Happy Halloween!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Halloween! Have a great day! (sorry about the glare - not easy to get a picture of the glass storm door!)

Memories

I have tried several times to get a good picture of this apron - this is the best I've come up with. I always get reflections no matter what angle I take them from. This was my grandmother's apron. I have it hanging in my dining room, right by the back door (which is the door we use all the time) so I see it all the time. It makes me feel good to have it there. I have many things around my house to remind me of her - not that I would need the material things to remember her. I have wonderful memories of time spent with her which is priceless and I would have those memories even without the 'things' I have, but I like having her 'things' around me. No special reason connected to today's post - just thinking about her this morning.

Extra! and bribery

Thanks so much for all the porch love! I really, really love my porch! I waited 20 years to get it. We moved into this house in 1985 and hubby has been telling me ever since we moved in he would build me one - he started it in November 2005. As for it looking so neat and clean - cropping is wonderful! If only I could do that with photos of me - trouble is when I get through cropping all the fat, there is nothing left!

Late yesterday afternoon I sat and watched Mr. Brooks. I had seen it in the theatre but I had to see it again. Last June (2006) baby boy spent a day on the set of Mr. Brooks as an extra. No lines, strictly just in the background. All we knew was that the scene he did was outside on a sidewalk and Demi Moore was in it. (Kevin Costner was not on the set that day) He said he was close enough he could have reached out and touched her and if those scenes made the movie, there was no way we could miss him. When we saw it in the theatre I managed to spot him twice but give a mom the remote to stop, rewind, play again and I counted 6 times in 67 seconds. If you blink you would miss them all! Of course if you aren't looking (really looking!) you aren't going to notice in the first place! If you just happen to be watching - at 53 minutes 19 seconds into the movie Demi's character will meet her attorney outside a coffee shop. The camera will be shooting from inside looking out - you will see a blond guy in a purple shirt & light khaki pants walk by - that would be my baby boy! He flashes by again several times over the next 60 seconds then it's over. Okay - enough of the mom stuff!
During the other 2+ hours of the movie I finished up the stitching on this ornament. I like how it came out. (it looks a little wonky because it is still in the Q - still need to put in the name and date)

If I can find the tassel I know I have around here somewhere, I plan to make it into an ornament. (if not, I'll buy another one!) It will be kind of big as the design is 4 x 4 3/4 before you add any margin to it. Okay - If you have read this far - through all the mom dribble, I'm now going to get to the bribery part. I'm going to give this ornament away on my 100th post. I am going to do my best to make that 100th post before it gets too late for Christmas but since I don't always post every day there is no guarantee about that. Here is the deal. Every comment starting with this post and going through post 99 will put your name in the drawing - you don't have to have a blog, but you must at least leave an email address so I can get in touch with you - I will draw a name and announce the winner in post # 100. Double comments on the same posts will only count once, but you can comment on each separate post. I hope I have enough to make it fun! Once I get it 'ornamentfied' I'll post another picture.

Imitation

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Tina should feel very flattered - these little pumpkin in an urn things are popping up everywhere in blog land! Aren't they just too cute? Thanks Tina! I think this is a most wonderful idea - this should last thru Thanksgiving (the flowers I put here did not)


Have a great Saturday!

yes, I do stitch!

Just to prove that I still do stitch on occasion, here is my current project. This is by Country Cottage Needleworks and it from this years JCS ornie issue. It seems to be a slow go at the moment as I seem to only get short spurts to work on it. Things just keep getting in the way! I was really hoping to have several ornaments done by now and have a finishing day soon. Oh well - I'll worry about that tomorrow. I did find a missing button pack today, so that is a good thing.

Off to do some more of those things that get in the way of stitching.

oopsie

Not enough stitching getting done around here to have any pictures to post. :(

The hubster was painting the porch railing on Saturday - well, he said he was painting the railing. I left with my sister for a few hours and this is what I came back to. Good thing he was already planning to put a fresh coat of stain on the porch!

Have a great day!

Fall!

The weather in east Texas has finally caught up with the calendar! We love soup when the weather turns cool and last night we had our first pot 'o soup. The best part is how easy it is! Doesn't have a name - we just call it soup!

Brown 1 Lb ground beef with 1/2 onion (chopped)
1 large can Veg-all
2 cans Spanish rice
1 can Ranch Style beans
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can Ro-tel tomatoes
dump it all in a crock pot (liquid and all - do not drain veggies)
I put mine in at lunch and cooked on low - my crock pot cooks a bit on the hot side - you can see it was bubbling when I got home.



add a pan of cornbread and dinner is ready!



yumm.