Stay safe and have a Happy Labor Day.
9/5/16
9/4/16
9/2/16
Friday Foto Friends
I am super excited this morning. I am still trying to learn to crochet. I have been able to do a chain stitch since 8th grade, but never learned any more from there. But you can't make something by just constantly doing a chain stitch. Or can you? I found this on one of my old posts this morning. It's a wreath you make from chain stitching and wrapping the yarn around to make the wreath when you are done.
Well, I happen to have some Christmas yarn and decided to give it a try this morning since I can at least make a chain. I don't have any ribbon and I didn't have enough time to make it quite long enough, but this was just an experiment. And I would say with a longer chain, some hot glue to hold the round shape and some pretty Christmas ribbon, I could actually make some of these.
How cute would they be with a tag on a Christmas present.
9/1/16
A place and time...
Do you ever have items you see in a store or on the internet and it just automatically takes you back to a place and time that brings a smile to your face....
Well for me, it was recently a package of jacks.
I was the Queen of Jack's. I could do all the way to my ten'sies without missing any. We had a concrete patio out back that was perfect for playing and in the winter, we could play on the kitchen linoleum. But this one memory always resurfaces and makes me laugh at the antics of four young friends.
When I was around 2 or 3 the Kuhn family moved three houses up the holler from ours. My sister, Rachel, was a year older than me. The Kuhn's had a daughter my age named Vickie and a daughter a year younger than me named Teresa. Mom and Dad became friends with the parents and a friendship between us for girls was formed. It has stood the test of time and has given us many, many happy memories.
One such memory was the great jack episode when we were probably around 8 or 9. We were always at each others house and I mean ALWAYS. We would go up there or they would come down to us and we were allowed to play for an hour. Then we usually coerced the mom's to let us go to the other house for another hour. So we were together for two hours almost every evening of our life till we got in high school.
But one of my funniest memories was when we were at Vickie and Teresa's and Helen was making a big old pot of either soup or beans, I can't remember which. We talked her into letting us play jacks in the kitchen floor. She said as long as we didn't bounce the ball to high and break anything. Now, of the four of us, Vickie was our more, shall we say bold, adventurous one. When I look back on the few times the four of us ever got in any trouble, it was usually Vickie's idea. but we just went along with whatever she suggested.
Well, it was her turn to throw the jacks. It was a high number like the nines or tens that she had to pick up all at one time. If you have ever played jacks, you know that the more you have to pick up, the higher you need to bounce the ball to have time to swoop up the ones you need.
Well, Vickie took her turn. She threw out the jacks, eyed the layout to put together a game plan to get them all. She bounced the ball. It went up, but ...... it never came back down. She had forgotten that we had lost the jack ball and were using one of my brother's bouncy balls. And if you have ever bounced a bouncy ball you know they can go high.
As a matter of fact, this one went so high....it landed right in Helen's big soup/bean pot. Well, suffice it to say that we didn't get to play jacks in the kitchen any more, we learned a valuable lesson about bouncy balls, and most importantly we ended up with a funny story to remember the rest of our lives.
To this day, I can't see jacks or bouncy balls without remembering that day.
8/31/16
On the prowl....
Spent some time prowling around the internet looking for things that catch my eye. Check out this adorable set of rooster nesting bowls that are vintage Federal. I can't believe I have never seen these before. On the wish list now.
I am so excited about October when Thirty-One is releasing their Holiday Gift Guide. We saw a preview of it at conference and it was amazing. This is just a few of the big line of items they are introducing in October. Can't wait.
I have been hearing about Wish.com for quite awhile now and have actually met a couple of people who make purchases on there. So I decided to check it out. They have some amazing deals. But this made me laugh. I freeze to death in our office. And they tell me it is even colder in there in the winter. I keep threatening to buy gloves to type with. Think these might be over the top though.
Oh my goodness, a Corelle piggy bank in their most famous pattern. How cute is he. Somebody in my Corelle group bought him on E-bay for just $4.00. I'd say she got a good deal.
I love this Christmas bowl.
A friend of mine got some knitting looms from a friend of hers. She gave her two sets so she passed one set on to me. I tried one of them out and they are going to be super simple to use. I need to find me some patterns now.
Here is one I saw on the internet. It looks like it would be a pretty scarf not to mention easy to make.
I saw this winter headband you could wear instead of a hat or ear muffs. This may be something I could make. We will just have to wait and see.
Hope you have a great Wednesday.
