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Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Joseph's Song
This is one of my favorite songs.
Phil Boehr sang it at the Christmas Eve service the night Sam was born.
Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Homemade Presents
Those words always provoke images of popsicle stick creations... or felt ornaments... or woven hot pads (remember making those!) or beaded something-or-others! "Homemade" or "handmade" ... these words have received such a bad rep over the years.
So what to do in a year when money is tight... and the list of gifts you need to give hasn't decreased. Get creative... look around the house... you just might be surprised.
The first was easy. The "lovely" green basket with the poinsettia on it was given to us last year by the neighbor on the south. Full of fresh fruit. It was a delightful change from all of the sweets we were eating. So, we recycled the basket... it will go to the neighbor on the north! The pineapple basket goes to the wonderful neighbor who plowed us out last week!
Ok, what else can we find. Hmmm... several years ago I found two delightful cross stitch patterns that were perfect for Christmas. And as usual, I did my overly obsessive compulsive thing... and made several of each. Why do one if you can do six at a time?
Anyway, we had three completed angels. Kali and I went shopping for frames... way too expensive. But we did find canvas stretchers! Rod put them together, Kali painted them, I helped her age them, and we mounted the pics. Looks pretty good, if I do say so myself! ☺
And here are the four completed baby Jesus cross stitch. They didn't have enough of any one size stretcher bars, so we had to punt and make do. I think they worked out just fine. Maybe next year we'll get one framed for us!
That's it. Gotta go quilt for a cousin! Time's a wasting!
Enjoy your weekend!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009
Christmas Cards
Gone are the days when we would sit the kids down at the table and have them each draw a nativity scene picture. A double fold card meant we could put all three pictures on the card... and still have a little room to write! Sadly, the kids outgrew this activity! Way too soon... or so it seems.
So, then we moved on to Christmas letters... with pictures of each kid. And an outline of what had happened during the year... trying NOT to become a contestant in the "Worst Christmas Letter of the Year" contest ☺ A friend and I would read the worst letter we received to each other each year. We threatened to write a really awful letter... you know, kids in jail, the dog died, etc!
And then the kids started moving out... and there was less to write...
...and then I started buying cards. The problem with buying cards is ... well... I find a card that has a really cool pic and message outside.... and the inside verse is stupid. Or the outside is stupid and the inside is wonderful. It's hard to find what you want without paying a fortune! And yes, if I were really organized like a certain "KJ" in SC, I could hand make cards... or make fabric postcards for everyone. Right, when pigs fly... that's when I'll have enough time to do that!!!
So for now, it's buy cards where the outside is good and the inside is adequate. Now... to find time to write out the cards!
Have a great weekend!
Mary Did You Know by Mark Lowry
We finally escaped! Dan came and plowed us out last night! Bless you Dan ☺ For those familiar with our driveway, it was about 24" deep from our garage out almost 2/3 of the way to the road!!!
I was thinking of this song last night. It is one of my favorite songs. Here it is..... again this year!
Miss K and I are watching A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is NOT nearly as good as I remembered. We Enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing sooooooo much last week that this is rather disappointing :(
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Snow!
Snow... it is a four letter word, you know!
Ok, not as much as there could be... still way more than wanted!
It's so deep... Max won't even try to go out into it!
Stay warm!
Thanksgiving 2009
Ok, so according to my friend, J., I never post! And she's right ☺ Seems like I put everything up on fa.ce.book now and forget to come over here. So here we go.........
Thanksgiving was at our house. I cooked like a maniac the day before: 2 turkeys, sweet potato casserole, smashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, and 4 pies! Yikes. The good news is we ate lunch and supper... and several more days... and I still have almost a whole turkey cooked and in the freezer ready to heat and eat!
Here's the family... minus Chad and Ryssa :(
Like my cow? Marti & Julie gave her to me!This is the most disgusting thing on the table that day.... mincemeat pie for my Dad. Yuck!
Two years ago I went to a local chain store and found Christmas fabrics for 70% off before Christmas. So quick planning while I stood in the store and I bought fabric for 5 quilts. And started sewing. I finally had the tops finished just before Thanksgiving 2008.... I had all summer to quilt them. Did I? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally in November, I got 2 quilted. Here are Mom and Dad with theirs. I finished it at 2:45 a.m. Thanksgiving morning!
And here is Sam with his... I finished it the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Still have to finish Miss K's for this year.
Well, that's it........take care.
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