Comfy

You may not be able to tell from this picture but down here in Georgia, we are having a cold wet raw day. I don't mind these kind of days. They are wonderful for "sewing days" not such a great day for my firefighter husband to be out in though! The rain cause wrecks so he will probably be busy.Myself, I am fighting a cold so I think I will stay right here and do some applique!

Hope you enjoy your day, whether it's saving lives or just doing some sewing:)

Nothing New

No new sewing around here. I guess I can blame Ruby because she keeps going to sleep in my sewing chair. She looks too sweet to wake up. Actually, everytime that I tried to move her, she bit at me and hissed:(

Remember when I showed this apron? I made 2 aprons for the quilt shop that I worked at. I made them to display with this great book that we were selling.

Here is the second apron! I had so much fun making this apron. There was the sweetest lady that worked at the shop. Her name is Corrine, she was in her early 70's and was a quilting superstar!! She taught the beginning quilt classes (still does at another shop) and was just the best teacher! We loved to kid with her and tell her that she had to dress up in costumes for events. She is a very tiny thing! Anyway, she wore this apron around the shop. We told her to wear some ruffled panties under it but she didnt..she wore her little jeans. The trim didnt show up good in this picture. It is that "leather" fringe that you see on cowboy and indian things.

I am SO ready for Fall! It is still SO hot here in Georgia. We are in the upper 90's with heat advisorys almost everyday. I was downtown and saw that Bath and Body had their Fall/Halloween soaps in so I bought some of our favorite Fall soap. It is Carmel Apple and it smells just like Fall baking to me!

Come on Fall!

Happy Memorial Day

 We still have a sick kid  so today we are staying home and enjoying (cleaning) our deck.  We are planning on cooking out later today.  Andy is home so it is nice to have a full house!   These are the flowers that Andy planted on our deck for Kelsey's graduation party...way back in 2009.  They are so pretty and bright.

I am finishing the binding on the pinwheel baby quilt.  I have been fretting over the label.  I want to make a hand embroidered label but I can't find a font that I like.  I do know that I am using some of the cute, cute flowers from the Daisy pattern that I got from big B.  Love them!

I hope everyone enjoys this day with families and remembering.  I just can't think of anything braver than serving, fighting and giving all for our country!

Busy Doing Nothing

I have not done any sewing lately. That makes me sad cause I am almost finished with the baby quit and would really like to get it done and marked off my list. I feel like I have been busy doing nothing since Easter. I have been busy but not really anything to show for it. Ever have one of those weeks? Plus, Andy is home most of the week so I am afraid that I will continue getting nothing done.

I have worked at the school, continued the Bible Study and made a meal for a friend that has breast cancer. Tomorrow it is my day to take breakfast to Bible Study. I have made Martha Stewart's Banana Bread before and that is what I am taking. It is very very yummy! I will also take a fruit salad. It sure makes me nervous to take food to something like this. I'm always afraid someone will get sick or spit it out! I'm wondering why I signed up!

We will also be busy moving Kelsey back home for the summer. That is a good thing:)

I wanted to share 2 more pictures with you. I live right across the street from my parents. I was raised in that house. When my sister and I married we were given land as wedding gifts. My sisters house is right beside mine. That is until they had to move to Alabama. Our kids grew up together just like my sister and I did with our cousins who lived right up the road from us!

In this first picture I am standing on the edge of my Mom's yard looking across at my house.

In this second picture, I just turned to look up the road. You can see my Mom's mailbox and my sisters (used to be) mailbox across the street. My sister's and my house are connected in the back by a big pasture. We have a track back there for walking and riding go-carts and 4 wheelers. It was nice watching the kids go back and forth to play and swim (my parents have a pool) I miss my sister living beside me so much!

Walking To The Pond 2

Here are more pictures from my walk to the pond with Brick and Wendy. Here is Wendy cooling off in a little creek. My sister and I used to load our Barbies up and bring them to play in this creek. Did you play with Barbies? We did everyday! We always had one Barbie that was mean, we always called her "The Show-Off" We couldnt think of anything worse than being a show-off.

This is another part of the trail. Kelsey and Joey spent hours and hours riding these trails on 4-wheelers.

