Ah, the weekend after Thanksgiving! So many advertisements from the big box stores! I find it frustrating that so many businesses turn the season of giving into a season of selling. However, I do love to give (and receive!) gifts! As much as possible, I like to give things I’ve made myself (or made with the… Continue Reading
What a fabulous Thanksgiving we had! I spent most of Wednesday baking pies! I had some help from Liam, who made the filling for the sugar cream and the apple: and Logan, who made the filling for Derby pie: By the end of the day, I had made 9 pies: The looked fabulous cooling in… Continue Reading
Woot! Prep for Thanksgiving has begun in earnest! We’ll have a good 15 or so people here for dinner tomorrow, with another 30 (!) coming for the Festival of Pie later in the day! So, today is all about pie baking! I started by gathering all my tried and true recipes together, I am extra… Continue Reading
Greetings from Scottsdale! Hubby had to go to the NASM (National Association of Schools of Music) conference and I came along with him. We’re staying at a fun resort where you get bagpipe music at sunset: Sunset bagpipes from the balcony! (6 floors up and 100 feet back, a safe distance to be from a… Continue Reading
I got to email the two winners from my birthday giveaway today! First, Debbie H. was number 35 on my list of newsletter subscribers: And then the 12th commentor on the post was Helen who said: I’m glad to hear that (at least some) folks like to hear about my son’s acheivements, because I certainly… Continue Reading
I had a couple of things to share with you! First, this awesome picture of Logan holding my birthday cake last week: It’s so hard to take pix of lit candles + dark, and this was just a quick snap with my phone as they were singing happy birthday to me, I had to share!… Continue Reading
Another Red Dirt is “in the can”! For an outdoor show this late in the year, we had amazingly good weather! It was overcast most of the day, but I never needed a jacket, and I was just wearing a 3/4 length linen shirt and heavy linen pants. Hah, while the rest of the country… Continue Reading
Well, I managed to make 8 new zip clutches this week, stitching away in little pockets of time. I didn’t take and share any in-process photos like I usually do, because I really didn’t know if I’d get these done, so wanted to use every second I could for sewing. These were very popular at… Continue Reading