Preparations are underway or maybe I should say, I’m buried up to my nose in preparations for my upcoming Craft Fair’s. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the goods. Of course my regular fabrics will be available too!
In between all this Christmas-y stuff, it dawned on me that I needed a more appropriate fabric to tote around for my everyday bag. Found this beautiful wool tweed at the Maine Fiber Frolic this summer.
Off to pick thread fuzz off of me now before the kiddos get home from school.
Hellllllooooooo from the top of Table Rock in Boise, Idaho!
Okay, so I’m not really there anymore. Several weeks have gone by and it’s no longer 85 degrees and sunny like it was in this photo. Nope! Had the first frost, wood stove is a roarin’, garden has been harvested, fall is here! Yup! Just like that! Badda Bing Badda Boom. Summer was about a week long and now? Now, – it’s fall. Time to embrace those crisp cool..er..freezing soccer games and think about Halloween costumes.
Had an absolutely fantastic time in Idaho with my sisters. We hiked, went for long walks, rode bikes around town, ate delicious snacky foods outside like this:
…shopped, had massages, laughed, went to the movies not once but twice….it was wonderful.
Thank goodness for unlimited texting as my daughter fully embraced her new phone and we all stayed in contact the entire trip. I have now fully embraced texting, it’s what all the cool kids are doing, and understand the efficiency behind it. Still feel sad for today’s teenagers that they won’t ever experience the kitchen phone and it’s mile long stretched-out cord stretched just another inch so you can fit into the closet and finally have some privacy to talk for hours and hours about the really important stuff in a 13 year old’s life. My sister’s and I laughed about how odd it would be for our mom to suddenly appear after having died 19 years ago, and see all of us typing these messages into these little devices that then go out into space and appear on each other’s devices. Technology. Crazy stuff!
In other news…
THIS adorable little boy scored his first goal in soccer! What a moment that was. It was a true goal, not a set-up, not a “let’s let the cute little boy with Down syndrome and autism FINALLY get a goal”, just an old-fashioned well-earned soccer goal! Not a dry eye on the side lines, everyone knows how long we’ve waited for this moment. The ball was closest to him, he ran to it, got behind it and gave it an amazing kick – a beautiful cross for those of you who watch soccer – it hit another player and then ever so gently rolled right into the goal! Everyone was on their feet and not a second passed before Young Flanagan had his arms in the air and ran to mid-field where his team and coaches rushed the field for a million high-fives! And where was my camera you ask? Why in my purse of course, it all happened so fast. It was a priceless moment. A Kodak moment. A Kleenex says bless you moment. A proud mommy moment. Since that goal, he hasn’t missed a beat, he’s had several assists and a few shots on goal and now he’s embraced the corner kick! Soccer is a great sport for EVERYONE!
Lastly, exciting things are happening…
Sweet Jayne Handmade has arrived! More info will be available soon….stay tuned!
It’s official, there are two teenagers in this house now! With the milestone came the very anticipated and unexpected gift of a cell phone! We have decided to gift our new teen with the latest technology far earlier than we thought we would but she has proven herself ready for responsibility. This week has been spent figuring out which phone is the correct fit for our technological teen. She’s beside herself with excitement and has been stretching her fingers for the great text-off!
19 years the Colonel and I have been married now! The day couldn’t have been nicer, I went out on a little quest for treasure and came home with the above love! Yeah me! I also came home with lunch for the Colonel and I which we enjoyed outside on another gorgeous early fall day. The third meal of the day was enjoyed by the two of us at a local Thai restaurant – this just might be a record, my husband home on our Anniversary and two meals together in one day – that I didn’t cook. 19 is shaping up pretty darn nice if you ask me!
I had some time on Sunday to play at the sewing machine and create something special for our friend Lilly who was turning two. I came up with a roll of crayons, a handmade doodle book, and drawstring bag for the princess. At the party we decided that Lilly needs to have her wardrobe updated with an array of L’s similar to Laverne’s in Laverne & Shirley.
Now I’m off to pay a visit to Young Squire’s school. He’s been back at the abc’s and 123’s for a week now, it’s high time I check in on all that’s new in fourth grade.
Hope wherever you are the early fall is gifting you with great sleeping weather, crisp fall mornings, and sunny days! Tonight I will bake the first apple crisp of the season with our first pick of apples from our orchard. There don’t seem to be as many apples this year but the ones that are out there are big and juicy! This year I hope to make many more quarts of applesauce than last year, we ran out far too early!
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