Family My Number 1 Passion

Just got a couple of new photos of my first great grandson, it seems only yesterday he was a toddler and now he is in school and his sister. After some issues and him living with his father for a time, he is now permanently home with his mother and sister. And seems very happy to be there.

I haven't seem him in a long time and I'm looking forward to him being with us all this year at Thanksgiving. Hopefull if not all my family can be here, most can. It is aways such great fun when we can all be together.

I plan to do most of the cooking. All the favorites I've cooked for special days in the past. Fried Chicken, Turkey, Ham (with sliced pineapple and cherries atop and brown sugar glaze), cornbread dressing, giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, pink stuff (a jello pineapple coolwhip salad), and the green variety, candied yams, chunky mashed potatoes (not thoroughly mashed but leave some potatoes bite sized with lots of butter), broccoli rice casserole, green bean casserole, corn casserole and a couple more salads, rolls, biscuits, and tea. Dessert will be pumpkin, pecan, apple, and chocolate creme pies, and probably a fruit cake (my mom's recipe).

My oldest grandson loves fried chicken and biscuits made for him but plenty for everyone else.

Counting everyone that could come we should have about 22 here, so should be a house full.

Another passion of course in my needlework. I have a quilt top to finish for James for Christmas. Gave him the top last Christmas and hope to have it quilted by this one. Then I start the 4 pieced quilts for my children and work on their art quilts. Hoping to have them all together by mid year 2010, and quilted for giving at Christmas 2010. Then the next batch will take awhile. There are 11 to make and don't want to give any until all are finished. That may take me a couple of years since most are art quilts. I have some started so that helps. And of course lots of little project crop up in between. 365 days in a year if I can make a couple of blocks a day average I should make the deadlines with no problem.

Well glad I washed my plastic storage item as it is pouring rain outside there goes mowing the yard today again.

09-11-09

I was attending college to learn how to build and repair computers. The instructor came back in the room after a short break and told us that a airplane just hit the tower in NY. Class members were in awe and I dashed home to put on the TV. I was late getting back to class and was in shock for several days that something like that could happen.

I remember American Flags began to pop up everywhere, but over the past 8 years they for the most part have disappeared. Seems some of us forget or get complacent.

Another part of my Passion

Brother and Sister - Oldest daughter's grandchildren




Tristin Faith

Brothers and Sister, Youngest Daughter' Grandchildren

Her oldest daughter's children

Ty and Kyron with the birds at Sea World Sister Symphony stayed with NaNa's Friends

Her oldest Son's daughter

Lilly

Her youngest son's daughter.

Ava Harmony

When everything looks in order and then falls apart

Best laid plans seem to still go astray. I'd found the perfect living room suite I thought. First the Chaise was no longer available, ok then I could get a overstuffed chair and that would be OK. Well today it was delivered and sent back. It wasn't off white or white but a very dark beige or light brown and I don't do brown. Now grey it would have been OK. So now back to the drawing board and searching again. I'll look at it as a good thing and maybe I'll find something I like better, lets hope.


Did get a range delivered though, so now I don't have to use 2 microwaves, a George Foreman grill and a toaster oven and can cook a meal for company. Making progress one step at a time.


Checked the garage there are still 6 boxes marked Kitchen to be unpacked.

And the house looks more like HOME everyday.

KITCHEN:

I have ordered the last of the fabric for making curtains (balloon shades) for my kitchen windows. I have a yard of a beautiful fruit print fabric in vibrant colors of reds, purples, golds and greens. When Murielle and I put the Navy that was really blue with it, it did not pop, so we decided a purplish Navy would be better. I just found two fabrics that are purplish navy one darker than the other and ordered both. But when I put the three fabrics to gether it really looked good using either of the navy fabrics. So can't wait for it to arrive.

think first one will work better

This is the way the finished shade will look. Where the white is will be navy. I'd thought of putting some appliques in the panel but not sure. I kinda like it this way.

The curtains on all the other windows were bought ready made. Later I may change them out, but think I'll just make a shade to put beneath them to help cut out more sunlight and help the house stay cooler in summer.

Found my round rug for the kitchen have it in front of the refrigerator. Now need to buy one for the stove and sink. Those 2 were not retreaved from the kitchen. Think they might have been washed and been OK. Just didn't fool with them.

LIVING ROOM:

Living room furniture will be here on the first of Sep. Here is a photo, once I get them here will take one of them in my room. It shows a chaise and I'd hoped to get that too - but it had been discontinued. Will have to find one or an overstuffed chair to go in there.

I will keep my antique end tables and now on the look out for a coffee table. I have a new oil paint kit and found my brushes. Now to get a couple of canvases and paint some new paintings to
hang in there.

Have a couple of tall lamps but need to get new shades the ones that were on them got damaged with all the smoke and the last move.


The two chairs in this photo will be recovered with the fabric on the right. I have it and it looks so good in the room.

I'll also make a cornice to cover the windows of this same fabric. Now the question is do I make two cornices and cover both windows on each wall and make it look like one large window (I think this would probably be best due to the size of the room.) Are do I make 4 and put individual cornice on each window.

The room is coming together so nicely and isn't costing me an arm and a leg in the process.

Life is Good

Today was a fabulous day. A dear friend came for lunch and we spent the entire afternoon visiting.

It was so much fun and we decided this needs to be at least a monthly event from now on. She does lots of craft (needlework) also and so we exchanged ideas, thoughts, I have this, Ok I like that, really like those colors, that would be a neat quilt to make etc., etc., and on an on.

Getting Organized

For once before I die, I hope to have everything related to one type of hobby together. AM I dreaming - hope not.

Because I'm trying to collect everything related together, I've decided to put it in large plastic containers to segregate to projects later. For example everything Crazy Quilting (CQ)embelishments in one container, CQ fabric in another, fat quarters in one, fabric yardage in another, etc. Right now have all the books in book case, but they will need to be sorted once I find them all.

I ordered and received the other day some new oil paints after I'd found some brushes. I need to get some stretched canvases so I can start painting again. It has been years since I painted and I miss working in this media. I have a lot of walls in this house to decorate and since I lost a most of the paintings I had in 1995 (some I painted and some I bought) I now need to paint replacements because I no longer have the funds to purchase them. Also, the artist that many were from I can no longer afford as his paintings have increased drastically in price. In fact one I'd purchased for $50 by one of the two came to me and offered to buy it back several years later for 6 times what I paid for it. He needed painting for a showing in Houston, and didn't have enough time to paint enough for the show. Needless to say I refused then it was in a manner of speaking stolen from me a little later along with almost everything I owned.