So lets get to Day 5!!! And today, we have 2 giveaways!!! Yup, it is another 2 for 1 special!!! :)
The first giveaway is sponsored by Missouri Star Quilt Company. Thank you so much to Jenny for her wonderful sponsorship of today's first giveaway!!! Here are some of the great things that you loved from Jenny's shop.
Rotating Cutting Mat
Hex N More Ruler
But in the end, the favorite item that won out and the Mother's Day Wish List giveaway for today is . . .
The second giveaway is sponsored by The Rustic Rooster Quilt Shop Thank you so much to Trina for her wonderful sponsorship of today's second giveaway!!! Here are some of the great things that you loved from Trina's Shop
Simply Fat Quarters Book
Plum Sweet Jelly Roll
But in the end, the favorite item that won out and the Mother's Day Wish List giveaway for today is . . .
Both of these are so fun. One a surprise, and one a little quilting flair to add to all of your daily planning. So cute!!! So what do you have to do for a chance to win either prize?? Easy.
Since this week is all about Mom's, your comments will be all about your mom ;) Whether she is still with us today or not, this week will be all about pondering over her and treasuring the memories you have together.
So for today's entry, leave me a comment of your Moms favorite way to spend her little amounts of "free time" . For mine . . . I love to find my mother curled up in her chair with a blanket and a good book. She always seems so at peace and content when things have slowed down enough for her to enjoy a favorite book :)
Please, one entry per person and international entries are welcome. The one entry will enter you for both giveaways today. The Giveaway will be open until Mother's Day and I will draw all the winners from the entire week on the 12th.
Be sure to pop back in tomorrow for Day 6 of the Mother's Day Giveaway Celebration for another fantastic giveaway,, we are going to end with a big blow out!!! Think Aurifil :) And just in case you missed it, you can find the other days here. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
Good Luck and Have a Happy Quilting Day!!
My mom is a gardener, so she spends as much time as she can in her massive garden.
ReplyDeleteReading was my mum's favourite activity and from early on I always remember a pile of books near her chair and a weekly visit to the library.
ReplyDeleteMom uses her free time at home to watch SF Giants baseball games or to watch the Kings basketball games. She also enjoys her garden and waters when she can. I love my Mom very much and I hope that she will have a great Mother's Day. Thank you and your wonderful generous sponsors for their genousity. I hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day and hoping that one of us becomes a very lucky winner.
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My mom would spend her free time sitting on her back patio, watching the hummingbirds that flew into the yard.
ReplyDeleteEmbroidery was my mom's favorite activity. She always had a project in her hands.
ReplyDeleteMy mom would spend her free time on the couch in the living room, watching tv and doing some crochet/stitching... multitasking even during free time :)
ReplyDeleteMY mom loved flowers, so she spent her free time tending to her flower garden. Thanks for another great giveaway! Happy Mothers Day to you!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom's favourite free time is spent simply visiting with friends and family. She is a real people person. Thank you for the opportunity. rpshandATnsDOTsympaticoDOTca
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to spend her free time cross stitching. She was always working on a project while we were together as a family watching TV or playing. She was so relaxed when she was cross stitching.
ReplyDeleteMy mom never stops, ever. :) she likes to be busy, her free time is spent baking bread or gardening.
ReplyDeleteMy mom crochets. She says or keeps her mind busy. Indeed. She made 99 afghans in her career and now everyone who knows her has more than a few of her doilies.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to needlepoint and she is VERY good! Her work always amazes and inspires me. When her hands are busy with needle and canvas she loves crossword and Sudoku puzzles; she says they are good mental exercise and she must be right because at almost 80 she is a sharp as a tack!
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to restore photos, work on genealogy, and quilt.
ReplyDeleteMy mom would spend all day in the garden if she could :-)
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to garden, she can spend hours n her yard. Me I love to sew. Happy Mother's Day.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is a gardener with her whole heart. That is where she spends her free time.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to imagine my Mom with "free" time - I imagine her calling someone to see how they were doing or sitting down to write a card. She's always thinking of other people :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom spends her time knitting the most beautiful baby booties and sweaters and shawls, She also loves to do genealogy! satterfieldfamily at sbcglobal dot net
ReplyDeleteMy mother loved to read, do cross stitching and of course sewing !
