Summer is blowing by and whether I like it or not, the heat won't stay as strong as it was. Funny thing that, loving the heat while wanting to stay cool in it. Yet, that's the way we roll. I'm like a woman on a mission this week, with so many lose ends to tie up before the end of August gets here, finishing up Sunday School Lessons; I've only got two more to finish making and printing out and I will have a full file of 52 reusable lessons fitting in up to 12 kids at once, for my PreK/1st Grade class. That was a 2-year project if there ever was one! The other goal is to get caught up in my Craft Room with all my "Want to Do" full list of items. Tim Holtz is not making it any easier- and neither is Eileen Hull, by the way- with all their new Chapter 3 products that are soooo cool! What Crafter ever said, "I have enough," without revisiting that with, "I lied," lol!
We've had a wee bit of excitement in our planning for trips to New York for the soon-to-be-due Newest Grandbaby. Younger Daughter had a bit of high blood pressure, and we were...concerned.... about that meaning the baby would have to come as early as 4 weeks. I hesitated with the word 'concerned' because when the news got to me, I simply freaked out. I had our first was just over 4 weeks early and that ended up with lasting effects for our older Son that passed on to our Princess Pistachio- temperature problems and febrile seizures. Not to even mention that Baby Pecan was going to need someone with him while only one person gets to be at the hospital (which is still somewhat under Covid19 rules). Things settled down over the weekend and we enter into this "3 weeks to go" phase with a bit less anxiety. The older Daughter has had some very rough times also, and I immediately went into prayer mode for BOTH! For parents who think they're off the hook once their kids turn 18: forget that! When you bring a child into this world, a true gift from GOD, being a parent never ends. The type of care changes, and your relationship deepens even as they continue to branch out and create their own families in their own homes, but the concern and urge to make sure they're always "ok" still manages to overflow in your heart. It multiplies all the more as your family grows bigger.
This new Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge is called "Chillin' in the Heat" and I'm taking the lead on it with challenging you to think about these last days of Summer before School begins. What's your favorite part; the heat of the sunshine and laying by the pool or on the beach... or keeping cool in the water, and loading up on cold lemonade in the shade? Let's see a tag, panel, book, or even 3D project using either HOT design using warm colors (red, orange, yellow. etc) or COOL design using cool colors (blues and greens). Use your dies, stamps, pastes, etc, at your will to dress up your design and compliment your idea of the perfect degree!
While the heat of summer is definitely my thrill, chilling out in the BLUES are my fave things!! All my Grands have baby blues, the 2 older went with Mommy to buy a blue Subaru, and my LA Dodgers are definitely blue hitting out into the blue! I so miss those JT/Adrian selfie moments, and we're ALL going to miss Vin! My Hunni Pi is feeling blue along with me at the thought.
