۞ Sweet Interruptions ۞182

Jaye, I do have plenty of food in the house. I'm not going out that door for anything but the mail, and it's right beside the door!

Thanks LK. I'm still a member there, under Heavenscape.. and I haven't got any emails nor new directives from them concerning that poll.
Good place for obtaining free seeds if you're a member there.. tho.
I stopped asking for seeds as I have no luck at all with them... oops must not forget Twyla before my membership expires!

Hi Everyone!!

I think Phyllis got some good answers yesterday in Midsouth, lots of AR folk there. They decided to wait to travel until Sunday, good decision!

I don't have time to catch up, but thanks for posting that pic Susan! Now we not only get to see what you're talking about, but get to put a face to a name! You are so sweet!

Here are pics of yesterday when the storm first started and how it ended this morning:

http://picasaweb.google.com/christinepix/20100129#

ok, Crissy - in that pic I'm Sweet????
ewwwwwwwwww
Here's a proper pic (with my DH, Bob)

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

Hi Susan!!! Finally a face to go with the name. I think we should all post a pix of ourselves from time to time. It is nice to have a faces to go with names so.......................


Here I am!! pretend like it is you that I am talking to on the phone, LOL. I was actually talking to Steve.

Waiving Hello!

Susan, What a nice couple you are! I agree good to put a face to a name.

Yay, finally finished my project and got it in the mail today! Yikes, 2 days behind schedule. Oh well at least they are on the way.
Yep Jaye sent Skittles along...lol and DH too! Aw so sorry Kel is sick, Poor guy, i sure hope he stays resting, sleep is great.
Well, you were so excited about the apron exhibit! Is there a rain date?

Yayay, Jacob won the Championship in wrestling today!!

Oh man DH is back so i have got to get back to cleaning...almost done, which is good. whew.

ah good, Cindy - love your pic - you're so pretty!
Judy - when do we get to see your pic, now that you agree with the concept LOL

Jaye - guess even with your bad back you're looking after Kel? what a sweetheart you are!
Kel - let your nurse take good care of you! ^_^ (((((((((((Jaye & Kel))))))))))

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

Love the pictures guys! You all look so good!

Great picture of you Cindy! wow, you have beautiful eyes? Do they change colors?

lol..ok Susan here I am. Photo was taken at end of summer.

Judy - you are a lovely lady! Your smile lights up your whole face! You look like you'd light up a room by entering it! ^_^
And what a sparkle in your eyes! Wow - I'm so happy to see your beautiful smiling face!

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

You have that right Susan, there is always a smile on Judy's face and yes, she lights up the entire room when she enters. I feel so lucky to have met her in person last year and shared a wonderful weekend and oh some good laughs!!!

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Not the greatest as it is a picture of a picture...

Hi Judy!! Hi Trisha!! Now Marion where is yours??? And of course all the rest of our Sistahs Jaye, LK, Synda, Crissy, Joyce, Bon, Audrey (know I'm missing some) let's see those smiles!!!

It depends on what color clothes and of course my mood. Like the other day when I saw Chuck for the first time, he said "Wow, love your eyes when you first saw me" I was happy to see him.

Okay, my Mom, son, DIL and 2 granddaughters.

Aww, why thank you, lol you got me blushing.

Trisha, nice to see you!
And Marion!! OH my love your family photo.

Yep lets see everyone!!

Marion, what a lovely family you have. You look a lot like your Mom.

I finished my wall quilt. The fabric behind it is a piece that I'm going to use in my quilt.

Now I'm going to start on the dish towels for the swap. I'm going to be working on Marion's first.

Cindy, I love the butterfly and especially the colors!! Great job. Thanks, most people say I look like my Dad but then there is no way to show as he has been gone for 27 years. We just took that picture on our recent trip to visit Mom--4 generations there.

did i do wrong to post picture here i did not think you all knew what look like or him. but its 20 yrs ago to.. Wait its not here so not me..

