Trying to live the Christian life in this crazy world - one day at a time, with prayers and thanks.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
May TUSAL and Hermitting - late again
That should come as no surprise, seems to be my norm!
First let me just say thank you for the anniversary wishes, we really had a good one! Next to the TUSAL glass is the gift the Paul's Mom gave us for our anniversary. The picture isn't the best, it was a quick pic with the camera phone.
As for my IHSW, I didn't get much time done. I did work on my MUSIC piece for the boys band teacher. Originally, I didn't have the correct thread, so I thought I would use a Kreinik metallic - it looked terrible! So a frogging I went and a quick trip to The Stitching Post got me the correct thread... so much better. I have actually finished it, but just need to add the charms and was thinking of including specific school related events along the top and bottom border.
Trick or Treat Fairy update- next time!
Sunday, May 20, 2012
17 Years and Never a Cross Word Spoken...
...and if you believe that, I've got something to sell you!
And here we stood this morning, 17 years later, outside the chapel just after church. Wow, time sure flies and I think we've had fun, with more to come!
We went out to dinner on Friday night to celebrate our anniversary since Saturday and Sunday night wasn't going to work. I was told to be ready by 6:45pm, not a problem. Paul gets home before that and I'm still getting ready, not a problem. The "dinger" goes off at the top of the driveway, letting us know someone is here. The boys come tell me to see who's here and I'm thinking, Paul's planned for another couple to come with us. Or maybe it's my gf, Cori, dropping by on her way home to say hello. So I went to get my shoes from the garage and didn't recognize the car, just that it was nice. Come to find out, the car was for us! Paul had arranged it so we wouldn't have to drive after celebrating. Absolutely no problem!!! Such a sweetheart, what was a wonderful surprise!
After dinner, we had enough time to make a stop for another drink before heading home. What a fantastic evening and such a treat to be chauffeured!
Today, on our actual anniversary, we headed to Washington, DC to the Nationals Stadium for some baseball. The Baltimore Orioles vs The Washington Nationals - we live closer to Baltimore, but between the two, we root for the Nats. Shhh, don't tell our Baltimore O's friends!
Nathan and I took a walk before the game started and took the escalator up and then the walkway down. Pausing to take a picture of him "next" to the Washington Monument and then his brothers sitting down below.
And look who met us there, DJ & family! We finally got to sit next to each other, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to have our chit chat session. We were also able to sneak away to get some water and I'm pretty sure it was her who suggested ice cream! ; )
Fun and games at the President's Race, I think Abe won. Poor Teddy never wins! George is below tossing t-shirts.
Jason Chimera, from the Washington Capitols, threw out the first pitch at the game - the crowd went wild!
Sorry, no stitchy stuff today, something to work on tomorrow since I've been too busy celebrating!
Sorry, no stitchy stuff today, something to work on tomorrow since I've been too busy celebrating!
Saturday, May 12, 2012
May WIPocalypse, late once again!
Still working on my fairy - she was easy, the pumpkins are giving me a hard time!
I have also seen two finished pieces, both had such wonderful fabric I'm thinking I should have picked something else. But, too late for that, I'm sure she'll be just fine.
Nothing else too exciting going on, except we had a meeting with an architect/designer this week and need to find out a couple things with the county before going forward with the house. Still playing with the building blog and not sure I'm doing it quite right so I need to work on it some more.
WIPocalypse Full Moon dates for 2012:
January 9, February 7, March 8, April 6, May 5, June 4, July 3, August 1, August 31, September 29, October 29, November 28, December 28
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wedding FUN!
Nina made this pillow for the wedding - the fabric is from her wedding gown, the lace from her grandmother, and the silver ribbon was from her Mother. Unfortunately, her Mother died last year - see this post. She was a very special lady and has been greatly missed by her friends and family.
Now this was no traditional wedding, what fun it was! Not that weddings aren't fun, but this one was unique! Beth and Christian had their second date at the ballpark so that's what made this so special for them. They had the wedding ceremony and reception at Camden Yards, home to the Baltimore Orioles. The room was overlooking the field, how cool! This was just before the season started, so it was quiet down there - can't say that about the wedding!
There was baseball fare food, popcorn, cotton candy, cracker jacks, hotdogs, hamburgers, and other wonderful goodies - what a feast! Fun facts - the guys wore black Converse Chuck Taylor shoes with pink shoelaces, Christian had a lego guy on his lapel and Beth had a lego girl tucked in her bouquet, the wedding cake top was a baseball cake with Mario and Princess Peach on it, and the tables all had a team pennant with flowers as a centerpiece. It was a memorable afternoon and quite the doubleheader wedding and reception!
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| At the rehearsal, overlooking the ballpark |
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| Nathan and his cohort, Ryan - the "ring bears" |
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| Fun on the field! |
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| Kiss me quick! Watch out, you'll have a couple of these guys soon enough! |
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| Robbie, Steve, Beth, Nina and Taylor |
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| Beth dancing with Robbie |
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| Such a beautiful couple, wishing them all the best for a wonderful life together! |
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| The honeymooners at Disney - love those ears! |
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We had the family over this past weekend and Beth got a snuggle from Nathan - he still loves her even though she married somebody else!
I finished these cute little wedding bells for the newlyweds, but haven't decided if I'm adding their names or initials or something else. Any thoughts?