8/30/16
Weekend wrap up
I had an amazing weekend with my granddaughter, Alexis. I went and picked her up Saturday morning. Our first order of business was to go shopping with my daughter and my other granddaughter Shelby. When these two girls get together in the back seat with my phone, I never know what pics I will have on it when I get it back.
After shopping we came home and vegged out awhile. Alexis was watching TV while I finished getting ready and torrential rains came out of nowhere. A horrible black sky and rain so hard it sounded like it was beating a hole in the roof. Five minutes later it was gone and we were left with this beautiful rainbow.
So we finished getting ready and headed out the door.
We were discussing the storm and we wondered where the other side of the rainbow was, we found it as we arrived in Pigeon Forge, TN. It had landed in our beautiful Great Smoky Mountains.
We had tickets to the Dixie Stampede for dinner and a show Saturday night. We started off in the pre-show listening to some awesome music by the Mountain Ruckus band.
Of course, our favorite part of the pre-show is when they did Rocky Top.
Then we headed into the arena for the main event and dinner. Our waiter, Sam, was totally awesome.
Alexis loved the fact that the napkin was printed with the menu inside. No need for fancy menu's since you don't pick your meal. It is just to let you know what you will be getting to eat.
The show started and we both fell in love with the beautiful horses. I have been there many times and it just keeps getting better and better. But this was her first time and she absolutely fell in love with the horses.
I always like the wagons, too.
But the look on her face when they sat her very own whole chicken on her plate was priceless.
There was creamy vegetable soup, a biscuit, chicken, an herb roasted potato, corn on the cob and a pork loin. Dessert was an apple turnover.
We loved the singing southern belles, but Alexis said she couldn't do that. She loves to sing and has a beautiful voice, but she was worried about the stage coming down out of the ceiling on ropes.
My favorite part of the whole show is the grand finale.
Love watching all the American flags flow around the arena as they rode and sang.
She wanted to go down and meet the riders so we did and she got to meet some awesome folks and get her picture taken with them.
This pretty lady had a beautiful horse and Alexis actually got to pet him. As we walked away she said that the highlight of the night was actually getting to pet the horse.
We headed home and didn't get to bed until 12:00 and decided to watch a little TV in bed. She was so wired that we didn't go to sleep until 2:00 in the morning. Then we got back up about 7:30 a.m. and got ready for church. After that we just vegged out in the living room watching Monster High and then some Netflix shows she likes. I fixed pizza for lunch and later that afternoon we got ready once again for an evening on the town. This time, our dinner and show was Dolly Parton's new Lumberjack Adventure in Pigeon Forge, TN. Once again, we started off with a pre-show.
We started off in the pre-show with some awesome bluegrass music. They were so entertaining.
Then into the arena for the story about two mountain families fighting for the rights to own the old timber mill.
I had some of the best food I have ever eaten during the two shows this weekend. Mouthwatering chicken, buttery corn on the cob...but NOTHING beat the biscuit at the Lumberjack Adventure. Seriously, I have never in my life tasted a biscuit so divine. I tried it plain, with butter and even managed to try it with some honey (which, I have never ever tried honey in my life). But the biscuit was just so good. Alexis and I both devoured ours.
We also had fried chicken, cole slaw, corn on the cob and a baked potato half.
Just when you think there is no way you can eat all that, they come by with a big serving of pulled pork, which we added the barbecue sauce to it. Everything was delicious.
The show has a lot of acts and a lot of competition, but I fell in love with the aerial acts and the acrobatics they performed. Truly a talented cast.
The singers and dancers are fabulous.
There is even a little romance between the feuding families.
The forest around the old lumber mill was haunted by this bewitching cast and their leader, The Boo Hag. It was spellbinding.
I couldn't take my eyes off of it.
And the lumberjack competitions were totally captivating with the skill the cast has.
And I can't leave out the lumberjills. They are just as skilled as the lumberjacks.
I have always loved log rolling competitions so this was one of my favorite parts.
They even have some dogs that compete. Amazing talent.
It was a great performance by them all.
We even got to meet the love story couple after the show. They were so sweet.
I was so happy to get to experience Alexis's first trip to both shows. She was as entertaining as the actual shows themselves. We had an amazing weekend.
I was so happy to get to experience Alexis's first trip to both shows. She was as entertaining as the actual shows themselves. We had an amazing weekend. I love you Alexis Caroline. Thank you for giving up your whole weekend to spend time with your Mamaw.
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