Wonderful friends

Monday night my friends from my home school group had a going away party for me. They collected the money and gave me money to buy a sewing machine. I was so excited. My friend Kristi went with me to pick the perfect sewing machine and the extra things I needed. I went to her house on Thursday evening and she taught me the basics on the machine and by the time we were done I had made my first skirt. I have made 5 since then. The apron and mug are from my wonderful friend Janet that I have written before. I love the apron. It says Excalibur Bakery because I like to take breakfast to the moms at our co-op. The framed art work is from my friend Melinda. She makes some of the coolest things. Going to her house is so relaxing, it is almost like you are in a country store, so relaxing. I could set here and write for days about this group of ladies but right now it is just too hard. I do want to take a moment and say thank you to each of them who has helped me through the last 5.5 years. I have made some wonderful friends. I will never be able to do enough to re pay them for all they have done for me. The black and white skirts are the ones I made with my new machine.

Sunday afternoon bowling

This afternoon we took a break and went bowling with friends. They all had fun. We only broke the ball return one time. They even had pizza for dinner. My wonderful husband stuck to his diet and ordered a salad without pizza and cheese.

The reason I chose to have a blog

Are you grateful for your friends. Three years ago I would say talking to friends on line is crazy and dangerous. Then we had Grace and I went on a search for preemie information. I joined a preemie group that gave me more information than I could use and I know I could still ask questions and find answers. I wish I could remember when but at some point a dear friend invited me to join a Yahoo group she was on. If I remember right everyone knew everyone. The group is for women who strive to be better moms and wives. We pray together and encourage each other. The group has grown and shrunk, has been very active and not so active, have had people join and people leave. In all we have 11 ladies. I say all of this to say that these ladies mean the world to me. This morning one of the ladies who I have become quite close to came on line and we had a good morning counseling session. How wonderful to start the day this way. So what does this have to do with the title. A dear friend encouraged me to start a blog and after reading several of hers i was inspired. I wish you could all know this lady but for now she will be a mystery (she will die when she reads this). I can not wait until she has time to teach me how to do all the fun things she does.