EnStitches
About Me
- EnStitches
- Hi, my name is Amy and this blogging is new to me so here goes, I'll give it a whirl. I have 2 beautiful daughters who are both married to wonderful husbands and I have 2 beautiful granddaughters, ages 3 and soon to be 6 years old. They are my heart!! I have always enjoyed working out to stay in shape and boxing is my all time favorite thing to do now. I have been boxing for fitness for just over a year now. It is totally addicting and I love it. If you are interested in boxing for fitness check out www.hadleysboxing.com. My passion is my sewing. So much so I wish I had more time to do it. The "Melissa's Bag" you see displayed is the one I just did for my daughter. She put in a special request for this tote bag. I had alot of fun designing this one with her. She is also very talented and has her own business which you can check out at www.offthewallhome.com. I also took a couple of the fabric pieces I had left over and made her a picture frame. I forgot to take a picture of it but she is going to take one of it and send to me, so I will be posting it soon. This blogging is new to me so be patient as I learn more about it. Thank you for visiting.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New projects I have been working on
Okay, I am not going to say it anymore. I will not promise that I will keep my blog up to date. But here I am tonight and if you are interested and I think you will be, here are some things I have been sewing up and updating. Check out my sewing room.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Let us all be grateful
Okay, I hit the wrong button or something and I lost everything I just wrote. So let me do this again. As I sit here tonight and listen to all that is going on I am just getting more and more frustrated and sadden. I have to say at first I was upset when I first heard McCain had backed out of the debate on Friday. But once I learned why he had done it then my heart was pleased. Obama should have done the same. McCain is putting the people first and not the debate. I agree now, the debate can wait, we the people, all of us, the ones that are being affect by this economic disaster, that live here America, cannot wait. So yes the debate can wait! We are the United States of America and we should be proud of our country. And yes Obama did say this is not a Democratic or a Republican issue it is an American issue. Yes this is true. So why is he not putting us the people (Democrats and Republicans) first, but putting himself first. Look at us - we are losing our jobs, our homes, our everything we work so hard for. Is the Good Lord trying to tell us something? We should stop and take a look around and be grateful for all that we have, our homes we live in, our cars we drive, (even though gas prices are so high that we are seeing more people on bikes and walking) the clothes we wear, the food we eat, the jobs we do have and on and on. Are we grateful for what we do have and know that we are blessed? Is this his way of making us stop in our tracks and take a good look at ourselves? Do you pray? Maybe you should. Let us all be thankful for what we have and pray that we can turn this economic mess around and save ourselves and our country. Each morning when you awake thank him for this day that "he" made and rejoice in it. Yes the debate can wait and yes McCain is doing the right thing. He is putting us first even though it might cost him, because you are too blind to see it. Tonight when you go to bed, pray that he show us the way, pray for our loved ones, our family, our friends, our country. Spend more time with your family and friends. Let them know you love them. We are not promised tomorrow. God bless US everyone!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Not much to say tonight
Well after not much sleep last night I actually made it through my day at work. It was a good day, alot accomplished at work. Made it to the gym after work. Not there long though, hit the bags, walked Maggie and did my sit ups. I had to get home and cut the grass before it got dark on me. Have you noticed it is getting darker earlier each night? Don't like it! Don't like it at all. I love the longer daylight! I don't mind the fall it's just that winter is soon after and even though we don't have bad winters here it is just so ugly looking. No flowers, no green grass, no one outside much, just blah. Anyway back to my day with no sleep last night. Don't know what I am going to do about that. I hope that I am good and "worn out" now that I have no problems sleeping tonight. I certainly deserve it! So on that note "Good Night" and I will talk to you tomorrow.
By the way I have corrected the time on my blog
I figured since I was up I should put the correct time on my blog which is central time and not pacific. well, off I go to bed. Wish me luck!
It's 1:30 am and here I am awake again staring at the ceiling
Yes that is correct it is actually 1:38 am and still wide awake. Tossing and turning, staring out into the dark, closing my eyes and counting, deep breathing, anything but still not sleep. This happens alot and I am so frustrated and of course so tired the next day. I will go 2 - 3 weeks at a time like this and then maybe 2 weeks (if I am lucky) with good sleep. Nothing seems to help. Like always I think that I have found something to help me sleep but then again it doesn't last. I know this happens to alot of women, I hear it all the time. I wish I could function with no sleep but I can't and I am simply not at my best. I hate it, I loathe it but what do I do. I will go back to bed and will remain awake for another couple of hours. This time I thought I would get up and blog about it. Maybe this will make me more tired and then I can sleep, but I know better. I have tried reading, that usually puts me to sleep but then usually within 15 minutes or so I am awake again. I know this is probably boring to someone who has no trouble sleeping and can't understand what I am going through. But on the other hand I know there are so many more like me going through the same thing. Anyway I guess I will say "goodnight" and go back to bed and hope and pray that I can go to sleep at least sometime before the alarm goes off in the morning.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
garage sell time
Last time I had a garage sell I said I would never do another one. That was probably 2 years ago. Well guess what, I am doing another one. HA! This time my friend and I are doing one together at his house in Atoka. I figure different area of town okay I'll do it. Besides the fact he really needs to let go of alot of "old stuff". Might as well get paid for it and have me, his friend help him out with it. Then I figured if I am going to this trouble (remember I hate having garage sells) might as well see if I have anymore "stuff" to sell. And I do. No matter how much I hate having them I do like the money I make. It's funny my daughters and I use to have these at least once a year or so and every time we would go through each others stuff and we are like "oh, I want that". We never would advertise in the paper. The morning of we would put our signs out on the main street corners leading inot our subdivision and bamo we would have a hit. We most always wrap up around 12:00. Another thing we do at our garage sells is sell ice cold soft drinks. Everyone always wants something ice cold to drink while shopping. This is the perfect time of year for these sells. Weather is usually great and lots of people out and about. So for all of you people who enjoy garage sells "happy garage sells shopping"!
Monday, September 15, 2008
It's workout time
Well I am at the gym and waiting to get on the bag. I already have my hands wrapped and all I need to do is throw on the gloves when one comes available. I could do my neck exercises but there are 2 guys in the ring sparring. I could also do my sit ups with the medicine ball but someone is on that. I guess you can tell it is really busy here. Since moving to the gym in Bartlett we don't have as much room as we did at the old gym. I also miss the eleptical machine and the treadmill. I normally would get on one of those when it was really busy like now. I really like what the eleptical machine did for my thighs. I miss having my buddy Adam working out with me too. He always made it fun. Lots of laughs! Boxing is such a great workout! It really relieves a lot of stress and it is totally addicting. It's tough but it is so worthwhile. Everyone here is super. Well a bag is coming open so got to run. Talk to you soon!
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