Sew Sew Day August 18, 2009

Posted By on August 18, 2009

Today Catherine and I had a SEW SEW DAY – we made round carriers for quilting or jewelry supplies.  That Catherine can just do ANYTHING.  She just LOOKED at a carrier that she purchased and WE made one – it was quite fun actually and I learned a lot!  Neither of us finished, but we got a lot done!!!  Catherine has to ETTERIZE HERS (add some bling) and I need to find something special to put on mine too.

Marla popped in on her lunch hour for a little lunch and SHOW AND TELL!  Marla sure has some beautiful quilts!  She also brought the beautiful quilt that her sister made for her.  Catherine has made some incredibly beautiful necklaces….the pictures really don’t do justice to the artwork!

It was fun – and great to see Catherine driving and walking once more!  YEAH CATHERINE!

 

July and August Happy Family Birthdays

Posted By on August 12, 2009

 

 

 

Amanda and husband Tyler

Amanda and husband Tyler

 

 

July 8 – my neice, Amanda, celebrated her birthday.  She has brought smiles to all of us since 1977.  And she has given me my first grandniece and grandnephew.  THANKS AMANDA.  You are awesome!

 

July 27 – our cat – Midnight Junior – turned 3 – she is a sweet kitty and totally black!  Yes, we celebrate furry birthdays in this family!  Here she is eating Grandangel Sarah’s braid!

Sarah and Midnight

Sarah and Midnight

 

July 30 – my mother turned 88 – and without her a lot of us wouldn’t even exist!  Am I ever happy that SHE was born.  🙂  I got to celebrate her birthday with her this year – and I don’t think I have missed being with her on her  birthday very many times in recent years!

Mother and sao July 2009

Mother and sao July 2009

August 2nd, Grandangel Collin turned 13 – I think it is fun when the grandangels become teenagers – such adventure moving from childhood to adulthood.  Here is Collin 13!  I predict that he will be in the TOP TEN on the list for all time sweet teenagers (even though he has been known to try to CHEAT at DOGOPOLY when playing with his dear grandmother!  :)). 

And – by the way, I will NEVER EVER reveal that actual top ten list.  However, as my grandangels age, I MIGHT have to expand the list to MORE THAN TEN!  LOL

Collin with mom Jan

Collin with mom Jan

Although I have three wonderful brothers, I have never had the pleasure of having a biological sister – however I have been blessed with sister-in-laws.   Chris has become my true sister-in-love – and she is celebrating her birthday August 14th!  Here is a picture of Chris with my sister-in-law, Elaine.  They are both as nice as they look!   I have sisters after all!!!
 
Chris and Elaine

Chris and Elaine

 

August 15, Oreo Cookie Chippie will turn 3 – she is a delightful beautiful cat who loves to take baths…..and she loves balloons too!  She gets into the most convoluted positions to sleep – I just had to take this picture!

Oreo

Oreo

August 19, my nephew Joey will celebrate a birthday and commence his SENIOR YEAR in high school.  Joey is the exercise guru in the family – his muscles have muscles!  I must say that he is definitely on the LIST of Sweet Teenagers – and I think he is handsome too!

Joey

Joey

My DD Christi turns……I guess I should NOT say her age because she is an adult….. and she is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with Mickey Mouse at DISNEYLAND IN CALIFORNIA!  Her she is, my DD, my friend, the baby of my family, and the mother of three of my wonderful grandangels!  Here is a baby and an adult Christi picture……
 
Little Christi

Little Christi

Christi and sao

Christi and sao

As a little girl, Christi always used to tell me that she was going to grow up and live next door to me – guess she was a little prophet!   She also used to tell me that she had ANOTHER mother who was nicer than me….that is a story that always makes me smile NOW but I wasn’t so PLEASED way back when. 🙂
 
 

And last but not least is my FIRST GRANDANGEL Brennan’s birthday August 22nd – born in 1987 – Brennan will be 22.  Brennan is a student at USC in CA and I think he looks like a movie star!  I am TOTALLY OBJECTIVE, of course!  🙂  Actually I am sure that I am objective because I asked his girlfriend and SHE AGREES with me that Brennan looks like a movie star! 

