tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39205278788258047002024-03-16T14:52:41.292-04:00UpstatelisaLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.comBlogger620125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-65961902972408608652016-02-22T07:00:00.000-05:002016-02-22T07:00:45.719-05:00Things that make me .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finished my word quilt this past weekend!!!</div>
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The blue fabric is hand dyed fabric in my stash </div>
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and the background fabric is snow dyed fabric</div>
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I created when we had snow last winter!</div>
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This winter I haven't been able to snow dye...</div>
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I played a lot with free motion quilting...</div>
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it's always easy to experiment on small projects.</div>
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The binding is some of the hand dyed fabric</div>
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on which I had stenciled</div>
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with iridescent fabric paint... </div>
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I am<span style="color: red;"> <b><i>happy</i></b></span> to have finished this word quilt</div>
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but it is a little more monochromatic than I am used to creating</div>
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so it may need some embellishing...</div>
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not sure yet.</div>
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This past week was 'winter break' in New York State schools.</div>
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Not really in need of a break from winter </div>
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but Sugarbaby and I made our way down south to warmer and sunnier Florida</div>
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for a little R & R...</div>
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I always find plenty of inspiration in the little things...</div>
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flowers...</div>
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leaves...</div>
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raindrops...</div>
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seashells...</div>
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ocean waves...</div>
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French desserts...</div>
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and sunsets...</div>
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Feeling <span style="color: red;"><b><i>happy</i></b></span>!</div>
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Hoping I haven't bit off too much more than I can chew.....</div>
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My word of the year top is done with hand dyed and ice dyed fabrics...</div>
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but feeling a little under the weather has messed with my desire to quilt this week.</div>
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I am participating in a 7 day nature photography challenge</div>
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My friend and I are now into our second month of </div>
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The first month went very quickly since we started a little late.</div>
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The chapter for February is a <b><i><u>great</u></i></b> chapter for everyone!!!!</div>
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(no matter what kind of a relationship you are in or are working on)</div>
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that blows and rattles in the wind...</div>
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I have "collected" many items...</div>
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vacation is over....</div>
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I started my weekend with a visit to our <a href="http://www.hydecollection.org/" target="_blank">local art museum</a></div>
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where I viewed some signed prints from the <a href="http://www.nrm.org/" target="_blank">Norman Rockwell Museum</a></div>
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(which <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockbridge,_Massachusetts" target="_blank">is actually not too far from here</a>)</div>
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and the opening of a wonderful photography exhibit.</div>
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Art feeds my soul<br />
and that makes me <span style="color: #cc0000;">happy</span>!</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>Happy</b></span></div>
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This is my first time taking Ali Edwards' <a href="http://aliedwards.com/one-little-word" target="_blank">One Word</a> class...</div>
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but it helped to clarify <b><i><u>a lot</u></i></b>. </div>
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in a beautiful medium.</div>
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Gretchen Rubin's The<span style="color: #cc0000;"> Happiness</span> Project...</div>
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I have come up with 9 </div>
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some of which I have borrowed from her...</div>
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like <b>Let it go</b> (huge for me!!!) and <b>Enjoy the process</b></div>
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but I added a few of my own</div>
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especially,</div>
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<b>Enjoy this moment.</b></div>
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My "friend" who is joining me on this journey </div>
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I browsed the world wide web for a quote</div>
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that is more reflective of the beginning of my journey<br />
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but I am <span style="color: #cc0000;">happy</span> to be here.</div>
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Vacationing,<br />
college girl with a tonsillectomy,<br />
