Part 1 of 3. See if you can guess the next two challenges based on this one! Some people like to categorize their friends: short term or long term friends. Work friends, church friends, vacation friends, neighbor friends. I have one category – friend…because once you’re a friend, you are a friend for life (unless …
A tale of two projects
By Merry Mary Following the conclusion of projects, I like to conduct a post mortem assessment. A more pleasant term is retrospective or debrief…but I kind of like the ominous sound of post mortem. It’s an opportunity to identify what worked and what didn’t work so that pitfalls can possibly be avoided in the next project. It’s all …
FROG IT
By Merry Mary For the past few months I’ve been diligently crocheting a baby blanket. This was my first attempt at a larger crochet project, having ‘mastered’ baby booties, pacifier clips and scarves. I don’t know anyone pregnant or contemplating a baby, so there was zero deadline. The stitch, lemon peel, is simple – made up of alternating …
Gratitude challenge – VBS
By Merry Mary This week I am volunteering at my church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS),which is how I landed on the subject of this week’s gratitude challenge. This week long fun is 100% volunteer led and, I might add, superbly organized. I’m so grateful for the adult and teenage volunteers giving up part of their day to provide …