I'm a Nut

I guess it comes as no surprise that I love stories about family.

And having a treasure trove like my parents' and grandparent's (and a few others) journals is a true treasure trove for me.

But today, the picture's the thing.

Though 'family' is still the theme!

Years ago, when Husby was in school and I was still a new twig in the Tolley family tree, I scratched my head for projects every time Christmas came around.

Something inexpensive.

And something fairly easy.

I crocheted blankets.

Cross-stitched pictures.

Glued.

Painted.

Sewed.

And you have to know that these were things I had never before done in my life!

And really wasn't good at.

Well, recently, in a box of things given to Husby and me after his mother passed away, I found several of the gifts I had made for her over the years.

The memories were thick about me.

This is one.

My favourite, made the year I joined the family.

And FYI, when I gave it to my MIL, the family voted me the nut.

Go figure.

It's not a plaque. It's memories.