Happy Birthday!

Somehow, without my getting any older, my daughter has managed to turn 18! Today is her birthday and she is poised to start a new adventure once she graduates from high school in June. A friend asked me the other day if you really are ready to send your kids out into the world on their own once they graduate high school and are ready for college. For me, I've spent years watching them grow, mature and become independent and I was ready for my son to head off to college...and I'm ready for Ellen to go to. I'm not saying it's not hard, because it is, knowing that you won't see them every day, won't know what they're doing and who they're with...but if they have the right values, then it's a wonderful thing to see them come into their own. Ellen is beautiful, fiesty, strong and very independent and I know that she will succed at whatever she does. She's just that kind of kid. Last night we took her to dinner in Philly to celebrate her birthday and had a wonderful time.

I've done no sewing this week, so there won't be a stash busting report. I did start my cake decorating class with my younger daughter on Monday, it was mostly lecture and supply lists this week, so we're looking forward to hitting the buttercream next week! I did finish this book....
As someone whose entire knowledge of the aqueducts, life in Pompeii and the eruption of Vesuvius came from a History Channel show a few months ago, I found it a very entertaining read! Then yesterday, I took a ride to the bookstore and bought this book....
I've been hearing about it for a year now and curiosity got the best of me. I've just started reading it and the basic premise of the Law of Attraction sounds a lot like the power of positive thinking or praying for what you want. I'm a very positive, looking for the bright side kind of person, so it doesn't seem greatly different than how I approach every day. Of course, I've only read the first two chapters, so I have a long way to go.