Just what the doctor ordered...Immodium for creative constipation...

I was beginning to feel frustrated with not getting an inspiration for this quilt....and then....What do you think? I am so excited that now I can't step away wanting to finish it and get it to the quilter. I am hoping that the wonky geese with the light blue lightened and tightened the overall impression. Took the advice of Penny at Sewtakeahike and have thrown in scrappy blue prints from seasonal to baby to traditional, love the quilterhood that blogs provide!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The craft project of the day....Lego mania and rockin' out live.

As I post, Noah is singing Pink on Lego Rockband game system. What a hoot!!!!

Below is such a beautiful simple quote...Enjoy

"There is something joyful about storms that interrupt routine. Snow or freezing rain suddely releases you from expectations, performance demands, and the tyranny of appointments and schedules. And unlike illness, it is largely a corporate rather than individual experience. One can almost hear a unified sigh rise from the nearby city and surrounding countryside where Nature has intervened to give respite to the weary humans slogging it out within her purview. Everyone understands and shares in this singular justification and the sudden alleviation of the pressure to produce makes the heart merry. Even if it's harldy more than a day or two, somehow each person feels like the master of his or her own world, simply because those little droplets of water freeze as they hit the ground." "The Shack" by Wm. Paul Young.

A pocket full of sunshine for all you people riddled with snow!

The desert is full of sunshine and a part of me is envious of all of you, friends, who awoke to the coziness of being snowed in. When I lived in Salt Lake I always enjoyed watching the birds flit on the snow covered trees while snow-shoeing. Hence wanting to post a favorite nature quilt- love the line!... it's coming to a special someone to CELEBRATE our nature adventures together! And for those of you that are wishing for sunshine, how about an ampitheatre of dancing and hoola hooping- I love Zions National Park...anyone been there and share in the love?

The peace of Christmas lives on...an ANGEL napping!

How can my day go anything but INCREDIBLE when I awaken to this photo on my phone from my friend, Ed. I had such a wonderful time creating the quilt design last spring for Sarah. It is based on a Kaffe Fassett design but I decided to have fun making up each line and seeing if it could turn out straight. Dick and Jane was chosen since they have a boy and girl now. What a lucky girl to be born into this family!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judi, I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I awoke this morning to some very fun notes from friends- thanks to you all for the compliments on my "napkin". Hard to send it off today....and not a more wonderful person then my sister to receive and love it!

How fun, I was looking at Green Fairy Quilt blog this morning and saw so many of you friends that had beat me to her latest masterpiece! Are we not so fortunate to know her and be blessed with her artistry on our quilts? She is the quilter of my "napkin" and so many more of my "older posts" quilts. I have some coming up in the line at her house and I am ECSTATIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Farewell, my "napkin", may you weather the snow well in Ohio!!!

I am so excited, I got my my Freddy Moran "napkin" art quilt bound today and is headed to Ohio to my sister. She is patiently waiting for her Christmas present. I am attaching the photo of the snowy cattle round up I took last year in the field. Today was 60's here in St. George and my sister announced that they are snowed in in Columbus. Wanted to begin to acclimate the "napkin" to the climate change much like you do when buying fish from the petstore for your pond or tank :). Can't wait to make another napkin!

Today we take flight.. Utah, A Pretty Great State

Yesterday was a sneak peek of my office in Nevada, today I thought I would call in "sick" and ask you all to do the same :). Let's go on a helicopter ride to sightsee Utah. Please arrive with your own barf bag, Root beer will be 5.00- cash only, a small bag of pretzels will be given as we leave Southern Utah and fly towards Deer Valley. If you are a snacker, please bring enough for everyone! Bring lots of camera card room and after, sleepover at my house and we can quilt our experience. Who wants the pirate ship?

Drum rolll........and the winner is.....

ERIN! and her 2 boys. Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all for joining me on the Nevada Wilderness Safari! Next Wednesday will be another glorious day in a different field area that is breathtaking with red rock. The adolescents will be up for their med visits.

Stay tuned, taking early reservations since the bus will be smaller this time due to skinnier 2 track roads :).

Bring on Thursday.....

Another day in the offfice.....to all my friends who joined me today in the wilderness, hope you enjoyed! God rocks as an interior designer!!!

Thanks to you all who played with me by writing as I visited the above places in town and in the wilderness. The sunset was glorious and I hope that you all enjoyed this excursion. TIffany is my assistant and is pictured in the chair in our "office" under the trees. I was here when you wrote, Arlette.

Tango, Ria, Judi, Erin and Jenny, the red rocks in town was where I was travelling to the bank and Starbucks when you wrote.

Zlatka, I was stopping for this sunset when I received your email.

Do you see the hawk or golden eagle in the top of the one tree, magnificent!

The smoke is of a field staff who had just busted flames in a nest, Jason rocks!!!

The snowy path is marked by boot prints and wooden cairns, was a fun "maze" that led to a wonderful group of adults that I could chat and laugh with! Reminded me of Hansel and Gretel for some reason.

