tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38423739668811357532024-03-05T21:24:33.846-05:00The Quilting BookwormHope, Faith, LoveSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-88734283659288180322011-07-17T13:30:00.000-04:002011-07-17T13:30:17.468-04:00My "New" sewing machineLast time we were at my in-laws my mother-in-law gave me a new machine. Well, new to me. My best guess is this is from the 1950's. It is a dressmaker TAZ 289, made in japan, and under the singer parent group. I took it to the local shop and it now runs wonderfully. I am still learning what it likes, but so far its working great. I haven't used it much yet though. I do know that it does not seem to like batik fabric. But I am super excited and love it!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope every one is having a great weekend. Hubby and I are just chillin' on the couch watching TV, neither of us slept good so its a good day for that, plus I have a migraine so not much happening!! Enjoy the week! Happy sewing!</div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-34489297667759989972011-07-11T19:53:00.000-04:002011-07-11T19:53:52.813-04:002 finishes!!<div><div><div>I recently finished up another quilt. I have several that I have not posted pics of so here they are!!</div><div><div></div><div>This one went to a dear friend of mine that I work with for her 3rd daughter. This is girl number 3 in less than 3 years. She has a set of "irish twins" now!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblGABx7GC6zV2RktCWbrd3Ia-tHv5kL73IaYiKlBn8C9uZbDxZgYXsRQAdxo-CfvBY4wzWptxQsYb23atJgT0yG90z8iA2-FDnFKM7JL7P89_xVZFKSeBjwkDfwwS7ZOIdFKG_BmcwA_L/s1600/misc+014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628244020512254626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblGABx7GC6zV2RktCWbrd3Ia-tHv5kL73IaYiKlBn8C9uZbDxZgYXsRQAdxo-CfvBY4wzWptxQsYb23atJgT0yG90z8iA2-FDnFKM7JL7P89_xVZFKSeBjwkDfwwS7ZOIdFKG_BmcwA_L/s200/misc+014.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblGABx7GC6zV2RktCWbrd3Ia-tHv5kL73IaYiKlBn8C9uZbDxZgYXsRQAdxo-CfvBY4wzWptxQsYb23atJgT0yG90z8iA2-FDnFKM7JL7P89_xVZFKSeBjwkDfwwS7ZOIdFKG_BmcwA_L/s1600/misc+014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />
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<div align="left">The second quilt is mine! I love blues, greens and browns. So I made myself a pinwheel (my favorite block!) quilt! I love it...its perfect, not too big, not to small!! I quilted a 1/4 in on each side of the seams and it looks great!!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ1h3wT3CjYh1YSFCOVB7fFxn1Z9uHfsah981ZZyXpUOtbe7V0Hd4SlNhQKHCnV43h4c-sxvPsI4eOaiGz731PnbrTdW_Aw3dsnfVpB0KvDqS5qZrhSamPFoopy6mE-Mu1EC-pnDaBNZO/s1600/misc+034.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628244019930424130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJ1h3wT3CjYh1YSFCOVB7fFxn1Z9uHfsah981ZZyXpUOtbe7V0Hd4SlNhQKHCnV43h4c-sxvPsI4eOaiGz731PnbrTdW_Aw3dsnfVpB0KvDqS5qZrhSamPFoopy6mE-Mu1EC-pnDaBNZO/s200/misc+034.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a></div><div align="center">Here is the backing for it!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9_i80y0hs-vxYY5kCbf7D2m2EaBpfQCsK68Nxf-GT6mXA8KGItjsAIdtMeK9w8H0SwDtJcGOIlTfGGvGnfjR79QqKnWQ5CrtEAa6BZDD1pYFSj1FfM-szs0UwufImESTFwoXiLI9ZC7w/s1600/misc+035.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628244023622535778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp9_i80y0hs-vxYY5kCbf7D2m2EaBpfQCsK68Nxf-GT6mXA8KGItjsAIdtMeK9w8H0SwDtJcGOIlTfGGvGnfjR79QqKnWQ5CrtEAa6BZDD1pYFSj1FfM-szs0UwufImESTFwoXiLI9ZC7w/s200/misc+035.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a></div><div align="left">And the most wonderful news of the last 2 months, Aiden Stephen, born April 12th. This picture he is about 10 weeks, and no, he is not mine, but my grandson. Rich and I went to NC to see him right after he was born and it was wonderful to not only get away but to see the kids and meet him!! I am so moving to the beach!</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIfGWUWrR8oCLt63pXdP1nD9atyENKeNJqq5r_ok7KdcYOZ7ZIiA4D4tB6LkagA0Mg91Oks-woBWnXM6cQCU2jjSibPyK8rfViWmXSxV_1TZfonS5K7wbqnrna8xt_0TAj5LNGYt2JM9j/s1600/misc+028.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628244029247211554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIfGWUWrR8oCLt63pXdP1nD9atyENKeNJqq5r_ok7KdcYOZ7ZIiA4D4tB6LkagA0Mg91Oks-woBWnXM6cQCU2jjSibPyK8rfViWmXSxV_1TZfonS5K7wbqnrna8xt_0TAj5LNGYt2JM9j/s200/misc+028.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a></div><div align="center">Shannon, Ashley and Aiden</div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkBAa1q2_Re4YFrGZKXKdapm_Nji_PnB89BPH6R3sxEpHbUpGwitsZEq93yGvHmy2XvwBswwUBoOxQ7ZE8HKYkzlKyxynqjvZ4NkO5ZdotsQHbFJ1vvLEKMt25ZIzdPkrgx6jD7PwTBT2/s1600/misc+030.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628245272461039954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkBAa1q2_Re4YFrGZKXKdapm_Nji_PnB89BPH6R3sxEpHbUpGwitsZEq93yGvHmy2XvwBswwUBoOxQ7ZE8HKYkzlKyxynqjvZ4NkO5ZdotsQHbFJ1vvLEKMt25ZIzdPkrgx6jD7PwTBT2/s200/misc+030.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 150px; width: 200px;" /></a></div>Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer!! </div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-12511097875296343652011-03-13T17:09:00.007-04:002011-03-13T17:20:52.011-04:00A finish, and a business...<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON8WxSYIUEc9k4kYj4IONF6gIF9usI_pwGSEyYETq5F6dtnc4Ep0LMYi3wDH3U5IJzSMKcsL6UnDOAPRQznVXMy7ntB0YDmrrYsKCW77O5TnzgsIQVII7IP16rTeyL3T29RXfoaSmz79K/s1600/P3130007.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583675068902306690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgON8WxSYIUEc9k4kYj4IONF6gIF9usI_pwGSEyYETq5F6dtnc4Ep0LMYi3wDH3U5IJzSMKcsL6UnDOAPRQznVXMy7ntB0YDmrrYsKCW77O5TnzgsIQVII7IP16rTeyL3T29RXfoaSmz79K/s200/P3130007.JPG" /></a></p><p align="left">I finished the Buckeye HS Boys Baseball Fundraiser Quilt, and here it is. The quilting was done by a friend, <a href="http://www.cottagegardenquilts.blogspot.com/">Linda Sekerak</a>. She has a son who played baseball at Buckeye and was SO Kind to donate the quilting!! I really like how it came out, but I am very nervous as this is the first quilt that I have ever donated to raise money!! I hope it brings in a alot for the boys!!