ReplyDeleteMy mom always had a bucket or two of fresh cut flowers in the sink in the laundry room. In her spare moments, one of the things she loved to do was make flower arrangements. She had a knack for making the most gorgeous big lush arrangements. The house always smelled lovely:)
ReplyDeleteMy mum quilts!!
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My mother loved to spend her free time in her flower garden.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loved to garden, read, decorate the house and travel. If she had just a few hours it would be spent doing one of the first three. If she had an entire day it was spent in the car on day trips.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to get together with friends and play cards - usually gin rummy.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loved to spend her free time, after a full day of yard work, sitting on her huge porch 'watching the grass grow' as she liked to say. I'd love to spend a few more precious moments sitting on the porch with her. She's been gone nearly 5 years now.
ReplyDeleteMy momknit, and read romance novels.used her free time to crochet,knit, and read romance novels.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to play slot machine games on her computer. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
ReplyDeleteMoms free time reading a book or watching a favorite show. 24Tangent "at" gmail "dot" com
ReplyDeleteFun! My mom loves to scrapbook in her free time. She likes to.sew too but she doesn't quilt.
ReplyDeleteMy mother is retired so she has a ton of free time now and she happily piddles it away playing computer games (mostly on facebook). My sister and I are trying to get her a more active hobby (she's going to start volunteering for a local animal shelter).
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was a reader too.
ReplyDeleteMy mom drank a pot of coffee while watching morning shows. I never had her taste for coffee...or morning shows. Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteMy mum reads all the time, sometimes she does some baking, but mostly she can be found with a book in her lap.
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She loves to browse craigslist and facebook with a cup of coffee in her hand :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom knits. She made/makes the most gorgeous sweaters and hats, etc. for all of us, and every time she has a free moment I can find her knitting something. Thanks for the giveaway! sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteShe has always enjoyed reading curled up in a chair.
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My mom is 95 and her favorite past time is working crossword puzzles.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to read or go for a manicure.
ReplyDeleteMy mom reads and quilts... but I think if you asked her, she'd say her favorite pastime is going on walks. Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is a chef and an artist, she makes beautiful cards and loves to spend time on pinterest learning to garnish her dishes. I like watching her on her IPAD, its funny and its also nice to sit across from her having a margarita and visiting with no interruptions, We live far apart so thats the first thing we do.. eat TEX MEX..
ReplyDeleteMy mom misses gardening, now that she lives in a condo, but there will always be potted plants around. She loves to curl up with a good book to read, loves to travel and loves shopping.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to have coffee with her friends. Sometimes they go to the local coffee shop, but more often they meet in homes...a couple times a week!
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to spend her free time with a glass of wine and a good book.
ReplyDeleteMy mom never had free time. She was constantly on the move and never could sit down to rest. That said, she loved to hand quilt.
ReplyDelete"Little" free time is right! When she did get to relax it was at the beach with a good book.
ReplyDeleteMy mom passed away 7 years ago, and her birthday was yesterday (she would have been 72) - her favorite way to spend a little bit of free time was to indulge in a half hour with her favorite soap opera, a crossword puzzle in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
ReplyDeleteMy mom worked up until she was 80, cleaning other peoples' houses. Her way of relaxing was working in her garden or reading. She loved biography books - especially about royalty, past and present.
ReplyDeleteSleeping. Don't let her get in a recliner cuz she will start snoring :)
ReplyDeleteMy mother would read every chance she could. She passed down her love of books to me and all my sisters.
ReplyDeleteThis is a hard one! My Mom's favorite way to spend free time would be playing with her granddaughters!
ReplyDeleteWow. I don't remember free time for Mom. How sad is that? Not as a child anyway. I think that I am going to cry!
ReplyDeleteMy mom would get up extra early so she could have a peaceful cup of tea and read a romance novel, with the cat in her lap.
ReplyDeleteHi. My mom will be 80 this year. She is remarkably healthy. She loves Gerard Butler, so will spend some of her free time watching a Gerard Butler movie. We all tease her about that! She also loves to go to garage sales. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI don't know that my Mum ever really has free time. She seems to be always busy aorund the house or in the garden. She does knit for the grandchildren on ocassion.
ReplyDeleteWhen my mother has some spare time, she sits in her sofa knitting or doing crossword puzzles.