Yes Jaye please don't forget me.. thanks.

you all have wonderful families i love families. but.. some do not go fo the family deal..

Oh My Gosh Cindy!!
It's beautiful...lovely back fabric too. Where are you going to hang it?

Here ya go, this is me last summer!

Cindy, that came out so nice, and will look lovely on the wall. Very nice!

Judy: OOOhhh LALA look at that red boa....and what were you doing young lady???
Cindy: I want you to do all my quilts!! that is beautiful.
Marion: Beautiful family...those two little ones look so cute.
Trisha: I love that picture of you guys. You look like wonderful down to earth people.
Linda Kay: You look beautiful with your brugs (those are brugs right?) I always called them angel trumpets

wow - pics of my sistahs, and their families!! This is so wonderful!!! ^_^
LK - beautiful You, and beautiful brugs!
Marion - wonderful family! a little envious of your being so close (in distance) to your Mom & GKs (plus of course your DS & DIL!
Trish - picture of a picture or not - you look like a great couple, meant for each other! (Is that blonde, I see, and do you "white-out" on the computer screen? LOL) sorry, couldn't help myself LOL

ok sistahs... NEXT! I want more pics!! ^_^

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

Oh my, look at all the sweet Sistah's and families! How nice to see you all!

Alright Susan...how do you do that smiley face because all I ever get is :) no pretty yellow colors

ok, Julie - hold down your Shift key, and press ^ (above the 6 on the top keyboard), the _ (between the zero and the + sign), then ^ again. THEN let go of the Shift key.

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

Kel's feeling better. We both took a long afternoon nap, and I'm making some home made beef broth to be ladled over noodles later.

Good job Cindy!! You're now officially a quilter!

Looking at your pictures give me the warm fuzzies...

So, here's mine. Taken last year at BJ's. Promise to have someone take a recent of ours, so forgive this old one.

I want you all to TRY to make it to Cookie's. Nothing like seeing each other in person.
Sistah Judy and Maid Marion are simply two beautiful personalities that won't depress anyone!!! Serious!!!
Judy will be out there giving all armwraps and Maid M will just make you feel that your world is the most interesting to her!

Hey girls yes I did get answers from the mid south forums with a link to the highways in AR everyone stayed today and my folks are thinking of trying it tomorrow but our friend is thinking Monday since he now has the 24 hour bug I had last Saturday and hubby had it monday

Jaye, so glad to hear Kel if feeling better. I sure wish everyone here was feeling good.....it is depressing being sick and yet to be sick in the winter makes it twice as bad! How's Lola...still as chipper?

Ok Susan...here goes...let me see if I do this right...probably gonna take some practice...(still never found your music notes) ^_^




edited to add............hey I got it!!

This message was edited Jan 30, 2010 10:28 PM

Music notes ♫ - for that one you press Alt (and hold it) - on the # keys to the right, hit 1, release, hit 4, release, then release the Alt key.

♪ - for this one, press Alt (and hold it) - on the # keys to the right, hit 1, release, then 3, release, then release the Alt key.

♫♪~§usan~♪♫

♪♪ ♫ that is too cool

♫♫♫♪♫♪ as she whistles away to go play with some more key board keys!

stumbles back in to say......THANKS!!!

Jaye, so nice to see your sparkling eyes, and Kel too!
Off to bed, so I will see you all in the morning.
LK

Phyllis, that would be the most safe plan for your parents.

We had a cartoon fest tonight. Rewatched Ratatouille and then Wall-E.
Perfect mindless entertainment to rest our minds too.
Supper was perfect. Egg noodles with beef broth and even Lola's feeling a tad better.

It's still sleet and ice out there. All our outside kitties are warm in their own shed.. while Hambone's snoring away in Kel's workshop.

Bidding you all a good night..

Good Morning Ladies,
Coffee is on and for those that are hungry there is Ham & Cheese Omelettes, hash browns and sausage gravy and biscuits . Help yourself!


Thought I would share this with all of you....

