Remember Our Veterans!
They put service above self to protect our country.
They risk their lives so that we may live free.
This Veteran's Day we remember the fallen and honor those who serve.
To America's Veterans... THANK YOU!
Election 2008
Hope everyone gets out to the polls and votes or has already voted via absentee ballot! I have voted in every election since I turned 18 and count it a privelage and an honor to represent my county! Every vote does count! God Bless America!
Grab your hanky~
I ran across this blog a few moments ago. His moniker is fatcyclist and his wife and he are fighting the last battle against his wifes cancer. I have read the last few posts and it is heart rending. Grab your hanky.
My New Tatting Friend
Gil Hye is my new friend and we met at a local quilt shop here in my small town. I showed her some of my tatted lace that I have been working on and she asked me if I could show her how to tat (with my very limited skills~) How can I NOT oblige???
We started on basic rings and now we are working on this simple ring bookmark. (top pink) This is Gil Hye's first join. =)
Gil Hye is very excited. =) It is very difficult to teach with the language barrier but she is a very quick learner and learned how to do a ring and the flip the first day. Way cool, eh?
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In Loving Memory of my Mother...
My Dear Mother passed away today and she will be missed greatly. There is a hole in my heart that will never go away and that no one can ever replace.
Living in Germany during World War II brought many hardships to her life. She was a survivor. She lived on the streets scavenging for food to survive. She was put in a camp for children and seperated from her father who was also put in a camp. She yearned for freedom and came to America for a new beginning. She loved her adopted country and welcomed the troops home from the Persian Gulf waving a flag on the side of the road as they came home.
I was her youngest child and remember fondly how she would take my chin in her hand and tell me, "You will always be my baby no matter how old you are." As Alzheimers disease was eating her mind I sat next to her weeping. Her hands waived in frustration and then her hand came up to my chin and she said, "Don't cry." Those were the last words I heard her say. I believe she did that in a moment of clarity.
I will always be your baby Mom! And you will always be mine. I love you with all my heart. 
What I've been up to... tatting!
Last month- hard to believe that it has been THAT long i was able to meet Sherry which was a real treat! I definitely needed a refresher course on split rings since I had forgotten what Melissa had shown me previously. (My memory and noone else!) THANKS SO MUCH SHERRY! I look forward to our next visit!
This is the first round of a bookmark for a gift for a friend. The pattern is here. This is done in size 12 pearl cotton (or was it tatting thread?) About the same size thickness I believe. 
I pulled out the BIG threads yesterday and did my first floating rings thanks to Melissa's video on youtube! Not the greatest but definitely a start! 
This was some experimenting I did after seeing this split ring medallion over at Lisa Trumble's site here. I was trying to do the split rings with the dead spider method instead of flipping the thread around the left hand so it was all experimental for me!
I did this the day after meeting Sherry and my split rings are looking pretty good if I do say so myself!!!
Happy Reunion!
Last Monday I recieved a phone call out of the blue! It was my dear friend Sun Ae whom we met when we were first in Korea from 1994-1997. Wow! It had been over 11 years! What a wonderful surprise! When we first met she barely spoke English and I barely spoke Korean (still true!) We made arrangements and I traveled to where we could spend the day together. It was great fun! Once upon a time we would gesture and draw and have confounded looks of frustration in trying to communicate. Well, not anymore.... We had an awesome visit and I cherish her friendship!
Oldest Photos of Koreans
I have been meaning to post this forever ago. I simply love vintage photos and these are the oldest known photographs of Koreans. There are 6 thumbnails that will take you to 6 pics. Incredible! I love the Korean tiled roofs.
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