</p><p align="left">And after determining how much this quilt is worth, its only about 64 by 56, I was like...why the helk am I working when I could be doing something I love!! So I am officially going to start taking orders and doing this professionally!! I know it will be slow going and it will take time before I am at the level that I can "stay home" but its worth a shot to me!! I know many of the people that read my blog are quilters, but put the word out for me!! I would appreciate it! My name is also going to be quite simple, the quilting bookworm. I will keep you updated on my progress! And more blog posts coming if I want to get this going!! </p><p align="left">And here are the goodies I won from my Golden Ticket. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDpGvkGtd9G3BWHFPjUqPuF4ywfO24SfXf47u8rZPrx99iCqj5ZTEpG9zqmuO2ECEEk6UG83VyKZEkrZfO2zsYCS-ubJjpoKAnQiuWY7HLyO6CfQtlJ17qTPBho0U71b35f2ie8DVxdYW/s1600/P3080005.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583675062167193154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqDpGvkGtd9G3BWHFPjUqPuF4ywfO24SfXf47u8rZPrx99iCqj5ZTEpG9zqmuO2ECEEk6UG83VyKZEkrZfO2zsYCS-ubJjpoKAnQiuWY7HLyO6CfQtlJ17qTPBho0U71b35f2ie8DVxdYW/s200/P3080005.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">Awesome Bag!!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3R0LzBzTWngC1Br8olWcsCwT9gbKRWi6-RswzgCscb0Og7eVujjKHWPngDS4swTmnnU_T6jqQ0cM32f5RXNXr0wxhIHeccqqBK4Mpae1K-YUvOm0eh80JCXBXmmTWNEOZzZcR6zcjBCb/s1600/P3080006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583675064669692722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3R0LzBzTWngC1Br8olWcsCwT9gbKRWi6-RswzgCscb0Og7eVujjKHWPngDS4swTmnnU_T6jqQ0cM32f5RXNXr0wxhIHeccqqBK4Mpae1K-YUvOm0eh80JCXBXmmTWNEOZzZcR6zcjBCb/s200/P3080006.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">A Dilly Dally Layer Cake, an Oasis jelly roll, </p><p align="center">Petit a Petit Fat 8th bundle, and 2 candy bars in a decorative tin!!</p><p align="left">Now what to make with it all?? I also started a pattern that I have had for at least 3 years. Its called Strip Poker (found at Fat Quarter Shop) and I am using Portabello Market (from 3 years ago!) as the material!! I love that material and wish I had bought more, but now there are so many other goodies out there!! And as my dear hubby said "You really need to use up some stash". I, of course, disagree, but I do agree that some of my unfinished projects do need to get completed if I am going to try to take in some business!! LOL!! </p><p align="left">Hope everyone has a great week!!</p><p align="center"></p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-47333021466903962112011-02-05T22:40:00.003-05:002011-02-05T22:47:57.847-05:00A Golden Ticket!!I don't know if you have heard of this or not, but in Moda Candy Bars there is an opportunity to win a Golden Ticket, which wins you $150 of Moda "Sweets" and enters you in a drawing for a chance to tour headquarters in Dallas, TX!<br /><br /><br /><br />Well today, my friend and I headed to our LQS. I decided to pick up a Candy Bar, which I had been eyeing for sometime now. We get in the car, I open it up to check out the fabrics and what do I find, but yes...A GOLDEN TICKET! You would have thought I won the lottery! I am so excited!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9A8UmAW5vBW-u5PcZptbICIbdUTcbHpc-Yz9KeFRkArNtUI-qkcn6yTRTd6ApLgoCu7d_oaRGmWZIfbW59-p_Lq7jJ5adtZvNh9S_SbMV7-be4OxvuW8nNFmBIJLooyzUPorfOa6UCBlC/s1600/quilts+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570416759605319058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9A8UmAW5vBW-u5PcZptbICIbdUTcbHpc-Yz9KeFRkArNtUI-qkcn6yTRTd6ApLgoCu7d_oaRGmWZIfbW59-p_Lq7jJ5adtZvNh9S_SbMV7-be4OxvuW8nNFmBIJLooyzUPorfOa6UCBlC/s200/quilts+003.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">My totally cool golden ticket!</p><p align="left">After my elation and maybe a bit of hyperventilation, I called my mom! I couldn't believe it! And if I win the big trip, my mom is going with me! </p><p align="left">Then I headed home, helped my friend with her block and finished up these. The one on the right is my mom's and the one on the left is for Ashley (My brothers GF). </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLPIyAZvhnQR5KmU6WffYSHA7wmo5Soesi6UaFwnef-oxaHQ_aL8Ppvf98n8Oa1eUr0QlBZx-2-oByiG3DThdEMU5wuJvO9DCIIRAe-druru1dyZDbF-cYzPe7Z1mvD2y7QuDeWh_YErJ/s1600/quilts+006.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570416756507410818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWLPIyAZvhnQR5KmU6WffYSHA7wmo5Soesi6UaFwnef-oxaHQ_aL8Ppvf98n8Oa1eUr0QlBZx-2-oByiG3DThdEMU5wuJvO9DCIIRAe-druru1dyZDbF-cYzPe7Z1mvD2y7QuDeWh_YErJ/s200/quilts+006.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">Pattern found on daisyquilts.com</p><p align="left">And lastly, my most recent finish....Full Swing by Rachel Griffith of psiquilt.com. Love it, but hate it. Not only did I have a horrible time lining this one up, but I broke 3 needles, a sewing machine and a washer all on this beauty. It now lives with my mom. I don't want it in my house!! LOL!! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRxY3Q7gAAiIjHzcpyu1XvS6oONxMhqC65ELRKRmG1TzCwifzD5fXedzTjfLpiDgTye5KxW2sf8KE7znMhLyt4xu4EJzUBnlxUxhCjGZIDPWBXUkKbaKDIVgjKt3ZT5RuI6KBrdxVKtO/s1600/quilts+001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570416755472628530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRxY3Q7gAAiIjHzcpyu1XvS6oONxMhqC65ELRKRmG1TzCwifzD5fXedzTjfLpiDgTye5KxW2sf8KE7znMhLyt4xu4EJzUBnlxUxhCjGZIDPWBXUkKbaKDIVgjKt3ZT5RuI6KBrdxVKtO/s200/quilts+001.JPG" /></a></p><p align="left">And tomorrow, sewing a quilt top together and cutting another out! </p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-25163820697184739192010-08-29T16:16:00.003-04:002010-08-29T16:20:09.090-04:00A finished top!<div><span style="font-family:arial;">This summer was one of those summers where I made a lot of littler things; table runners etc. