Life With Jules, and other stuff

I haven't posted in several days, especially stitchy updates. I haven't stitched in over a week mainly because I was fighting a bad wicked bad cold. Yeah, I captured the bug that has been going around. I am on the mend and hope to get back into a stitching mode soon. But for now, I want to speak on a topic that has been on my mind lately: Attraction. What is attraction? According to Merriam-Webster (online), Attraction is... 1 a   :   the act, process, or power of  attracting b   :   personal charm 2 :   the action or power of drawing forth a response  :   an  attractive  quality 3 :   a force acting mutually between particles of matter, tending to draw them together, and resisting their separation 4 :   something that  attracts  or is intended to  attract  people by appealing to their desires and tastes  <coming  attraction s > The type of attraction I want to talk about is the first definition. What causes us to be attracted to someon

I am [slowly] reading this book and have enjoyed the first chapter. It is really getting me thinking and reflecting on my past. As I grow closer to God, I find that I want to hear Him more and am not quite sure how to hear Him. I am lazy in reading the Bible, of this I can be completely  honest. I never had that problem in the past, as I was an avid reader and turned to the Bible several times a week. Now, however, I just can't seem to keep disciplined enough. Here's a great example of that: I decided last month to join in on Joyce Meyer's 3030 Challenge . Let's just say that by Day 4, I was back in my lazy mode. It is possible I have too much going on and that's why some things keep getting pushed aside. All I know is that my yearning to understand my life and God's plan for it are strong. So, in God Revealed, Mr. Sievert uses life experiences/stories to discuss growing closer to God. At the end of each Chapter are some discussion questions. For Chapter

Where has the month gone? Last weekend I was thinking it was time to post my WIPocalypse update and realised the month had only just begun. Now I find that tomorrow is the date to post. Well, I am a wee early as I want to post an update on Praying Hands today so I will combine the two posts. Honestly, I think the only thing I have really worked on is Hands. It's coming along nicely as I fill in the holes and finish off the first 3rd of the piece. Here is what I've got: I also spent one Saturday working on my SAL with Joy over at A Joyful Stitcher. I previously posted on this one, but here is the latest snap again: Other than that, not much happening in my world of stitching. I'm finding myself concentrating on one piece for the month. This seems to allow me to get quite a bit in on the larger pieces. As to the question for the month: Show us your favorite places to stitch. I really don't have a favorite place to stitch. For a long time, I simply stayed in my be

There are 2 movies (out, or coming out) that I want to see in the theater this year. Yes, they are religious themed as the title of this post indicates. The first one that is already out is I am especially excited about this one because Roma Downey is in it and her husband produced or directed it. The same team that brought us "The Bible" series last year! And the other comes out later this month I am so excited to see 2 religious themed movies out in time for the Easter holiday!  

Thank you for the well wishes! The migraine finally subsided over the last couple of days.

As promised, here is a picture of my progress on "Coming Home for the Holidays": I also managed to get some time in on "Praying Hands". I have been fighting a migraine all week, so I haven't done much stitching. I took last Monday and Tuesday off and planned to spend time stitching. C'est la vie!