Diary of an Unconscious Mind

I would first like to say thank you to everyone who came by and let a comment. This was a great experience for my first giveaway, but this will not be my last. I will be making the rounds to everyone's site look for inspiration which you all have in abundance. This was hard to pick a winner because I wanted to share with you all, so I let Random.org do it for me. Drum Roll Please..... It is Margy of Hmmdesigns . Please check your email. So please come back I will pour you a glass of lemonade as we sit outside and shoot the breeze. Hugs to you all Shean

I am participating in my first giveaway. Katy of i'm a ginger monkey is hosting the Great International Stash Busting Giveaway with other participating blogs. This will take place on February 4th for one day, the drawing will be on January 5th. Just leave a comment and I will put you in the drawing. This is a variety of novelty fabrics all are fat quarters and have not been pre-washed. I am not good with coordinating fabric schemes, that where my sister comes in to help. *I Will stop taking comments at Midnight Central Time. I will draw tomorrow morning and update with the winner later in the afternoon. I have a funeral to go to in the morning so please check back later in the day on the 5th. I would like to Thank Everyone for the comments this has been fun. Please visit the following blog on February 4th for their giveaway. I hope you will like it.This is so much fun. Thank you again for come by and good luck to you all.

I love books they where my escape as a child. Though I had dyslexia, it was not a form that affected my reading; it was my math skills that were impaired. My mother influenced my love for reading you never saw her without some book or word puzzle, she would sit with me on the couch reading to me her favorite poems “The Raven,” “The Owl and The Pussycat,” “If” and “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer. Those are indented into my memory, on Christmas every year she would reading to me Jus’ Fore Christmas a ritual I did with my son. My mother never discouraged me from reading anything she encouraged my taste, this lead to my ability to read and comprehend on a level far above most in my class. In her cedar chest I still have the 6th grade book report I did on Amityville Horror, this story made me unable to sleep in a bed for most of my childhood and teenage years. I would read Encyclopedia Brown books then set up shop outside my house charging friends to solve mysteries for them. Judy Blume was my s...

This weekend has been a tough one with the loss of Gramps and having my hubby and my car broken into. So it was a great afternoon when the mailman arrived baring a package for me. I participated in my first fat quarter swap on I'm a Ginger Monkey's blog, my swap partner from Canada. The package arrived on a day when joy was needed. Package's do that they make you hopefully, because covered in the brown wrapping is a treasure just for you. Someone took the time to think about you. I love packages. This is the wonderful gift. I have a plan for making a purse out of it. I was surprised today with a package from Elizabeth at Creative Breathing . I had won an assortment of her handmade cards in a giveaway. Inside her package was inspiration of what I hope my crafting will become. Her stories have touched my soul making me remember long lost memories. I will place her cards on my board of dreams so that they will inspire my creative mind. She is a treasure to be sure.

On Saturday morning the Lord called home a great man. He was my brother-in-law's father and part of my life for 29 years. My niece wrote a wonderful tribute to her grandparents that sums up my feelings. So please check go to this link Pulling Teeth to see the wonderful man.

I am participating in my first giveaway. Katy of i'm a ginger monkey is hosting the Great International Stash Busting Giveaway with other participating blogs. This will take place on February 4th for one day, the drawing will be on January 5th. Just leave a comment and I will put you in the drawing. Please visit the following blog on February 4th for their giveaway.