Whats your Quilty name??

I found THIS and thought I should share.
My quilty name is Her Illustrious Highness Fabric Hoarder
Whats yours?

Count down to Halloween

Halloween is my favorite holiday, I love to dress up, I love the treats and the scaring each other, I love seeing all the cute ideas people come up with to have a unique costume.
I love the miniature candy bars and the smarties but my very favorite is bottle caps its the only time of the year I see them and I love them!
This year Wade is going to be a spider (I am still searching for black sweats to finish that)
Austin wants to be a samurai I am having no luck in what to do with that.
and Miranda as always wants to be a witch, she is almost always a witch. I am trying to talk her into something different.
This year Mike and I are invited to a Halloween party minus kids so I need to come up with something fun, Mike wants Morticia and Gomez Adams and I said Romeo and Juliet. Maybe Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit LOL! I will keep you informed.

I need to get reading!

I found this on my friend Kristi's blog and thought it was very interesting so I thought I would share it here

"The Big Read is a National Endowment for the Arts program designed to encourage community reading initiatives and of their top 100 books, they estimate the average adult has read only six."

Here’s what you are supposed to do:
Look at the list and bold those we have read.
Italicize those we intend to read.
*Star the books we LOVE.



1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen*
2. The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien*
3. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte*My all time favorite
4. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling*
5. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6. The Bible
7. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte*
8. Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9. His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11. Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12. Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14. Complete Works of Shakespeare most of it not all
15. Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16. The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17. Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18. Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger*
20. Middlemarch - George Eliot
21. Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell*
22. The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23. Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams**
26. Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28. Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30. The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32. David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33. Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis*
34. Emma - Jane Austen
35. Persuasion - Jane Austen
36. The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis*
37. The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40. Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne*
41. Animal Farm - George Orwell
42. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44. A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45. The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46. Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47. Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50. Atonement - Ian McEwan
51. Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52. Dune - Frank Herbert
53. Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54. Sense and Sensibility- Jane Austen
55. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57. A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58. Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60. Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62. Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64. The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65. Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66. On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67. Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69. Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72. Dracula - Bram Stoker
73. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74. Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75. Ulysses - James Joyce
76. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77. Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78. Germinal - Emile Zola
79. Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80. Possession - AS Byatt
81. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82. Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83. The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84. The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85. Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86. A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87. Charlotte's Web - EB White
88. The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*
90. The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91. Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92. The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93. The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94. Watership Down - Richard Adams
95. A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96. A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl*
100. Les Miserables - Victor Hugo Okay I started to read this after I saw the broadway producton but didn't make it through the whole thing. I am counting it anyway!!

Budget is a four letter word!!

That's why we prefer to call it a cash flow plan. I can't take credit for that it's a Dave Ramsey thing. All that being said, I worked out the "cash flow plan" for October. what a giant pain in my butt!

I think that DH is allergic to the check book or something. I the non college graduate, that never took an accounting class (unlike some members of this family) have to play checkbook and CFP(okay its a budget it sucks and its a pain)
I know that now that I have it all figured out and the numbers all work and I have planned for everything I can think of then...

A) The kids will need some outrageously expensive thing for school (and they need it yesterday)

B) I will break something, become deathly ill with something that only really expensive medicine that my insurance company wont cover will fix, I will break/lose a tooth

C)The car will die

D) Some long forgotten medical bill will pop back up and they will demand payment 3 months ago

E)All the really cute fabric that they only have just a little of will go on sale at a great price but I only budgeted $40 for fun things.

So I am waiting for the earthquake, flood, tornado, typhoon or other disaster to strike any time now that the CFP(budget) is done and printed off.

I reached a miles stone!

This quarter I earned my saphirre star pin in my Mary Kay business! (Yes I know the one I found a picture of has a ruby in it I was almost there maybe this quarter)
I am excited about being a star consultant. I have been having a lot of fun with this and I hope I can achieve my goal
(I am earning the money for new boobs!)
(I know I know every Mary Kay lady you know wants to tell you about earning a car or paying for a trip to Hawaii but I just want new boobs)
So wish me luck and if you need any Mary Kay you can always use the link on my sidebar to go to my webpage and I will hook you up :O)

Preschool fun!

