Rocky Mountain Wednesdays

All photos taken by me this past Sunday when it was warm and sunny.

Photos 1-4 in Rocky Mountain National Park, photo #5 is Big Thompson Canyon – today all of these places have snow!

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we need a little Christmas

I have NOT decorated for Christmas yet. It’s been a tradition to do the decorating the day after Thanksgiving, but not this year.

I did complete a new addition to my stitched Christmas things. This little (Ho Ho Ho) pillow is from Prairie Schooler #135 Good Saint Nick. I’d like to make two more small pillows with the rest of the sampler but I don’t know if that will happen this year. I did start a little design from Blackbird Designs Joyeux Noel Book. I’m not doing very well on this simple design and when I realized I had the bird stitched wrong – AGAIN, I flung it in my stitching basket and went to bed last night. The design also has a date on it, the BBD girls used the year 1934, I’m thinking of using 1941 which is a post for another day if I ever get this done.

I really shouldn’t be stitching at all, aside from having an enormous project in the works, my workroom is in shambles, I’m showing you the only semi-tidy corner, if I showed you the whole room you’d have the vapors, trust me. I keep getting started on my cleaning but then get distracted admiring linen, and thread, and things……

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afters

(and pumpkin cheesecake)

The first photo is a small sampler adapted from In the Kitchen with Jane Austen by The Sampler Girl. I’m having a giveaway drawing over at the Handcrafts Online facebook page for the chart for the little Turkey Farm design shown with Amber’s scrumptious pumpkin cheesecake.

One more after to mention ::

The day after the day after sale at the webshop!
November 28 – 30.

Shipping in the USA only .99, $1.85 international for any size order. Place an order of $30 or more and get a free chart of YOUR choice up to $9.00 in value (or I’ll take $9 off the price of a more expensive chart). Just email me the name of the chart you’d like added to your order – happy stashing!!

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Thanksgiving PM

The kitchen this morning (flowers for the chef from her mom and dad).

the chef

the dish boy

I made these rolls!

Amber made…

roasted butternut squash

Potatoes, both mashed and these yummy cheesy bacon potatoes.  Corn, stuffing, risotto, gravy, salad, and dessert which no one is able to even think about at this point – I’ll have to share it tomorrow.

did I mention I made these rolls?

Jerry made the (fried) turkey (which had been soaked in a delicious brine made by Amber) 

Dinner was wonderful and amazing!  The chef is exhausted.  I on the other hand feel happily full and relaxed.

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Thanksgiving AM

The day is off to a yummy start. Amber and Jerry are doing most of the cooking, I’m only making the rolls and I’m even using the bread machine to make the dough.

More later if we don’t burn down the neighborhood!

All the best to you with a grateful heart.

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Rocky Mountain Wednesdays

Late again! A photo by Jerry a few weekends ago, the snow has mostly melted and it will be 60+ today!

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stitching dilemma

I want to stitch all of these…NOW!

A big pot of comfort :0)