ReplyDeleteMy mum loved to garden - so do I !!
ReplyDeleteHmm. I remember my mom used to love taking naps whenever she could snag one. ;) She was also a crocheter and loves to read.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to spend her free time doing cross stitch or knitting. I have several of her gorgeous cross stitch pictures in my home and she loves to knit baby blankets and donate them to hospitals.
ReplyDeleteMy mum is always so busy at one point she was in 3 choirs! She loves singing and some of my best and worst memories of her involve singing ;)
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to watch old movies and play on facebook!!
ReplyDeleteI remember my other with a book-always! She even volunteers at a library to get first dibs on new books!
ReplyDeleteI love to walk through the door of mom's sewing room and see her buzzing away on whatever she's making now. That "Come see what I'm working on!" comment the instant I come into the room is such a joyful moment.
ReplyDeleteMy mom enjoys her free time with the grandkids!
ReplyDeleteMy mother's favorite pastime was playing the piano. It was nice to fall asleep to Debussy.
ReplyDeleteMy mother is a machine knitter, so her "happy place" is in front of her machine.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to take baths
ReplyDeleteMother is 89 and has advanced dementia now, but working on her genealogy records was a favorite past time in a very busy life.
ReplyDeleteShe no longer recognizes me, but she has family photos of 'the good old days' that she does remember. They are set up all the way around her chair and she will pick up this one and that one and tell me who they were and what they did, little tidbits from liffe in the 20's and 30's. So in her own way she is still snacking on genealogy moments.
My mother loves to spend her free time with my dad in their RV camping. They love to just go for a week here or there. I dream of a day when I can just pack up and do that too!
ReplyDeleteMy mother loves to spend her free time with my dad in their RV camping. They love to just go for a week here or there. I dream of a day when I can just pack up and do that too!
ReplyDeletemy mom was addicted to those "movie star" mags of the 50's and 60's. She had to hide them from my dad - he hated them. These were the forerunner to the People and Us mags of today
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to spend her free time out by the pool throwing the ball for her 2 dogs.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were young it was reading, but once she finally figured out the internet, she liked to enter online contests and giveaways. She also spent alot of internet time doing geneology searchs to complete our family tree. dragonfly9716 at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteMy mom has recently been through some serious health issues. She is recovering nicely. She recently purchased a sewing machine so I expect her to be stitching up a storm in the not to distant future. Thanks for this fun week of reminiscing.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is a big-time crafter and spends most of her free time working in her craft room. If she's not making curtains, she's making goodies for my 6-month old niece, or now she's into making American Girl doll clothes for my niece when she gets old enough. She's always got a project (or two or three!) going and spends most of her time working on those. When she's not actually creating, she's planning and designing her own patterns.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed like my mom was always busy -- taking care of the family, working, cooking, etc. The last few years of her life she had gotten into antiques and loved to go hunting for treasures when she had the time. And, after my son was born, she had two short years to enjoy being a grandma.
ReplyDeletehaha! My mom is a shopper. I believe she is the reason I'm so good at hiding fabric from my husband. She would go shopping and tell me not to tell my stepfather about it. Leave things in the trunk until he was busy or out and then retrieve them! :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom lately is into catnaps! She has earned them as she's approaching 90!
ReplyDeleteI "found out" about Santa at a young age, so my mom always said I was her special helper. I was the only one who helped with shopping and wrapping and putting out presents, and I will always cherish those memories!
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves YA literature. She always had a giant stack of books and was always reading. When I (her 6th kid) was little, she got a job shelving books at the library. It was her escape to just be with books. When I went away to high school, she took a job as a children's librarian.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom loves to read. One of our favorite things is to read the same book at the same time and shoot little comments back and forth and laugh at the funny parts together. Wish we lived closer!
ReplyDeleteMy mom is quite the people person, so you will usually find her chatting with someone in her free time. :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to love to go to our baseball and softball games (or any of our sporting events) during her "free" time. She loved to watch us play.
ReplyDeleteMy mom can usually be found in her huge garden. She's loved gardening since I can remember. I did not inherit her green thumb, sadly!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. thanks so much for a fun week of surprises...
ReplyDeleteMy mom spent her free time knitting or crocheting. She could knit or crochet a baby set in an evening in front of the TV. That included sweater, bonnet and booties. She was fast! During the summer months she spent more time outdoors in her gardens, but still found time for that knitting or crocheting! I never did take to it like she hoped I would. I preferred sewing, to me it gave faster results.
