House Photos

I wanted to show you all a few photos of the house. I decided to start with my sewing room. Please forgive the mess. I have actually been sewing and loving every minute of it. The walls are a really bad pepto bismol pink. They need to a paint job! I am not sure if I want to have walls that are a soft pink or a soft green. Blue is also in the running.







I am not sure I like the layout yet. I think I have to work in the space a little longer. I do enjoy being able to work on more than one machine at a time. What do you guys think? I would love to hear your opinions.

You can take Big out of the Prison, but you can't take the Prison out of Big

I told Big that I had started to blog again. She was happy that I was connecting with my blog friends again.

I then told her that I was trying to post a link that had photos of our house on it. Here is how the conversation went:

Me: I started blogging again and couldn't remember how to post a link.

Big: Link about what?

Me: The real estate link about our house! (I was excited at this point)

Big: WHAT?!?!?! You were going to post a link with our address in it?

Me: Sure, whatever. The real estate agent takes better photos than me!

Big: Do you know that people would know our address? Do you know that inmates can come to our house and do horrible things, blah, blah, blah (at this point, I quit listening).

Me: But you work in an office now!

Big: Doesn't matter....blah, blah, blah

At this point I decided to go around the house and take photos on my own. (If you want the link to see the real estate photos, just e-mail me. Just don't tell Big!)



This is a photo of the kitchen! Just ignore the crazy looking people in the photo. In case you are wondering who they are: (Standing left to right) Marshall's Mom, My Mom and Me. (Sitting left to right) the most beautiful Baby, Marshall and Marshall's brother. It is really strange, Marshall's brother looks like my brother when he was younger!

I promise to take photos of the house and post them soon. Big is recovering from a surgery she had yesterday. She ripped her tricep muscle and had to have it re-attached! We will have The Baby home for Spring Break and I am so excited!

Hope you all are having a great week!

New Home

Well, I was going to show you a few photos of our new house. Sorry to say, you will have to wait. I guess I have been away from blogger so long that I have forgotten how to post links! Oh well, be patient. Photos will be posted soon.

Since I can't show you a photo of the house, I thought I would post one of The Baby and my Mom. This photo was taken in January of this year, while we were in El Paso for my Mom's 80th. My Mom looks pretty good for an 80 year old!



I think The Baby looks pretty darn good too!

MIA

I can't believe it has been so long since I last posted. So many things were happening in my life, that I felt blogging had to go to the bottom of the list. I am finally feeling like myself and will begin to blog on a regular basis again.

Here are the highlights of my life over the last few months:

1.) Big got a promotion
2.) The baby went to South America to study for 5 months
3.) We sold our house in West Virginia
4.) We moved to Virginia (just south of Washington D.C.)
5.) We lived in a hotel for two months while trying to buy a house
6.) We moved into our new house in the beginning of November
7.) The baby came home
8.) The baby's boyfriend and his family came to visit for Thanksgiving
9.) Christmas celebration!
10.) My Mother turned 80 in January and the baby and I traveled to Texas to celebrate

At times I was sane, at times I was insane. I was not always a nice person to be around.

I realize now that I should have continued to blog. My blog friends are supportive and non-judgemental. I just didn't have the energy. There were days that it took all I had to get out of bed.

I feel as close to "normal" as I have ever been and am ready to reconnect! I look forward to getting back in touch with every one and hopefully making some new friends!

Favorite Thing Friday

Here it is Friday already. I find myself, once again, sitting on the back porch. So, today my Favorite Thing is my back porch.



As soon as the nice weather begins to arrive, I find myself sitting on the back porch.



The porch is the first place I go after I have poured my morning coffee. I often work on applique, hexagons or other handwork on the porch. When Big comes home, we each get a cool beverage and sit on the porch and discuss our day. Our evening meal is usually eaten at the table. As you can see, I have some handwork and my computer ready. My trusty bird and puppy accompany me.

We are very lucky to live in a small sub-division in the country and we have no back neighbors. The wildlife is abundant and I enjoy seeing all of the visitors we get.



Cardinal and Goldfinch



Blue Jay



One of the many hummingbirds we get. I love watching them.



Our friendly, neighborhood deer. I have a love/hate relationship with him. He eats my plants (hate him), he is a beautiful creature of God (love him).



I love gnomes, this one was a gift from The Baby!

Thanks for hanging on the porch with me! Visit Ms P's blog and check out every one's Favorite Thing Friday!

One Flower Wednesday

I am linking up with Journey of a Quilter and her One Flower Wednesday.

These are the two hexagons I will be sending my swap partner. The purple hexi reminded me of summer flowers and the fall colored hexi made me long for the cool fall weather.



Here are a few of the real flowers blooming in my garden!



Bee Balm



Day Lily (One of the few the deer did not eat!)





Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed the flowers!

Cynthia

Pyjama Party Sunday

Today, I am joining Marg's Pyjama Party Sunday.

Remember the mess with the pinwheels the other day? My craftiness for the day was spent re-sewing them. Here is the final layout.



Sorry for the bad photo! We have had rain, rain, rain. Every photo I take comes out dark and blurry!

Now comes the big question. How do I quilt this?

I don't really want to take it to be professionally quilted. Although it is, and will be, a favorite of mine, I don't think I need it quilted by someone else. I will save that expense for something I would consider, "Heirloom". Let me know your ideas.

Also, Big and I went to see the movie, "Bad Teacher". It was a funny movie and I enjoyed it very much. If you have a chance, go see it!

Hope you had a wonderful weekend.