boy with wisdom teeth extraction<br />
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I have read the "Getting Started" chapter<br />
and am on to January!!!<br />
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Lots to <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>smile</b></span> about<br />
and<br />
be happy about this year!!!!</div>
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I have just returned from vacation...</div>
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down south...</div>
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where I enjoyed...</div>
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some beautiful old porches....</div>
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colorful old buildings...</div>
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majestic old buildings...</div>
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beautiful old windows...</div>
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inspiring old architecture ...</div>
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cute, old buildings...</div>
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sporting a pair of socks with artist, Frieda Kahlo....</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-75496195736764742172016-01-04T08:08:00.000-05:002016-01-04T08:08:03.335-05:00Happy<div style="text-align: center;">
Even though I explored other words </div>
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for that word of 2016,</div>
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I realized that all those other words</div>
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(compassion, present, mindful, create....)</div>
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lead to my being <span style="color: #cc0000;">happy</span>...</div>
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So, <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Happy</span> it is!!!</div>
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As I began a bit of exploration into what it might mean to me to be truly happy,</div>
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I found this on the <a href="http://livelifehappy.com/17-rules-for-happiness-being-happy/" target="_blank">Live Life <span style="color: #cc0000;">Happy</span></a> website</div>
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words to embrace, for sure.</div>
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The day after the race I ran on December 31st,</div>
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I got the results of my run.</div>
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Now I did this run as a challenge</div>
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with no expectations...</div>
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but the results of my run</div>
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surprised even me...</div>
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the woman at the table questioned me "53?"</div>
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So there is my age </div>
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out of 1380 runners who finished this race, </div>
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I actually placed in the<b><i> top half!!!</i></b></div>
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Out of 726 women running,</div>
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in the <b><i>top half!!!</i></b></div>
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In my age category (50-59),</div>
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I placed in the <b><i>top quarter!!!</i></b></div>
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and yet, another reason to just be <span style="color: #cc0000;">happy</span>!!!</div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-58385188056956432452015-12-31T23:38:00.001-05:002015-12-31T23:38:22.468-05:00Out with the old...<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It's about time that I went to bed but I realized that I owed one more post for this month's 31 days of blogging challenge. </span></div><div><br></div><div>So I'm attempting to post from my phone. In bed. In my pajamas. </div><div><br></div><div>Today I ran a 5k ...</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxaHYlQZKLnkjUjG-kRkYYTIgplPVSmlKu9ng5tqwNZSl5bg3TEBYnU4WkLAE4el52Bz7kOvlYDPlDfSY_Cmo06PIoK-fc9fqsksgjM3kSVZC3F49lKQ9BKYpxd8aEJDchpNgSSr45oE/s640/blogger-image--1794301933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxaHYlQZKLnkjUjG-kRkYYTIgplPVSmlKu9ng5tqwNZSl5bg3TEBYnU4WkLAE4el52Bz7kOvlYDPlDfSY_Cmo06PIoK-fc9fqsksgjM3kSVZC3F49lKQ9BKYpxd8aEJDchpNgSSr45oE/s640/blogger-image--1794301933.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>with about 1499 other fitness souls. Mostly because I could run and it would be a challenge. And it was. Lots of hills. Lots of people But I still managed to clock in under 30 minutes. </div><div><br></div><div>As I got ready at home in some running gear, my extra supportive sport bra zipper broke! <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewuc9K36CHIZ3UNlruFaih35ZMKM1f0Q7GfpFzvF1p9s-gGaLEYiHoSjL18Nwl68_7_6bN00X0T7pNhuPgmB7d3KrL6hItqXedZjP1Au8xNGnyp4YJG9CPrKQ1jerXUloIOs8BvAexEQ/s640/blogger-image-1611155124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewuc9K36CHIZ3UNlruFaih35ZMKM1f0Q7GfpFzvF1p9s-gGaLEYiHoSjL18Nwl68_7_6bN00X0T7pNhuPgmB7d3KrL6hItqXedZjP1Au8xNGnyp4YJG9CPrKQ1jerXUloIOs8BvAexEQ/s640/blogger-image-1611155124.jpg"></a></div></div><div> </div><div>Bummer!</div><div><br></div><div>But when I came home tonight and saw it dumped in the garbage, no longer able to support me, I realized a kind of symbolism or irony in it sitting there. Now it seems a coincidence that this idea came to me on the cusp of a new year, but I feel like it's saying, "out with the old, bring in the new!"</div><div><br></div><div>This last year has been frought with challenges, experiences I thought I'd never face but I have also learned a lot from them. I'm ready for anything! A life filled with lots of happiness, positivity, love, gratitude, creativity, and wonderful people!!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Bring it on!!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-35390408293738135552015-12-30T22:32:00.000-05:002015-12-30T22:32:13.827-05:00Yaaaaaawn.....nothing really exciting to say....<div style="text-align: center;">
Definitely not the most exciting day.</div>
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No creating art in my studio or at home</div>
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(not quite 30 out of 31... but pretty darn close!)</div>
