http://www.alligatorpurse.org/2008/10/09/hanging-tough/ My Bag of Tricks about Family, Children, and Grief Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:44:30 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.alligatorpurse.org/2008/10/09/hanging-tough/comment-page-1/#comment-13433 My Alligator Purse » Blog Archive » Merry Christmas to Me! Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:31:04 +0000 http://www.alligatorpurse.org/2008/10/09/hanging-tough/#comment-13433 [...] It now has holes in it, through all 3 layers. So last spring I started a new quilt for myself, for cuddling on the couch. I have decided to treat myself with breaks now that I have four kids. For the last 6 years I have lived for my kids and rarely taken time for myself. But I hit a wall and realized that I needed some me-time too. So in the Spring I took a class on how to make the quilt, then I spent hours at the quilt shop alone working on it. Once it was pieced together I had to take a break to have a baby. But even on break I was still having me-time; a NKOTB concert in October and Twilight the movie in December. [...] [...] It now has holes in it, through all 3 layers. So last spring I started a new quilt for myself, for cuddling on the couch. I have decided to treat myself with breaks now that I have four kids. For the last 6 years I have lived for my kids and rarely taken time for myself. But I hit a wall and realized that I needed some me-time too. So in the Spring I took a class on how to make the quilt, then I spent hours at the quilt shop alone working on it. Once it was pieced together I had to take a break to have a baby. But even on break I was still having me-time; a NKOTB concert in October and Twilight the movie in December. [...]

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