Christmas children 2

Jacob and John Michael at Jeff and PJ's Christmas dinner....

This was my favorite of Betsy and Kyle's Christmas pictures...

We got snow!  You got snow? 

Christmas children.....

December 2012, Aiden
Jackie's grandson in his Christmas sweater vest.....

Hello Kitty and Merry Christmas

I was having my coffee when I hear a soft knock on my door.  She's my little neighbor girl  who comes over to play with John Michael.  How could any Christmas morning be sweeter than this!

Please hold and keep us, dear Father above,
please send us flowers and children to love...
peace in our homeland, work to provide...
friends to hold onto, and faith to abide.

Merry Christmas to all, you are so dear to me!

Christmas Music for my friends...

My angels take on Christmas......

A little scarey, but not too much.....

A little worried, but not too much

I think all we need is a good hair stylist and we will be ready!


I see I got a complaint about not posting .  I am intimidated by all the beautiful posts lately, and if you made angels that look like these, would you post them?  Their hair and eyes are not in keeping with their dresses and they look a little wild.  But they are what they are.

I am behind in other things too.  I was puzzled by all this Elf on the Shelf stuff.  My friends tell me the story will be on TV tonight at 9:30 so maybe I can get up to snuff  on the Elf!

I hope you all are enjoying the season.  It is so mild here that I have been able to work in the yard a little.  I'm going to John Michael's Christmas morning and I am enjoying the pictures of Betsy and Kyle and their Christmas in Kentucky.  Happy Friday everyone.

Craft shows aka church bazaars or vice versa

I've had a tin of sequins ( for about 20 years),one of those unfinished projects, but the little tin was really pretty so it just sat around waiting.

Last night I had a wild hair and picked up the needle and finished a couple of these.  I was thinking that the day I bought one of these was probably the very first craft show I ever heard of and then it was called a church bazaar.  It was at the Grace Episcopal Church in Paducah Kentucky and of course they had delicious lunch in addition to their handmade items.  I may have paid a dollar or two for one of these.

It only took me about two hours, thread was snarling and sequins were littering the carpet but if you want to punish yourself you should try one.  It's tedious I warn ya!  Get two circles of felt,cut a hole in the center of one and sew on the sequins, just layer them on.  Then sew on the red beads and a little red bow.  Back it with the other circle of felt and stitch around the outside and inside.  Then I cut out the hole in the second circle and sewed on a safety pin.  You will need a very skinny needle.

Have you ever wondered how craft shows began and when?  Tried to find out online but didn't come up with anything.  I did run across this and thought you might enjoy.

More Reasons To Purchase Fabric

10. The quilt shop gets angry when you steal it.

9. It will go with something I bought last year.

8. Well-known fact: prevents washing machine withdrawal symptoms on light laundry days.

7. Keeps the people who make cardboard inserts in bolts of fabric employed, thus supporting the national economy in yet one more way.

6. Assists the little birdies with their nests when scraps, threads, and little whispies are allowed to blow in the wind.

5. Without fabric I would have nothing to do with my rotary cutter, my mat, my sewing machine, my iron, my thread, my needles, my quilting books. And my time.

4. Step 32 of Master Plan to drive husband crazy.

3. It does not promote tooth decay.

2. It's not immoral, illegal, or fattening.

1. Surgeon General says: "10 yards a day keeps the blues away.

Happy Friday, last day of November 2012.

Comet's Tale

This is a book that picked me at the Melvindale Public Library.  I loved learning about the lives of greyhounds and this special one that changed the life of  her owner.

It was out-of-the-question that this critically disabled man could adopt a greyhound.  If you read the story, it might be out-of-the-question for you too, but that didn't stop me from really wanting a Comet of my own.

Happy Wednesday, read a book today.