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Today</div>
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I spent a whole lot of time (5+ hours)</div>
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in the midst of dense fog of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berkshires" target="_blank">Berkshire Mountains</a>...</div>
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Sugarbaby was diagnosed with <a href="http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/d_0n_100.htm" target="_blank">type 1 diabetes</a>...</div>
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filled with vials of insulin,</div>
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test strips,</div>
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insulin pumps.</div>
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at the <a href="http://www.bartoncenter.org/" target="_blank">Barton Center</a>...</div>
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even just for 4 days over Christmas vacation,</div>
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Next month,</div>
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it will be the 94 years since the first patient </div>
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Diabetes has apparently been in our blood for a while!</div>
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My paternal great uncle Sam studied (or perhaps acted as a gopher?)</div>
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under the direction of one or both of the <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/insulin/discovery-insulin.html" target="_blank">researchers who discovered insulin</a></div>
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and I found a book he published with a colleague</div>
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(rare probably cuz there can't be many copies...</div>
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the topic seems a bit dry lol)</div>
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even after <a href="http://upstatelisa.blogspot.com/2015/12/julie-andrews-eat-your-heart-out.html" target="_blank">yesterday's rendition</a> of These are a Few of My Favorite Things...</div>
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that Nature Boy gave me for the holidays...</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">and are <b><i>now</i></b> convinced that the <a href="http://upstatelisa.blogspot.com/2015/12/julie-andrews-eat-your-heart-out.html" target="_blank">madness of last night</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1429px; text-align: center;">I looooooooove the taste of cinnamon!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a <i><b>huge</b></i> fan of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music" target="_blank">The Sound of Music</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I must accept that it is finally winter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we have a winter advisory for tomorrow </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but that first frigid day (flurries included!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is always a shock to the system!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as I headed down to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albany,_New_York" target="_blank">city</a></span></div>
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Then other day while watching an interview </div>
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this coming year </div>
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Hope you will join me!!!</div>
<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-3667941264780583752015-12-26T08:57:00.000-05:002015-12-26T09:00:33.118-05:00Failed.... again!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
I tried and tried... but I just couldn't do it.... 31 consecutive days of blogging, that is.</div>
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Amazon left a new house for Olive...</div>
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Wishing all of you peace, joy, love, and new projects this holiday season!!!</div>
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The boy (aka Nature Boy)...</div>
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<br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-11532088199159468402015-12-20T08:43:00.001-05:002015-12-20T08:46:46.311-05:00TMI....<div style="text-align: center;">
As an individual that was born at the very end</div>
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I have experienced, like many others,</div>
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a <i><b><span style="font-size: large;">HUGE</span></b> </i>learning curve</div>
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where technology is concerned!!!</div>
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In <a href="http://www.yorku.ca/index.html" target="_blank">undergraduate</a>, </div>
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I took a computer science course with a brilliant professor, </div>
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the offspring of a <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1971/herzberg-facts.html" target="_blank">Nobel prize winning</a> father and astrophysicist <a href="http://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2007/11/15/retrospective-of-york-professors-mother-a-brilliant-astrophysicist-starts-today/" target="_blank">mother</a></div>
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who stuttered (I only note this speech defect </div>
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because I became a Speech-Language Pathologist</div>
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and studied stuttering extensively and and with my current knowledge,</div>
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I wish I could have yelled out something else in my head</div>
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rather than "get it out already!" when he blocked and repeated sounds/words)</div>
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but I digress!!!</div>
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I mention the computer science course</div>
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because back then</div>
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we had the <b><i>tedious</i></b> task of punching stacks of computer cards </div>
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and then stuck them in a card reader at a huge facility on campus</div>
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where you might have to wait in line for an hour at 2 AM</div>
