Holiday lights....

We won, we won! Woo hoo!


A $50 gift cert for Lowe's.... I'm hiding this until spring....

Embroidery....

Ellie, (embroidery machine) had a little project to work on today.



A Victorian Santa... When I ordered it, I didn't know it was going to come out "cross stitched". Stupid me, I just thought it was shown that way because it was available in all options.. Hand, cross stitch, machine emb...
Sooo... I'm gonna frame him up and put him out on display. Maybe I'll like him better when he's complete.

Vintage Marketplace Time...

There were so many cute booths this time...
We got there before, and left right before the rain...





Old door, re purposed...


So many cute ideas I came home with...


All sorts and colors of sewing machines...








Then... They took a book...painted it white, stenciled, slapped a ribbon and decorated it!, super cute!! Looks cuter in person than the picture...


18 days till Christmas!!

One of those days....

You always hear of these stories on the news where one of the parents that have been deployed surprises the kids at school.
Well, it happened at mine.
Dad has been away since May... And he came back today!
























Kinda blurring, (I was shaking and getting really tears eyed) but you get the picture. The youngest, just kept staring at him and wouldn't get out of his chair. Took him a couple minutes for it all to register, but when he did... He says... Dad, we won't have to skype anymore, huh?
It was a REALLY good day!

Blogging issues...

I am having more issues with this blog lately... Not sure if it's my iPad... Computer...blogspot.com....blogger...


The last 2 days, my "favorite blogs" on my side bar, are not loading correctly. Also, when I click on them, I can't open them. Says something about a RSS feed. Hmmm. Driving me crazy. I'm curious to know if anyone has trouble viewing mine..??
So I log in click on a couple things.. Then it works... Go back a little later and more issues.. I'm about ready to call it quits with it. Grrr

Time for Thanks...

Today is the day you sit back and realize just how lucky we all are and to thank the mighty stars...





Found a couple of pictures of Steven as a wee little one. He had me look for these yesterday.Thankful he has a wonderful life with Ronna and my 2 gran-doggies.. Whom I miss oh so much!











Couldn't find an old picture of Kelly so here she is playing in the snow. Thankful she has a 2nd family in Texas to take care of her. She is with them in Red River New Mexico this weekend.





I am such a lucky girl... I have a wonderful husband to take of me, Kelly, Steven and Ronna...a wonderful house..warm bed I can sit here and write this blog, and for so many more things that could fill up pages and pages.
Wishing family, friends, near and far... A Wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

thanksgiving cheat sheet..

Countdown to Christmas.... done!

Check! I finished www.temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com quilt along today.



I have had my fill of these silly little 1" squares... Eek!


And the binding... It's the new easy, sew on binding... LOVE it!


Just love the little accent color piece.


It's pretty cute.


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New baby...

Meet Ellie....


Kinda hard to see... She's a baby lock... Elegante3... And I'm in love!


I bought her mostly for an embroidery machine, but she can sew too! And oh what a dream! She's so quiet... I love Bernie, (my Bernina).. Never knew how loud she was.
I had Ellie working last night putting all those 1/12" squares together... She did it, beautifully...I'm gonna try to quilt it today.


Then, just for kicks and giggles.... I embroidered this little snowman up. Not so little.... It's about 7" tall.