Sue Pelland Designs » Daily Life http://suepellanddesigns.com Quilting tools, patterns and more Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:34:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Sitting at the Jimmy Fund Clinic…thinking of Spring! http://suepellanddesigns.com/2011/02/sitting-at-the-jimmy-fund-clinic-thinking-of-spring/ http://suepellanddesigns.com/2011/02/sitting-at-the-jimmy-fund-clinic-thinking-of-spring/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:18:34 +0000 Sue http://suepellanddesigns.com/?p=500 Put a little spring on your walls when your Christmas Ribbons quilt is set to come down.

I’m  updating this post while waiting at the Jimmy Fund Clinic.  Timmy is just in for routine boodwork, but  it always amazes me how emotional it is to come back to this place with all it’s memories…

We have a local friend, a 19 year old girl who graduated from our high school last year, who was just diagnosed with Leukemia right before Christmas of this year.  She entered her 2nd round of induction therapy today, right next door at Children’s hospital, Boston.   I am thinking about her, going through the worst of the protocal, while Timmy and I are basically at a well visit, three years after his diagnosis.  Puts things into perspective, how far we have come, and how grateful we are for this amazing hospital, and for Timmy’s remission. 

Please keep Sara in your prayers as she endures these next few weeks. 

On that note, I want to announce my charity donation for the fourth quarter of 2010.  This quarter’s charity donation will go to the Starlight Children’s foundation.  Through Starlight, we have been able to enjoy many activities as a family.  Timmy’s favorite activity sponsored by Starlight, was meeting the creators of the Rock Band Video games, right here in Cambridge, MA.  The amazing staff at Harmonics spent a Saturday playing rock band with the kids, and introducing them to the Beatles version of the game, which had not even been released at the time we went.   

Starlight lets sick kids and their families have unique experiences, allowing us all to forget about treatment, meds and protocals, if just for a little while! 

Your purchases of the products from my website shop, from shows and guilds has made this donation possible!!  So thank you customers, and thank you Starlight!

Ps.  Timmy, Jason and Jeff are heading into Boston again tomorrow for a Bruin’s game, curtousy of Starlight!  Who will they be rooting for, Boston or the Montreal Canadiens??  Hint, My husband Jeff grew up in the Hockey Capitol of the world, MONTREAL!  Of course, if I were there, it would be the BRUINS all the way. 

Until next time!  Happy Quilting, Sue

]]> http://suepellanddesigns.com/2011/02/sitting-at-the-jimmy-fund-clinic-thinking-of-spring/feed/ 0 The Sketchbook Project http://suepellanddesigns.com/2011/01/the-sketchbook-project/ http://suepellanddesigns.com/2011/01/the-sketchbook-project/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:25:03 +0000 Sue http://suepellanddesigns.com/?p=433

I am so excited to join the Sketchbook Project that my friend Sue Bleiweiss is starting today! (but later today after the sun comes up.)  I just received the most beautiful sketchbook as a Christmas gift.  Now I am seriously feeling that someone is telling me something!  I have to join Sue’s challenge now…there are just too many signs that I need to do this.   Thanks Sue for posting the challenge.  I find Sue’s challenge inspiring..you don’t have to make this beautiful, it is simply a way to keep you journaling, creating and keeping records of our inspirations. I always hesitate to get started, because I don’t want to mess up a perfectly good (and empty) sketchbook!  Usually I just use a spiral bound college rule notebook, but this time I am going in style.  Here is a photo of the beautiful gift that I received.  My quilting friend Elisa didn’t even know I was contemplating joining the sketchbook challenge!

My New Sketchbook!

Thanks, Elisa for this beautiful Sketchbook.

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I will keep this post short, as I need to get to Timmy’s 2nd baseball game of the season. Three years ago, Timmy missed the the entire baseball season. His spleen was so enlarged, it was dangerous for him to do anything. We were afraid to let him go back to school for fear of rupturing his spleen. WOW have we come a long way!!

In celebration of three years on successful Gleevec treatment, Sue Pelland Designs will be making our first quarterly donation to the Jimmy Fund Clinic in Boston MA. From the docs, to the parking attendants, the staff at the clinic is amazing. They do everything they can do to make our visits to the clinic a positive experience.

So a huge THANK YOU to all who have purchased products from Sue Pelland Designs in the first quarter of 2010. You have made this donation possible!

Happy quilting. Sue

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