i'm realizing more and more how much discipline i need in my life. oddly enough it seems that it takes discipline for me to really do what i want to do. i have all these things i want to do but i never seem to have time to do what i really want. the reality is if i develop some discipline i will realize i really do have time. so anyways, i'm working on it. slowly but surely i'm developing some good habits in my life. for example i have finally mastered the skill of flossing on a daily basis to keep my teeth from eventually falling out due to week gums.

so in conclusion, hopefully sometime soon i will have some crafty posts [:

tulips
Originally uploaded by homegrownbymaryjane.

i haven't done any crafting this week... i did start an adult beginner ballet class this monday. i love it! the teacher is really nice and the other students are as bad as me. the last time i took ballet lessons they put me with a group of people that had been dancing their whole lives. so this is much better and fun (:

my new year's resolution

I started this blog in an attempt to get myself to be creative. I didn't do so well last year but this is a new year and i have actually been doing pretty good. I just haven't blogged about it yet.

My goal is to get an online business up and running this year to sell things that I make. So I came up with a stategy. First, I will do all the mending and projects I have let build up over the years. This will help me get my sewing skills back. Then, I will start making things for my shop. I've already finished alot of my mending. It's almost like Christmas. My husband and I are wearing clothes we haven't been able to wear for the past two years.

I also discovered something about myself. My sewing room started out in my closet and I had problems getting motivated to go sit in a small, poorly lit closet to work on projects. Then, I split our bedroom in half with our dressers and made one half of our bedroom my sewing room. I had more room but found that I didn't like sitting in my sewing room by myself. Finally, i split our living room in half. Now my sewing room is in our living room, I'm by a window with a good view, my husband's desk is next to mine, and we can watch tv or movies while working on projects. It is working very well so far! We have a small living room now, but i love working in my new sewing room!

South Dakota!!

I received this email. If you guys are pro-life there is a link to sign the petition.

Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Mary Jane,Days ago, I told you that I will be delivering your petition to ban partial-birth abortion to our nation's Supreme Court on November 8, the day oral arguments open in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood.I asked you to pray specifically for the justices who will participate in this monumental ruling-the first of its kind since then-Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ruled against partial-birth abortion more than five years ago.I also asked you to let your friends and family know about our petition delivery, so that they can be represented in it. Today, more than 126,000 Americans have signed this petition!Thank you for taking this life-and-death issue to your friends. I imagine that some of you have received responses from some of them who want to know more. Please feel free to direct them to one of two resources which address the facts of partial-birth abortion in depth.The first is a step-by-step diagram of a partial-birth abortion procedure. Please click here.The second is a nurse's firsthand experience of partial-birth abortion while working in an abortion clinic. Her account was broadcast on Coral Ridge Ministries' Truths That Transform radio program and can be heard here.Thank you for standing with us for life!
Dr. Gary CassExecutive DirectorCenter for Reclaiming America for Christ
+ + Forward the petition link to your friends: http://www.reclaimamerica.org/pages/Petitions.aspx?ptid=14
+ + What Is Partial-Birth Abortion?http://www.reclaimamerica.org/pages/campaigns/pba/PBADiagram.pdf
+ + FastFact: Abortion:
http://www.reclaimamerica.org/pages/fastfacts/Abortion.pdf?mid=368236

Meers Country Store & Restaurant

We were out of town the last two weekends. So I do apologize for the lack of posts. I won a trip for two to Quartz Mountain Resort in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma last year. So we finally took the trip. For those of you who don't know, Oklahoma does have mountains. They are pretty small mountains compared to other places. I was going to take pictures of the mountains but i waited until the last day and it was rainy and overcast. If you're interested the website is http://www.quartzmountainresort.com/ . On our way back Timothy and I stopped by Meers Country Store & Restaurant. It is 105 years old and they are famous for their fresh hamburger. This was Tim's first time. I went in September on a field trip type thing with Senior Adults. It wasn't quite what we were expecting. Here are two pictures of the front.

the inside of the restaurant

Tim's reaction to an old dirty looking restaurant (: The food's pretty good and it just looks dirty because it's so old and not restored. They serve the drinks in 32oz mason jars. We both left full and satisfied.

family reunion

HorseShoes
Originally uploaded by homegrownbymaryjane.

another reason for the trip to indiana was my annual family reunion in edinburgh.
my family gets together for a weekend of camping, no running water (except for a water pump), outhouses, horseshoe toss, bean bag toss, bingo, a eucher tournament, and potluck meals. it's great (:
this is a picture of this years winners and runner ups for the horseshoe toss. from left to right: my grandpa, my honey, my cousin's husband, and my uncle.
the worst part is the end of the reunion when we all must go our separate ways until next year.

while in Indiana

Josiah
Originally uploaded by homegrownbymaryjane.

here is a picture of my one and only nephew Josiah... he is part of the reason for the trip to indiana. most of our pictures turned out blury so this is the best one i have for now.