It suddenly occurred to me that I hadn’t posted my last 4×4’s.
They are currently flitting there way off to Tennessee along with the rest of the colors.
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Well, I got something completed today! I wasn’t sure that was going to happen. My folks came by to take me out for my birthday …yes…
!Mi cumpleaños es el cinco de mayo! … now where’s my margarita!
All- in- all, it was a very low key birthday..which is FINE BY ME. Tomorrow I’ll get a little ME TIME…so, it’s all good.
So I’ve been working on the back sides of my red, yellow and pink squares today. I was wanting to put some ribbon on and after looping it over it hit me!
Little pink ribbons for breast cancer awareness.
My mom is a 40 year survivor…she had a radical mastectomy in 1968. I’m thankful that she did her own self exam and discovered the lump. If she hadn’t, she wouldn’t have lived long enough to meet and marry my dad much less give birth to me.
Remember to do your self exams and follow your doctors orders for get mammograms on schedule. I’ve been getting mammograms every other year since I was 26. It’s quick, easy and totally worth the brief discomfort.
I will now step down off my soap box.
Boy these red ones took longer than I had expected. Not sure why red was difficult but it certainly was! I just have green, black and white. Theresa said we can combine the black and white. I’m going to give doing them separately a try first.
I’ve been jammin’ on these squares. I’m pretty determined to get them all completed before the first mailing date. 
This will serve several purposes including saving postage, freeing me up for other projects and most of all, not forgetting until the last minute. I’m usually not that forgetful but my mind has been REALLY scattered lately. Forgot my purse one day and my workout shoes the next. Must be that birthday sneaking up on me.
I’ve completed the next 2 colors in my long term swap. 
I love that I get to use up scraps and the little bits and bobbles I’ve collected over time. It’s really stretching me creatively too…coming up with so many unique designs.
I haven’t decided which one of each color I’ll be keeping yet.
Any opinions?
I had decided I wasn’t going to sign up for anymore swaps that I had to make multiples of the exact same page again..at least for quite some time. My friend Theresa came up a long term swap that will eventually end up with a rainbow of colors. I was still reluctant to join until she said it was okay for each of the pages to be different.
I will keep 1 square from each set and the others will be part of the 5 for5 swap. In the end I’ll have 6 pages of each color. It will be a very chunky book.
From the purple set I’ll be keeping the page with the flowers and my name pin on it.
I’m torn with the blue pages…I’d like to keep 3 of them. I’ve got time before sending them to mull it over.
Which blue page is your favorite?