Sunday 25 January 2015

Grow Your Blog Day

Good Day All!

Welcome to all my new Internet Friends who are also participating in Grow Your Blog Day!

First off, my name really is Kathy.  I have the privilege of having lived my entire life in Western Canada.  Currently I live in Edmonton with my husband, son, rescue dog, and rescue cat.  I have lived in Alberta for nearly 22 years but still consider myself as being from Saskatchewan.  GO RIDERS GO, and quite frequently break into singing Green is the Colour.  

I also have the privilege of being employed in my childhood dream job; a Registered Nurse!  Since the age of two I wanted to be an Emergency Room Nurse (long before the show about this).  However, at a very young age I was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes and over the years seem to have knack (I've been told) of being able to educate others on how to live with diabetes.

In  my career I have been a PICU RN, a Home Care RN, a Certified Diabetes Educator, and an Urgent Care RN.  At present I get to do two of my passions; Diabetes and Urgent Care.  As such you will never find direct pictures of myself or my family on my blog.  

I started my blog a few year back to be able to show my friends near and far all the stuff that I make.  I love to be able to create things; whether it is food, yarn, fabric, cross stitch or paper crafted.  I  pretty much love all crafts except for Crochet \: {  (I have a HATE relationship with that craft).  

Originally I had planned to have a super awesome project to share with you all today, but since I have lost the battle to a head cold all I was able to accomplish was 2 more blocks on my Raise the Roof quilt:

 Here is the context of what I have completed so far on this project:
Now, I am off to snuggle under a quilt with some tea, cold medication and my Tablet to read all the blogs participating in this event!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

p.s.

Questions I often get asked about Edmonton and the answers:

1.  Is Edmonton cold?

- Yes.  You will often see my winter posts referring to Snowpocalypse.  Except for today, it is + 5 Celsius (41 Fahrenheit).

2.  Are the drivers bad?

- Yes.  You will see several accidents and near misses daily, and learn rules of the road you never new existed.

3.  Are the roads bad?

- Yes.  You will need at least yearly wheel alignments on your car, and a new windshield as loose rocks are placed on the road surface in winter and in the potholes during the summer.

4.  Are the people friendly?

- Yes.  All the benefits of a big city, but also a small town feel. I always run into people that I have to stop and chat with and not just in my own neighborhood,

5.  Do I know your cousin Henry from Toronto?

No.  



27 comments:

  1. oh shoot!!!! I thought you knew Henry!!!! Lol
    great to hear mor about you Kathy.

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    1. Too funny! I'm sure being an eastern Canadian though you've been asked about Henry as well!

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  2. Nice to meet you Kathy! (Again! Lol). How do you find out about these follow along things? Have a super day....feel better soon!

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  3. I was sent a link for this one Jane by a fellow blogger. Click the link and join up next year Jane. Your blog is always AWESOME! ☺

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  4. Hi kathy. I'm visiting blogs from Vicki's party and having fun doing it. I like crochet but HATE knitting, I can't knit to save my life. Hope you feel better soon.

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Cindy. I cannot crochet to save my life unless I am supposed to make a triangle ☺

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  5. Following! :) I found your blog on the party list. :)

    I have just recently started quilting. It's really tedious! You're so good at it. My project is halfway cut and sitting in a bag on a shelf in my dinning room. (lol)

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    1. Welcome Lacie! I spend a fair bit of time in MT so you will even find pictures here of your home state ☺ Quilting is quite exacting, and that is what makes me love it, I am kind of a perfectionist, and focused on skills person. Hope I can help inspire you to take the project off the shelf. My son LOVES the quilts I make. ☺ Which of your blogs is most current?

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  6. New follower on GFC, Bloglovin' and by email (I think) from Grow Your Blog! On behalf of Vicki, the hostess from "2 Bags Full", welcome to the party!

    PICU is that like ICU for infants, or...? My daughter was born 2 months premature and we were extremely impressed with the care she received in the NICU (neonatal ICU) in Ft. Worth, TX.

    When my husband's paternal grandmother passed two years ago, we received several quilts that had been made in her youth, and they are treasures! And there are s.c.a.d.s. of scrap fabric and some pre-cut shapes.