ReplyDeleteMy mother loves to be out in her garden, where she still does so much work even though she is permanently on a walker. She always has been a marvel and at 88, she still keeps going. I admire her determination so much.
ReplyDeleteMy mother always had some knitting close by. Her fingers were never idle. Whether she was making something for us or later on, her grandchildren, I always treasured her knitted items.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loved to read and crochet.
ReplyDeleteMy mom died last year just before Mothers Day, she gave up and now I am kinda lost-even at 64 I am lost.She had knowledge of how to cook and grow beautiful things, she did not pass on any of that. I had not seen her since 1982 for reasons I do not know. But she raised me and I am thankful.
ReplyDeleteMy mother was happiest when she was baking her wonderful cakes. I have tried and tried to make my cakes taste like her's and have yet to master it. I "think" she added bourbon to her Lane cake. Her German Chocolate was to die for!
ReplyDeleteI lived in the same house until I married. Our neighborhood was a "village" with ladies who loved playing Canasta and laughing. My Godmother with her coffe cup, and the rest whenever their husbands left for work. When I got home from school around 4:00, they were still there. Always saying "just one more hand." This was how growing up in the '50's was. Maybe that's what quilting bees were like, but Canasta won. My mother's laughter, along with all these women laughing was a wonderful welcome! Sneaky trick, my Godmother set the table for dinner and chopped onions in the morning. When her husband came home, the smell of onions sautéing and a table ready for dinner made the King happy in his Castle!
ReplyDeleteI remember so many different "seasons" of my mom's life. A couple things she would do in her free time were crocheting and doing crossword puzzles.
ReplyDeleteMy mother's favorite past time is word search puzzles. She gets a new book and just cannot put it down. I think she has gone through all that are made in the last few years. It is wonderful that she still has capacity to do this at 84. I'm thankful that she still has cognative abilities!
ReplyDeletemy mother loved to read so we always passed books back and forth, thanks
ReplyDeleteMy Mom liked to crochet & she usually had some project that she would work on when time allowed. Later in her life, she became a quilter, and started using up the scraps of material she had collected. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteMy mum is a great knitter and that is what she likes doing on her free time. She also enjoys a good book sitting by the fire… I think we're so much alike!
ReplyDeleteMy mom is a reader, especially mysteries. She reads several a week. HER mom was into romance novels. Somehow it is funny to see my mom reading on a kindle instead of her pile of library books, but it is light and easy for her to hold!
ReplyDeleteReading, reading, reading. Whether a magazine or a book. When she shifted recently mum had to sort decades of reading materials, whittling it down to her most beloved books and magazine issues. This required re-reading all the magazines again before donating them.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a very hard worker who supported us with her full-time job so she didn't have much free time. She loves to read, sew, and serve others - that's what she does best. She is always helping others feel the Savior's love for them. Thanks for the week of memories about my mom.
ReplyDeleteShe volunteers as a reading tutor and loves to get a massage.
ReplyDeleteMy mother loves going to flea markets and garage sales and then she spiffs up the clothes she buys and sells them again, she also makes her own chili and sells it, she loves thinking of new ways to make money since she has retired.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom used to have needlework of some kind in her hands all the time. She went from knitting to crocheting to x-stitch and then she would curl up with a good book. I miss her dearly.
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Hands down, my mom loves to shop. So if she had any "free time", you'd probably find her in a mall somewhere. Ha!
ReplyDeletemy mother has always sewn but in mid life started to quilt. She has helped me along and though we love different styles of quilting we love to talk quilting and love buying material.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom is a knitter so that is what she loves to do in her free time. :)
ReplyDeleteMy mother also loved to read in any spare moments she had. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy mother was a reader, but it was always magazines. I think the only book I ever saw her read was her Bible.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure there was ever any free time. 5 children within 5 1/2 years makes for a busy woman. Tatc01@comcast.net
ReplyDeleteMy Mum's been gone for 12 years now. I miss her every single day. Her favourite pastimes were reading and doing needlework, either crewel or cross-stitch. Lucky me, I have "inherited" both of these loves along with many others!
