Year of the Dragon

Grace commented that this rather spooky snowflake/father frost thing Megan and I made,  looks like a Dragon for this Year of the Dragon.....I so agree!  Thank you Grace!

found on google

 Clothes drying rack. It can open up as far as I want, or I can 'shut' it with everything hanging still. [lily wanted to be in the pix too]

 Dan made it for me.  All the 'store bought' racks go out.  I wanted to go up too, to hang dresses, besides other stuff.  So now the dresses can hand down the middle, or off to the end where you see the hangers.  The sq. thing is a foam block toy to keep Dan from poking his eye out.....

When It Snows...

Family gathers together.

 Rhiley, Lily, and Megan found sticks to poke snow with.

 The guys getting cars out.

I just kept clicking the camera to get a pic of all 3 girls outside and Meg took the pic of the one girl who stayed inside....

 Daddy wonders what Meg is taking pix of...

 This arrangement of toys kept Meg busy for hours quite a long time.

We lucked out and the power stayed on for us, but getting around was not easy.  Ben was our driver, getting one to work, home, the store, the moon....hah!  We had ice after the snow, and when it warmed enough to fall from the sky in big chunks, the Narrows Bridge was closed for hours!

Transparent Snow

look, it snowed side ways...

even blurry....it's sideways....

 and snowman's are transparent....day 1

 ...and on day 2....welllllll....i didn't mean to make snow....er...balls....

i prefer my snow to be gender free.

Free Saturday

So we don't have the girls today.  Or tomorrow.  

But last weekend, we did.  This is what Meg and I did.  She cut out the Snowflake....I saw a 'face' in it and added a few bits off the table.  

Dan and Ashley both say it's scary.

But it was fun to do!

{the snowflake i made? yawn}

{lily's snowflake? flake-ets. Vacuum suckage}

MoonMilk...

Good for the soul.

I am still quilting the X's and O's on the Pink, Red and Chocolate quilt.  They go pretty fast.

Duck Do, Color and Quilting

Walked past the table and noticed the Rubber Ducky had been to 

Megan's Beauty Parlor for a new do....

 ...did you know Play Dough comes in black and brown colors now?

Now for some colo......cat, please get out of the way....

 ...come on Precious...please let me get the shot....

 .....Cat Cloud {$#%%^T%*&}....

 Anyway, the girls were getting low on useable pens, so I decided to get some new ones.

And then it happened....the 64 box of heavenly crayons is joined by a box of 64 Pip Squeak Markers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .....and there was no way. No. WAY. I could pass that up.

I noticed we needed some new Sharpies too, the last few years I have only gotten them for College Girl, not myself.  The paints are for other ideas I  have, they are acrylic, not 

fabric paints.

 Quilting.

 I would like to get this Red, White and Chocolate quilt done for Ashley, especially since she still wants it!   The yarn thing....on the safety pin....that's a block marker....I don't use a hoop, which is an ideal way to find your place.  So I made up a marker because I spent valuable stitching time trying to figure out where the hell I was.

 I use the small washable pens on fabric...for marking them for quilting.

X's and O's.

 Took down X-mas, but left a few wintery bits out. This is an igloo I am making from a soda bottle.....if it ever gets finished.  

 Updated to Picasa 3 the other day and noticed a few additions to the 'edit' choices....

Grrrr

I have been trying to fix my header...my blog title area....and I keep getting an error message....seems I have exceeded my free photo storage...who?  Me.  Me use up to much space??  Gah....or Bah...if I could find the right key....

Happy Happy

Happy Last Day of the Year everyone.  

Today is my birthday....has been since the day I was born.....I was due on the Solstice, Dec. 21, but waited until I was an even better tax deduction.  Thank you mom.

Before the End Of the Year

thought I'd better get a couple more pix in...These are from x-mas day.

 Ashley dressed her girls in color coordinating outfits, Rhiley and Avery. 

{and Gup above}

 Santa needed a wagon this year!

 But Rhiley was able to pull it.

And the next day was rather peaceful for a while as the girls, Megan, Lily and Stephanie were playing with electronic games. {Lily does 'cupcakes' on the iPod}  Megan is holding a Leap Pad daddy got the girls, plus extra games that of course involve spelling, math, etc. Lily, 3, is really getting good at computer-ing, but I noticed she needs to work on pencil/coloring skills.  Megan,6, has moved in giant leaps with her reading and writing skills, though her penmanship is falling a bit behind and her teacher wants us to encourage her to write more. But when you watch her, you can see her brain is moving way faster than her fingers...so do we ask her to slow her brain down???  Her coloring skills have vastly improved too, she keeps within the lines {she has plenty of time to explore outside the lines later} and when I commented on it she said, "Yeah, I learned to do that with the dot things...know what I mean Gup?"...I, of course, first pictured the old computer cards we used to have to fill in...then the other tests we took using a no. 2 pencil!

Yes, I know what you mean Megan.

Stephanie is playing with the ninetendo DS that I got for x-mas. I like to have it in my purse for when I have to wait for something, like at the doc's office. My old, way old, one died recently, so Dan got me a new one.  I don't have a cell phone to play with like most people...

Seeing Yellow Spots.....

See that yellow thing below the puppy??? Do you know what that is?

 Duct tape is so fun!

 I had a small box...

 ...that I cut a few holes in....

 ...added a chimney and painted....

 For a little gift for a wonderful next door neighbor!

 The tree  wreath area is looking festive.

I really must do something about that smoke alarm....maybe I can paint it the wall color...???

Steph made some goodies.

Advent ~~ Day 24

I can't remember where I found these...but I got a kick our of them. 

Merry Christmas!!

Comment on Spirit...

spirit cloth has a beautiful cloth  to see.  

last couple of days i have been wondering if i am 

simple or complicated?

fickle or deep?

i truly enjoy the cloth that comes from learning from jude.

i truly enjoy the cloth i create from my own soul.

i truly enjoy tearing cloth and blending it with other cloth.

i truly enjoy sandwiching 3 layers and quilting them together.

one thing that has never ever changed within me.

color. 

how i love to gaze upon colors.

box of crayons.  selection of threads.  

a jar of markers.

Advent ~~ Day 23

kiss. kiss.  found here.

Been Working On...

Older projects.  The Mosaic Blocks quilt.  First I needed to add more lines for quilting along.  I can't sew a straight line ....let alone hand quilt one!  So I was marking this quilt with Crayola washable pens...

...I love the Pip Squeaks!  Have my own set...for me...but I see they make them in a 64 color set....hummm....SANTA!!!!!!

 Where was I...??....oh yea...this is the whole quilt to refresh our memories...

 I also sat at the sewing machine to work on this pink quilt.

 The top is all assembled now and am working on the backing.  I am sewing FQ's, and other pieces from the construction of the top, together.  

It's been nice to sit at the machine again.  And to quilt too.  

MoonPath sits waiting for just the right inspiration...Probably until next year...We have the girls all next week, so I will be too tired to think.

Advent ~~ Day 22

I need some heavy felt!  found here