In preschool Wade is learning the alphabet...
so during the first week he learned that A is for astronaut.
Last week he learned that B is for bread and we went on a field trip to Great Harvest Bread Company. I got a loaf of dill bread, I was totally in heaven and I had major carb overload when I ate the whole loaf in 3 days.
This week is C I can't wait to see what cute things Miss Cindy comes up with.

this made my day!

Isn't this the coolest! It will hold a small rotary mat and cutter to take to my quilt guild. It was part of a pay it forward I signed up for and then promptly forgot about. I got this darling case from Caryn I will have to get on it and "pay it forward" Thank you so much Caryn it is beautiful!

On a lighter note

The fail blog is one of my favorie places to visit. Here are a couple of examples of why

I nnever said I wasn't political

This is a must watch!

Trying to get my life back on track

So I started back to the gym yesterday because I am tired of being sick and tired so I decided I was going to try to get back into a "normal" life again.
Okay my life has never been normal but as close as I can get.
I managed 45 minutes on the bike and 60 crunches I felt good when I left I wasn't sore I wasn't exhausted (that came later)
SOOOOO I wake up today and my ab muscles have decided to protest the idea of 60 crunches, they are so sore I can hardly sit up from laying down.
I am going to show them who's boss and go back tomorrow but I think I may cut it down to 30 crunches and work my way back up again until they feel better.
I am such a baby!

another great blog give away.

Jane is having a birthday giveaway! check it out.another great giveaway

My baby is getting so big!

Wade had his first soccer game today, it is adorable they play 3 on 3 on miniature fields. they have no idea what they are doing. They ran and chased the ball sometimes an other times they just stood there cause the coach had told them to stay put while they did the kick after a goal.
Its is adorable to see him in his little uniform but kinda melancholy too. He is my baby I am not sure I am ready for him to be doing all this stuff!

We have lost an amazing quilter!

Helen Kellypassed away she was a member of the quilting hall of fame and an amazing quilter. The link will take you to her gallery on her blog. Her quilts are amazing!

Road trip this weekend!

So I made a wild run to Idaho this weekend I drove to Boise and back in a matter of 36 hours. about 4 1/2 to 5 hours each way. I did it alone (yea me!) I meet some ladies that I had met on line but never in person. It was great we sewed and we giggled and we shopped! I had a great time. Thanks Spud's for your hospitality and a great time.

Great "Bear"thday gift!

I was so excited to get the mail and find this lovely suprise in the box. Thank you thank you to dear sweet Kris I am going to make sure this darling Christmas stocking is on my tree if I am finishng it on Christmas Eve(I plan to have it done before then but you never know what other major surgery is just going to pop up in my life)
Have a great long weekend everyone here in the states!

This makes my brain spin

Imponderables

Do fish ever sneeze?

Can sour cream go bad?

What is the speed of dark?

Why do clocks run clockwise?

Why do doughnuts have holes?

What do you call a male ladybug?

Is there another word for synonym?

What's another word for Thesaurus?

Why isn't 11 pronounced onety one?

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Why does unscented hair spray smell?

Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

Why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon?

Boycott shampoo! Demand the real poo!

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

What do ducks have to do with duck tape?

Why isn't there a mouse-flavored cat food?

How and why do horses sleep standing up?

Why do ketchup bottles have narrow necks?

Why don't people snore when they're awake?

Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

Is a clear conscience a sign of a bad memory?

What happens to the tread that wears off tires?

Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?

What does the phrase "Now then" really mean?

How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

Suppose the hokey-pokey is what its all about?

Are Santa's helpers called subordinate clauses?

If a cow laughs, does milk come out of her nose?

Why are people immune to their own body odor?

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

Why do people like to pop bubble wrap so much?

Do crematoriums give discounts for burn victims?

Do they use sterilized needles for fatal injections?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

Why do you never hear about gruntled employees?

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

If man evolved from apes, why do we still have apes?

When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?

Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

What would the speed of lightning be if it didn't zigzag?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

If you don't pay your exorcist, do you get repossessed?

Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

Why is the third hand on a watch called a second hand?

If a book about failures doesn't sell well, is it a success?

