Favorite Things!

Here a few of my favorite things... Lots and lots and lots of snow! I haven't yet opened the front door, and as you can see, we got a ton! (Well, really more like a foot, but it TON sounds so much cooler!)
Gingerbread house, all decorated. I'm a little sick from eating, I mean, using the icing, but it's my own fault for finishing decorating before eating dinner! I saw a sign while shopping that I should have bought- "Life's unpredictable, Eat dessert first!" I agree.
Our nutcrackers... There will be two more after Santa comes. I'm hoping to snag the floor size one on sale after Christmas. My kids love them, and look forward to adding to the collection every year.
The tree. With colored lights. How could I say no? Although, I kept the white lights on the mantle. I can't change all at once!

Still Knitting

I'm almost finished with one of my recently started knitting projects, and I'm very happy with how it turned out. I have to sew the lining in, and maybe add some ribbon or embellishments. It worked up pretty quick, and I have almost another ball of yarn left over. I'm thinking maybe another one will be great to have a present on hand.

Today is my son's 10th birthday! If I say it feels like time has flown by, that is an understatement! He is such a great kid, and I'm hoping the next 10 years go a little slower. Unfortunately, I know that probably isn't possible. Gotta go get ready- bowling, pizza, cake, lazer tag, and some arcade time for 12 rowdy boys is in my very near future... (like in an hour, who has the tylenol?).

Happy Thanksgiving!

One thing I always think about when Thanksgiving rolls around is football... I thought it would be fitting to show a picture of my "little" football player, and his dad (who also happens to be the coach). Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.It's my turn to work Thanksgiving this year, so no family time for me ;-( I do try to keep things in perspective, though. I am thankful for the ability to help take care of people who are unfortunate to be at the hospital during the holidays, and they certainly don't want to be there. At the end of the long day, I am thankful for my health, and thankful that I can go home to my family.

I saw this really cute wall hanging at the store- I think it was around Halloween when I saw it... I didn't buy it because, I thought "I can make that!" Well, the season has come, and now gone *gasp* and I think I should have spent the $10... Maybe it will be on clearance now???
Happy Turkey Day!!!!!!

Repro Siggy Blocks

Whew, I'm done! All 70 Signature Blocks are done for the swap. Just in the nick of time, I should add. But, if any of you follow me, then you know by now I always wait 'til the last minute! ;-) I am going to the post office to send them to Melissa. Looking forward to getting my blocks to see where everyone is from. I bought the Jo Morton book to use the same setting version. By the way, the seam ripper in the picture was no coincidence. LOL!!! I'm still getting to know my new machine...

New Movie... New Moon

I went today to see IT! What was it, you ask? Why, New Moon, of course! I love all of the Twilight books, and was not disappointed today, the movie was great! Even better than the first, I might say, and I also found out that the author of the books, Stephanie Meyer, has posted another version of Twilight on her website called Midnight Sun. Look under the Twilight Series tab. It is written from Edward's perspective, instead of Bella's. The unfortunate part about the whole thing, is that someone actually leaked an unedited version of the story, so that is how it came to be posted. It really saddens me that there are people who will try to profit or benefit from stealing someone's work. I just hope she keeps writing the story, because it is sooooo good. Go check it out. Really. It's good....and worth it. ( I guess I already mentioned that.) hehehe

Knitting along...

Still no quilts to show, since I can honestly say I haven't sewn a thing! My family priorities have certainly taken the forefront of all of my time and energy. For a while, I didn't even have a second to miss it, but I'm really feeling it now. Got to get that baby cranking!

I have been knitting a bit, and I always seem to gravitate to wools and needles this time of year....my scarf is halfway done. I started it to wear to the kids games- it's their team colors. Since the season is now over, I am not as motivated to finish it. I figured I'd start something else... so I started a purple sweater, and ripped it out, and restarted it. Currently working on the the third version, and I'm hoping the saying is true, because I'm getting really tired of starting over!

Happy Veteran's Day

Thank you to all of the men and women who serve our country, God Bless America!

Where does the time go?

Happy to be Home!

We're back, and happy to be home again. Atlantis was beautiful, and very relaxing. The Bahamians were so friendly, not to mention, they always seemed so happy! The weather might have something to do with it, 90 degrees and sunny every day while we were there. I hope to bring the kids with us next time, I know they would have a blast, too. The water park is great for kids of any age... including me. We also went to the dolphin encounter, and I kissed our dolphin "Jill", she was an amazing animal.

Now, it's back to reality. I guess while I was away Fall made it's arrival in a big way. The leaves are changing, and there is a definite chill in the air. As I catch up with everyone's blog, I am missing my sewing machine and my stash. I did a little cleaning and organizing before we went away, and you never know, there might actually be a post about a quilt in the near future... This is supposed to be a quilting blog after all! :-)

Vacation... All I Ever Wanted.

This is where you'll find me, with a drink that has a little umbrella.... Hubby and I are traveling to the Bahamas for 6 days to celebrate our anniversary!!!! There won't be any quilting, or internet... I'll catch up with you all when I get back.