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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I do stitch

Although I haven’t found a moment – I do stitch, and I plan to stitch. In fact I plan to put aside dedicated time this weekend to make progress on this sampler. I hope to have great things to report on Monday!!

At least three nights this past week I turned out my bedside lamp and thought – I really should have blogged today. It has been a very nice week but very busy too. I feel like I’m getting my energy back and have made good progress on many things. I have been kept nicely busy all day and evening and felt like I could keep up. It is a good feeling.

Jerry and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday. We visited a little town near Denver called Morrison. I hadn’t been there for about ten years. Most of the nice rustic shops I remembered are now what I call Boulder Hippie Shops sadly. The Morrison Country Store was lovely however. They had filled the shop with Christmas things and it was wonderful to look through. I brought home a treat as you can see – very tasty on warm biscuits!!

We visited Red Rocks Park. I thought I was going to need my inhaler after climbing this little ramp but actually did very well without it. You could see Denver from the top. This ramp leads to the Red Rock Amphitheater which seats almost 10,000. You can read more about it here. By sunset we were headed home to a local restaurant for a nice dinner and then browsed a bookshop for the rest of the evening – a very nice day.

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checking in

On the Beat, Heritage Stitchcraft

Williams-Sonoma

Not very much to report in the way of stitching progress. My asthma is still very bad and I don’t have the energy or time for stitching in the evening right now. I did add a few stitches to this WIP last Sunday. This project is a bit of a change from what I usually stitch, I’m enjoying it.

I’m also enjoying the wonderful things that are coming and going at Handcrafts Online, these beautiful silks from Carries thread are like fall leaves. I want to restart my Pride and Prejudice Sampler (the Sampler Girl) and I think I will use Carrie’s Silks this time.

Pretty Autumn Cake — this photo is from the Williams-Sonoma newsletter. It’s it gorgeous, I wonder if it tastes as good as it looks? I’ll settle for some cheese cake that Amber made last night with my coffee when I finish this, but boy this cake looks tasty!

Here’s another round thing from my week – my flat tire. This happened about 9pm Wednesday night with me and 4 kids in the car – good times! I’ll sign off with a photo Jerry took on his travels this week, he took several and I think I’ll use them for Rocky Mountain Wednesdays next week.

Bye for now.

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guess who’s 14 today

(the whole gang – Amber, Tyler, Kellen, & Ethan)

(today with his new bass)

Happy Birthday Kellen!

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and a third

Well technically this is stocking number 5 but day 3.  I had previously stitched one for an exchange and another before starting my ’stocking a day’ posts…now that I’ve needlessly explained all that a few details about this sock….

…from Love is in the Air, as you can see I changed the thread color. For my finish I used GAST Summer Shower, the linen I’ve used so far for these are scraps of 30ct R&R I have around, mostly in the Iced Cappuccino range. I think I’ll continue to use similar colored linen for the others I plan to stitch.

Today has been very chilly and gray (very), not a good day for pictures so I’m sorry for the haze. Amber, Ethan and I headed out early to the farmer’s market and Bavarian bakery. You can see our bounty or should I say booty; the rum ball was really delicious! As far as the produce goes, I hope to make some zucchini bread, I’ve not had good luck with my recipe since we moved to Colorado but I’m giving it one more try if I can find time to bake this week.

I’m moving into a very busy time for probably the rest of 2009 (I can hardly believe it’s September already) so my stitching time will soon be close to non-existent. No Christmas stitching planned here, maybe next year. My frequent stitching posts will be slowing considerably very soon, I’m glad I’ve had a chance to get these stockings done now. It will be hard not to start more, especially when the future designs come out – I’m sure I’ll be very tempted!

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miscellaneous Monday

Good stuff in the mail.  Mill House from Fig Tree Quilts.  Beautiful colors and prints.  I have charm packs for etsy or I may put them up at my webshop, feel free to email me before I do, it may take me a few days.  The big peach is from a basketful Jerry  brought home today.  Amber is currently cooking up a batch of peach jam in the kitchen – yum.

No new stitching to report.  I did pull out this old work in progress from a few years back.  I think I’ll finish it up soon, I love the soft colors and the buttons are too cute.

I gave Tyler $25 for a haircut today – I want my money back!!  Here is someone else who needs one.  Ethan watched the space shuttle (replays) with me and here he is being an astronaut.

After a very hectic weekend I thought dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant was just the thing for Jerry and I to relax and have a bit of quiet time – having to yell over the very talented but very loud mariachis if we wanted to speak to each other wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but it was a nice time out.

A bit of work to wrap up before bed tonight, I have high hopes of stitching tomorrow!

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