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One of my favorite things...playing with and planning a new vignette. Silly me!

Wednesdays With My Mom

Look who became a Mommy and a Daddy! Number 1 of five children...my sister, Diana. So Cute!!!
My dad LOVED making his children and grandchildren laugh. : )

Today was a slow day, but I got a big job done. Remember when I painted this small ledge brown for my mom because it was bothering her?

Well, she decided that the trim around the cabinets in the kitchen would look better if they had that same brown trim. I'm not sure I understood it, but it doesn't matter. It made her VERY happy, so I was glad I could do it.

And since we're on the subject of kitchens, this is what ours looked like Easter Sunday.

I didn't go all out like some years, but the girls got a kick out of it and snapped lots of pictures.

TTFN

Just For Fun

When my brother saw the pic of us as teenagers on my blog the other day, he said, "Oh man, I look like I'm on my way to a Saturday Night Fever audition.
Whatever!!

So, in fairness, I thought I'd share a couple of current, distinguished photos of my brother, now. His sweet wife told us to scoot together so she could take a Sibling Photo while we were at Applebee's the other night. This is the one Sara shot from the other angle. I chose hers because I look younger and skinnier. I told you........I'm vain. : )
Steve's adorable wife, Cindy!
Thanks for a great evening out guys. Love you!!!

P.S. Now that their remodeled kitchen is decorated, I'll post some pix of that very soon, as requested by some of you. Stay tuned. : )

GRATEFUL

Easter 2009

Wednesdays With My Mom

Mom and Dad's first Christmas together as man and wife. Isn't it SO amazing how perfectly vintage the little tree is? Like it was right out of a 1940's movie.
Are you in the mood for a hilarious story? Is that a "yes" I heard? My mom was one of those mom's who insisted on putting the little silver strands of icicles on the tree ONE at a time!!! It paid off I guess because the trees always ended up looking like they came out of a magazine. SO this one year, when my brother and I were teenagers and the last kids still at home, Mom gave us the usual instructions of, "Now be sure to put the strands on one at a time." She then left the room to attend to some other business. About a minute after she left, my brother and I looked at each other with THAT LOOK on our faces, and simultaneously threw our entire wad right into the tree and commenced to fall apart laughing. I think we both just had to know how it would feel to throw caution to the wind and do the unthinkable. What a dork I was. Not you Steve... you were never a dork. : )

Hey...were we HIP or what? That was a rhetorical question!!
As soon as I arrived today, my mom took me right to her back porch to see the progress her geraniums are making. She is very proud of them. Thanks June and Ron for getting these started for her.

After I made us some lunch, we sat and watched What's Up Doc. This is my all-time favorite Comedy. If you have never seen it, it's a must!! Run out and rent it this weekend. It's one of those movies where you say, "It can't possibly get any funnier.". . .and then it does...right up to the very end. Really! : )

And don't forget, it's Ballet Day for the munchkins. Which happens to be just around the corner from GG. My married daughter took over my Wednesday last week while I was gone. Thanks sweet girl!

HOME AGAIN

The quilt we each took up to work on.
Our accommodations.

Margie and me.
Margie and Lori. We mostly did lots of this.

Li'l old me, below.

But we also did lots of this. That's Harrison Ford in 'Sabrina'.
And LOTS of this.

OOPS! How did this picture get in here? Margie made me promise not to post this burnt cheese crisp. Sorry Margie...that's what happens when your priorities are messed up. Hee-hee!!

Making progress.

We all got to this point. Now we just have to make the yo-yo cherries and stems.
(See photo at the top).
My workspace.

I also got around to adding the small blue border around my basket quilt and started on the polka-dot borders.

And for the grand finale...we try to always make matching pillowcases for each retreat we go on. So this is what we came up with this time.

I thought I'd throw in this photo from another retreat two summers ago.

Sew cute! : )