ReplyDeleteMy mama's free time was sitting at the kitchen table with her cup of instant coffe and nibbling on a cookie.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom enjoyed reading and crochet. And watching tv!
ReplyDeleteMy mom would read books, all kinds of books! Cookbooks, biographies, novels, and magazines, too.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to golf and garden! hatlevig@integra.net
ReplyDeleteMy mom loved to read books, but really I think she just loved to clean lol
ReplyDeleteMy mother has had a lot of health issues lately but one of her favorite hobbies has always been reading to grandchildren. My son says that she is the best reader in the world!
ReplyDeleteWhile my mother was a single mom, I don't remember her having enough "free time" to do much of anything. And if she did, it was when my sister and I were out of the house playing outside or something. But once she married my step dad, they both LOVED to shop. Not necessarily to buy anything, although they did plenty of that! They just loved going to places, walking around, seeing what was there, and dreaming. That is definitely NOT something that I have carried on. I hate shopping!...Except for fabric. I could spend all day doing that! he he he
ReplyDeleteMy Mother loved to Sing and had a beautiful Soprano Voice. If she had a spare moment I could find her playing "The Fairy Wedding Waltz" on our Vintage upright piano. I had to go and find the YouTube for it to listen to again today! Thanks for bringing up that memory!
ReplyDeleteMy mum loves to garden and will always pop outside to snip a few deadheads or water her plants in pots.
ReplyDeleteMy Mother had 2, one was working on her front yard I remember people stopping and commenting on how nice our yard looked and the other was crochet, when she was learning how to do it she tried for a bikini for me rofl it turned out HUGE we had a good laugh on that one, but soon she had it mastered like everything she put her mind to.
ReplyDeleteMy mom tends to watch TV in her free time these days. She reads the newspapers, too, on her days off.
ReplyDeleteMy mom had 4 kids and worked full-time. What little free time she had, she enjoyed reading. In retirement, she got more into crafting, sewing and knitting.
ReplyDeleteMy mom also loved to read and instilled that love in me. She would get up before anyone else so she would have time to read - she would start with the Bible and then whatever else struck her fancy. For the last 20 years of her life, she only had vision in her right eye and reading was very difficult for her. She still read her Bible every morning and then would listen to books on tape.
ReplyDeleteReading her book, preferably in the sun beside the pool
ReplyDeleteI don't think I ever saw my mum with some free time. She liked to stop and watch the news though but would promptly fall asleep on the sofa. I'm the same, never any free time and have been known to fall asleep at my sewing machine and laptop. LOLLL
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was an avid reader. We didn't have a lot of money to buy books so we spent a great deal of time at the library. I remember her always putting a few dollars aside each paycheck and every six weeks or so we would head to the local flea market. One of the largest stalls in the flea market was for used books and my Mom had a great relationship with the owner, he would often set aside specific books when he got them in knowing my mom would like them. He was always so generous when she sold books to him as well, letting her trade them or offering her nearly the full resale value of his to her. When she passed away I made sure all of her books made their way back to him and made a trade in his benefit.
ReplyDeleteMom loved to sit in her favorite chair with her dog in her lap and watch Krissy Everett Lloyd play tennis. She even named her Yorkie, Krissy. Happy Mother's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteMy mom used to knit in her free time. Happy Mother's Day to you!
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a crafter and her "free" time was spent making doll clothes and stuffed animals for craft fairs.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is a cook. She actually enjoys this. And she loves to watch cooking shows. Thanks for the lovely giveaway.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was always reading books when I was growing up. Lots of Zane Grey (I think I remembered that name right). Unfortunately she started having eye troubles, and now has to listen to books more than reading them. :(
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My mom absolutely loves going to the movies, so whenever she has free time, she goes to the movie theater, often in the middle of the afternoon now that she's retired. She'll even go by herself if there's no one available to go along. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy mom absolutely loves going to the movies, so whenever she has free time, she goes to the movie theater, often in the middle of the afternoon now that she's retired. She'll even go by herself if there's no one available to go along. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy mom absolutely loves going to the movies, so whenever she has free time, she goes to the movie theater, often in the middle of the afternoon now that she's retired. She'll even go by herself if there's no one available to go along. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAA I'm laughing at this one....my mom never had or has or will have 'free-time' she is constantly on the go and up to her ears in activity. At almost 80, she leads the college study group at her church. There is no stopping her, but she would say, in her 'free-time' she can be 'caught' weeding her garden....but you better look fast! :) As there is always something else to do!! :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to sit on the lanai and read. :)
ReplyDeleteMy mom would knit...