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">But then </span><a href="http://www.crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">crazymomquilts</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> had a quilt along that I just had to do. I love it!! I started about 4 weeks after she did and I finished today, about 2 weeks after she did. Regardless, I love this top!! I have no idea what collection this is bc I got the fat quarters for my birthday several years ago, but I think it is 3 sisters.</span></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7wh_ef2SURTovXvJ9HOur_Jq0JCedoTTih2ao5O5PKcPxBE8je9SAfttWRqHe7x0_Tf50ur9JU0W2gRkSvPZUASFkH3DioG_-x0flnTh5WYPJQcGxgTI6TUtDBuLboqgyR2Arawg8CZZ/s1600/Quilts+002.JPG"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510928693695676322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7wh_ef2SURTovXvJ9HOur_Jq0JCedoTTih2ao5O5PKcPxBE8je9SAfttWRqHe7x0_Tf50ur9JU0W2gRkSvPZUASFkH3DioG_-x0flnTh5WYPJQcGxgTI6TUtDBuLboqgyR2Arawg8CZZ/s200/Quilts+002.JPG" /></span></a></p><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Now I have to find something to back and bind it with! You know what that means! SHOPPING!! So I am off to find something that goes with it and then to decide how to quilt it! Any suggestions?</span></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-62383013206852896292010-08-15T20:50:00.002-04:002010-08-15T20:57:51.460-04:00Its been a long timeI know its been forever, but I just haven't felt like I had anything to say...<br /><br />And I got tired of feeling like I had to read blogs everyday...which left very little time for my own personal things that I enjoy doing such as quilting and reading...<br /><br />Then baseball season started. T played freshman and JV, there was a game every single night. And double headers on weekends. Then summer ball, games 2 nights a week and double headers on weekends...again, not much time.<br /><br />We have finally settled into a routine and school starts in 2 weeks. Rich, T and I go bike riding almost every night, 6 miles a night. Its wonderful! I feel wonderful. Then my gall bladder had to come out and that all went down the drain.<br /><br />They didn't even take my gall bladder, they just did a liver biopsy bc I have cirrohsis (sp) of liver. Common for someone with my heart history. Great, tell my general surgeon that who I have other issues with now! And I do believe I am filled with fluid and can't get it out!! Drs. in the am is my plan. Then to work! I miss my little kiddos!!<br /><br />But on a good note, I have had more time to read and more time to quilt. I am ALMOST done with Crazy mom's quilt along and I love it! I think I am on week 10. Its going smoothly and I am enjoying it! Can't wait to get to feeling better to finish it up!!<br /><br />And I have been reading up a storm. Tomorrow night is the local book club and we read "Loving Frank" about Frank Lloyd Wright. It was good, I gave it 4 stars. I then read "Girl in Translation" by Jean Kwok. Very good, about a young lady who struggles to make a life for herself and her mother in America after moving here from Hong Kong. This one is getting 5 stars. Now I am reading "The Lost Girls", a nonfiction of 3 friends who leave their demanding lives in NYC to travel. Seems pretty good sofar, but I just started.<br /><br />Look for me periodically...I may show up every now and then!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-20502015415051063042010-01-22T22:23:00.002-05:002010-01-22T22:26:25.873-05:00I may be back...<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGuM4A1_jmtWSG5duSjFHcTC0lo0fzc9y-V8Kqe9SEeTrITzeBpuPJM2LtZRWHA2ChdnyvvL4LE0Z9HAS7NgLNSKgUQqQtr-L2ctlPigVIqSglX54aQU9VEH58dkzPk9rHrHk1C_l1Nzg/s1600-h/020002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429770981858292578" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTGuM4A1_jmtWSG5duSjFHcTC0lo0fzc9y-V8Kqe9SEeTrITzeBpuPJM2LtZRWHA2ChdnyvvL4LE0Z9HAS7NgLNSKgUQqQtr-L2ctlPigVIqSglX54aQU9VEH58dkzPk9rHrHk1C_l1Nzg/s200/020002.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J and Tee about 7 yrs ago!<br /></p>Thanks to everyone who are still checking my blog, even though I am sure it is not many of you! I just got to the point where it became a chore, and I would spend an entire day reading and commenting on blogs. That is not why I have a blog. But I have decided to post when I feel like it and I will still be visiting all my favorite blogs, but I may or may not comment!<br /><br />Hope to see everyone around blogland some more!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-54377261442039551862009-10-25T18:40:00.004-04:002009-10-25T19:00:56.835-04:00Almost A Month!<div><div>I can't believe almost a month has gone by since I last posted. Life just seemed to get in the way! Its been pretty busy around here with practice and work, but CC is over and basketball doesn't start for another week. (Which shouldn't affect me too much!)</div><div> </div><div>Basketball games happen to start at about 4:30 so that means I will only get to see half of the home games. There is no point for me to drive to the away games if I won't get to see them. So that will mean that I won't get to see T play much, but what can you do? </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>My job is going wonderfully! I love it and "my kids" are great! We have really settled into a routine and are enjoying each other! They are quite hilarious though, some of the things they say! I had a Breyer Donkey of J's there and they kept telling each other "Don't hurt Donkey, Joe will be upset!" and things like that! </div><div> </div><div>I have been busy working on things for school, planning wise. I have nothing so I am doing everything basically from scratch. The good news is next year will be easier! And of course there is still meetings, 4-H and other necessities to attend to. Why can't my house just clean itself??</div><div><br />This week is going to be busy. Monday I have to stop at the library and Target. Tuesday I have Trick-or-treat at work and Friday I have to work the concession stand at the last home football game of the season for CC. Its a great time and will be fun!!