The picture of the sky is jets practicing their maneuvers and is amazing to watch them mock dogfight. We were all in awe.

And.....saw one mustang but was too far in the distance for a photo, next time I promise!

And this is a small taste of my office and homeland....

Stay tuned tomorrow morning and I will announce the winner of today's game prize. Good luck to you all!

Do you want to play a game today with me?....

I am off to do physicals in the wilderness and would love if you send me response to this post and then when I receive it I will take a photo of where I am travelling and post tomorrow so you can see where we were "together". I have sent some of you a personal invitation to my "safari" but would love to have the "fun bus" full! Send me your good wishes for no deer in my grill and glimpses of mustangs and coyotes!

If you respond, I will put your names in a hat and pick a lucky safari winner- need to send some love with the postman to one of you!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to put a spin on it and send a second package to a child you know who would delight in getting "mail" from the postman. Would send to you and then you forward for "safety" reasons.


Have fun and come play with me!! Don't forget your gloves, hat and down booties, it will be cold!!!!!!!!!!!

Using the "force", big guns, humor, and dreams of sunny summer as I embark to the winter wilderness for work!

It has been a month since I have visited the Nevada wilderness area to see my adult clients. Today is the day and I am so excited! I so enjoy my time out there with them and am in awe of their existence in the wilderness with campfires, tarps and excellent gear. I will be dreaming of my hot tub as the day gets longer and my toes get colder! I will take some photos today to share with you so that you have an idea of my awesom job and CELEBRATE my "interior decorator's" latest ideas- GOd is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And as I am driving in the middle of nowhere among mustangs and praying the deer stay away from my truck, I will have little emails from you, friends, on my phone. I will let you know what I am doing when I hear from you so that you can share in my day!

Hope you enjoy the silly pictures attached, seemed like some fun to start the day with giggles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Celebrating a baby girl on the way!!!!!!!!!!

I love this pattern because it is so basic and fun and quick! You can make the quilt whatever size you like by cutting triangles different sizes. I like how this quilt turned out for Julie's baby because it is girly with a whimsical spice to it! And....anything with chocolate brown in it is a sure winner for me!!!!

I heart...... another way to say my favorite word.... LOVE!

What a remarkable Monday! I have a friend who has banned "Mondays" from his life and I feel so bad for him that he missed out on today :). Found this picture of my hound, Harley, and I LOVE him. He is 12, blind and I like to think of him as "blinded with love...."

I find me using the word LOVE a lot.... and so I thought I would try different words... I heart... I adore...I like you so much with my heart......I can't do it.... I LOVE, LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I created this simple Valentine's coin quilt a couple of years ago and saw it while perusing through photos. Love the simplicity and softness of it, not my usual style...

So.....happy Simple Love Day! Love the Simple shoe.. Lynard Skynard sings, "Simple Man" and a bumper sticker asks us to "live simply so others can simply love." It's EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My first sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited to share with you all that I have sold my first quilt and to a most wonderful woman. Hope that this is another adventure taking off! Good-bye Momo Wonderland!!!

Grandpa, I love you and we celebrate your memory!

Last time I travelled to Price, as detailed in the next post, my Grandpa Dave drove with me. He died last summer and I miss him! The Lego train for Christmas, the drive to Price in his honor this past weekend, and me and my brothers and Melissa spoke often of him this weekend. What a man, I miss you, Grandpa. This is the puzzle quilt I made for his 88th birthday in 2008 and wanted to dedicate this coming year to him! May I puzzle and read and love life as he did for 89 years! Last birthday meal he had a month before he died, steak barbecued by my brothers, he proclaimed as the best steak of his life! We celebrated that memory over our own family steak dinner last night! Long live his legacy in our hearts and our stories we share for future generations!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a year! Celebrating laughs and family and leaving the gate open for adventure!!!!!!!!!!!

What an incredible first 3 days of 2010! Ventured to Price, UT, my hometown, to hang with family and farm animals............ Good old country fun! Cannot put into words the love and laughter that lit up my heart and renewed my weary spirit! Met an spicy toddler, Harley, who is nearly 2 years old and beyond adorable. My brother's "niece" and I could not get enough of her big blue eyes and overflowing heart! I did not want to stop hugging her and watching her learn and accept her sweet love!

Dusty is my brother's dog and has got to be the cutest "muppet" I have ever seen. He stays under the pool table willing that someone will play and he can hear the balls rolling and follow them. What a hoot!

This morinng I was out with my brother loving the horses and the crisp morning and soon realized that I had left the gate open and the new 2 year old mule, Spike, sauntered out. OH GOODNESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next hour and a half he ran up and down the country lane, ran around the next door corral loving the neighbor's horse and trying to kick Dusty every so often. My brother patiently followed him and never lost his cool until he finally corraled him back in. What A RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will never forget him running up and down the lane and me and Aaron laughing!

Open your gate, and let the MULE RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do something wacky/ wonky!

Love, Em