FAMILY HAPPENINGS – Casts, Basketball, and Makeup

Posted By on February 5, 2011


My grandangel Cooper (2nd grader) signed up for an after school enrichment class – SKATEBOARD RIDING.  Last Thursday after school he went for his FIRST ENCOUNTER OF THE SKATEBOARD KIND.  He had his board, his elbow pads, his knee pads, and his helmet ……. and his spirits were soaring.

HE CAME HOME LIMPING …… yes …….LOOK!  Cooper says he really doesn’t mind because now he can “GET ALL OF THE GIRLS AT SCHOOL!”  You know how girls like to offer sympathy….and possibly autographs!!!!  You will notice  that one of our cats, Hannah Fay, is  kissing his toes in the picture.  See…..he is getting attention already!


Cooper's Cast and Boot

Cooper didn’t get to play in his basketball game today….but his sister, Sarah did.  She had a wonderful day and ended up going home with THREE STARS!  She ran her little heart out….and it was a VERY CLOSE GAME….but they won!!!

It was really exciting and I am so proud of Sarah (5th grader)!  Her coach said that he thought her BRAIDS gave her special powers.  I think I am going to have to put those braids in her hair EVERY SATURDAY!  I am glad that I was there to clap and cheer for her!

Sarah earned 3 stars in the game today!


OK – so now for the makeup part of this post.  Do any of you use make-up products or lotions in tubes?  Well, my mother told me that if you cut the tubes in half with scissors  (and store them in ziplock bags after you cut them) that you can get a WHOLE LOT MORE out of the tubes (when squeezing is no longer fruitful!)

JUST LOOK AT THIS……I am starting on my 5th week of using what was left in these tubes AFTER I would normally have thrown them away – thinking that the tubes were empty!  I just use a Q-tip to get the cream or make up out!  Isn’t this a good idea?  If my mother can see my blog from heaven, she will be proud that I passed her helpful hint along!

Make your Make Up Products Last

Quilter’s Night Out February 4, 2011

Posted By on February 5, 2011

Friday night was lots of fun at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA.  We had QUILTER’S NIGHT OUT……lots of creativity, laughs, and “girl therapy!”  I didn’t make it for the Day Time SIT AND STITCH EVENT because I was having fun subbing with the school children (and I really was having LOTS OF FUN!)

After I finished teaching, Catherine and I went to Noodles and Co for dinner.  OH I LOVE THAT PLACE….it is on my LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS.  It was so good I wanted to eat dinner ALL OVER AGAIN once I had finished!  *KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

Catherine at NOODLES AND COMPANY

Catherine and I  just ordered a small bowl of noodles each so that we would have room for SWEET FROG afterwards *Catherine calls it the GIDDY AMPHIBIAN!

…..oh my goodness.  This yogurt place is WONDERFUL.  It is all I can think about!  Here are just SOME of the goodies that you can put on your yogurt….and I didn’t even get a picture of all of the fresh fruits!!!!

Some of the goodies

PULL THE LEVER


OH MY – the yogurt selections are wonderful …..I like the original tart flavor the best;  but the peanut butter, pistachio and peach flavors were pretty special too!  We have these yogurt bonanza’s in California and NOW I DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT until I travel clear across the United States to have this treat.  If you go there, it will be on YOUR LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS TOO!

…..and I wanted to start ALL OVER filling my yogurt bowl after I had finished eating it!  (It really wasn’t about being hungry either – it was about not wanting the YUMMIES to be over!)  Am I the only one who oohs and aahs over their food?

All I can say is that it is a good thing that Catherine brought no calorie Valentine Candy Hearts to Quilter’s Night Out (they were plastic!!)

No Calorie Candy Hearts

We all went BANANAS over this crib quilt (you can get the pattern at Quilter’s Corner!)  Laura Blanchard is the designer.

Laura's Crib Quilt


Susan got fabric for at LEAST two of these quilts…..here is one set of fabric selection…..isn’t this fun!!!!!  It seems like every fabric that we looked at all evening made us think of a potential ELEPHANT or a GIRAFFE!

Susan's Crib Quilt Fabric


Susan's Zipper Art

Isn’t this clever?  Pins made out of zippers.  That was on my BUY LIST for last night – but I didn’t remember it until I got home!  I KNEW there was something that I wanted but it stayed on the TIP OF MY TONGUE!!!

But these pins are EVER SO CUTE!  I love the flower!  The spider is pretty cute too though!  You can buy the heavy duty zippers and the patterns too at Quilter’s Corner.


I have also started a NEW BLOG CATEGORY – MY WISH LIST.  I think I really need a wooden red cart to store fabric in……and my DD and DSIL and/or my DH are going to faint when they learn that a goat is also on my wish list. (I am SERIOUS…..I really want a goat so that I can learn to harvest merino wool and knit with it!)   HEY – if you are going to wish – don’t hold back!

WISH LIST

sao's CHRISTMAS FAIRY


My Christmas Fairy Wall Hanging is finished…..I can’t say that I FINISHED IT…..because Catherine really did the finishing part FOR ME!  I did the ooohing and aaaahing though.  Catherine added the darling apron and the crown (and the candy cane button garland) on the panel (and she also matted it for me.  WHAT A FRIEND!)   Don’t you love the little crown the Christmas Fairy is wearing?  I had already affixed the crystals and did the leaf embroidery in a class that I took from Catherine last year.  (Carolyn, did you ever finish YOUR ANGEL from that class?)

