It's Autumn!

It all started with wanting a new throw for the couch.  So the search was on, and I found a nice teal knitted looking throw.  Then I thot, well maybe I should get some new pillows to match the throw. So off to Fabricland to find the perfect fabric.  Then the whole decorating for fall began.  I almost dread it, putting it off until I just can no longer resist.  I had started picking up a few things here and there to add some new touches to existing collection of Autumn decor.  Like the cute white owl and the large green felt leaf.  I took my fluffy lampshade down and added a plain one and just wrapped some wool around the shade to make it look a bit less boring.  I love being able to put things together that didn't cost much if anything, switching things from one room to another.  The shelves that Gerry built are so perfect, how I love them!  They are the focal point of the room, and it is so fun to switch them each season.

So Autumn is here, enjoy!  Until next time~

Blog or no blog, that is the question.

I have been recently thinking of blogging again.  Hannah is a very active blogger these days and even though we are in the same house I enjoy reading her blog and seeing what she posts for pictures.  I often think that perhaps blogs should be somewhat profound, or very crafty, but mine is ordinary.  That is how I live, fairly ordinary.  I do have deep thoughts about life and where I am in life.  I do love to create things for others and my home and for farmers market.  So I just might begin to blog again.  Keeping it ordinary can't be that stressful, throwing in a project or two and perhaps even a profound word or so.  So here I go, onto blog world once again.  Sunny Thots!

Spring

Nothing like a new pillow that says spring!

I love my picture shelf!  So many ways to display some
of my favorite things.

Spring...I had hoped that adding spring to my house
might translate to adding spring to the outside!
Spring is coming,  we are not buried in snow.
There are flowers braving the cold.
And robins singing their songs.
Until next time~Terri

Quilt Retreat

Disappearing 4 patch

Maple leaf pattern

Coming home from quilt retreat always makes me a bit sad.  I am usually not quite ready to leave.  Once home I long for the company of my friends, long days of sitting at the machine, good food, lots of laughing and joking.  This time I even slept well, tried not to stay as late or be the first one at the machine in the morning.  It was a bit more relaxing.  I came home with projects all started and only one complete.  For the first time I did a lot of picking out.  I only had limited fabric, and didn't like what I chose...twice.  Thankfully I only had 6 blocks to pick out. Now I am on the right track.  And who is this quilt for...the downstairs spare bed, bother!  The pictures featured are some of the things that I worked on and need to complete and not even remotely in my color range!  I do like the fall leaves.  Quilt retreat is a good way to feel better about winter being nearly over, (I hope).  But also to be totally inspired, not only with projects, but with the wonderful blessing of a room full of truly beautiful people, inside and out.  Until next time~ Terri

Lost

I hadn't intended when I woke up this morning to post a blog, but here I am.  I think that my momma taught me that if I didn't have anything nice to say to not say anything.  Plus with a blog named "Sunny Thots" and when there aren't any, what is one to do?  My life hasn't been bad, just complicated and pair that now with January and February, not a good combination.  In January my dear husband would say, "what do you want to do"  and I would say I don't want to do anything.  I was tired and missing Hannah and having the family around.  Then comes February, my original thought was I will be better this month, I will make myself do things.  February 2nd is always sad, my mom's birthday and knowing that she is gone way sooner then I wanted. Now a double sadness as I took our dog Sadie into the vets, not knowing that later that same day we would have to say good-bye. Perhaps on the outside I don't look like one of those "crazy dog people", but I am on the inside.  Secret....I miss that dog every single day!  It plunged me into a new version of empty nest that I do not like.
I have taught my girls that when you say something mean about someone they have to say 2 things nice about them.  Kind of funny sometimes what they would come up with, but always lightened the mood.  Sort of a twist on counting your blessings.  So with the above crabby sort of blog I feel like I need to list a few good things to lighten the mood and let you know that really I am fine.
1~Hannah and her friend Cass here for reading break, oh how I love a household of giggly girls!
2~I am getting ready for quilting retreat, 5 well really 4 days of quilting, fun and great company. Tomorrow!
3~I do still love snowshoeing as long as it is not straight uphill right off the bat.(Went with the church group and thought I was going to die and hang up my snowshoes forevermore)
4~I am very blessed with my family and friends.
5~My dad is at home and doing well after surgery.
6~God is good all the time.

Believe what you can't see, which is that God holds you safely in his care not matter where you are and that he is unfolding his plan for your life.  You can't travel outside of his presence.

I'm back.  Until next time~ Terri

Where have I been?

Oh my, it has been awhile!  We had a wonderful summer.  Here are some highlights.
1~Hannah was home for the summer, she worked as Gerry's pilot car driver.  I thot it was an excuse to finally get a pick up truck, boy do we love that thing!
2~We got Air Conditioning after 21 years of sweating in the stinkin heat.  Of course we had already gone thru some pretty hot weather and to top it off having company as well.  They left on Sunday, we got AC on Monday....sorry!
3~Great family reunion at Moose Lake.  Add a little van break down just for fun.  We send the kids ahead, 5 hours waiting for John to pick us up from Tim Hortens in Olds.  Gerry goes home with Dave on the Monday, Tuesday back with the pick up, trailering the van, and home on Thursday.  I won't even mention the trip home...lets just say reminds us of old  times, ha ha.
4~We got an old camper, you know alot~ alot of wood paneling.  Gerry had a few slack days so we, mostly him, dug in and started a reno.  Primed, painted, new covers for the seats and cute curtians.  Fun shopping for stuff for the camper.  It looks wonderful.  Who used it first, Dave and Laura!  They said it was great. 
5~The jeep, my favorite of all Gerry's "toys".  We had a "redneck" date with Tam and John.  Explaination...Tams knee has issues so the back seat is difficult to get into, so she sat in front with Ger, and I sat in back with John, ha ha. 
Gerry and I had gone on a great ride on our anniversary, I only got out and walked once.  The view was spectacular.
There you go, some highlights of our summer.  Hopefully I will blog abit more often now!  Until next time~Terri

New blog

Amanda and I are co-contributers on a new blog called grass-cloth-green.blogspot.ca
  A few quotes from our new blog"....a mother and daughter always dreaming of new projects."  So true.  I always have something on the go and thinking of other projects to do, I must have passed this same mind set on to Amanda.   Another quote  "I just want to make pretty things even if nobody cares".  I love that! 
My biggest challenge on our new blog is not to be too chatty!  So hopefully our new blog will be varied and interesting, trying to show some of our projects, recipes, new books and a whole lot of other things.  I will continue this blog of course, got to be chatty somewhere!  Until next time~Terri