In this picture, I am at the top of the gardens, just out of the woods. You can see the little dirt road and at the waaay top center is the top of my Grandmothers barn. This road make a turn at my Granmother's and goes around to my Uncle's house. That also leads to more trails. One will lead you back to the pond. I didnt follow that road because I had the dogs with me. My Grandmother has chickens that she likes to put out everyday and I didnt need Wendy eating a chicken...or a chicken eating poor Brick!!

I think in this picture I am almost to the pond looking back at the woods that I had come through.

Here is our pond. Right now it looks like a big mud puddle. My parents, Aunt and Uncle and my sister's family all like to fish here. My boys fish some but I have no desire to fish. I will stand around and talk to everyone..if the mosquitos arent bad. This is where we shoot fireworks off on 4th of July. You can see my Grandmother's barn in this picture too.

I have a few more pictures of my walk so I will probably show them later.

Cade went back to school today. I sure miss him! I have been cleaning house and getting reading to handquilt for awhile. I think I will take another walk after lunch.

Spring Break

Saturday morning Andy and I got up really early to go to Kelsey's college. We went to her sorority banquet. I feel like a loser Mom cause I know nothing about her sorority. Well, I do know that the mascot is a squirrel, they wear lots of formal dresses and they all seemed very sweet. I think they are Delta Gams. Here is Kelsey and her "big sis"

This is a shot of Kelsey and the Delta Gam House. She will be living here next year. That sounds like something out of Animal House. It is beautiful inside, I didnt want to seem like a creeper though so I didnt take any inside pics.

We also took her took a very cute cupcake bakery in town. It is called Hello Cupcake. Very yummy! Someone (Andy) stole the banana chip off the cupcake in the front!

We had a very nice visit. I think she will be home at Easter then she will be home for the summer!

Today is the first day of Spring Break so I'm off to enjoy the day!

The Longest Day

I wanted to share this cake tin that I found at Hobby Lobby yesterday. I just love the colors! I am not known for being a great cook around here. I cook supper most every night and nobody gets sick but I don't get many raves either! I try hard but to be honest one of my kids favorite meal that I make is affectionately known as "slop" I am a pretty good baker though so I will put this cake holder to use! By the way, it was on sale! Even better!

Why the longest day? After putting it off for almost 2 years and a bunch of planning between the adults, Cade got to have a friend from school over to spend the night. I won't go into it but "F' was removed from his parents at the age of 3 (for good reasons) "F" is on medication (for good reason) I have dealt with "F" at the school many, many times. He has a horrid reputation. I have been told that if "F" was to come to Cade's birthday that some other kids would not be allowed because of "F's" behavior. Really, I don't blame the parents. Andy and I decided that this weekend would be the weekend that "F" got to visit. We knew that we had our work cut out for us when he pulled a knife out of his pocket and quickly ran and jumped off our deck! Then he decided it would be fun to keep jumping at the cat and yelling at her to see her scared. Well, she finally went after him like a wild dog!! Believe me, he has stayed away from her since then!!

We sat down to eat supper, that I had cooked (nothing fancy-pork chops, roasted potatoes, salad and rolls) said the blessing and ate together..like we do every other night. Well, "F" said "Do ya'll eat like this all the time? " Cade just stared at him. I said "Yes, every night" and he said " This is great! This is the bomb, I love this" That made me feel so bad for him. It made me think of the things that I did wtih Cade when he was 3. We went for walks, we did crafts, we baked every friday, he was tucked in every night and met with hugs and kisses every morning. Not for 1 day has my boy ever thought that he wasnt loved and wanted by us. What a difference it makes!

So, yes, I will be glad when "F" goes home but I will have him over again!

Back to School

Today was the last free day! Back to school for me and Cade tomorrow. Yuck! I have really enjoyed our snow days. I love having Cade home and having nowhere to go! I just like being home.

I spent today doing my grocery shopping then hanging out around the house. Cleaning up and doing some embroidery. When I go out and feed the dogs I try to remember to throw out some birdseed. I looked out at one time and saw over 20 of these little birds on our side deck. You can see that we still have some ice on the deck!

Someone else noticed the little birds! She would love to go out there and "make friends" with the little birdies!
I also made these Orange Brownies. I saw the recipe on Pleasant Home. They made my house smell like sunshine!! Mine turned out more like a cake than a brownie. I think they would be wonderful with a cup of coffee or tea...I was lazy and had a glass of water with mine:(

Fall

We are having a beautiful Fall weekend here in Georgia! Cool at night and in the morning and warm during the day!! Perfect! We are having Potato Soup for supper! The leaves are just starting to turn. Kinda yellow first then those beautiful reds and oranges!