<br /></div><div>Today J and I went for a walk, which was so nice. We found this little guy on our way home and he is going to school with me to see if we can get him to make a cacoon and become a butterfly. J named him Wally. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWF_vF6IFQQMEMh6PwQbBtu5teQvMq01bzTwszaBPFuv6juSHL_e1flHiX9ZkGhsXQzRzZIkjvUo5v9GTFoMBpArKRMuO7ue2WsQ9sFjEcTVfuCpd8rxYjxWGlT4R0cb0h1mt4bj1lUfQ/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396673857383841378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWF_vF6IFQQMEMh6PwQbBtu5teQvMq01bzTwszaBPFuv6juSHL_e1flHiX9ZkGhsXQzRzZIkjvUo5v9GTFoMBpArKRMuO7ue2WsQ9sFjEcTVfuCpd8rxYjxWGlT4R0cb0h1mt4bj1lUfQ/s200/002.JPG" /></a><br /></p><div>I also have all my squares cut out and ready to send for my "I Spy Swap" that I am participating in! They should make in the mail by Tuesday.<br /><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35QAjYvoPWj2Oejf1a3viIWwBajJfwCDeKDRmkNSsDVChKZYf9uKCI9U4muMyo1KD362wyjK5EPLGliwCkr53ypA4s7FGQu5muwXOUShOzH9q3ymJ_jNLOXUqJvvipWrDyEGJUPTMjzf6/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396673853148434306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35QAjYvoPWj2Oejf1a3viIWwBajJfwCDeKDRmkNSsDVChKZYf9uKCI9U4muMyo1KD362wyjK5EPLGliwCkr53ypA4s7FGQu5muwXOUShOzH9q3ymJ_jNLOXUqJvvipWrDyEGJUPTMjzf6/s200/001.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">Birds, Chili Peppers and SpongeBob! (everyone needs Spongebob!)</p><p align="left">A few weeks ago J and I went to the zoo with the neighbors. I had free tickets and wanted to use them before it got too cold! It was a beautiful day and we had a really good time. 2 adults and 4 kids! We saw pretty much everything and went to the rainforest too! I love the zoo!!!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzcSBqILNirGlwKUyWM5NtFXSskl9_PxxYdKrilzZfwBYajMXJm4ffD7Gi1KEKN-eb6eVNLHHMLePcdVOyd0vBW6dLliZ4rOwJhfMVX-zoUgXI3oPT32mZ9GqFma5sg3e5GS8X7lhwhbj/s1600-h/SDC13626.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396673860591235010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzcSBqILNirGlwKUyWM5NtFXSskl9_PxxYdKrilzZfwBYajMXJm4ffD7Gi1KEKN-eb6eVNLHHMLePcdVOyd0vBW6dLliZ4rOwJhfMVX-zoUgXI3oPT32mZ9GqFma5sg3e5GS8X7lhwhbj/s200/SDC13626.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">J and I on the turtle (a tradition!)</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIGsJM6vkPZhdGiYUaz9M0k9drVjmrkF7DftKfJEjdzQ_3AGZwpO-lSs1E5VC4lOQH1CgbyvDDwg2yg6TUI6r9hCQvmY0VH2w_3nCKWWQg7OigCzeZ-qdux5Xy1Fr37tY0qD7-JFHvnae/s1600-h/SDC13532.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396673871960747858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxIGsJM6vkPZhdGiYUaz9M0k9drVjmrkF7DftKfJEjdzQ_3AGZwpO-lSs1E5VC4lOQH1CgbyvDDwg2yg6TUI6r9hCQvmY0VH2w_3nCKWWQg7OigCzeZ-qdux5Xy1Fr37tY0qD7-JFHvnae/s200/SDC13532.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">My favorite, the butterfly house</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazOap2si5CCmu4_il8sQ7yarYNB_l13qLVtllPdCzn1xR67Ll6-ygs4xNzxAE0ycC2GxEUoZXPMF5DpY3oQE_KXonS88r9G0mDsYXTjCoJz1ODzLFnlerZ3XacI-7Yudn1lm2vnjjkwXV/s1600-h/SDC13539.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396673866733865810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazOap2si5CCmu4_il8sQ7yarYNB_l13qLVtllPdCzn1xR67Ll6-ygs4xNzxAE0ycC2GxEUoZXPMF5DpY3oQE_KXonS88r9G0mDsYXTjCoJz1ODzLFnlerZ3XacI-7Yudn1lm2vnjjkwXV/s200/SDC13539.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">The waterfall</p><p align="left">This week J also had H1N1 and we have determined that I had it a few weeks ago when I wasn't feeling well. I didn't get tested, just wrote it off as the flu, but a friend (who I gave it too!) gave it to her assistant and her assistant got tested and that is what it was. So we are through that! Rich has not gotten it and neither has T so we are thinking they aren't going to get it! YEAH! </p><p align="left">I also went to my friend Holly's last weekend and helped her make some Ohio Stars. She is new to quilting (her mom gave her some stuff before she passed) and Holly needed help with the points. And that is about it here. Oh, I also finished reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown and really liked it! </p><p align="left">Now off to make a milkshake and read some blogs! Hope everyone has a good week!!</p><p align="left"> </p></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-8831625752731321322009-10-05T21:37:00.003-04:002009-10-05T21:38:30.257-04:00TerryMany of you are already aware of the accident that occured a few weeks ago to Terry of Terry's Treasures husband. Having met Terry and her kids personally, they are wonderful people. The sweetest, most wonderful people. (so is her mom and dad!). Please consider helping out Terry and her family! Click on the button to the right! Thanks!Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-253852978987120552009-10-04T20:35:00.005-04:002009-10-04T21:16:47.444-04:00Finally! Some Sewing!I have finally gotten around to doing some sewing. Ok, no actual sewing took place, but preperation was in full swing today! And might continue for a little longer!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I actually spent the day cutting t-shirts for the coach's gift for cross country. We voted to buy a shirt from every single race and make them into a quilt. So that is what I did all day!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLphEQjbsQqf3ihfIR8i1CV46MWThKO7xJiZdUSrvLod88cfwb93ai-JpDPdaoGL0XYCgr2JbP08Wpka_urE7VK97RJOie6hb_bTAomh45k5awLcaTOvmKFkUet-G378rG1-0jsjvMtHxW/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388908751568056834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLphEQjbsQqf3ihfIR8i1CV46MWThKO7xJiZdUSrvLod88cfwb93ai-JpDPdaoGL0XYCgr2JbP08Wpka_urE7VK97RJOie6hb_bTAomh45k5awLcaTOvmKFkUet-G378rG1-0jsjvMtHxW/s200/003.JPG" /></a></p><p align="center">cut out shirts!</p><p align="left">And a few weeks ago I received this beautiful quilt in the mail. This was a PIF from over a year ago from country mouse in the city. