Mother’s Day

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Suzanne

I hope everyone is having a nice day. I had the pleasure of having my husband (with a tiny bit of help from the boys) cook and clean up our entire noon meal. We call it dinner, you probably call it lunch.

I tried to help clear the table, but Mark grabbed the salt and pepper shakers out of my hand and told me to go away.

So, I’ve been knitting a bit and quilting a bit. Sitting around a bit. I’ve been typing and just deleted a whole big whine about the irritating thing that happened at church this morning. I’ve decided it is not worth boring you with. I suspect it mostly makes me sound whiny. The moral of the story is that people really need to COMMUNICATE with each other. Pick up the phone, tell me what’s going on, I’m happy with whatever, just TELL me and TELL other people.

OK, that was more of a whine than I intended.

Moving on.

The biggest gift the boys have given me is that I get to choose tonight’s popcorn movie. What to choose, what to choose….

Hmmm. I’m wishing I had a copy of Enchanted to subject them to, but alas, I do not. I was also considering something like Sleeping Beauty or the like, but I think I might go for the SuperMom award and pick something that they will actually enjoy.

Speaking of things I like. I like quilting on sateen. I like quilting feathers. But I did not like this lime green Polyquilter.

dsc05541 Mothers Day

I’m probably also not going to like the way this thing is going to attract lint, being black and all, but it’s not actually going to be my problem, as I think I’m going to give it to the owner of A-1 to hang in the A-1 booth at shows. If he wants it. I think it’s kind of cool, but what do I know.

(Click to look at it a little bigger).

Better go choose that movie.

TTFN-

Suzanne

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Suzanne

And yes, I just spent a ridiculous amount of time recoloring buttons and arranging them in Photoshop.

Hugs and Kisses,

Suzanne

(buttons are from scrapgirls.com, all buttoned up build your own set, pin is by Katie Pertiet)

Reporting in from Snowdrift Central

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Suzanne

Woo-weeeeeeeeee

It is still super, super windy here in Iowa. We can’t even go south of our house, the road is drifted shut. Mark is out plowing our driveway (for the…3rd? 4th? time today) in order to allow us to get out and make a trip to check on my Mom. I’m not really sure how much snow we’ve actually gotten. In some spots, you can see the layer of ice that was there before, in other places, the drifts are several feet high.

The wind was supposed to have died down earlier this afternoon, I just hope it gives up and quits overnight so that our flight isn’t delayed (or, heaven forbid…canceled….)

The following picture pretty much says it all as far as our Christmas celebration goes:

They started playing at 10 AM, and except for a few quick bathroom breaks didn’t stop until we made them come eat supper at 5:30 PM. No lunch, no snacks, no quick drinks: just uninterrupted Wii action, all day long. I’m surprised they even stopped to visit the loo. They know that being allowed to play all day long is pretty unusual….and I thought I’d say it out loud, lest any of my readers think we are horrible parents. We decided that since we were going to be dragging them away from it right away, we’d let them get a bunch of play time in. Of course, my sister has one too, and I suspect that they’ll be allowed to play hers a little bit, too.

I was excited to hear that the weather in Hoboken/New York City is supposed to be in the 40s/50s while we are there, which will be a welcome relief from our current weather situation. Plus, some of the things we are planning to do are outside, so having decent weather will make everything much more pleasant.

I suspect that I will not be blogging much while we are gone. Maybe a quick update once in awhile, but don’t expect much from me until I get back next weekend!

I hope that you are having a wonderful and happy holiday season. Stay warm and safe!

Suzanne

Faux Christmas Eve

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Suzanne

Because of our impending trip to see my sister, we decided to e-mail Santa and ask if he could come a few days early. Unfortunately, we didn’t realize we’d be getting a snowstorm this evening when we made that request. He seems to think it won’t be a problem, though, so tomorrow morning Wii will have lots of Christmas news to report.

Mom seemed to be in pretty good spirits tonight when we took some supper over to her. I think she’s still in quite a bit of pain, though.

On our way over to her house, we had to stop at a friend’s house so that the boys could take care of their bird and fish. Would you believe that when I got out of the truck I fell? Good grief. Luckily I’m just sore and not actually hurt. Well, only my pride.
After we got home we watched The Polar Express and read Twas the Night Before Christmas.

I had to finish a top secret quilting project, but now I’m ready for bed.

Because, of course, Santa can’t come until we are all asleep, right?

TTFN-

Suzanne