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March 2026 End of Month Reflection

 

🌈 March Creative Roundup

🌟 Creative Wins This Month

  • Completed the block-of-the-month for the quilt guild I am part of. I think it turned out cute.


🌟 Personal Wins This Month

  • Completed the Walk Across Texas (WAT) for our school district this month. From Howdyhealth.org

  • Lead our campus (CNA) Campus Needs Assessment committee with a wonderful team.

  • Completed all of my districts' required training for FriEd Online PD.

  • Received my Art Life Coach Certification, Accredited by IPHM & CMA (March 2026)

  • Completed the Youth Mental Health First Aid USA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing (March 2026 - Expires March 2029)


  • Watched my first Russian movie with my friend Nadejda called "He is Dragon".

  • Put together a small Retirement luncheon for my mom. It was nice having the family together again.


  • Introduced my grandson, baby Walker, to German-style creamed spinach, and he loved it!


🪡 Works in Progress

Didn't have much time for crafting this month:


🗓️ Looking Ahead

Setting up a fun swap event for friend and sewists who would like to use up those scraps in your stash.

  • You can join the swap event "here"

  • Join the swap event on Facebook "here"

  • Working on making 19 Memory books/ one for each one of my students. I am going to be busy.

  • Lots of monthly challenges to participate in "here"

  • In June / July I will be starting my next T-shirt quilt for a friend :)


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