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv23rE87Pda9Ra4lCxGyIdzM1M7kJn6RHWivSxCg6jERHC3EpzPkOuhcIpnsdX0b0PEEBAigb9t-8J4RHDaxDQNxbElobi5OdDCjSBYkLZJ8X-BH-fy1kLhJ3H8Jk0yHwERgMbe8Qc1ulF/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388908766919555282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv23rE87Pda9Ra4lCxGyIdzM1M7kJn6RHWivSxCg6jERHC3EpzPkOuhcIpnsdX0b0PEEBAigb9t-8J4RHDaxDQNxbElobi5OdDCjSBYkLZJ8X-BH-fy1kLhJ3H8Jk0yHwERgMbe8Qc1ulF/s200/004.JPG" /></a></p><p align="left">We have been busy with cross country and working. I am loving my new job and can't believe how fast the days go! The weather is getting colder and the leaves are changing. I haven't gotten to take pictures at cross county. Yesterday was at Woodridge which is all hills and was all mud! The kids were sliding down on their bottoms it was so muddy! </p><p align="left">I also want to make a quick blanket for my new 2nd cousin, Madelyn, who was born on the 2nd. Rich celebrated 44 on the 1st! </p><p align="left">I also joined Karen at Sew Many Ways "I Spy Swap". She is already getting fabric in and I can't wait to see what we all get!</p><p align="left">I didn't get to get all my blog reading done tonight, but I will be back at it tomorrow for those I haven't gotten to! </p><p align="left">Have a great night!</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-51847633037602198122009-09-20T18:05:00.003-04:002009-09-20T18:17:40.759-04:00Pumpkins Everywhere!Today was a day spent doing not much...I was home by myself and really enjoyed it, even though I feel like I accomplished nothing!<br /><div><div><div><div><div>I started out the day wanting to do nothing but work on a quilt. Well, I ran out of black material so I have to go get some more, but unfortunately the LQS is not open on Sundays...bummer. So then I started the T-shirt quilt for the CC coach...not enough stabalizer...ok, this isn't good...I gave up! </div><div> </div><div>Then dad came over to ride, that was fun. Then I picked my pumpkins and that was pretty much my day...Not exactly earth shattering...But here are pictures of my pumpkins...check out the blue one and my big one!</div><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflXMlGP5wnXyNKx0ywNXd_Mcq5LFNdvfs9qVGXqNbAaS3RP6QyAOsGIjYqF8vDhvL8aNoG1siByrKUmt6V1H8LofwKscs7C4zk598GtY9PL-fJCMr0owNXxDpZNbCGpaLOCyEVABDzk-j/s1600-h/Galion+025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675258462914178" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflXMlGP5wnXyNKx0ywNXd_Mcq5LFNdvfs9qVGXqNbAaS3RP6QyAOsGIjYqF8vDhvL8aNoG1siByrKUmt6V1H8LofwKscs7C4zk598GtY9PL-fJCMr0owNXxDpZNbCGpaLOCyEVABDzk-j/s200/Galion+025.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Flower bed in back, next to my swing</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5HWiHPEMdxlbcCgVyX7lPRX2naFNXXte5baB9t8Y9I9W9_ZaEbCbLcueDILM1hnPLMZiBWWlhmlLqAiq0tOPO75E2KxxbV8fvq3In7nd0tF1JPcu9Ixw0FRj8pplKOvPMYCR8U3XPXsX/s1600-h/Galion+027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675249037100930" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb5HWiHPEMdxlbcCgVyX7lPRX2naFNXXte5baB9t8Y9I9W9_ZaEbCbLcueDILM1hnPLMZiBWWlhmlLqAiq0tOPO75E2KxxbV8fvq3In7nd0tF1JPcu9Ixw0FRj8pplKOvPMYCR8U3XPXsX/s200/Galion+027.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Front flower bed</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5SBpCLkm8R7v8-9x_8tZ6VzuLSOrhEicDHbs3skLkyR4IaST8BTEwNxyOFVecSosm9L4MX-78m9nny0CM80ztqAHxs4ie0hbhpV6Z_iOtnhlV5a9VQ3hcrLGXsvTgK_SNzw3f4AwSCV5/s1600-h/Galion+026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675246298711474" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH5SBpCLkm8R7v8-9x_8tZ6VzuLSOrhEicDHbs3skLkyR4IaST8BTEwNxyOFVecSosm9L4MX-78m9nny0CM80ztqAHxs4ie0hbhpV6Z_iOtnhlV5a9VQ3hcrLGXsvTgK_SNzw3f4AwSCV5/s200/Galion+026.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Front porch</p><div>In case you lost count there are 8 pumpkins, 1 blue and 10 minis. These do not include the 11 pumpkins I gave to my mom, neighbor, and BIL's GF nor the mini ones my mom took.Also my mom took a blue one. </div><div> </div><div>This is a picture of my August finish. I had these strips from a Thangles BOM that I was missing a month or two from. What to do? A small quilt with the strips! I love the funky colors!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7Bn4RQ2pzR2xtndWS50ULBvaaeCp-XG1loBo1mIM8uZBdE8_0ojrni5PiyfRvtmmtUeJ1qjlbXmemXeZhX29zdRCAtKzq43Z7gHEEaceJ39Bmace7C5cSsRDFO0Gxl1vld0AYaLfQN88/s1600-h/Galion+023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675237412133506" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI7Bn4RQ2pzR2xtndWS50ULBvaaeCp-XG1loBo1mIM8uZBdE8_0ojrni5PiyfRvtmmtUeJ1qjlbXmemXeZhX29zdRCAtKzq43Z7gHEEaceJ39Bmace7C5cSsRDFO0Gxl1vld0AYaLfQN88/s200/Galion+023.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">And lastly, yesterday the boys ran at Galion. The course is a little longer and J ran a 14:01, while T ran a 21:17. Both had excellent times. The Boosters had another picnic. We started racing at 9:00 and our last team raced at 2:30. Teenage boys and girls all day long want food! The following picture is of the fire that we had going on the grill....</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ddfvVUeOFTTV6piJ397oCKs1bUoxiom7ifMj31V0pq0aIrgC1vQ9dC-70dtarw_zX06bPDn0gEjfYhNX5aODeisk7wHL84jFOLTKHZMlXmgcvz1TFWCq7Lh7XiHc6XcQWfjGkTmU559r/s1600-h/Galion+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383675224238011890" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ddfvVUeOFTTV6piJ397oCKs1bUoxiom7ifMj31V0pq0aIrgC1vQ9dC-70dtarw_zX06bPDn0gEjfYhNX5aODeisk7wHL84jFOLTKHZMlXmgcvz1TFWCq7Lh7XiHc6XcQWfjGkTmU559r/s200/Galion+004.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Now that's what I call a Fire!