Not The Way I Like To Spend My Evenings....

Last night it was just me and the kids because Jon left earlier in the day to go on a cruise with his high school band. I had the option to go but I'm not quite ready to spend a whole week away from my two, still young, kiddos. So, the kids got into bed and fell asleep. The house was quiet and peaceful except for the distant rumble of thunder and the rain on the roof. Before I headed off to bed I thought I'd check the weather for today. When I brought up my local weather we had a bright red Tornado Warning. Great.... Turns out that a nasty little storm cell was headed for us and there was one right behind that one.
I watched the news (which had broken into all regular programming to follow the storms) to see where the "cell that shows signs of rotation" was.
Our only interior room is the master bedroom closet. As the storm cell got closer to our area, I started picturing making a mad dash across the house to grab the sleeping children and put them in the closet.... by myself. Luckily I came up with a better idea. I decided to move the kids to my bed one by one so that we'd be close to the closet should we need to take cover. They luckily hardly woke up as I carried them to my bed.
I was so glad I had moved them when the meteorologist said there was a possible funnel cloud 2 miles away from our house. They don't seem the least bit concerned, do they?

Luckily though, everything was fine and we didn't even get hail (many towns in the area reported major hail). I was able to move the kids back to their beds after about an hour. The birds are back to chirping loudly outside this morning and all is well.




I wanted to leave you all with an inspirational picture this morning.

Are you inspired??

Needed: God's help

"Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit,

but with humility of mind let each of your regard one another as more important than himself;

do not merely look out for your own personal interests,

but also for the interests of others."

Philippians 2: 3 & 4

I wish I didn't need the reminder in the verse so much, but I do. Why do I find it so easy to be selfish, conceited and proud? It is hard to say. One thing I do know, Satan wants us to stumble and he will tempt us in any way that he can to try to get us to cave. That is why we need to be keeping our eyes on Jesus, get dressed in the armor that He provides (Ephesians 6:10-18) and stand firm. I am glad that I happened to read this verse this week to remind me yet again to keep working on these areas that I struggle in. On my own I will have trouble but I have a mighty God who has sent His Spirit to work in me if I just let Him.

"Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endure the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Hebrews 12: 1 & 2

Teddies - Red & Pink

Name: Sweetheart

Price : RM45

Status : SOLD!

Name : Patches

Price : RM45

Status : SOLD!

Dinosaur Pillows for Iza's boys

Been looking for a dinosaur fabric for a client's request for the last 3 weeks to no avail! Then last week I came across this brilliant fabric full of dinosaurs - YEAYYY!

Its for 2 brothers. So I decided to put different color fabric at the back just so they can differentiate which pillow belongs to which brother.

A dark marbled navy blue for 'abang' . . . .

. . . . and a marbled turquoise blue for 'adik'.

Hope both brothers are happy with their pillows. Mummy Iza too :-)

Farm Animals

Yet another lovely find! A simple panel of 4 farm animals in the center. Couldn't resist it.

Simply put a 5" orangey-rustic colored fabric as the border and a lighter polkadot fabric at all 4 corners. Quilted around the animals and all the squares.

A perfect match found in the light yellow polkadot fabric as its backing and a dark brown fabric for binding.

Another done-in-a-day quilt! I'm happy.

Measurement : 42" W X 49" L

Made out of 100% American cotton

Price : RM160

Status : SOLD!