The History of APRONS





I don't think our kids or grandkids know what an apron is.

The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath. Because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.

When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.

And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove..

Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool, now her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw after taking them from the freezer..




Some people today would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.......


Linda

Good Morning, and Thanks for the coffee & breakfast.
Linda, where have you been, we have not heard from you in a long time? Hope your doing OK, and not too busy? Nice to see you posting.
Jaye, glad to hear your all having a restful day. Hope your all feeling a bit better?
Phyllis, glad to hear they delayed the trip also, better safe than sorry.

Another prayer request please
I told you about my sister Alice, well, she had a bout of pneumonia (they say it's under control, but she's the one who is in the hospital for lung cancer and they took another piece out of her left lung.........).
Well, her son, my nephew (Rick), had a stroke on Wed - I just found out last night (another city, and no one thought to tell me.........). He's in hospital. Unfortunately not the same one Alice is in, so Glen (my BIL) is having to run between the two hospitals....... poor man!
Rick is 50. Glen had to wait with him for 12 hours to get Rick admitted.....

a lot of trouble for one family...........
Please pray for Alice, Rick & Glen.

Susan

Prayers going up for Alice, Rick and Glen...

So nice to see my sisters.....this one is Marion and me last year at BJ's in Texas...

Today is little Kyle's first birthday party. He turned one yesterday. He is a real cutie-pie...hope I remember to take the camera. There place is really small and they had a huge birthday party for his brother last August, but of course, it was outside. I surely don't know where they will put everyone if the same people all show up!

I'm trying to get off sugar....this is my 3rd full day without candy, cakes or cookies. I'm still having my lite yogurt, but that's it. It's finally starting to get a little easier. I'm taking acai and gymnema, so hopefully with those two things, I'll be able to control my eating more. I would surely love to lose a few pounds! I do think I'm losing a few inches. Not sure if it's the new shoes or not, but whatever it is, I hope it keeps up!

Saying prayers here too Susan, for you and your family to get through this. Praying for life more abundant for all.

Great picture...look at that tan! and is that a computer monitor I see? wouldn't happen to be looking at Dave's Garden site were you guys?? lol

ROFLOL, yes look at that tan!! The pale on is from Florida --one without the tan obviously. You should see the one of our feet together!! Yikes. Yes, a computer monitor looking at this thread as a matter of fact and also putting in our camera disc to see everyone's pictures. You know the old saying "have computer, will travel" or something like that. Cookie, I love that picture of you.

Lazy morning here today. Weather definitely on the cooler side but no rain so not complaining. Spent the evening with my son and his family last evening--grilled hotdogs with all the trimmings then we, too, watch cartoons with the girls. Why are hotdogs so much better when cooked over an outdoor fire? Hum, guess that is one of life's greatest questions--well to me it is.

My oldest GD got a sewing machine for Christmas and she met me at my car to show me the little doll quilt she had made yesterday. Insert: see Grandma's head swell!!!! If I must say so and brag myself, she did a really nice job for a 7 yo--looks like there will be another sewer in the family. Wahoo!!!! The youngest GD was just in a "I want to be cuddled" mood last night. Tough job but some has to do it.

Well, I need to get up and do something today. Oh BTW, thanks for the wonderful breakfast--loved the omelet and sausage gravy with biscuit. My kine of breakfast.

Prayers going up!

Look at all those pics!! I'm going to get my bucket-o-pics out and scan a bunch for ya'll, I know, I keep saying that LOL

Jaye embroidery is very picky, but my grandmother used to quilt big time and I know how big that can get, and I don't have a sewing machine or quilting frames or anything like that, and don't see it happening anytime soon, so oh well.

I'll have more ice pics for ya'll from this morning. The sun is out, the ice is melting and it's supposed to be in the mid 40's today so all of this is going to be gone by this evening. The sun is shining through the ice on the trees and it looks absolutely gorgeous! Of course the camera doesn't do it justice.

And the sun is soooo warm coming through the window!