree, by Maddie :: 

And cookies that Isaac helped me stir up and put on the cookie sheet :: 

the snow

out my window
all day thursday

gave Ben lots of work to do

the next two weeks could bring
some very good news
about work for the spring and summer

we are praying

Snow

I was thinking that it may be time to change my banner . . .
But, this morning it has snowed over 3 inches already
and it is supposed to snow 3 - 5 more before it is done.
So, my banner is still very appropriate.

The next comment will be my 1000th comment! 
I think that is worth a little package of some sort
to appear in your mailbox.
Can't wait to see who you are!

This morning I discovered
through another lovely blog
this very beautiful blog.
It is very peaceful
and beautiful
and filled with sunshine
(not snow.  *smile*).

I hope you are smiling.
And I hope I make great tracks through my
"to-do" list today.

On Today's Date

I am playing along with Anja.  Read about this meme here.

Here's my first On Today's Date.  In February of 2004, Maddie had her very first airplane ride ::

And here is a picture of Ben, Maddie and I in February of 2004 ::

sunday morning

his. freshly ironed. hers. fresh from the dryer. in the sun. before the rest of the house was awake. just me. a cup of coffee. and my thoughts. about him and me.

lemon cookies

dreaming of spring . . .

these taste like spring . . . and sunshine . . .

click on 'cookies' on my sidebar for an oh-so-simple recipe.

Two Supper Time Thoughts ::

"Home is any four walls that enclose the right person."  ~ Helen Howland

Or in my case, the right people.

"It's not what's on the table that matters so much as what's on the chairs."  ~ not sure who said it, but I really like it.

Yuck!

Ben ::  Does anyone want an ice cream sandwich?

Isaac ::  No!  Yuck!

Ben and Elizabeth ::  WHAT?!?!?!

Isaac ::  I want an ice cream bar.  We have those in the freezer.

Ben and Elizabeth realize that Isaac was picturing ice cream between two slices of bread . . . .  We laugh and laugh and laugh.

chasing the light . . .

all through the house . . .

while the sun was shining the other day . . .

Two Creative Spaces ::

Neither of them mine.  But both I really like.

The first one belongs to Ellie (Petalplum) in Australia.

If you can't see this picture, visit here.

The next one belongs to my very dear friend Elissa (On My Way Home) in North Dakota, USA.

The spaces had a similar feel to me, and I have seen some of the handmade goodness these ladies create.  I think they would be good friends in real life.  *smile*

Someday, I will have a space that I can post a picture of.  For now, my space consists of this, and of a spot for my sewing machine in my basement.  It works.