New Year's Eve - Eve

Wow, what a day!! Today was my last work day before New Year's Day. Thank Goodness. What is it about a holiday that brings out the crazy in otherwise normal people?

Tonight will be a nice quiet night at home. Our son is spending the night with a friend, my honey is making sure that his recliner and remote don't disappear and I am going to do...? I refuse to do housework, TV is full of reruns, no new books to read; I could work on a cross-stitch project or finish that dress that is not turning out the way I wanted it to or I could just go take a nice hot bath and go to bed...

Bath and Bed wins, see you tomorrow!!!!

Hey Y'all!

As you might have guessed from the title, I am Southern. Southern as dirt. I live in south Alabama and have my entire life. I am most at home in either my sewing studio or in the back country of the Great Smoky Mountains. I love to travel. My husband and I are notorious for going on road trips. Our vacations usually consist of packing a bag, jumping in the car and heading North. If we see something that looks interesting, we stop. Very seldom do we "plan" a vacation. Two years ago, our son wanted to go on a family vacation for his 13th birthday in June. He wanted to visit our nation's capital, Washington DC. Of course that took a lot of planning but it was worth it. He celebrated his 13th birthday with a once-in-a-lifetime trip. We spent a week exploring museums and visiting all of the monuments. It was awesome.

For the most part, we stay pretty close to home and spend a lot of time on activities with our church. We are part of the Mission's Team and have traveled to Maine to assist a church. We will be going back again this summer. Our group is in the midst of our fundraising efforts for the trip. Given the current economic outlook, it is quite difficult to raise money. Even though it is tough, we have faith and Our Lord will make a way. I was blessed to be able to go to the Atlanta processing facility this month to help with Operation Christmas Child (OCC). OCC is a project of Samaritan's Purse. If you ever get the chance to be involved, please participate. It is a wonderful ministry.

Whenever I can get a few free moments, I head to my sewing studio. My DH converted the sun room of our home into my dream space. I have my Babylock EMP6 Embroidery machine, Elna 6005 Heirloom Edition sewing machine, and my ancient Singer 4 thread serger set up and ready to go at all times. I also have a Thompson Mini Walker industrial machine, a Kenmore 19001 embroidery machine, a Necchi sewing machine, and a vintage straight stitch only Singer. I think I need a few more machines. What do y'all think?

I am new to blogging and as soon as I figure all of this stuff out, I will post some pics.