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an error on just <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>one, yes one!</i></b></span> card made your whole assignment null and void!!</div>
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These days, you just google your problem and can find a myriad of solutions!!!</div>
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if you don't know a chat acronym or text shorthand</div>
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you can check out one of many <a href="http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php" target="_blank"> online sources</a>.</div>
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So...</div>
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I am a fan of alternative music </div>
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and so when Sugarbaby announced that she wanted to go see </div>
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a <a href="http://www.mattandkimmusic.com/" target="_blank">group</a> that I enjoy listening to,</div>
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I agreed and quickly purchased tickets for the show 2 or 3 months in advance.</div>
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Now, I must admit that I am not the hippest person...</div>
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I mean I grew up with a stereo console full of <a href="http://herbalpert.com/" target="_blank">Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass</a></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">LOL!</span></i></b></div>
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groovy, huh?</div>
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but my own record collection </div>
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included Elton John, Rolling Stone, Carly Simon, and the Beatles</div>
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Now,</div>
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the concerts I have attended all included a <b><i>seat</i></b> in a chair</div>
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or <b><i>a spot</i></b> on a nicely groomed lawn</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">IFYKIM</span></i></b></div>
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but these days, </div>
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a ticket into a concert may only include a spot large enough </div>
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for your <b><i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">TWO FEET!!!</span></i></b></div>
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and that spot seems to move backwards, forwards,</div>
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and sideways throughout the evening</div>
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depending on the individuals around you</div>
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who are either dancing, swaying, and/or making out (<i style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">WTH?</i>)</div>
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increasingly warm air above.</div>
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what goes on at those "standing room only" concerts</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">TMI!!!!</span></i></b></div>
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where I can stand or sit or even recline</div>
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in a space that is all my own.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>TTYL</i></b></span></div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-22382507865942365852015-12-17T18:49:00.000-05:002015-12-17T18:49:21.038-05:00Experimenting...<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experiment" target="_blank">Merriam-Webster Dictionary</a> defines "experiment" as..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"a scientific test in which you perform a series of actions and carefully observe their effects in order to learn about something</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">something that is done as a test, something that you do to see how well or how bad it works"</span><br />
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Goofing around in the studio this morning, </div>
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I realized that...</div>
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that start as ideas in my head</div>
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that I don't usually sketch out before I just dive in...</div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-26279165715035589362015-12-16T19:40:00.001-05:002015-12-16T19:40:22.967-05:00Sharing our stories...<div style="text-align: center;">
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when I thought it would be fun to head to Quilters Take Manhattan</div>
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Since that time, </div>
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I have met <b><i>lots</i></b> (!!!) of wonderful people,</div>
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made some <b><i>great</i></b> friends...</div>
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learned <b><i>a lot</i></b> about the quilting world </div>
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this year, </div>
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I decided to embrace the frigid season</div>
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and make friends with Jack Frost..</div>
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so I bought some snowshoes...</div>
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and it's December 11th....</div>
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and feels like spring in upstate NY!!!!</div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13894271242581269003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920527878825804700.post-54972121682485251102015-12-10T22:34:00.002-05:002015-12-10T22:34:31.988-05:00Did I mention...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
that I like black and white???</div>
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These are </div>
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just a few of my quilts</div>
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black</div>
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white</div>
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with bits of color</div>
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there will be more!!!</div>
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