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway
My mom didn't have a lot of free time when I was little. 8 kids, a farm, a garden and dad working away from home kept her pretty busy. As we got older she found time to read.
ReplyDeleteMy mother loved to quilt. She made everything by hand and would hours cutting out pieces and then sewing them together. At the time, I didn't appreciate all the love she put into her quilts, but since she is gone, I treasure them and would never part with any I own.
ReplyDelete... and my Mum loves to meet family and friends - she is very social and active, far more active than I am...
ReplyDeleteWhat free time? My mom is the busiest person I know! But she does enjoy knitting and crocheting, so if she's got an unexpectedly free evening, she'll be watching TV with the cat on her lap and a yarn project in hand.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loved going to the driving range or sitting on her lounge chair in the garden with a book.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom at 89 loves to shop- for clothes, decor, shoes- pretty much anything. She has recently discovered Walmart (I know) and can't wait to get back.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to cross stitch whenever she was sitting down; )
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a reader, any free time was spent reading a good book...or a bad book, it didn't matter to her.
ReplyDeleteFor my mom I am pretty sure it would have been catching a few rare minutes at a time of TV shows. I would find her asleep on her recliner just resting and I would tease her and she would always say, I am NOT sleeping I was just resting my eyes lol
ReplyDeleteMum has recently joined a craft group and a knitting group and really enjoys both; she's been known to take along stuff I've knitted for her to show off.
ReplyDeleteMy mum loves to spend time in the garden or reading
ReplyDeleteMy mom always watched As the world turns!! After noon lunch:)
ReplyDeleteThat's a tricky one, my mum never relaxes and as I've got older I realise I'm just like her in that! Occasionally she can be found reading a book, in fact I remember her reading when I was little and nothing would distract her, not even 5 fighting children!
ReplyDeleteMy mom would do the same thing, grab a book and read. She passed her love of reading on to me and I'll be forever thankful.
ReplyDeleteMy mom would spend her free time at knitting, she loved to knit for the grandchildren. I miss her. I have 3 daugthers and 2 daugthers in law and nobody is sewing or crochet or knit. I started quilting after my mother passed away, so she never saw my quiltprojects. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteMin mor havde lært at sy hatte i sin ungdom (modist) og lærte siden at sy tøj. I mange år underviste hun unge piger i at sy deres eget tøj. Jeg har lært at sy af hende og er blevet meget glad for patchwork. Hun nåede kun at sy 1 tæppe, før hun stille sov ind 87 år gammel
ReplyDeleteMy mom always was either sewing or reading. Unfortunately, due to health issues, she is no longer able to sew, but she still reads quite a bit!
ReplyDeleteMy Mom would find any kind of sport on TV and watch it...she was an amazing seamtress, but her favorite thing was sports!
ReplyDeleteMother's and free time?? LOL hmmmm, okay, let me see. My mom was not a reader, seemed she was always sewing or cooking. I do remember pictures of her on the lounge chair in the backyard soaking up the sun. I can imagine any sort of break from her routine was a welcome respite.
ReplyDeleteReading, cooking, visiting with friends and neighbors, being with family. I remember my Mom recharging with those. Thanks
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to quilt, but she also loves to play the piano and do Sudoku puzzles!
ReplyDeleteMy mother adores reading and doing sudoku puzzles! Spetzie at att dot net
ReplyDeleteMy mother spent her free time sewing and crocheting. She taught me to sew and crochet.
ReplyDeleteReading, bowling, and coffeeing with her best friend, How I miss her!
ReplyDeleteMy mom never had much free time, but being from Europe she loved to knit and would spend any free minutes knitting mittens and socks for all of us. Now that I quilt, I realize she was providing us warmth but I think that she needed that time to just sit and knit and relax.
ReplyDeleteMy mother always sewed during the day but at 3pm she always stopped , She then would go sit with my dad whether it was outside or in the living room. They called this their time.
ReplyDeleteI think my mom's favorite "me time" activity is shopping!
ReplyDeletePainting, crocheting, sewing and decorating, in between raising 8 kids and moving around the country because my Dad was in the navy!
