The Kennedy Center awards

Wow! What a summary of my life.....Paul McCartney....the idol of my teens, memories of a seventeen year old, "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Hey Jude", "She Loves You" still my favorite music. Merle Haggard, the early honky tonk years with Cleve. "Hello Dolly" the only broadway show I ever attended. One of Cleve's attempts to give a rez girl a taste of culture. I loved the show!! Then Oprah, a woman who gave me courage to be who I am. Her magazine gave me permission to write my thoughts about racism, my right to be a professional Lakota woman activist and to become more self-confident than I had ever been. These people all played a part in who I am today. Their music, their influence touched my soul and soothed me. Tonight has been pure nostalgia and wonderful memories.

December 27th Post

Well Christmas is over for another year. Santa was good to all my family. I did finish some Christmas gifts by Christmas eve, but didn't take pictures. I finished candlemats for my sisters, some of my ribbon embroidery ornaments. I am working on a journal for myself, which I plan to use daily, since I have gotten away from writing for the past few years.

I am on vacation from work, but have some reports that need to be done, so I will be working in my office for a day or so. I want to do some sewing and work on finishing up some of my UFO's. I also need to finish three applique calendar blocks, February, November and December. I am going to do those today, since they are on my sewing machine waiting for quilting.

I hope all my friends had a happy holiday and I wish all of you a Happy New Year.

December 20th Post

Only 5 days to Christmas! I didn't get much of anything done for homemade gifts this year. I've just not been motivated. This week-end I finished a stocking for William and sewed the binding on a star quilt that I've been working on for awhile. Today I am working on some ribbon embroidered stocking ornaments for the grandkids. I cut out candlemats from felted wool for my sisters. Hopefully I'll get them done before Christmas eve. lol.

The picture is the stocking I finished for William.

Yes!!! I finally am sewing and finishing things. I made 4 of these placemats yesterday. They are a gift and I was really happy with how they turned out. I'm trying to use up my Christmas fabric this year so I can buy new next year. LOL.

Last week was a terrible week and I hope that this week is 200 times better.

Tonight I'm going to work on a quilt top to mail out to Toni. The blocks are all done and I have to put them together with sashing. Once the quilt top is done, I'm going to make William's Christmas stocking. The cuff is all cross stitched, I just need to quilt the fabric, cut and sew the stocking.

On Friday the University is having its Annual Elder's Day Dinner. It is a lot of work, but so worth it. The staff of SGU provide the food and gifts. Usually there are about 300 elders attending the dinner. Last year some of the elders played instruments and sang oldies. They had a lot of fun. Hope it all goes well this year.