Sharing Divine Inspiration

I love reading the “About” section of everyone’s blogs. I love knowing a little bit about the person behind the blog. So, I thought I would periodically tell a little more about myself than what I have written in my “About” section.

This is me! I am 54 years old, happily married to Gary for 31 years, a special education teacher and a mother of 4.

These are my beautiful children. This was taken at their college graduation party a few weeks ago. Yes, all four of them graduated from college at the same time. They are quadruplets.

Girl Boy Girl Girl From left to right: Meredith, Rick, Tracy and Shannon.

Here we all are shortly after they were born almost 24 years ago. My husband and I were functioning on very little sleep.

This was taken on their first birthday. I love this photo! It makes me smile every time I look at it. Smile

My children are a gift from God that I am abundantly thankful for every single day. My husband and I were praying for children for four years. My doctor discovered that I was not ovulating regularly and suggested I take Clomid – a fertility medication. I took Clomid for four months and still no pregnancy. So, she said, “Let’s give Pergonal - another fertility medication - a try.” One shot of Pergonal and I was pregnant! I was so happy I was shouting it from the rooftops!

My precious little bundles arrived six weeks premature. The girls were healthy. My son developed an infants form of colitis called NEC, but fortunately he fought through it and won. Five weeks after they were born everyone came home. Smile

It wasn’t easy, but I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Red heart

Love, Terry Red lips

Hi! I’m Terry. Thank you for visiting my studio! Before I begin the tour I would like to thank Karen Valentine at http://www.mydesertcottage.com/ for hosting this wonderful blog party.

Welcome to my studio! My studio used to be my dining room, but a few years ago, when I was slowly taking over the room with my life, my husband asked me if I would like to have the room as my studio. Of course I said, “YES!” He has, since then, helped me to make it what it is today. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and come on in. Coffee cup

This is the view from the doorway from the kitchen. You can see that the lighting is fantastic. I love that my studio is right off of my kitchen – nice and close to the coffee pot. Coffee cup It is also right next to my laundry room, which I also love because with a family of six my washer and dryer are almost constantly running.

I have two six-foot tables in my studio. One I use for my computer and writing work, and the other is for sewing, felting and various crafting.

I am a special education teacher. So my studio is where I research and write lesson plans. This table is also where I write my blog, prayers for http://www.guideposts.org/ourprayer/volunteer-us and reviews for amazon.com and for guideposts. I do love to write! In addition to reviewing books I want to write one of my own.

This fantastic peg board was a birthday gift from my husband this year. The peg boards are metal. He ordered four of them from www.homedepot.com/. These boards hold my circular knitting needles, my cookie cutters that I use for felting, my scissors, my gadgets, and some wire and tools that I use for a variety of crafting. The piece of furniture below the pegboard is the bottom of my dining room hutch. (We put the top in storage for now.) It is great for storing my books. I have lots of books. On top of the cabinet I keep my knitting needles, crochet hooks, thread and eye glasses (they are in the blue bowl). See the jar next to the picture frame? That is where I keep my CHOCOLATE! Smile

This darling picture was a Mother’s Day card from one of my daughters. I have 23 year old quadruplets – three girls and one boy. Girl Girl Girl Boy They all live at home. At my house LOL means lots of laundry.

Okay, let’s face it, what goes really well with chocolate? Wine! Of course! My sister-in-law bought me that adorable bicycle wine rack for my birthday.

My wine fridge. I keep chocolate in there too. Yep, it’s right here in my studio! Winking smile My husband is actually looking into getting me a larger fridge for my wine and chocolate. Now you know why I love that man.

This beautiful and very comfy chair was a gift from my sister. It used to belong to her. Would you believe she didn’t want it anymore? I drink my coffee in this chair every morning as I spend some quiet time with God. That basket down there next to the chair holds my devotionals, my Bible and my journal. I always have my first cup of coffee of the day with God.

My dress form, next to the chair, was a birthday gift from my husband a few years ago. Sorry ladies, I’m holding on tight to him. Red heart

My yarn stash! Actually, this is only some of it. I have a closet full of it too. One can never have too much yarn – or chocolate. I bought this storage unit at Home Depot. One of my daughters helped me put it together. Thank goodness she knew what she was doing. If I had been doing it on my own my husband would have come home to find me in tears.

This is just a little shelf that one of my daughters was going to throw away. I put it at the end of one of the six-foot tables for more books.

Here are my inspiration boards, rolling storage bins, and my wipe off calendar. See the cookie tin? My oldest sister lives in England. She brought that with her filled with butter cookies last September.

Oh yes, I am a “possibilitarian.” Are you? http://kellyraeroberts.blogspot.com/2012/06/possibilitarian-project-jo-packham.html#.T_UBRXCSpy4

This is the table where I do my needle felting. I like to knit and felt handbags and pillows and then needle felt a design on them. The cover photo for my blog is a pillow I made.

This is the chandelier that was originally my dining room chandelier. Now it is hanging over my computer station. It used to belong to my mother-in-law. I added the shades – to which I added fringe. I also added the crystal beads and the wisteria.

I perched two little birds into my chandelier. This is just one of them.

I stenciled these tea cups on the wall when the room was our dining room, but they still work.

My mother-in-law found the tea pot and cups at Cracker Barrel.

One final look around.

There is something else I do from this room.

Have you heard of http://www.alexslemonade.org/? Alex’s Lemonade Foundation is an organization that raises money for research for childhood cancer. I started The Lemonade Blanket Project to provide handmade blankets to children who have been impacted by childhood cancer. You can visit this link http://sharingdivineinspiration.blogspot.com/2012/05/lemonade-blanket-project.html or click on the Lemonade Blanket tab at the top of my blog for more information.

My goal is to provide the foundation with 50 (that is the number they asked for) handmade blankets a year. The foundation said that if I bless them with more than 50 blankets a year they will distribute them to children’s hospitals.

This is the door from my studio leading outside. It is a wonderful place to sit with a cup of coffee or glass of wine and knit and spend some more quiet time with God.