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.  

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