Technology is a booger. I love buying new things, but hate to read directions. Why can't I just open the box and use the thing?? I got a new camera, I really wish I had more patience with learning new things. Here are some of my attempts at using it with just a quick scan of the manual and my daughter's help. She is so patient, not..."Ma, focus, Ma put your glasses on, Ma not that button, Ma take the lens cap off first!!!!

So, here are some of my first pictures and a picture of the new camera.

I am having trouble 'focusing in', not only with the camera, but with my activities. I start playing with the camera, then start cutting out fabric for a quilt. Then I start cleaning the kitchen, and paint a new pump part planter while cleaning the garage.

I guess the key word here is START. I love to start, hate the middle, and love the FINISH.

More time spent in the middle is where I need to focus in.

This is the START of a doll quilt, I am currently in the middle and of course want to rush through that part. I am kind of not liking it alot. Ever done that? I'll finish it though and it will probably be nice, but it kind of takes the fun out of it when you think it isn't going to turn out the way you imagined it.

This should be done this week. I'll show you the results when it's FINISHED

Two full days of sewing....nirvana Awesome and aggrivating.

These are the two quotes I wrote on the ribbons in the border:

"Roll on thou deepand dark blue ocean roll

Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain---

Man marks the earth with ruin

His control stops with the shore" Lord Byron

"The heart can think of no devotion greather than

Being shore to ocean" R.Frost

I have had two days of peace no work no husband. Just me and my sewing machine and fabric stash. I have been collecting fabrics that remind me of the Gulf when we go boating. The colors are so wonderful, blues, greens, silver, gold, and all things in between. I wanted to paint it, but I don't paint very well, so I thought I would quilt it.

I love the hunt for a project, and the end, 'ta da', but the middle sucks....I ripped my house apart looking for stuff like a regular sewing needle, the instruction book for my sewing machine, the thread I just bought, etc...... My back is killing me. For some reason when I sew, I get this sharp pain right under my shoulder blade, like a knife in my back. I actually use a tennis ball between me and the wall to rub it out.

Anyway, here is my finished quilt/wall hanging/artsy thingy. Now what do I do??? Should I hang it in my house, sell it on ETSY, bring it to the Wild Child Gallery and see if they want to sell it? How much should I sell it for???? I love creating these things, but hate to part with them...Delemma, Delemma.

I am going shopping tomorrow to buy more fabric YIPPEEEEEE