</p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left">Hope everyone had a great weekend! </p><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-4391496645791598752009-09-18T20:42:00.003-04:002009-09-18T21:00:38.759-04:00Tiffin Carnival<div><div><div><div><div>Yes, I have been MIA and I apologize! It has been just a little hectic and I have been busy with planning at work etc most evenings. I have wanted to update, but just haven't found the time. So beware this post maybe a little long due to all the news! </div><br /><div></div><div>Last weekend was the Tiffin Carnival for CC. This race is said to be the largest high school race this side of the Mississippi and the 2nd largest in the country! There are easily 250 teams and about 5,000 kids. They have a large parking lot called Catepillar row where the buses park...basically it's HUGE! The boys both ran a good race and got a personal record. I don't remember their exact times but they were good. The parents, of course, tailgated. </div><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilicCmlqwkA54xwI_7c0tYtjRi8SOYuvyKhj-3GMyIxqBr0KtVtn27_61HSnjTTWKE7DK2-2Njd86Ht859Zwy3aDfEN-U9ifhwlpfJfB-9QjNLYqcP7voYkOOXungTX250JfaO8t7F7HU5/s1600-h/Tiffin+028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382973421341919394" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilicCmlqwkA54xwI_7c0tYtjRi8SOYuvyKhj-3GMyIxqBr0KtVtn27_61HSnjTTWKE7DK2-2Njd86Ht859Zwy3aDfEN-U9ifhwlpfJfB-9QjNLYqcP7voYkOOXungTX250JfaO8t7F7HU5/s200/Tiffin+028.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Joe</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4yf0ZFT5uU_w2tdIfB1De8H-WuqMQFv2Hts2_HCEjf_tvKNjWIxgDpxLfrvS8yLnK2z6BASryMG8EEnuFLk5TI9Oaf1PyidmUCeAHwLUoRfSfSm1fzmv0UF0A4kmbnIKug89MhA29nud/s1600-h/Tiffin+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382973455058332514" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo4yf0ZFT5uU_w2tdIfB1De8H-WuqMQFv2Hts2_HCEjf_tvKNjWIxgDpxLfrvS8yLnK2z6BASryMG8EEnuFLk5TI9Oaf1PyidmUCeAHwLUoRfSfSm1fzmv0UF0A4kmbnIKug89MhA29nud/s200/Tiffin+005.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Jess and J with our team slogan!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Le2R7eLBDUh9wZQNJHhnrd4aFU-tMNm_xq7b3USi_uWCTSwNWZpJ7d5BYN2mT0sZXrd_9dmLg6RTQT0tZriKQw7qI36KTaWUFESkMr-p1-7GLue1yTabWJmFO5hPPbnXRrij5cqaHWsJ/s1600-h/Tiffin+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382973449295486386" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Le2R7eLBDUh9wZQNJHhnrd4aFU-tMNm_xq7b3USi_uWCTSwNWZpJ7d5BYN2mT0sZXrd_9dmLg6RTQT0tZriKQw7qI36KTaWUFESkMr-p1-7GLue1yTabWJmFO5hPPbnXRrij5cqaHWsJ/s200/Tiffin+012.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">This is the start of one of the races...look at all those kids!</p><p align="left">When we got home from Tiffin we watched the Ohio State game. They played USC and it was a good game, but we should not have lost that one. We were 4th and goal twice and should have went for it! But at least it was a close game.<br /><br />Then on Sunday I froze another 10 dozen ears of corn. That took a while. But its done and we have plenty of corn for the winter. I also gave my neighbor 5 doz and my mom more! What a lot of corn! This weekend I think we are going to pick the pumpkins and start selling them. We have about 25 pumpkins, 25 mini pumpkins, and 1 blue one!! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWVDsbzUcf6UCi-3_M0NgeiDZKbaJmFWRUwcldlG0kJI6NcQ8Dae2Reyfw-SuvR_p_ceF8J06LsBJag0ZKRw7Gn-NW71HO6qEB_yjlYFzL-w0kyX653YDLSLp5QoNop9W8JbkhJgE7CG-/s1600-h/Tiffin+030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382973439352519938" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWVDsbzUcf6UCi-3_M0NgeiDZKbaJmFWRUwcldlG0kJI6NcQ8Dae2Reyfw-SuvR_p_ceF8J06LsBJag0ZKRw7Gn-NW71HO6qEB_yjlYFzL-w0kyX653YDLSLp5QoNop9W8JbkhJgE7CG-/s200/Tiffin+030.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">My huge pumpkin (photo does not do it justice!)</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQNQ8DUmNd4VWuZFlUbGYRhP0v7YRedmZV3SyVFQ0XucK2n8NnLjr-QwrpUG593GQwh0xevWhcDO3X6kkHUXCpppXJM51FZzkVDO9Y6CLVLyyiUwuRX4J5mZuhzV7P5c2PriPU1n6IVCS/s1600-h/Tiffin+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382973430237076978" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQNQ8DUmNd4VWuZFlUbGYRhP0v7YRedmZV3SyVFQ0XucK2n8NnLjr-QwrpUG593GQwh0xevWhcDO3X6kkHUXCpppXJM51FZzkVDO9Y6CLVLyyiUwuRX4J5mZuhzV7P5c2PriPU1n6IVCS/s200/Tiffin+029.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Corn, post picking!</p><div>This week we haven't been too incredibly busy. The boys have been getting home from practice about 4:30, I get home around 5:20 and we have dinner. I have gotten some riding in and have been working on some things for work. I am loving my position. The kids and I are really doing good. I have talked to my boss a few times and she is really happy with the way things are going, which makes me happy! My kids are great and there are a few that I have already become attached to (ok, all of them a little bit!) I have spent the last few weeks seeing where they are at ciriculum wise and adjusting my plans, but I think we are getting there! Plus, I have to make anything that I need for the lesson, next year will be much easier because I won't have to "create" all that again! </div><div> </div><div>This weekend we are heading to Galion for another CC race. Only 4 more left befor conference meet, then district, regionals and state! Can't believe how fast the season went this year! Sunday I plan to spend sitting in front of my machine!! I do have an August finish, but no picture and I want to have a September finish. I haven't really sewed anything in like 3 weeks! Withdrawl! Also my reading is suffering too! I started "Wicked" the other day an am liking it. I also finished "Promise Not To Tell" which was ok. </div><div><br />Ok, I am going to do some blog reading and hopefully get to everyone this weekend!!! Have a great one!!!</div><div> </div></div></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-83974383923692656722009-09-07T17:48:00.003-04:002009-09-07T18:05:21.905-04:009.3 Dozen<div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI5pBBmJ-JL29dWB7dnKdi2DdIEgniuaFBuWZ72KSZJt1myQsHkkNorHaGXNZ55yABXTHabFDSgAO4us417oY8XB6KkUlpUg9Ah8of4iRu7mbkWz5hU2RXGxY3U9IR7Hd6qfTUZJAIYc0/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378847172661515458" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKI5pBBmJ-JL29dWB7dnKdi2DdIEgniuaFBuWZ72KSZJt1myQsHkkNorHaGXNZ55yABXTHabFDSgAO4us417oY8XB6KkUlpUg9Ah8of4iRu7mbkWz5hU2RXGxY3U9IR7Hd6qfTUZJAIYc0/s200/002.