Speaking of crowns –  Susan has a crown too (Catherine had a crown punch!)     ……look!  In the REAL OLDEN DAYS on TV there used to be a show called “QUEEN FOR A DAY!”  So Susan was Queen for the Night last night!  We haven’t told her about the hidden tv cameras yet!  🙂

Queen for a NIGHT

Can you tell that this was a wonderful night?  Well, it was, and I cannot BELIEVE how it ended.  CATHERINE MADE ME A GREEN NEVER ENDING SCARF!

Never Ending Scarf

I am so SO SO TICKLED ABOUT THIS!  Every year when I substitute teach (and it ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT I TEACH ON ST PATRICK’S DAY) I discover that I do not have ONE SINGLE THING IN MY POSSESSION THAT IS GREEN!

EVERY ….. and I mean EVERY….year I say, “Self, YOU MUST GET SOMETHING GREEN for next St. Patrick’s Day!”  Here we are just a few weeks from the 2011 St Patrick’s Day and I still did not have anything green.  Catherine fixed that!!!!!  I will no longer be pinched (or be embarrassed because I wore a CHRISTMAS TREE NECKLACE) on St. Patrick’s Day!

I hope EVERYONE has a good friend like Catherine!

Augusta Cole’s CURVED LOG CABIN PATTERN

Posted By on February 3, 2011

Augusta just sent me a picture of her new pattern CURVED LOG CABIN.  It is beautiful.   No – not beautiful – SPECTACULAR!

I have almost finished making the blocks for mine.  I LOVE IT!  (I will post a picture of mine when I get it put together!!!!)


JUST LOOK!!!! This is going on my LIST OF FAVORITE THINGS!!!!

Augusta Cole's Curved Log Cabin Pattern



If you would like this pattern you can e-mail Augusta at augustacole@yahoo.com  or visit her  website:  www.augustacolequilting.com

This is a great way to use up your scraps!  As Augusta is famous for saying, “Variety is the SPICE of life!!!”

If you decide to make it PLEASE SEND ME A PICTURE – it would be fun to post all of the finished quilts here!

Quilty ICU Donations and BOM February 2, 2011

Posted By on February 2, 2011

The Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild, that I belong to,  makes baby quilts for the wee ones who come into the world and must be in ICU.  I hope some little babies somewhere enjoy the three quilts that I made….

This one was designed by Ann Smith and presented as the 2009 New Year’s Eve Mystery.  I love doing the mystery quilts with my online friends and these are the quilts that I donate.  I am not a big fan of butterflies – but I think this one turned out pretty cute!

NYE 2009 Mystery - designed by Ann Smith

Raising Cane - Dorothy Young Design

The red, white and black one is another Mystery Quilt – Raising Cane by Dorothy Young.  When babies are first born they LOVE TO LOOK at black and white – so this should keep some little person entertained!

The final ICU quilt is my 30’s Basket Weave Quilt.  When my niece, Amanda,  and her husband had a baby last year they did not find out the gender of the baby beforehand.  SO……because I wanted to be ready with a baby quilt I made one for a boy and one for a girl.  This one would have been for the girl *but the boy quilt got sent!!!!

30's Baby Basket Weave

I also finished my first block for the Colonial Piecemaker’s Block of the Month.  Here is January!

Colonial Piecemaker's BOM - January

I got  the Colonial Piecemaker’s orange and white challenge quilt together too….but SHHHHHH…..the big unveil is in September.  It is SO HARD not to show the picture!  BUT…I will wait and not spoil the surprise…(for a little while at least!)

HAPPY GROUNDHOG’S DAY

Posted By on February 2, 2011

Happy Groundhog’s Day – what will YOU do to celebrate today?  I don’t know if Phil will see his shadow today – but nonetheless, it snows on my blog YEAR ROUND!

🙂

Groundhog Day 2011: Find Your Local Groundhog

The Huffington Post Dean Praetorius  First Posted: 01/31/11 03:23 PM Updated: 01/31/11 03:23 PM

Groundhog Day 2011

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Punxsutawney Phil might just be the world’s most famous weather-forecasting groundhog, but he’s not the only one.

Whether or not Phil sees his shadow on Wednesday, his opinion isn’t the only one that counts. The list below has a few other, perhaps more local, weather predicting rodents who may or may not foresee six more weeks of winter on Feb. 2, from AOL News.

  • Buckeye Chuck: Ohio’s official groundhog since 1979
  • Staten Island Chuck: The groundhog of the Staten Island zoo who took a bite out of Mayor Bloomberg in 2009
  • Smith Lake Jake: Predicting the weather from Birminghom Zoo in Alabama
  • Wiarton Willie: Currently known as Wee Willie 2, the groundhog represents Ontario
  • General Beauregard Lee: The University of Georgia awarded this groundhog a “Doctor of Weather Prognostication”
  • Octorara Orphie: Lancaster, Pa.’s groundhog, often overshadowed by Phil
  • Dunkirk Dave: Representing Dunkirk, NY
  • French Creek Freddie: Representing French Creek, WV
  • Woodstock Willie: Representing Woodstock, IL
  • Malverne Mel: Representing Malverne, NY
  • Jimmy The Groundhog: Representing Sun Praire, WI
  • Stormy Marmot: Representing Aurura, CO
  • Shubenacadadie Sam: Representing Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Balzac Billy: Representing Alberta, Canada

So what are we in for? Six more weeks of winter? Or is spring around the corner?

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