I got a new Instant Pot yesterday, and I'm not sure that James was impressed.  She looks a little disapproving....but my old one had had the lid dropped too many times, the pressure knob didn't want to work correctly.

Look backs for January 4th...

Ralph playing with is new toy - a knife sharpener in 2009

Koori in 2010

 A walk on the River Trail in 2015
 

 

 

 

 

Ripley helping me in 2023

 

And some quilts I finished in 2023 - I was working on getting them sandwiched up, with a little help from my friends.

I started (and almost finished) making the other chicken quilt - using the last of the panels - on New Year's Day.  Obviously I didn't do much more than sew, now did I?  I have all the blocks done and sewed together, just a few more seems and the top is done!

A quick look-back to 1/3/2018 - AJ was in Japan and was building a snow fort/igloo with his host family.

 

I finished the Diamonds in the Rough quilt over the weekend, and it was immediately claimed by AJ. It's all flannel and is very soft and warm.

I like how it turned out - both the pattern and working with flannel.  I can see another flannel quilt in my future....

For a quick look-back, on this date in 2023, Ripley and I went for a walk at the park.  A beautiful day, especially compared to are cloudy/drizzly winter now.

Happy New Year!  

It seems like the world is full of possibilities on the first day of the year - to quote Dr. Seuss "Oh, the things you can do...."  I jokingly make resolutions, because they are more of a wish list - things I want to do.  Here are a few for 2025:

• Make time to get outdoors more
• Go to the coast this year
• Revisit my past blog posts - what was I doing 1/2/5/10 years ago?
• A repeat from last year, take on more do0it0yourself projects
• Learn to play pickle ball
• See friends more often (aka - get out of the house more!)
• A big one is already in the planing stages - visit Japan 
• Reorganize my sewing room
• Finish painting the inside of the house (just the living room and dining room left...)
• Start my Christmas crafting earlier this year.
  

And I'm sure I could find more, but....not real resolutions, just a wish list... 

As a start to fulfilling my resolutions, here's the happenings on 1/1/2013 - we were recovering from floods, fire, and locusts.....a sewage backup that  flooded the garage and the guest house, the HVAC unit had caught fire, and friends over for New Year's Eve dinner....two teenage boys being the locust.....I had made hats for them....