Saturday we all drove to Kelsey's college to celebrate her birthday. We got to see how she has fixed up her apartment and spend some time with her! Which means we took her shopping!!! Daddy got to buy a couple of formal dresses for his baby girl!! We had a nice lunch with her. Then we had to rush home to drop Cade off at a party. We watched UGA lose again and went to bed with our Bulldog tails between our legs!

Our Book Fair starts back Monday so I will be busy busy this week! I joined another stitch along on Flickr, I won't get any stitching done this week but I know it will be on my mind!! This cooler weather really makes me want to sew!!

Thanks for all your help with my meal ideas from my last post! I feel so much better about taking something now, I might sign up for an extra day!

Have a wonderful Fall week!

Crafty

I thought that I would show the little sewing kit that I made for myself. I am sure that this is not a new idea but it was to me! I took a little gift card tin from Michaels and hot glued a magnet strip in the bottom of it. TA DA!! A perfect little container for needle, thread and my embroidery scissors!

Perfect for a little outside stitching!

Too bad our weather hasnt been perfect for outside stitching! We are still having hot humid up to the high 90's days! I am ready for Fall!

I have been very busy at Cade's school. The librarian, Mrs. Sherry, is starting another round of chemo so I am happy to fill in for her. But, I have been eating better and walking 60min everyday!! Even in this heat! I feel good and my clothes are fitting better! I am hoping to fit some sewing into my schedule soon!! I miss it so much!

My Morning

Just enjoying the slow and quiet mornings of Summer.

Before the Back to School Rush.

Weekend Wrap Up

We had a busy weekend around here! All last week the students in our county had CRCT testing. It is a set of tests that have to be passed to pass 3rd, 5th and 8th grades. It is a long stressful week for students and teachers. Our school celebrated the test being over on Friday Night. We did a "Movie on the Lawn" we also had a concession stand. The kids loved it. It was alot of work and made for a long day. I think we left there at around 10:30 pm. That is very late for me! I had "volunteered" Andy to work too! He had to mark off the lawn with stakes and ties. He got sunburned on his neck. I am sure that he was thanking me while sweat was rolling in his eyes!

Saturday, Kelsey (and her laundry) came home for the day. We had terrible storms but we all enjoyed a nice lunch out and a little shopping.

Sunday, we had church, then we went out. We are looking for some new living room furniture. I dont know how we ended up at Joann's but we did!! Maybe because Toys R Us is next door to it and Cade had been wanting to go there and "look around" The picture above is of the fabric I bought. (but didnt need)
It was a nice weekend but now, I need to clean up around here and buy some groceries!!
Hope everyone had a Great weekend!
Libby

Wednesday

Here is the other baby quilt that I have made using that same pattern. I have shown 3, there should be 1 more. I will look for it. I made this one for the same lady that I just made the purple quilt for. She took this one to an embroidery shop and had the babies monogram put on it. It turned out very sweet.



I don't have to go to the library today. I have a drs. appt. later. I plan on picking up a little and going for a walk. It snowed here Monday, Tuesday it was 70 and beautiful! My 3 favorite guys and I all went for a walk. Maybe I will get some sewing in too! I am embroidering a squirrel on a pillowcase for Kelsey. Squirrel is her sorority mascot!



Cade gets his braces tomorrow and we are celebrating by going to the movies to see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid"



Have a great day!

Libby

Still Here!

I'm still here and kicking! I did not mean to take a blog break. Again, I must say that my hat is off to working Moms (you know what I mean, outside the home) Working at the school is kicking my hiney! I am doing all I can to keep up with my housework, Cade and meals! I think that I did a little embroidery one night but other than that NO sewing at all!! Not a good balance for me!

The good news is that Sherry got her port in for her chemo and is feeling good! I am so happy to help her out! She is the sweetest, positive person! She plans on coming in to the library this week. Thank you so much for your prayers!

Also good news, my sweet daughter is home for Spring Break! With her mountain of laundry! Yikes! I am going to spend some time with her. Shopping and pedicures and lunch!! Just what I need. I love that girl!

I am planning to do some sewing this week. I hope to post soon with some pictures and I really need to catch up on my blog reading! I miss all of ya'll!