Monday, April 23, 2012
April TUSAL and Hermitting
Finally, some April showers! We have the flowers, but really did need the rain. My glass has been Fairy filled, too bad you can't see the "glitter" in there.
For my IHSW, I wish I could have spent more time on her - but she's coming along and I can't wait to add the beads at the end!
I didn't get to hermit as much as I would have liked... DH and the gmen went camping for the weekend and my nieces came over on Saturday afternoon to spend the night with Nathan and I. Here are the four of them playing Trouble - good game for them! 
So I got to see my sister-in-law on Sunday when she and my brother picked up the girls. She was finally able to see the mermaids I made her and take them home, she loved them! You can see why I made them all blondes - must be nice to have that natural look!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Birthdays and Easter Fun!
When did these precious babies turn into these handsome young men?! 14 years in the making. I took them in for their yearly checkup and both boys are 5'10" and over 150lbs - way bigger than me!
So this is where Garrett chose to go for dinner since Griffin chose last year.
Wow, that was hot! Nathan got just a little scared.
After dinner, we headed over to Nana's to visit the cousins and have birthday dessert. Nana just had a birthday on the 10th - can you believe she's 89 years young? She's already planning her 90th birthday bash!
Meghan and Nathan supplied us with music for the evening and had fun doing it. Nana has so many records, we could have been there all week.
After church on Easter, the boys and I headed to my parents for part of their spring break. They chose to dye eggs and have their Easter egg hunt there.
Oma was watching from the window, not sure if you can see the dog on the right hand side.
Meghan and Nathan supplied us with music for the evening and had fun doing it. Nana has so many records, we could have been there all week.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Imagine... a belated WIPocalypse for April
I am so behind on my blogging - too much to post (wedding, birthdays, family and friends) but it will be coming...
I'm also very behind on commmenting on other blogs. I really should comment straight away - otherwise I just forget!
Anyone interested in following a house building blog? Hopefully sooner than later.
Max thinks he's helping me by pulling on the floss... not!!! I think she's coming along nicely and can't wait to finish her up, do a few little things, them start my mermaid.
WIPocalypse Full Moon dates for 2012:January 9, February 7, March 8, April 6, May 5, June 4, July 3, August 1, August 31, September 29, October 29, November 28, December 28
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Loving Phoenix
Next to Phoenix you can see I have been working on my Halloween Fairy, still a ways to go!
So another BIF, Alice, told me about a mermaid pattern she saw and when I looked online, I saw that 123Stitch was having a sale on mermaids. I got this one because of the underwater dragon with the mermaid = double plus! I did buy another one, but it's on back order - just as well, I need to get busy with what I've got.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
March TUSAL...
another belated post! I've been slacking a bit in my posting for March, too busy enjoying the beautiful weather we've had.
All I need to do to finish this one is add beads to the sailboat and find a LSU tiger lookalike. That should will be my goal this week!
Friday, March 23, 2012
meine Liebe Auszeichnung
Dear Jill gifted me the Leibster Award the other day! How approriate since I'm half German, meine Mutter ist Deutsch.
Now theboring fun five random facts...
Liebster is a German word meaning favourite, dearest, or beloved. The Liebster is awarded by bloggers to other new bloggers who have fewer than 200 followers to help spread the word about their blogs and to help them gain wider recognition.
The Liebster award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting.
1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blog so they know about the award.
4. Share five random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.
My award recipients are listed below, please pay them a visit!
Ann @ Colourful Cross Stitches - is new blogger since January, and is working on The Stitcher's Days of Christmas and the cutest Victorian Dollhouse.
The Liebster award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting.
1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers to award the Liebster to.
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blog so they know about the award.
4. Share five random facts about yourself that people don't know about you.
My award recipients are listed below, please pay them a visit!
Ann @ Colourful Cross Stitches - is new blogger since January, and is working on The Stitcher's Days of Christmas and the cutest Victorian Dollhouse.
Helen @ Helen's Hobbies - has been working on the Spanish Sampler and it looks wonderful so far. She's also Welsh, like me, so you can't go wrong there!
Carol @ Stitching 'n Stashing - has been working on the Sturbridge Box, and it's lovely. AND, she quilts... only in my dreams!
Alice @ Pins and Needles - is another new blogger since December, and she loves Margaret Sherry and cats like I do!
Joyus @ A Joyus Place - has a few things in the works and just finished Santa's Flight. It looks great and I can't wait to see how she frames it!
Now the
1. I seem to "kill" every electronic device I have - laptop, mobile, mini laptop. I'm crossing my fingers for my nook and new mobile!
2. I am a baking panaholic. If it's new or holiday related, I want it! I could have sworn I bought a whoopie pie pan, but I think I hid it from my DH and now can't find it.
3. I like to collect some of the kid toys from Mc'D's, depending on what movie it's from. Nathan has to be VERY careful when playing with MY Toy Story toys. ; )
4. I've read all my son's "The Hunger Games" books and can't wait to see the movie.
5. I have all good intentions of posting things I have to bought for people, but can't seem to get my act together to bring them to the post office - I'm up to five at the moment!
Phew, that was harder than I thought! Now this is just me saying... for you new bloggers, if you can't come up with five people, just do what you can and have fun! And Jill, thanks again!
I thought I'd liven this up a bit - me wearing my mother's dirndl... scary, I know!
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