    Your work is GORGEOUS! Several blocks remind me of a "Lincoln's Cabin" (?) block. I forget what it is called actually. I really hope your work is displayed somewhere or on sale because ... WOW!

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    1. Thanks for stopping by LuAnn. Glad to hear that everything went well for your daughter. NICU and PICU RN's are pretty special I think. In answer to your question; PICU is any child from birth (if they have been discharged from hospital after birth, or require heart surgery to fix congenital malformations) up to 1 day short of their 18th birthday. I worked mostly with the neonates who required heart surgery, but a few traumatic injuries as well. After my son was born I could not go back to that although I miss the intensiveness of the job. ER/Urgent Care will have to do for now.

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  7. Glad to meet you! I am having a lot of fun seeing all the great inspiration, so many new ideas! L

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  8. Thanks Lindi. "Sew" much fun to meet new crafters!

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  9. I am also an RN but haven't nursed in years now having much more fun quilting ;-) so nice to visit your blog and your future quilt is looking wonderful love that scrappy look ! Thanks for visiting my blog .

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Sheila. Nice to meet other crafting RN's and an Maritimer too! My husband is from NS and so we go back every couple of years. I especially love PEI and Cape Breton.

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  10. Hello, Sandy and I am retired and I crochet and knit. I already read that you 'hate' crochet, so I am afraid to leave you my link! There are a lot of things I don't care for too, but since there are so many ladies out there that do so many wonder little things with their free time, I try very hard to be appreciative of the craft they choose even so it may not be my preference. I see you do some very lovely work, and one day I hope to be able to make a beautiful quilt too. I do love to sew! Your blog is just beautiful. Sandy

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  11. Meant to say wonderful....not wonder! Lol!!

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    1. ☺ Sandy I love everyone's work and appreciate everyone who stops by here. I have simply been defeated by crochet and I don't do well with failure. I may give it a try again though as I see you have videos on how to make your pretty flowers.

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  12. Great blog! You throw a great party. Thank you for inviting me!

    So that you know, I've become a Follower and when time permits, I'll be back to see what other beautiful things were made by your hands!

    What this party is all about is to GROW your blog and I'm hoping to do the same. When you get to Section One, check out A Country Chic Retreat and SuZeQ Creations, my personal blog, in Section Fifteen I'd love for you to follow and subscribe to.

    Happy crafting!
    SuZeQ

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  13. Welcome Sue! Thanks for stopping by. I have wondered over to your blog and joined up!

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  14. LOL to question 5. Recently an acquaintance told me her daughter had moved to a nearby suburb (from Sydney, Aus). I half heartedly asked where, as I knew she was dying to give me chapter & verse, and then nearly fell off the chair as this girl had moved next door to very good friends of min. Not only that but she goes to my daughter's church and had spoken to my daughter the previous week.
    Hope you get better soon.

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  15. I'm visiting from eastern Canada - St. John's, NL via GYB. Follow via bloglovin. Newfoundlanders often get asked the same questions. Funny that!! Enjoy your day.

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  16. Found you through GYB and even though it's cold over there, I love your part of the world. I visited BC and Alberta last year and found everyone friendly and I loved the snow! I'll be following you to check out your projects now.

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    1. Welcome Dawn!!! I am so glad that you got to see my part of the world. I do love it here despite the cold, but it is so pretty and the people are friendly. Now to hop down under to your part of the world....

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  17. Well darn - once I heard where you're from I was all set to ask about my cousin Henry! So nice to meet you, even though you don't know Henry.

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  18. Visiting from GYB, we have so much in common - quilting and nursing, and a special interest in Diabetes. I love your color choices on your blocks, my palette too! Will follow on Bloglovin!

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  19. Hi Kathy, Stopping by on the GYB party. I'm on the east coast- in snowy cold New Brunswick. Love the look of your Raise the Roof blocks- I'll be checking back to see your progress on this gorgeous quilt. Hope you'll stop by my bog too, if you haven't already...
    Linda @ Stitch Lines

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  20. What lovely quilt pieces. It is nice to meet you in the GYB hop.

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