ABUNDANCE ~ ~ ~

Living an abundant life ~ that's what I'm doing! And my friend, Sue, who is also a hooker and a customer added to that abundance last week.  First of all, notice her tote bag ~ she made that in our Funky Flower  Purse class last fall.  This is the first time I've seen it finished and if you double click the photo, you can take a close look at what a great job she did!  She and friend, Pam, came to shop one afternoon last week and then we all went to the new wine bar in our little burg ~ The Happy Grape ~ for afternoon tea ~ I mean wine!!  We had great little flatbread pizzas and some very nice wines and lots of laughs ~ a great way to spend an afternoon!  Considering that I eat like a truckdriver and drink like a sailor, I was shocked when we realized that Sue had treated us all to lunch!  That's the abundance part!  It comes in all forms, you know ~ if we pay attention and count all the blessings bestowed upon us ~ we all have abundance galore!  It was a wonderful day and I so appreciate having them both for friends! 

Does this look familiar?  This is Sue's grandchildren's hands hooked into a little rug, inspired by my Christmas Hands Rug that I did several years ago.  It is darling and  such a nice compliment that she wanted to create this because of something she saw here!  More abundance!

Such a cute little 'shrug' made  for me by my

customer Martha!  It's made out of a yard of fleece with knit cuffs sewn in each end for your arms ~ so cozy and comfy for lounging in front of the Tv on these cold snowy nights!!  So thoughtful of Martha ~ Abundance Galore!!!  
Both these gifts just made me so aware that people are kind and generous and many contribute to my abundant life!  Just like our friends, Diane and Greg, inviting us to stay with them this next week in Florida ~ I hope they're not sorry ~ we're going to be there 10 days this time ~ I'm going to try  to be good!!

I'm picking out clothes to take ~ packing ~ laundering ~ working in the office ~ and hooking on my blog challenge project that will be due while we're gone!!  Then I have to create a post about it so that it is ready to publish on the 20th!  I'm not as excited about what I'm doing as I was when I opened the package ~ I drew it on the linen and it looked great ~ now it's up for grabs ~ maybe when it's finished, it will speak to me ~ loud and clear, I hope!!! 

Have a good evening and when you have a minute ~ maybe you will think about the abundance in your own life ~ about all the small things that add up to having your best life possible ~ and maybe how we can all do something to add to the abundant life of others!
Alice