ReplyDeleteAnother great giveaway!
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My mom crochets every day. There are hooks on every side table in the house so she doesn't have to waste a moment looking for one.
ReplyDeleteMy mom has always liked to read. We now share the same taste in books which is fun.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to cook. The kitchen is where you would find her first in the morning and as soon she's off work.
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My mom played Tetris all night long.
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ReplyDeleteto read together. As soon as I would finish a book we would trade and she would read it. Happy mothers day to all of the moms out there hope you all have a good day! Thanks for the great giveaway. vickise at gmail dot com
My mom seems to reject the concept of free time. But when she has a minute to breathe, she's on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteMy mom always used her free time to read a book. She taught me to keep a book in the car, in your purse, by the bed, snd in the bathroom. Because there's no point waiting aimlessly for doctor's appointments, meeting someone, etc. Read. I can use the same principle with a little bag of hand stitching.
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My mom enjoys reading about WWII, and far away places such as Africa, in her free time. Though free time is sparse for her since she works 7 days per week.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a farmer's wife and she would only sit down and relax in the evenings, after the kitchen was cleaned up and all the other chores were done. She loved to read while my Dad watched TV. She shared her love of reading with me and I think of her often as I read.
ReplyDeleteMy mom loves to garden and has a natural talent for it. I was not so lucky.
ReplyDeleteMy MOm was a farm wife...not much spare time...but she loved to sing
ReplyDeleteMy mum loves to read. She will go to the library and borrow about 15-20 books. Then in a week or so will be back to borrow more!
ReplyDeleteMy mom read the newspaper in her free time
ReplyDeleteShe loves to read.
ReplyDeleteMom often sneaks away to the garden, pulling weeds, moving plants or picking flowers.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom hand pieced kwilts in her spare time.
ReplyDeleteMy mom was a volunteer, giving of her free time to help others.
ReplyDeleteMy mom likes to sew pillows for hospice in her free time.
ReplyDeleteGreat items for today! My mom is an artist and spends her free time painting. I'm lucky to have many of her acrylics, water colors and some pencil sketches on my walls! Thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteMy mom spent her free time creating photo albums and making quilts for her grand-babies.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom was a people person and in her spare time would visit the shut-ins and ill individuals from our church. Of course she always arrived with some homemade cookies or rolls, or flowers from her garden. Although she has been gone for a few years now, people still tell how much those visits meant to them
ReplyDeleteOk my mom is a sewing fiend, but I think her favorite thing is to sew vests for some reason. She has a vest for every single holiday, I don't know *WHY* but I try to be supportive when I see new ones ;)
ReplyDeleteWe liked to spend Saturday nights with a pizza and a good movie as a family.
ReplyDeleteMy mother would do needlepoint when she had a few free minutes. She made such beautiful items. A few things she made are used as rugs in a museum's display of antique dollhouses
ReplyDeleteMy mother tended to her flowers in her spare time.
ReplyDeleteMy mom always loved to take a nap on the couch in the afternoons. I remember trying to be really quiet, because when Mom was sleeping, I didn't have to clean my room or do any other chores. :) Playtime!!
ReplyDeleteMy mom lives to chat on the phone!
ReplyDeleteMy mother is no longer with me but when she was she loved to do ceramics
ReplyDeleteLove this blog and the great giveaways!! My mom was always busy, but if she had spare time she would read or sew. She was a great seamstress. A busy lady.
ReplyDeleteMy mom is always in the kitchen. She loves to cook.
ReplyDeleteMy Mother loved to read murder mystery books and played cribbage.
ReplyDeleteIn her down time she would be reading the newspaper at the kitchen table or curled up in her chair with a good book. Thanks for all the great giveaways, have a wonderful Mother's Day! ;-> Toni Anne
ReplyDeleteMy Mom would either be reading a book, or doing a crossword puzzle. Always thinking!
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My mom loves to read, watch Nascar race and spend time with her grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom passed her love of reading on to me~ we always have bags of books to trade when I go back to visit. She also loves to spend time with her friends. Thanks for the fun!
ReplyDeleteMom is 80 and still does beautiful embroidery (mostly tea towels). She also makes tied quilts for her great-grandchildren (my grandchildren), as well as making the best homemade jam.
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