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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new and not so new

Only one week til we pull out the Christmas decorations.  I’d like to see a few new things on the tree.  I was thinking of stitching up this pretty new design from Beehive Needlworks, but not sure if I should stitch it in white on red or in red on white…. as you can see I have a few things to keep me company while I stitch – that’s the new sock monkey ornament I tweeted about.  I’d also like to knit a few more of these little mittens.  It took me ages to do one last year but since I have a year more worth of knitting practice under my belt, perhaps it will go better this year.

What do you think of my ‘new’ boudoir chair??  It’s quite a sight isn’t it?  This has migrated from Amber’s room to mine.  Although it’s quite hideous to look at, it is marvelously comfy.  It’s also the most coveted spot to lounge for the cats.  Look at sneaky Yzma ready to remove Ophelia from the seat of honor!

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You can find Cranberry Deer Pinkeep on this page at the webshop. The linen shown is Aztec Red and Linen (color name) 30 count Weeks.

hanging in there

Thought it might be nice to have a little post show up between one Rocky Mountain Wednesday and another. I’m still here, slowly feeling like I might someday feel like me again (still three and half days of antibiotics left to go).

I’ve been trying to stitch but seem to make more mistakes than progress. Here is how The Red House Sampler looked back in June. I’ve not filled in so very much. It took me seven tries to get those tree branches right I think. I really want to start on the pretty border soon. I did put in one tiny part of it and hope to spend a little time in my cozy spot (see night table picture) working on this as early as I can tonight, I feel pretty tired by the afternoon still.

Hope you have had a great November so far!

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I just got an email to say that the replacement for my broken MP3 player is on the way – I’m getting a bit emotional here…guess I’m not quite myself yet!

just popped my head out the front door and took this photo of our strange clouds this sunset :0)

another

From Sweet August. I love the colors on this one, it was fun to stitch. You can see I’ve also re-stitched a design from the May Flowers stockings – Tulip Border, the first one I did was for an exchange. Not sure I’ll have time to finish it til next weekend, 4 children, a business, homeschooling, and life in general keeps a body hopping and my calender doesn’t seem to have a blank spot in sight.  I love to be busy so it will all be a joy, but I like to have time to stitch as well ;0)

While making beds this morning I thought I’d try my hand at one of those artsy unmade bed pictures. You know like these…. not sure I captured the look, I’m in a funk about how my pictures look again, I need to practice more perhaps…. at least the beds are made.

There are many, many, MANY good things coming for stitchers, I ooohhhhh and aaahhhh every day as I see more and more. Have a peek here!

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little purple flowers

This is the little stocking I finished for a recent exchange at the Blackbird Yahoo group. It’s from the May Flower BBD Stocking design.

I used Threadworx fibers and finished it following the instructions in the design. I will definitely be doing more of these, a quick stitch and quite an easy finish and of course I love another chance to add beads to the finish.

I’m glad my exchange partner likes her stocking.

I’ve asked Amber to do something with my very tired looking blog – I hope it will be looking nicer very soon!! We’ve been exchanging lots of ideas since yesterday and I think we are close to a sytle we both like a lot.

I’m off to make pickles and a couple small charm quilts. Bye for now!

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end of a busy week

Lots accomplished still lots to do…

I think this new design, Cottage Pinkeep Sampler from Midsummer Night is darling. I’ve done up some Anchor thread packs for this one which you can find at the webshop (you may have to scroll down the page a teeny bit).

Here is the sum total of my stitching for this entire week! Pitiful I know. I did find these crystal beads that will make a perfect hanger for this stocking however. Here is a little sneak peak of the hanger I did on the stocking I sent to my exchange partner. She is out of town so I don’t think she has seen it yet….

This very tall sunflower is blooming in my own back yard. We came home from a trip 3 summers ago to find a sunflower growing in our yard, it comes up every year now, just 1 flower that I can see when I wake up each morning about this time in the summer.

Stopped by Ethan’s favorite shop (and one I really like too) for some cheese today, time for a snack I think!

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