St.Michael's, MD

I am thankful to have spent the day in St. Michael's, Maryland with my friend Debbie.  She flew in this morning to visit for a few days, and we couldn't have decided on a prettier spot to spend this breezy and sunny day in this quaint little town on the Eastern Shore.  One of the highlights was having lunch in town's "famous" restaurant called the Crab Claw.  Not too many boats out today, but one of the tall "ships" came into the little marina near the restaurant as seen in the background of the photo!

BSoleille!  

terri

"Beauty Queen" Award Winning Table

Today is the reveal on the "secret" sewing project I have been working on with my 2Bee, Trish.  It was our guild's 30th Anniversary Party, and we volunteered to be table hostesses for 8 seats.  Our immediate thought was to use daisies, and as the photo tells the story, everything was coming up daisies!  I made the centerpiece topper, and Trish made the little tote bags that had candy inside tied with a green ribbon and daisies.  We had stiff competition, because all the table hostesses did a terrific job with the 30th anniversary theme (there were three categories).  In addition, we dressed alike in white and green to match our table (like being back in 8th grade, but who cares?), and to top it off, Trish made a dessert in the shape of a daisy!  I'm thankful it was a fun night with lots of surprises and happy camaraderie among the guild members.

BSoleille!  Enjoying bright and happy colors of May!

terri

PAB

PAB stands for the Parent Advisory Board at Georgetown University Hospital that I have been a part of for the past 7 years.  I am thankful that through this forum I have been able to give back to that community in helping children and their families cope with severe illnesses and diseases, for example, to  simply bring a meal to the hospital for a break from the routine hospital food!  I also delivered approximately 30 quilts to the Pediatric Georgetown Hem/Onc Clinic for the social workers and doctors to distribute to newly diagnosed cancer patients compliments of the Southern Comforters Quilt Guild outreach program of Community Quilts.  They always say it's like Christmas when I bring such a large load of them, and they will sort them by age of the kids and the sizes of the quilts for a later selection by a child.  

My photo today is one of Lucky the poodle mix resting on the dog bed I made for both of my pups!  She is sprawled on the image of Lucy-Loo, but left his image to admire!  Haha....

BSoleille, finding the bright side of "giving back"!

terri

Castle

One of my favorite shows now that "The Oprah Show" is off the air, is "Castle".  I was glad to finally see the two main characters of the show, namely Castle and Detective Beckett, come together as a couple!  I know it's only TV, but the show at first reminded me of the show "Moonlighting" without all the slapstick  of Willis and Shepard. It has a great story line of NYC cops/detectives with great writing and development of the characters, plus a good fit it seems for the supporting cast.  After a disappointing Caps loss tonight, it was great to tune into what I think was the season finale of this show with a cliffhanger, of course.  I certainly hope it will come back again next season.

My photo does not correspond to my post, but I took it over the weekend when I noticed my tall grass "bush" was all "smooshed" down, and now I have the culprit!  Lucy......

BSoleille!

terri

Don't pick the daisies!

On the soccer pitch today no one was picking daisies. It was fast paced play on all three games, though the two fields where my games were played the field conditions were in very poor condition. The grass was so high you couldn't tell if anyone was wearing cleats but everyone persevered and I had fun!

BSoleille,
Terri

cinco de mayo

The fifth of May and all is well on this wonderful Saturday.  I'm thankful to finish the quilt I've been working on, and it will be sent to Chicago on Monday.  Made a nice dinner for the family and then Olivia and I went to the grocery store so I could make a new recipe with fresh vegetables: "Mexican Gazpacho".  It's chilling to eat tomorrow.  My photo is all the veggies cut up before I put them in the food processor!

BSoleille!  Ciao'

terri

Project started and project finished

I started to machine quilt a tshirt quilt yesterday, worked on it today and should finish it tomorrow. That's a god feeling.

On a side note, my hubby passed his Access class today and is now certified in this Microsoft application. I am thankful because he's finally done since that is all I heard about from him over the past 5 months!! So that little makeshift desk in the middle of our living room did the trick I believe.

BSoleille, finding the bright spot of finishing a project from quilts to class.
Terri

Precious moments

Thankful I am in some kind of shape to hang with Olivia on a 10 mile bike ride this beautiful afternoon. She is home for a few days so we got out to do a few things together and topped it off riding around the parkway.

BSoleille!
Terri

Rockin' the Red

It's 11:35pm as I write this entry, still rockin' the red as the Washington Capitals are still playing against the NY Rangers in NHL hockey!  I was hoping to write a win here (Caps), but I want to get this in before midnight.   The game is going into the 3rd overtime and I would be cutting it close to getting this in so I am posting anyway (it will take another 15 minutes now just to Zamboni the ice).  I am thankful that this has been a very fast-paced fan frenzie game thus far, but the players are getting tired and there will be a winner soon (maybe after midnight though).  Go Caps! Caps! Caps! And I plan on staying up to watch the entire game......

