How many blogs do YOU follow?

I just spent my typical morning reading all the recent updates that my blogging buddies have done since I last looked ..... (that was, like, last night). I will miss this once school starts! Maybe I'll purposefully have to set my alarm for 5:00 am every morning JUST so I can catch up on everyone and get my "blogging-fix" everyday!

First, let me say....you can NEVER read too many blogs! Right? Every now-n-then, a new blogger will post a comment, and my typical response is to head over to their blog to read up on their life. It is AMAZING who we meet via blogging! I just counted the # of blogs I have linked directly off my page---42 (if my memory serves). BUT, there are a few others that I "follow" and catch their posts via my dashboard.

What about you? How many blogs do you "follow" and/or read daily?

How many "giveaways" have you entered??? ((guiltily trying to count on my hands and toes, running out of appendages)

How many "giveaways" have you won??? (I think Andee is the winner there??????)

Anyway---just taking a moment to say a big morning "HIYA" to all my blogging buddies that take time to read my posts on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. I have enjoyed getting to know each and every one of you!

Post 500! Life update

Yes, this is post 500! I must admit that I haven't even thought about putting together a collection for a giveaway......well, not exactly true! I HAVE thought about it, but simply haven't had a chance to put anything together. So, I NEED to follow tradition....therefore, this is a heads-up to stay tuned; something should be coming within the next two weeks.....


Some of you were wondering how I was going to spend my "child-free" weeks. The only reason I have the child-free weeks is because I have two weeks of classes for a Math Grant I'm involved in and didn't want to have for fork over the $$ for daycare. Everyday, from 7:30 - 4:00, I am busy with course work for this math grant; however, we DO get Friday "off." My quilting time is back to minimal, but I THINK I'm okay with that.

So....class is about to start; I'm off to see what everyone else has been up to.
Happy Tuesday!

Lilac Grove (aka: Carolina Christmas) top done

Lilac Grove (80 x 96)

Finishing up the last of the Carolina Christmas---now Lilac Grove quilt didn't take quite an hour. I can't really call it Carolina Christmas, can I? Not with purples and greens! And I did change up the layout from Bonnie's original.... As I was sewing on the last of the borders this morning, the exact thoughts of "what am I going to call this?" were running through my mind. Purples and greens? {{shrug}}. The only thing I kept picturing was lilacs.....{{that, and Barney, the purple dinosaur! But.....nah....NOT going to go there!}}

I want to give a shout-out to Alycia (alyciaquilts) for guilting me into finishing it!!!! Her quilter's accountability 6/30 post was enough to push me into pulling my top out and just gettin' it done! THANKS ALYCIA!!!!! I bet you didn't even know you had that kind of power, did you!?!?!? ;0)



Oh and...I set a new Personal Record last month! FIFTY-SEVEN posts during the month of June. Yup--yup...DEFINITELY a new record! {{and really wondering who in their right mind out there actually read all 57 of them!?!?}}

SO...how 'bout a thumb's up??

Or maybe just a self-pat-on-the-back? ;0)