Would you still be hungry if you ate pasta and antipasta?

Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?


Why must there be five syllables in the word "monosyllabic?"
Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, how do they get baby oil?

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

If a word in the dictionary were mispelled, how would we know?

Why are they called apartments when they're all stuck together?

If you go to a general store, will they let you buy anthing specific?

When dogs bark for hour on end, why don't they ever get hoarse?

What size were hailstones before the game of golf was invented?
If 7-11 is open 24 h/d, 365 d/yr, why are there locks on the doors?

Why do we say that something is out of whack? What is a whack?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

Why do superficial paper cuts tend to hurt more than grosser cuts?

If nothing sticks to Teflon, how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?

If we're here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Why is experience something you don't get until just after you need it?

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest also have to drown?

Why do we put suits in a garment bag and put garments in a suitcase?

Why is the period of the day with the slowest traffic called the rush hour?

Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes?

Should we be concerned that doctors describe their work as "practice?"

How do they keep all the raisins in a cereal box from falling to the bottom?

If cement was invented 7,000 years ago, why isn't the whole planet paved?

If you build an idiot-proof system, will the world create a better-quality idiot?

Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot-dog buns 8 to a package?

Why is the telephone key pad arranged differently than a calculator key pad?

Why do croutons come in airtight packages? It's just stale bread to begin with.

Why do engineers call it research when they're searching for something new?

How many roads does a man need to travel down before he admits he is lost?

If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him that he has the right to remain silent?

Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?

If quitters never win and winners never quit, why should you "quit while you're ahead?"

When two airplanes almost collide, why do they call it a near miss rather than a near hit?

Does current emphasis on artificial intelligence support the existence of artificial stupidity?

Light travels faster than sound; is that why people appear bright until you hear them speak?

When a fly alights on the ceiling, does it perform a loop or a roll in order to get upside down?

How do military cadets find their caps after tossing them in the air at graduation ceremonies?

How do they get deer to cross a highway where they place one of those yellow warning signs?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, while dishwashing liquid is made with real lemons?

Airplanes have an indestructible black box. Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

What happens if you turn on your headlights when you're in a vehicle moving at the speed of light?

When you pick something up so your hands are full, why does someplace on your face start to itch?

Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

If it's zero degrees today and tomorrow is supposed to be twice as cold, what will tomorrow's temperature be?

A bus station is where a bus stops; a train station is where a train stops. What occurs at a desk with a work station?

Why is it that when you send something by truck it's called a shipment, but when you send it by ship it's called cargo?

A whole bunch of unrelated stuff!

My baby started pre-school! He loves "Ms Cindy" and he had a blast on his first day, I was all sad to leave and he is like "bye mom"


Austin and Miranda started school today they are going to a new charter school, they have to wear uniforms Austin didn't mind but Miranda wasn't to sure about the whole idea. She is going to learn the flute and she desided she wanted to cut her hair so she didn't look like all the other girls around here. She looks just like I did when I was her age except she is so much taller (I was so totally short until I hit high school)

Wade got a "Wade size sewing machine" he is so cute with it.

He is getting good too!

You are a 1960s Diva

Bold dresses, funky boots, bright patterns. You have an eye for fashion - and make trends timeless!

What Decade Diva Are You?

I could have told you that!

Apron Swap block!

Aren't they fun! I am in a swap with 16 other gals to make adorable apron blocks. I am hoping to make mine into a wall hanging for my kitchen. I made 4 each of each of these designs. I usedmy 40's vintage fabric and the white rick-rac is also vintage.
I will have to show it to you when they all come. Have a great week (kids go back to school :O) )

And the winner is...

Well first let me tell you how I did this
First I printed all the coments made and cut them up

Then I put the names of people that had linked to my bog in 5 more times each

First I tried to have my cat pick the name but he was TOTALLY not interested

So I had my 4 year old do it. (isn't he adorable)

Thought I should show you what you won sorry its sideways I forgot to flip it before I loaded it in here (DOH!)

So back to the winner thing..

you ready?

you sure?

okay the winner is SmileyKylie I am emailing her to get a snail mail addy.
Thanks so much to everyone that commented I think I need to have another one soon ;O)