I Love Thursday #168 Abundant Blessings
This is the 168th post of things we love for the week. We post along with LeeAnna from Not Afraid of Color and several additional friends also share on a weekly basis – be sure to check them out. You will surely find something to inspire you. This is our last Thursday post.
Love #1
We just were blessed with 13.5 inches of snow over the weekend. Here is one creative mom’s sledding choice when her little guy wanted to get out and enjoy that new snow. I thought that was a fun option although I don’t know how it would be when it sunk into the snow more. The smile on this little guy is priceless. Clearly he was having a boatload of fun!
FOUR jackknifed semi-trailers on the Interstate had me quite thankful that I was able to work from home Monday morning.
Love #2
Ugg. This has been me lately with no sewing energy during the week after work. It didn’t help that I’ve been reading a few good books lately.
Love #3
My niece, Betsy, raised her hand and needed some help. She wanted to have a padded headboard made and she wanted the fabric to match the quilt that we made her.
We made her queen size quilt during the 2018 quilt extravaganza when we whipped up five of them during the summer. Obviously, we knew we couldn’t still find the exact fabrics that were chosen for her quilt but we thought we could come close. I wasn’t keen on the idea of ordering something online – who knew how it would match? So that prompted a shopping trip to Joann’s for some upholstery fabric. We both masked up, and I kept my gloves on and coat zipped up the entire time. Here’s the fabric we found along with some puffy batting we chose to make it nice and cushy.
It’s hard to capture the nice texture this upholstery fabric has as it’s a cross between linen and velvet. Doesn’t the new headboard look nice against her pale purple walls and with her quilt?!
Love #4
Before they two littles moved out of their old house, Momma tried to get a nice picture for Gamma’s birthday. Capturing the three of these littles is truly a feat and I give Andrea kudos for even attempting it! Dominic pre-school was having a Hawaiian party last week. He was happy to model his new party shirt and didn’t mind one bit practicing the limbo before the fun day arrived. Addison has found a new chair, sitting on her brother whenever the mood strikes her.
Once in the old house and then again at Gamma’s house. I wouldn’t think Dominic would be all that comfortable – he’s too skinny and needs more padding. We needed to make a mask for Dominic which he happily tried on for me and modeled for Annie Sue. He’s a good hugger, too, as witnessed by giving Gamma some Dominic love. Finally, the dynamic duo went out to enjoy the 13.5 inches of snow we received. Although, Addison isn’t quite sure why on earth they were outside in the cold . . .
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Wow, that was a lot of snow! (I don’t miss diving to work during the winter.) The upholstered headboard turned out great! Have you made one before? Of course The Littles stole the show again. Thanks for the day brightener.
Aw, what fun they have! Hope your snow is melting? Ours did, and then it snowed again!
Haha, I love the bear, and you are just like me. No energy to sew after work. I’m so happy you weren’t on the road near these trucks. Pretty headboard matching the quilt!
I’m now following you on FB and IG. Hugs
That snow looks wonderful although not the vehicle pile up. Dominic looks wonderful in the mask and what a group of happy looking kids. Stay safe – I guess getting back to work is tiring. And of course reading is perfect!!
Now you’re starting to look like us with all that snow! Stay warm! Love to see the little ones again…so cute the 3 of them on the chair! This just makes my week again…but I have to admit, my soul mate, the bear, has my heart this week…it’s hard work to relax you know…I practice a lot during winter, prime training time…
Yay for working from home. We keep getting heavy snow notices then nothing. I am with Addison, not a fan of getting bundled up to get wet. Great pic of the littles. I agree sometimes it is nice just to wrap up in a quilt, have a cup of something hot, and read.
The snow is pretty, except when there are accidents involved! Glad you could work from home that day, Roseanne. Cute photo of the three littles in the chair! I bet getting them to all three look “good” at the same time is tricky. Little guys in masks are so adorable – I always appreciate when their parents mask them up, too.
I just love your upbeat post!
Cute pics of the kids! It’s always fun to read the stories behind the pics!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
So glad you worked from home Monday. Looks like a big mess. Our snow is about melted now. Hubby and I like to see the snow…and like to see it go fast, too. Those littles are so cute and Dominic is a real sport to let his sister sit on him. Hope those books are good. When I’ve got a great one going, I hardly look at the machine. But I do love audio books when I sew.
Hi Roseanne. Wow that storm sure dumped on you. It’s a good thing you were able to work from home. The lack of sewjo seems to be a common problem for so many right now. The littles are all moved now? Nice that they got to play in the big snow. 😄
We used to used the dining hall trays in college… whatever works when you need to get down a snowy hill. The littles are adorable and hope the sew-jo comes back again soon.
I glad you were able to work from home also. Boy those kiddos are growing and changing so fast. Stay safe my friend.
Looks like your sweet littles were having a blast in the snow! Still hoping our littles might have some snow to play in this year, but time will tell! And love #2…I definitely get it! Hang in there!
We are getting the snow this morning (I don’t think we’re supposed to have as much as you). Those kiddos are too cute, and growing too fast! When it comes to sledding, any mode that works – works! I need to get my Thursday post written (maybe after coffee). Take care, you!
One snowy winter, when my children were small, Hubby and I tied ropes to large cardboard diaper boxes and took our kids sledding. The boxes lasted long enough to make a happy outing. 🙂
Not much sewing going on here, either. That polar bear represents me very well after work.
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