 
Brennan with girlfriend and sister Jannae

Brennan with girlfriend and sister Jannae

And there you have my BIRTHDAY GREETINGS for July and August!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULY AND AUGUST FAMILY!

VA Grandangel Happenings – August 2009

Posted By on August 11, 2009

In the past two days I have been in VA Grandangel Heaven.  Drama, Bowling, and End of the Year Swim Banquet.

First, Leanna was a witch in a Shakespearean play – did the witches wear purple striped hats in Shakespearean days?

Leanna is the Blond witch with the purple hat!

Leanna is the Blond witch with the purple hat!

Bowling was a lot of fun.  I love the Bowling America incentive.  They give A students 5 free games a day all summer….isn’t that amazing.  Cooper, Sarah, and Leanna are reaping the benefits of their scholastic efforts!  Leanna won the first game and Sarah won the second.  🙂
 
Leanna has to have a bowling ball to match her shirt!

Leanna has to have a bowling ball to match her shirt!

Sarah won the second game!

Sarah won the second game!

Christi - the coach!

Christi - the coach!

Cooper gives a THUMBS UP!

Cooper gives a THUMBS UP!

And…..tonight we had a swim banquet and final meeting for the Swim Team.  It was fun and Sarah and Cooper both got trophies.  They had a little bit of EXTRA fun eating the cake!  LOL
 
Trophy time!

Trophy time!

Cake Fun!

Cake Fun!

MISC FUN in CA with a dog, cat, Grandangels, and Family

Posted By on August 10, 2009

LOVE YOUGURTLAND!!!

Shirley Anne at Yogurtland
Shirley Anne at Yogurtland

I had to add a MISC FUN category!  One of my FAVORITE places in CA is Yogurtland…..they have every flavor imaginable plus every topping that you can think of…….I think I could eat there every day!!

Collin 13 and I had a contest EVERY DAY to see who got up FIRST each morning.  He thinks he WON but I think we tied.  🙂

Caden 15 is a football player – and a tough (but VERY VERY NICE) guy too – is he really eating HOT SAUCE?

DD Jan made wonderful treats – love the sand castle cake and famous apple pie….I just had to have pictures!!!!

A BIG FAMILY gathering happened at a Padres Baseball Game in San Diego.  We were all having so much fun talking that I don’t think many of us watched the game.  It was fun being there though!

And – can you believe it –  5 year old Jannae not only teaches her dog, Roxie, wonderful tricks using blueberries as a training tool – but she was absolutely fascinated with paper piecing hexagons!  Who knew that  a 5 year old would enjoy that!!!!

And two new kitties have been added to the Johnson family – sisters – LU LU and RUBY – they are the sweetest and most friendly 4 month old kitties EVER…..LOVE THEM!

NEW THINGS – Bacon Wrapped Dates

Posted By on August 10, 2009

I really didn’t know it before this trip, but my grandangel Chase is a gourmet chef.  While I was in CA he made me BACON WRAPPED DATES with roasted pepper sauce…..and while it might not SOUND GOOD, it was to die for.  He spent what seemed like HOURS making these wonderful treats – and not only that  but the next night he made bruschetta – my FAVORITE…….look at the pictures!!!!

And….shopping for the ingredients was almost as much fun – if not MORE FUN – than eating the gourmet treats!  Let me set the stage…..at the upscale grocery/eateries in CA – it is the NORM to give SAMPLES to customers – and we ALL know that Costco customers get samples.  Well, Jan, my DD, came running to find me in the grocery story to come taste the SAMPLES of the dates.  I thought it was a bit strange that there was not a PERSON handing out the samples – nor was there a sign that announced that we could have a sample.  However, after following my DD, Jan’s lead, I ate a WONDERFUL DATE – only to find out that they were NOT SAMPLES AT ALL – the produce rep came to tell us that the dates were $9.98 a pound.  I think I laughed harder than I have ever laughed before.

 

Bacon wrapped dates are on my list of FAVORITE THINGS! 

Fabricaholics Webring

Home/Join| List| Next| Previous|

alt-webring.com


Mystery Quilters

Home/Join | List | Next | Previous | Random

alt-webring.com