I am adding a picture of me and Kelsey at her graduation party from last year. I can't believe that it's been a year!! She wants to add that she does not like that picture, she didnt wear that shirt during the party and she has lost weight!!

Quiet Monday

My living room is clean...no pile of blankets and pillows, no werewolves and vampire toys, no playstation games, no "Wimpy Kid" books.

Already this morning, I have a roast in the crock-pot, laundry is done and the bathrooms are clean!

This little boy went back to school today! I miss him and his "messes" so very much!! It is way to quiet without him here!

Happy Monday Everyone!

Libby

Winter Break!

Thank you all so much for the birthday wishes! I spent a wonderful day shopping with my husband and Cade! Later, we met Joey out for a delicious supper! I didnt buy any fabric but I stocked up on my favorite hand quilting needles and another thimble that I love!! I also got a new camera that I am still trying to figure out how to use! It was sad not getting to see my daughter for my birthday but I talked to her many times!

My dryer decided to break down for my birthday! It is about 20 years old and the drum shifts from time to time. The repair is simple and the man who fixes it says that we wont be able to buy one that will be as good as this one so to keep it til it can't be fixed. Getting it out of my house is a big headache. My little laundry room is so small that we have to move the washer to get the dryer out. The guy fixes it overnight so we just leave the washer and everything that is kept in the laundry room in the middle of my kitchen! What a mess! "We" also let the washer hose slip which spilled water into some clean kitty litter so now I am waiting to put everything back so that I can mop this messy floor!!

I am excitied about Heidi's Friday Night Sew In! I am trying to decide on what all to work on. Saturday, I am taking a redwork class so that is exciting too!
We are still enjoying watching the Olympics at night. We all stayed up late to watch Shaun White win his gold in the half pipe!

I made a Red Velvet Cake for my birthday. (i am trying to load a picture grrr) It turned out pretty good in fact, it was good enough that I will send the leftovers to the Fire Dept. so that I don't eat it all up!! Well, blogger is taking too long I will try to load the picture up later!

This post seems very, very boring so if you are still reading til the end...I really thank you for hanging in!
Have a great day,
Libby

I Heart Hearts!

I have been practicing my hand embroidery again! I am making Kelsey some embroidered pillow cases for Valentine's Day. I still need more practice before I do the actual project but I am loving the practice! I am using my patterns from Big B. Kelsey's favorite color is purple so I will use some purple in the ones that I do for her. I think that I will make some pin cushions out of these practice squares. My back stitch really needs some work!!

Things have been busy around here. We are getting a new roof because of some hail damage. I have 2 very pretty leak marks in my kitchen and bathroom! We have had roofers and insurance people in and out! Ruby does not like this at all! She hides under my bed! I would rather take my chances with the roofers than to go under my bed! Yuck! Cade had his first orthodontist appointment this week! That boy has some really crazy front teeth! The skin from his top lip is joined too tightly to his gums, pulling his two front teeth up. They are going to put in a spreader to help them come down without surgery. Kelsey and Joey were both in braces at the same time. Kelsey had hers for 4 years!! Cade's seem cheap compared to the price of the two of theirs!!

I am still "working" in the library at Cade's school. We have another Book Fair starting next week!!! We just had one in October! Cade's school was just built last year. It turned out not to be a good year to build a new school! The county and state both had to cut budgets so the school building is very nice and modern....just not much money left to furnish somethings like library books, tv's, projectors, things like that. There have been fund raisers going on all year long! I am sure that the parent's are getting tired of it!

We may get some frozen rain in here on Friday night. I will not complain though, so many of the bloggers that I read are getting so much snow and braving snow and ice storms! I know that we are ready for Spring!
Thanks for reading!
Libby

Someone needs a Nap!

Yesterday, everyone was back at school or work. The house was very quiet! Nice, but I did miss everybody! I caught up on laundry and did a little sewing. When Cade came home from school I found out that he had fallen asleep in class!! I couldnt believe it! Then while doing his homework, he started crying twice! So, I sent him to bed for a nap. No karate, just a much needed rest! I got him up for supper and he seemed alot better. He did his homework just fine! Today, I have to volunteer at his school and I will probably need a nap! Thanks for reading and Have a Great day! Libby
p.s I had another pic of Ruby sleeping, but blogger did not want to load it...grrrr