My photo is one more of downtown Eastport, a lovely entry way with beautiful blooming roses!

BSoleille!

terri

Pretty boats in Annapolis

Today was my "hump" day while working Eastport  this week.  I was thankful to get out on my 1/2 hour lunch break and take a walk to one of the yacht clubs to admire all the pretty boats parked in the water waiting patiently for their owners to get them out on the Chesapeake Bay!  In the distance is the Naval Academy chapel dome.  Only a little sprinkle of boats floating around downtown Annapolis this afternoon.

  

BSoleille!  A walk in the bright sunshine to admire pretty boats!

terri

I Survived Elementary School

Typically I work in middle school or high school health rooms, but this week I took a three day job at one of my favorite elementary schools in Annapolis, Maryland. This photo is in a quiet moment at the end of the school day, and it was a good day to take care of the youngsters! Even a few pre-k er's, and my are the young, at barely 4 years old!

BSoleille!
Terri

A Beautiful Day for soccer!

I got up early, and hit the road on this sunny Sunday to get to my three soccer games that I was the center ref on all my games.  Had a great time running around for three hours with boys and girls from U10's, U11's and U12's!  Loved it!

Photo from another time, but that's exactly how I was dressed today!  Haha!

BSoleille!
terri

Thread Painting and Pheen Dinner

My photo today is from a guild sponsored class in thread painting by quilter extraordinaire, Pamela Budesheim. We did the chickadee and tree,and except for a quick lunch, they took all day! But it was fun and I learned and brushed up on this great technique.

Dinner with some Pheen couples completed the day at the Irish Channel in Crofton. Good memories, laughs and food were the order of the evening.

BSoleille,
Terri

The best bakery!

A trip back to Cleveland, Ohio is not complete without a stop at my favorite old time bakery shop, Michael's. I bought some yummy cookies and 4 poppyseed rolls that are my all time favorites. They offer the most delicious bakery and breads in the whole city (in my humble opinion).

BSoleille, finding the sweet of sweets!

Terri

Mixed emotions

While trying to make a good decision for my Mom's nursing home placement, I could not help thinking to live my life to the fullest as best I can each day. If we live to 75 we've got about 27,375 days on this earth. The many "elders" we saw touring the facilities over the past two days have to think that it was only "yesterday" they were 40, 50, 60 or 70! We can see that life goes by super fast!

My photo today was taken during a much needed respite hour when I met my childhood friend, Debbie, for a walk with her dog around the Hinckley reservoir. This was a place my Dad took us to kayak and canoe many years ago! The slight rain or mist did not stop us, and I'm thankful for that nice walk and chat!

BSoleille,
Terri

Cleveland Day 2

Looks like a fun time driving by the Cleveland Indians Stadium tonight, but not for me. More time was spent on looking at nursing homes and visits to the hospital to see my Mom.

Good thing the Washington Capitals won in game 7 in overtime in Boston!!!

BSoleille,
Terri

Cleveland

A much needed trip to Cleveland to help facilitate changes to my Mom's overall health care and living arrangements. Spent the entire day in the ER at a downtown hospital. I am thankful I was able to help advocate in the adult clinical world because as I found out today, it's a desperately needed skill in areas of adult health care in our country today.

BSoleille! Photo of the Cleveland skyline from the hospital parking lot. And since I was there close to 10 hours the parking was free!

Heading to Ohio

Due to some issues with my mom in her assisted living place, I left this afternoon to drive to Cleveland. I fully expected to drive in some intermittent raindrops through Maryland and parts of Pennsylvania, but what I wasn't expecting was to drive through a blizzard!!! Salt trucks out in full force for a 20 mile stretch. Thankful I arrived at my Cleveland destination safe and sound. No more white knuckle driving this spring, please!

BSoleille, trying to find the bright spot in the storm!

Terri

2 Bee at "Work"

Today I got together with my 2 Bee friend, Trish, to work on a table top decoration project for an upcoming gild meeting. It was a great day for sewing since it rained all day. Lots got done and I will show the completed projects after the May 9th meeting (we are competing for prizes so I do not want to reveal yet, haha!)

BSoleille,
Terri

Talk about a Home Office!

Hubby Bill often laments that he does not have a "home office".  That's because yours truly is a quilter, and the whole house is my "sewing room", ok, not quite, but I do have one bedroom dedicated to quilting, and I use the dining room table, (and I basically use the entire table to be truthful).  So hubby decided to really hone in on an office and set one up right smack dab in the middle of the living room. It is a small one I will admit, so he can find his stuff among the fabric strewn about, the many T-shirts blocks I have all over the sofas, and the need- to- be- altered prom dresses hanging off the dining room china cabinet.  I do care once in a while about it, but the whole kitten caboodle can be broken down in minutes if we need to, but I'd rather keep the "peace" and it works for us!


Photo of his "home office" and not a sewing item in sight!

BSoleille!  Finding the bright spot of a "home office"!

terri