The other day, Tuesday in fact, my dear friend Barbie and I enjoyed a frantic time of running around Waco, finishing up errands, fixing mishaps, and generally “I can’t believe we’re ever going to get on the road” kind of day as we were trying to leave town for our monthly girls-day-out Tudor Rose Sampler Guild meeting in the Dallas-Ft Worth area. Now keep in mind we usually leave around 9:30-10:00ish for a day of shopping and lunch followed by fun, sharing, and stitching a bit at guild that evening and returning home around 11:00.
This month however we were both stressed by the busy-ness of our lives and, to make matters worse, we had decided to participate in the Christmas Ornament exchange at guild, which meant stitching and finishing an ornament suitable for peer review at guild.
We did finally make it to guild and at the end of the day we had a wonderful trip as usual. I was very delighted to end up with an ornament that complimented a piece I had stitched back in 2001 for Christmas that year.
You can see how the two go together so well. I’m looking for one of those curvey stands to hang the ornament from so I can keep the two of them together.
All-in-all the experience has taught me that I need to make that extra effort to de-stress my life and, maybe plan things out a little better, and possibly lower my expectations of what I can get accomplished in a given time frame. I’m hoping to get a picture of the ornament that I created from the sweet gal who ended up with it…since I forgot to take a picture before I wrapped it!!!
Oh well, in spite of our protestations to the contrary, life goes on! I hope you’re going to have a great weekend and remember to enjoy the simple pleasures of the season, the music, and the crispness in the air, the shining faces of the children. But, remember most of all to tell them of the story of the One who made it all possible!
Blessings to you for stopping by!
Katherine
