Who did this to my couch?

We have a "pillow" puppy in the house. She likes it UNDERNEATH them.

Caught in the act!

Innocent puppy?

Does she look sorry?

NOT ! !

Our Twenty Dollar Barbeque Grill. . .

I love Craig's List!
Found this grill and my HD tried it out today!

 We started with this:

 And finished with this. We like cooking this way, doing it all at one time. We freeze it in serving sizes, then pull it out for meals, either zap it in the microwave or put in toaster oven. Add some veggies, a potato or a salad and it's ready!  HD cooked 16 burgers, 15 chicken breasts, 12 pork chops and 10 hot dogs.

 Grandkids like the hotdogs too (when I leave some). :0)

 This piece had to be tested for quality assurance (split it for lunch). Umm, I did have to quality test a hotdog as well to make sure it was OK for the grandkids!

I got six inches cut off my hair. . .

. . . OK, it just FELT like six inches.


I LIKE IT !!!

It Was Dark As A Dungeon Way Back In . . .

The BEDROOM !

I am a light sleeper.

I finally got curtains done for my bedroom - yes, they are very dark but have a panel so I can pull them back to let light in during the day.

I am one of those people who doesn't fall asleep easily and once woken up, stays awake for hours trying to sleep more.

For the past eight months (since we moved here), I have been waking up between 2:00am and 3:00am EVERY mornîng. We have a neighbor who does shift work - I know this as I hear the car, see the headlights and the SPOTLIGHT, porch light that lights up my whole room through the blinds EVERY night between those hours.

Our new puppy, Daisy, shares my bedroom and also has been waking up, only she thinks it is time to get up!

Did I mention I am a light sleeper?

I do not know who the neighbor is, but am glad he has a job with the economy in the shape it is today.

Last night was my second night with my new curtains and I slept SO GOOD both nights!! So did Daisy.

It's Calendar Makin' Time

Mercy, I looked at my November calendar and there are TEN (10) events on it. One anniversary and nine are birthdays (and one pending – Lene). Oops, another one just got added – some I forgot to get information on previously.

I try to keep up with all additions and changes to the family to keep my genealogy database up to date and the family calendars I have been making for Christmas every year for about the last twenty years or so. I do slip up every now and again but try to remind everyone to keep me updated and it's that time again. I do have some updates to make on HD's side as well. I think this year there will be 25 to 30 calendars going out between my side, my HD's side and our kids & grandkids.

Cover page designs are all done. I just need to update the calendar for each, after the new arrival gets here, print them out and make copies. I don't know what I'd do without my calendar program that keep all my event information and calendars from year to year for me. Years ago, when I first started doing them, there was no program so I had to manually go in and change the days on each month to the proper day of the week, then input each event, birthdays and anniversaries every year. This was a chore when you have a large family. Mom & Dad had 11 children, 4 boys and 7 girls.

Now the numbers for my Mom are as follows (IF I counted right).
19 Grandchildren
27 (+ 1 Lene) Great Grandchildren
4 Great Great Grandchildren

Baby Quilts

Cookie Monster Sesame Street 
Baby Quilt 
Quilt features Cookie Monster blocks alternated with solid teal blocks with a ¾ inch bright blue border and bound with a bright narrow multi-stripe fabric.

The backing is a bright multi-color fabric featuring buttons, stars, hearts and moons. Batting is low loft for a less bulky quilt.

A pillow with the pillowcase patchwork matching the quilt fabrics is included. The 
pillow is 7 1/2 X 12 inches. 
The quilt measures 31 ½ inches by 43 inches.

Cow Jumped Over The Moon Baby Quilt

This quilt would be perfect for any new bundle of joy. It has green, blue, gold and pink colors in it. The design is the cow jumped over the moon nursery rhyme with the coordinating backing fabric.

The binding is a medium blue using a Grandma's Garden fancy stitch for greater binding security. It is machine quilted around the outer edge with stitch in the ditch and diagonal stitch quilting all through the middle of the quilt. The quilt measures 34 inches by 43 inches.

"God's Gift to You" baby quilt

This brightly colored quilt features rainbows, clouds and stars with little people. The sayings written on it are wonderful . . . “Each day is God's gift to you, make it blossom and grow”, “Love makes the world go around” and “God is the light that fills you with love”.

I use low loft batting in my quilts. It has a beautiful blue background and is machine quilted with a scallop stitch. The binding is golden yellow fabric using briar design for a sturdier stitch.The backing is a blended blue with yellow and white stars. The quilt measures 31 inches by 44 inches.

She's not spoiled . . .

"The Pinup Girl"

“Crazy Daisy” (as DD calls her) is such a sweet lovable puppy. It is not possible not to spoil her. She loves everyone and they like her. She is very playful and EMPTYS her toybox on a regular basis.

We found this green doggie bag for when we travel and Daisy loves it. She will run fetch a toy and dive into the bag. She is getting used to it so she won't mind it when we travel with her. She rides really well, short and longer distances. We took her to Cross Plains shortly after we got her

She sleeps in her kennel at night and for now stays in it when we are out running errands. She is doing great with the house breaking but we want to wait before giving her free reign of the house.

She is cutting teeth and chewing on EVERYTHING! I found one of her baby teeth on the floor. She fetches while we are watching TV at night. She grabs the toy we threw, runs at top speed back to the couch, jumps up from the foot stool to the couch and bounces off the back, like it is home base and she has to touch it. Sure is funny to watch.

DD and I found this cute shirt for her. Actually we found two - can't remember what the other said. DD said this was the one she needs since HD is always saying that. Sure enough, he called me to let me know I forgot my meds and when I told him to get off my case, - he said "Bite Me" !

Also found a cute one for Christmas. It's a bit hard to read the text but says: "Naughty or Nice" !

She loves to snuggle with everyone.