I'll Sleep Well Tonight

Scott had a WONDERFUL first day - they even kept him an hour and a half over to pull him into a meeting. YEAH! Made for a long day for him but he seems quite pleased with it all so far.

There is such a lovely shower happening at the moment; I just had to capture a bit and share it with you all. In the video as I move left you will see "The Project House" at the top of our street... it's been empty and in remodel for years. Many people have gone broke trying to fix it. Every time one runs out of money and the workers disappear we say, "NEXT". This was a cute house BEFORE the original crew hacked into it. It's a "Buyer Beware" house that will never be right again.

The house next door is in foreclosure and we wonder how long it will be before the Bank has a "For Sale" sign in front of it. Scott parks over there so it doesn't look so empty; the people from the Bank's Maintenance crew said that we could. It's a lovely house that had a beautiful remodel done about 6 years ago. It won't stay on the market long once it's listed. Well as I'm typing this post someone just pulled up and took pictures of said house. HHMMm... GREAT DAY FOR REALTOR PHOTOGRAPHS! Won't that listing look SMASHING?

I'm so looking forward to the weekend and seeing my family again on Saturday Evening at Ronda and Kevins'. Kevin will cook a whole pig and they'll have some wonderful side dishes - Kevin's a Chef. LUCKY SISTER! Scott's a pretty mean cook too.... TWO LUCKY GALS!

I found out today that from now until Christmas I will be working Sunday through Thursday and my "weekend" will be Friday and Saturday.  It will make for a "short" weekend with my DH but it will give me a day to sew in a quiet house. ; ) Lot's of time to get Christmas gifts made.

Have a good evening.

Spend time with the ones you love.....

This song has always touched me deeply...

My Dad's Cocktail Sauce Recipe

Cocktail Sauce

1/3 Cup Ketchup
1 tsp. Horseradish
1 tsp. Lemon Juice
1/2 tsp. Brown Sugar

Mix together.

Makes enough for about 1/2 lb. boiled Shrimp

It's been a VERY long day - I've been up since 2 AM ( I did slip in an hour long nap after lunch) but I'm still going to bed by 8:30. I got a bit of good news  - my raise came through so my paycheck will be a little more impressive. Scott and I are planning to pay off the house, land and car as fast as we can in the reverse order starting with the least owed first. We never want to be in the "free fall" position again. My best advice to anyone just starting out - don't get a bunch of credit cards and pay cash for everything.

Scott and I went to Red Wing shoes so he could order a pair of steel toed sneakers in a narrow width for work. His first official day at the new job is tomorrow. I hope it all goes smoothly for him. They told him him that he scored the highest on their assessment test than anyone ever has. FINALLY someone realizes he is one smart cookie.

Needless to say I have NOT gotten any sewing done today - perhaps tomorrow after I get home. Or perhaps I will find something cool to photograph and share. For now my head feels like Swiss cheese I think I'm going to head off to bed... Good night.

WOW - It's REALLY DARK at 2 AM

I'm hoping the roads will be clear - no drunk drivers this morning. I will probably be the only one on the road beside my co-workers. We are receiving an EARLY Seasonal truck this morning that will contain all the Christmas tree's, Christmas bulbs, etc. I'm hoping that we get it ALL done in the 5 1/2 hours so I can leave by 10:30 and come home and nap. I'd really like to get some more sewing in today but I will have to wait and see how exhausted I am. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...."

Saturday we will be attending the "Pig Pickin'" at my sister and Brother-in-laws and I will get to see a bunch of my family. I miss the family gatherings we had when my son was little. We just don't get together very often anymore. It's a sad thing.

Me, Jon Paul, Heather and Peggy Sue - Cousins

Aunt Carol, Susie, Virgina, Jon Paul and I at one of Heather and my combined birthday parties.

My childhood contained LOTS of cousins and extended family. Perhaps later on I will be able to find some picture's from one of Greg's birthdays'. Right now I have to get ready to leave for work.

The Little Extras from the Weekend

Scott got the second coat of paint on this set of windows

Pin Corduroy all pre-washed and ready to be made into a crazy quilt block to send around in a Round Robin to have other gals stitch some fun stuff on it before it returns home and I turn it into a pillow. The colors are a little off; they are actually much deeper in jewel tones.

Kathryn's Fall Round Robin with my two borders added - next it will go on to Anne. I still have Diane's RR that needs one more border and then I will send it on to Kathryn and she in turn will add her bits and send it on to Anne before it goes back to Diane. These are just loads of fun.

OH... and I worked 5 AM to a little after Noon today. Got to be to work at 4 AM tomorrow so I better go "hit the hay". Take care, be safe and HAVE FUN in life!

More Fun Stuff

At Michael's crafts we sell a kit to make plaster ornaments of babies hand prints or animal paw prints and I am thinking about getting a kit to do the cats and dogs prints. But then I got to thinking there has to be a "free" way to do this as well and so I went looking and found this recipe... ornament-and-handprint-clay

And for something that looks SUPER fun and Science oriented check out these homemade Lava Lamps I want to do this sometime when I have some "littles" visiting.

I'll keep looking for more fun things to do from now til Christmas as well as posting some family favorite recipes along the way.

I got up at 5:30 this morning and did some quiet straightening up so the fellas could sleep a bit longer. And then made a pork chop and scrambled egg breakfast. Then more piddling about; lunch and a nap... now to buy groceries. YUCK! I HATE SHOPPING! I know weird for a woman huh?

Need ideas?

The Christmas Crafting Season has begun so I thought some may be interested in some of the things I plan to make this year; lets start with a half dozen...
1. Market Tote
2. Quilt as you go potholders
3. Knitted Dishclothes
4.  Cloth napkins tutorial
5. Christmas Cards
6. Winter "sets"

Have fun and HAPPY CRAFTING!