The birthday dinner story.....

Earlier this week I asked DH what we were doing Sunday for my birthday.
DH "nothing, why?"....
Me "will you make spaghetti and I will call the kids to come in for dinner Sunday".
DH "oh, not spaghetti. that takes all day.. how about hamburgers and hotdogs."
ME "ok, whatever. Is it ok if I call the kids and ask them to come"

Now it sounds like he doesn't like the kids to come, but I was only asking in case he had already made some other kind of plans. I call second daughter and say....

"hey, you all want to come for dinner Sunday?" Second daughter says "yea we will be there, but how did you know?". ME - "how did I know what?" OH!! ROTFLMAO.....
She kept the secret for a total of 3 and a half hours....I was laughing so hard, son-in-law could hear me across the room.....She finally caught on and was PISSSSSED at herself for letting me know it was already planned.... While I am laughing, DH calls her on the other phone and says, "hey, Mom is going to call and ask you for dinner Sunday....." that's all he gets out before she says "Too late...I let it out of the bag...." He calls oldest daughter to tell her, who calls second daughter to tell her.....TOO LATE....MOM already knows!! LOL


So all the grandkids came...

We had DH famous spaghetti sauce...

meatballs.....

french bread.....

and great cake......


So all the kids and grandkids are gone and I am sitting here quietly with a glass of Lambrusco...Ah.......
Janie gave me an award... Thanks Janie!!!


Janie gave me an award... Thanks Janie!!!

These are the rules -


1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.
2. Link to the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you have nominated.

I have never been good at rules. And how could I possibly pick only 7 of the 89 blogs I check every day...lol

Tomorrow is ERRAND MONDAY!! I don't normally run errands on Monday, but DH cell phone is dead, clothes are at the cleaners ready to be picked up, I have to call and negotiate with the insurance company and I would like to sew a bit...

Maybe I will get the last two sides of binding sewn on #4 Christmas Quilt. If so, there will be photos....

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

A great Saturday.....

DH and I got up early this morning, set off to pick up my sister and we all went down to Soulard Market. Soulard is an open-air market that has been in St Louis since forever... 2 long aisles of fresh veggies, fruit, home baked goods and even a small pet shop. Today we got a great surprise as we pulled through looking for a parking spot. (and we found a great one in the shade!) There was a flea market/antique market/junk sale in the park. My sister is buying a condo and was in the market for some cool stuff, so we looked around. She found a great bench for her bedroom and a wrought iron mirror for her entryway. The bench is all wood and she will paint it and cover the cushions. We bought some great veggies and on the way home, DH stopped at the drapery discount store so we could look around. She found some great green/cream toile to cover the cushions and we hope there is enough to make a couple of pillows for her bed. i found some remnants for purses.

Of course, then I had to come home and blanch the green beans, carrots and asparagus. They are all safe in the freezer now...

Dh started his famous Spaghetti sauce for my birthday dinner tomorrow. It was supposed to be a surprise, but someone spilled the beans... story tomorrow....

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

Contest Alert...

Lyn over at Blue Bird Quilts is haveing a great Christmas in July contest. Stop reading here and go....

Oh wait, come back later this weekend. It's my birthday...let's see what happens.

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

How does your garden grow???

Mine doesn't. I have to confess to a pale green thumb. I have grass in the yard and two bushes that were planted last year that are still the same size they were when we planted them. The neighbors up the street (we call them "The Gardeners") are out every weekend either dumping dirt, spreading rock or planting something. Now the neighbors across the street are getting into the act and putting in flowers and mulch and rocks. WHATEVER!!! I have one indoor plant that amazingly has lived for almost 10 years now. Obviously it has a very strong survivor streak....

So where is this post going?? Last week I was sitting on my front porch, talking to my daughter on the phone, when my neighbor brought over these....

To give you a perspective, they are the size of my little finger. So cute. I came right in and scrubbed them clean and YEK!! They were bitter... Guess I should have cooked them and added some honey?? But they are cute!!

ME? I will be first in line at the local Farmers Market July 17th when they finally open. I will take the Winfield Ferry across the Mississippi (as soon as it reopens from the flooding) and go to the great Farmers Market in Brussels. I will also take another trip to Soulard Market in downtown St Louis (hey sis, what are you doing this weekend?)

In the meantime, I am headed up to the sewing room to start putting the binding on the latest Christmas quilt just back from the quilter. She did an amazing job with all-over stars. Then need to piece the back to the next one to take to her on Friday. Maybe I'll have a photo to post tomorrow....

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

I'm......back.......

What a crazy couple of weeks. My hard drive finally died completely so I called HP and the lady said "hmmmm...they really should have sent you a new hard drive the first time it failed". "Now you tell me???"..... I must say, they are fast. I had the hard drive the next day... I quickly found the small phillips screwdriver, removed the old hard drive, popped the new one in, plugged it in and .....nothing.... Um....the hard drive isn't formatted. and No cd's to format it... HELLO!! Of course, it is the holiday here in the states, so I sat and waited until Monday when the cd's arrived and then spent all day formatting the computer and getting my RSS feeds back and getting email set up...
So...that is behind me....

Today was sewing day with Anne and Miss Nancy. We had show-n-tell and I had my camera with me....Good for me remembering my camera...of course I didn't remember I remembered my camera so no photos... LOL

Anne is working on a pinwheel quilt and got two blocks done, Miss Nancy is working on TicTacMo and I think she might have made a strip set... We don't do a lot of sewing, can you tell? We talked, looked at some magazines that Miss Nancy's son brought her from Australia when he visited last month, we ate lunch..Yummy panini sandwiches....and then talked some more. I worked on the latest block from Lynette Anderson's Noah's Ark BOM. Cute elephants this time. There is a new photo on my sidebar. Click on it to take you to Lynette's blog and the BOM link is right under her photo...

No photo today.....

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

a quickie....

Just popping in from DH computer to let everyone know that Sharon is having a 4th of July give-away....

I will be spending it driving to my daughters house to stay with biddy-baby while they work.....their baby-sitter called in sick....

So, Happy 4th....Keep it safe out there......

Happy Sewing,
Nancy

Stay-cation.....

I guess I am being forced to take a stay-cation. My hard drive died a final death (I actually heard the last sigh) and I am now waiting on the US Postal Service to bring me a new one all the way from Canada...

I got the cutest stuff in the mail today, but you will have to wait until next week to see photos. DH deleted the camera software that I installed last time the old hard drive died. I sure am glad this is under warranty for the next 11 days....I think I might have to buy the extended warranty...

I have some housewifey ironing to do, will make a dessert for dinner and I guess I will now have time to add binding to the quilt I picked up last Friday.

Happy Sewing,
Nancy