Fabulous

Everything is coming up FABULOUS!

This has been a very busy week since we last spoke. Last Thursday and Friday I attended the women's conference at my church. Fabulous - A conference to uplift and empower godly women. All I can say is it was FABULOUS!!!

This was my first year attending the conference and not only did I attend I volunteered both days to help. I will do that again in a heartbeat. Not only did I get to work with some wonderful women I had already met, but I was able to make many many new friends. It helped make my church feel smaller by getting to know more people on a personal level.

Not only did I get to meet new friends, but I attended with my Bestie Carrie. This was some of the BEST QUALITY time we have spent together in a very long time.

To top off our Thursday evening..... MANDISA was there and did a concert and had very uplifting and encouraging words. She was on stage for almost 2.5 hours. Of course I had to get her new CD, and I have already memorized the whole thing. It's AWESOME!!! 

I think I could go on for days about the fun I had and telling you more about everything I did but I have other fun stuff to tell you. If you are interested in finding out more please stop by the website and check it out on Facebook.

So after those 2 very busy days, I had to take time to relax. That took a lot out of me and I was not sure I was going to make it at one point. So Saturday it was time for a change. 

I thought it was time to cut my hair. I will only cut my hair when it is long enough to donate it. This time around I cut 16 inches off. I am loving how easy it is to take care of and how much lighter my head feels. 

You can't see the ends of my hair here but it is past the middle of my back when it is brushed out. 

And now it is just barely touching my neck. It is so nice and easy to take care of. 

Still more exciting stuff to tell you.

So Sunday I went for my acupuncture and when I arrived there was a wonderful sign welcoming me.

My birthday was on Tuesday and they made sure that when I came in on Sunday that they had a sign for me. I was very nice to see. (The owner was also a speaker at Fabulous)

Upon my arrival home from acupuncture that day I was going through emails and was just FLOORED by one e-mail I had received. It was an email from Wood Magazine. Now it's not the typical magazine I would expect to get a message from but I was so excited when I read it and responded back, it had made me even more excited.

They are doing a special towards the end of the year that will be covering craft rooms. They had watched my room tour on my YouTube Channel and liked a lot of things about my room. They had pointed out a lot of things they  really enjoyed and asked if I would be interested in being in this special..... HELLO OMG YES!!! So I messaged him back and he told me what all I need to do. I'm so excited, you just don't understand. So as soon as I find out if for sure I'm going to be in the article and when it will be published I will let you know. 

As of today, Tuesday, May 20. I have assembled the first 8 rows of my quilt and have 7 more to go before I can start quilting it. It really is not taking as long as I thought it would for my first quilting project. 

Okay, so as for the past week, I've had a lot of things going on. BUT, they have been FABULOUS. I hope you have all enjoyed your week and I will be back again tomorrow for WOYWW. See you then.

Oh here are some of the PhotoBooth photos from the first night of the conference. 

Blessings

Mindy

The Determined Scrapper

WOYWW #258

And here were are again for another week of  WOYWW #258

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So this week in the world of The Determined Scrapper... I am still trying to recover from my visit to the ER last week. I don't think I had mentioned it because I woke up Thursday morning with a pinched nerve in my neck that left my right arm in terrible pain and completely numb. But I will try not to continue to complain about my pains and troubles. They are not nearly as much fun to talk about as the crafty things we all have going on. 

Now that I am trying to find my MoJo, I was able to get my desk cleaned off a little and get almost all of my stamps and supplies listed in Evernote. I really am still working on getting a post together about that. It will hopefully be very informative. 

I think my MoJo is at the bottom of my clean desk. Yesterday was my birthday and I was able to do whatever my little heart desired.... Pretty much nothing. No, not really. My BFF picked me up and took me to breakfast. After that I had gone and looked at some flowers. I did end up getting a couple of starters from the garden center and came home and planted those in containers and by the time I finished up it started to storm. It was a beautiful day and I received wonderful Birthday wishes. Thank you for that. 

Today, I have finally. Finally! started to plan out the beginnings of my quilt. 

So I decided to hang some fleece on the wall since the little piece of batting that I had was definitely not going to be big enough.

My quilt is going to be 16 squares across by 15 squares down. I am going to be able to do about 6 rows down on this piece of fabric but that should give me enough of an idea for my planning board. I think I will be able to get it mostly up there and then start sewing. Hey, I figure it is my first quilt and so far it's working. 

Well so far it is working and I decided to stop after I had gotten 2 rows completed on the board. Hopefully I will be able to get to a little more tomorrow.

The next 2 days are going to be pretty busy. I am attending the women's conference at church, which is going to be the highlight of the year. 

I've been a little chatty Cathy tonight. I'm running a little late, but later than never right.

Until later this week (hopefully). Or until we meet again. Have a wonderful time traveling the world from the comfort of your desk and have a blessed and safe week.

Mindy

The Determined Scrapper 

WOYWW #255

Another week,

another WOYWW

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Julia - The Stamping Ground

I know I have been missing again for a week but in my house right now there never seems to be a dull moment.

Today for example, things were going not so well as the rest of my week. I woke up this morning with one of the worst migraines I have had in quite some time. So my day was spent in bed. Boy that sounds fun huh?

So that lead me to miss my church life group (AGAIN), which I really do not like to do. As the evening was just beginning, I had received a call that one of my daughters baby bunnies had passed away while she was at school. We didn't even know that she was pregnant a couple weeks ago until she had the babies. Out of the 4 babies, 2 are doing well and one is probably not going to make it through the night. Trying to mend a teenagers heart that cares so much for creatures big and to her preferably small, is a very hard thing to do. It didn't help that I still have a migraine. 

Okay enough of that. I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL and blessed Easter. Around here the weather was perfect and the company was great. I have to say this is one of the best dinners I've had with my family. Not because of the food, but because I had the chance to sit and talk with my dad. 

Growing up my dad was not a religious person by any means, but within the past year and a half, I have seen the most amazing changes in him. He has been baptised, attends church, and is in 2 life groups.  This Easter I sat and talked with my dad the entire time about different scriptures and how God is using him. It was a wonderful time spent with my family.

So this week in the world of crafting for The Determined Scrapper. (sorry it took so long to get to the point) I have all 240 blocks cut for my first quilt. I have about 80 more to finish squaring up and then I can begin to assemble. Now looking at things and seeing how long it has taken me to complete this step, I don't believe I will be able complete this before May 11th but I can always try.

I'm still working on getting all my stamps and other supplies listed in my EverNote database. When I was busy with invitations I had gotten a little behind and now I have a pretty big bin on my desk that still needs to be entered. I also have been working on getting together a tutorial on how I use EverNote to organize and document my crafting supplies.

Wow, a lot of words and only one picture. I promise next week I will not be as boring. A crazy life makes for a boring blog sometimes.

Have a blessed week and I hope to see you soon. 

Mindy

The Determined Scrapper