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div>That friends, is how much corn I put up this weekend. And there is still a TON out there! We planted only corn, pumpkins and tomatoes this year. I know that is an odd number, but the goal was to put 7-8 ears in a bag when I froze it so that I could just pull out a bag and heat it up. Thus it was an odd number! </div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yPhiRDIRqYIy8Zoz6KFsLjHZtn6M1w0Kd60JqaoJjnqSotnnkbVA8CSyZE60_WkLFUXfVNteDCut6NIHYFPpPOf7KESK3SLAf1PJVfyebWk2ntG7CtPP5iVxNufpfxffY1nxyF6nS36T/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378847179912112130" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yPhiRDIRqYIy8Zoz6KFsLjHZtn6M1w0Kd60JqaoJjnqSotnnkbVA8CSyZE60_WkLFUXfVNteDCut6NIHYFPpPOf7KESK3SLAf1PJVfyebWk2ntG7CtPP5iVxNufpfxffY1nxyF6nS36T/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">My helper, Oscar</p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwTOp21C-pX6P1vQeWG4VoYVUzXFz-As0TZ8rlyr_fPnXPvabrA11JGS0Vxv9d_E69scPHVCK71NrqBR2XX-nP_kR2mAI2RHGNmIFcqiepX0wmAjfYQhYuI4j8zu8oCf3R63eoYDs3lQD/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378847192309491650" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwTOp21C-pX6P1vQeWG4VoYVUzXFz-As0TZ8rlyr_fPnXPvabrA11JGS0Vxv9d_E69scPHVCK71NrqBR2XX-nP_kR2mAI2RHGNmIFcqiepX0wmAjfYQhYuI4j8zu8oCf3R63eoYDs3lQD/s200/004.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUhKIXAOAPa0sXmYE_2cQPRhFE8X-HGEXDa9Q8KQIXZDR2-EtmF4wHIJ2KqF36s-xXk3bk2Sd7TUgqcUdedDjLqsDO-2tJWydxgNFGVxVEUBAStHtmDIJ5erLxfD4Z_0OtgSJmZ4UAHas/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378847196792892738" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUhKIXAOAPa0sXmYE_2cQPRhFE8X-HGEXDa9Q8KQIXZDR2-EtmF4wHIJ2KqF36s-xXk3bk2Sd7TUgqcUdedDjLqsDO-2tJWydxgNFGVxVEUBAStHtmDIJ5erLxfD4Z_0OtgSJmZ4UAHas/s200/005.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div><br />Our tomato plants got ran over and only 1 survived. The rest is flourishing!! I will have some pictures tomorrow of my HUGE pumpkin!</div><div><br /> </div><div></div><div></div><div>And lastly a picture from last week where the GF, the neighbor and the boys were playing rummy.</div><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HQQVOJ4GrQQBM6wKJ5voVWZC52YWNIJS2ZHquKf-eUn4B0lZMjjnHJ45jEYDj-jh519II1rAz2jvYMCdNTwZGMHgY95KxVAaF7rXVDUjCRcuLdUMFgqd3CdElLrv6T9fBiJmqfLkenXh/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378847207302622034" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4HQQVOJ4GrQQBM6wKJ5voVWZC52YWNIJS2ZHquKf-eUn4B0lZMjjnHJ45jEYDj-jh519II1rAz2jvYMCdNTwZGMHgY95KxVAaF7rXVDUjCRcuLdUMFgqd3CdElLrv6T9fBiJmqfLkenXh/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"> </p><p align="left">Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend! No blog reading for me tonight, lessons to work on! </p></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-44622947941662924322009-09-05T12:55:00.003-04:002009-09-05T13:15:04.946-04:00Where I'm FromI am from the country girl, <div>and the city boy</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from the high school sweethearts</div><div>but don't ask about math class</div><br /><div></div><div>I am from the Miller's and the Zajicek's</div><div>from Tom and Jackie</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from the working parents</div><div>with one always home</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from the wish we hads, and had it then</div><div>to the sit down and shut up</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from the stubborn and the proud</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from the garden</div><div>and the flower beds</div><div></div><br /><div>I am from horse shows every weekend</div><div>and marching band on Friday nights</div><br /><div></div><div>I am from family dinners</div><div>Christmas Eve at Grandma's</div><div></div><br /><div>From Grandparent's lost and</div><div>ones still alive<br /></div><div>I am from 39 years today </div><div>of the love of my parents</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Today my parents celebrate 39 years of marriage. While that is rare for today, my parents are still going strong and still in love today as much as they were 39 years ago when they said I do. There have been hard times and good times, times when they worried about us kids, and times when we all didn't get along, but I wouldn't trade it for anything!<br /><br />Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad! I love you!!</div><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithFpTHZN2b5F26MGqLRKOz-tWrOyPhgSO9zVkkLBjdNkqMJvigSQsqS2OwRpOWOPu0XfDsnAvjXhB8mBf9P8v_I8ytvF3WZHPws2AW15yXnAZE9MbjtLf1AKaZChd8iqSulKvUkSGu4oq/s1600-h/christmas+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378032433178913042" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithFpTHZN2b5F26MGqLRKOz-tWrOyPhgSO9zVkkLBjdNkqMJvigSQsqS2OwRpOWOPu0XfDsnAvjXhB8mBf9P8v_I8ytvF3WZHPws2AW15yXnAZE9MbjtLf1AKaZChd8iqSulKvUkSGu4oq/s200/christmas+017.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Christmas 2008</p><p align="left">PS: Stop by my <a href="http://www.country-chicken.blogspot.com/">mom's blog </a>to see a picture of their wedding day and a giveaway!</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-77001692930716173142009-08-29T19:41:00.003-04:002009-08-29T19:54:50.567-04:00I'm still here!!<div>Hi everyone!<br />Sorry it has been such a long time between my posts. I have been busy with getting things ready for my class, getting the kids started in school and the regulary items like cross country and around the house. Last week we had something going on every single night, wow, were we tired!</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The kids are back in school and are enjoying it. J says he's not, but I know he is. He is glad to have something to do during the day! T is really enjoying back and seeing all his friends. He is at the high school now and has had no problems moving up, but then again they go to a smaller school and he has been running with the CC team for 8 weeks now. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5dWF7DSrFHSOfH0d_jFu_1SBNVyc8giUs_7f4Fj1xtDpHilU2gwdBLSGQXkCIuSAB5rO9JTjYgIb4nONMo77bWWxAqyPfxYwi1axoHvu7DiMvlpshJr3Ri210z_DdsjxFDgDLxsiCrPN/s1600-h/New+London+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375536117392370242" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP5dWF7DSrFHSOfH0d_jFu_1SBNVyc8giUs_7f4Fj1xtDpHilU2gwdBLSGQXkCIuSAB5rO9JTjYgIb4nONMo77bWWxAqyPfxYwi1axoHvu7DiMvlpshJr3Ri210z_DdsjxFDgDLxsiCrPN/s200/New+London+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">The obligatory first day of school picture</p><p align="left">Today they had their first "meet" at New London. Both the boys ran well, and made their personal record. T ran in 22:04 and J ran in 13:46. The competition was tough and the boys JR high team came in 4th overall. T came in 16th in the boys open race, which was excellent! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfMLhcbayrEwk1RuXXZEpnFV2Gwq7G7qdPGD6uN5fZKoyp3sJR4YdvHBoLn7dPwtzG2f2bh6HXnxkW8WN3dVLjXgVBD9jcQpDPQQP5TFw3ZJ9HvwhrwPCX5D0NMVphbLAKIuDo9M-f7uV/s1600-h/New+London+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375536127173662546" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfMLhcbayrEwk1RuXXZEpnFV2Gwq7G7qdPGD6uN5fZKoyp3sJR4YdvHBoLn7dPwtzG2f2bh6HXnxkW8WN3dVLjXgVBD9jcQpDPQQP5TFw3ZJ9HvwhrwPCX5D0NMVphbLAKIuDo9M-f7uV/s200/New+London+009.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">T</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpT1xI_soqIRLIzZ3Ue61_gVqdUSKfoGK9neeSx4KIO-VjnAzdEjX-cnrkAgKzdFs8mnRGAD3TDNpm1Jjvn63kllnfxHTGJO6mFkM7BFXFHzPT8Cooworh7cUa1JCil1xcRmmdrhDM7Yb/s1600-h/New+London+012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375536135051143826" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpT1xI_soqIRLIzZ3Ue61_gVqdUSKfoGK9neeSx4KIO-VjnAzdEjX-cnrkAgKzdFs8mnRGAD3TDNpm1Jjvn63kllnfxHTGJO6mFkM7BFXFHzPT8Cooworh7cUa1JCil1xcRmmdrhDM7Yb/s200/New+London+012.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J (on the far left of the picture)</p><p align="left">The weather is a little rainy in the last few days, but it cleared up for the races today! Yesterday rained most of the day and tomorrow is only supposed to be 62! Yuck!!</p><p align="left">My job is going well and I am really enjoying it. The kids are great and so is the staff. I love being with the little ones and am really excited for preschool to start! I have lots of great ideas for this year, and look forward to helping these little ones learn the colors, shapes, numbers etc! </p><p align="left">Tomorrow I hope to finish another lap quilt and do some reading, along with getting the house clean and working on some lessons! Hopefully we will settle into a schedule and I will be able to blog regularly again!</p><p align="left">Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-79927958075853666732009-08-16T14:40:00.006-04:002009-08-16T15:02:26.219-04:00Look at all this!<div><div>Ha! you probably thought it was going to be something really cool huh??</div><div><div><br /><div>Well, to me it is! Yesterday we went down to my in-laws and spent the day. My MIL use to do sewing and quilting etc. Mostly making simple things, but she doesn't have time anymore, nor the ambition soo.... </div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYtTByerZX-fmaUkgWwU6dl5DB0_rVT53U4m4KKOrE3iI_SppfwmSq7-pKSs4jwxIQVzveuTVi7ck17x0Jxj_cf4r5VllkjKl45aRMKvP5qPBaRhfRPS_-Rn2CZmDUs_DA0DTeT6e0oRj/s1600-h/027.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370638233008649842" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDYtTByerZX-fmaUkgWwU6dl5DB0_rVT53U4m4KKOrE3iI_SppfwmSq7-pKSs4jwxIQVzveuTVi7ck17x0Jxj_cf4r5VllkjKl45aRMKvP5qPBaRhfRPS_-Rn2CZmDUs_DA0DTeT6e0oRj/s200/027.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnmy76SflDFhIOvA1SXbuXznxiukBXDQ32HqHT5SkqTjGqYcd_EBl_XOwyvMSFfXaT6N7u45oFdeVeAr2YJq0SZu01nTao4bQVnEYvnzwGGgEJtc6SP-TxgcFoT8R3sAUUwnx3irrosGc/s1600-h/028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370638538944443554" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnmy76SflDFhIOvA1SXbuXznxiukBXDQ32HqHT5SkqTjGqYcd_EBl_XOwyvMSFfXaT6N7u45oFdeVeAr2YJq0SZu01nTao4bQVnEYvnzwGGgEJtc6SP-TxgcFoT8R3sAUUwnx3irrosGc/s200/028.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">I got all her fabric!! Tons of it! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJsVn613pWAnoZc2wqu6F4SbPAhoaHyeUH-2dnprfSPgiAg972fxXI3qj7GdqiHipyNPv92IoUZ_9IsVR6WmHvvGJyVJwvIHtueJ54red6bhBCgG9RUGbaJwQ1oKU10TaSSpmWSIVUD3G/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370635337140751362" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDJsVn613pWAnoZc2wqu6F4SbPAhoaHyeUH-2dnprfSPgiAg972fxXI3qj7GdqiHipyNPv92IoUZ_9IsVR6WmHvvGJyVJwvIHtueJ54red6bhBCgG9RUGbaJwQ1oKU10TaSSpmWSIVUD3G/s200/023.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">This is a view from their back deck. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY3d97lYxh-hMke7_uUGWVcNOv_Oz8gXrq1Y3TsZvh9iyJqMtFJH_WHYUrr1z_eLaOx9JjaUHRXLmi_ZVqaUxHI8V5ufUoM6BrNHXooyBbtwvn_IOpzdICNrUdf-2OmjBI-Cj3jPkAgyE/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370635327489897986" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitY3d97lYxh-hMke7_uUGWVcNOv_Oz8gXrq1Y3TsZvh9iyJqMtFJH_WHYUrr1z_eLaOx9JjaUHRXLmi_ZVqaUxHI8V5ufUoM6BrNHXooyBbtwvn_IOpzdICNrUdf-2OmjBI-Cj3jPkAgyE/s200/019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of the hummingbirds that frequent the hummingbird bush and feeder.<br /></p><p align="left">I read on their deck most of the day yesterday and really enjoyed these guys! Then last night we went to the Lore City festival, it was really small and met up with Aunt Avis, who sells these really cool wooden roses.<br /><br /></p><div>Wednesday night was also the classic at Mastick Park. The entire team ran and so did Rich. Here are pictures of each of the boys at the clock. T ran a 22:54, J ran a 24:50 and Rich ran a 33:52. They all did great!</div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFwzEKqdHnODMrzEZwV6_pZcyqJ50bTvwHjUx46zvlrdZXgy_iJdAkf-D97BQGvCwEIh3pN8BK2XecpXv3-JYLgmxw59OWaKMUbQmah55Fg3pKpETurImfG1miHyZDTX6k2ZeO6Biv5gy/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370637474457489010" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqFwzEKqdHnODMrzEZwV6_pZcyqJ50bTvwHjUx46zvlrdZXgy_iJdAkf-D97BQGvCwEIh3pN8BK2XecpXv3-JYLgmxw59OWaKMUbQmah55Fg3pKpETurImfG1miHyZDTX6k2ZeO6Biv5gy/s200/013.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">T running in</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer-QSLqxweOc6mSKCYxyXlVRlfcsVD9pmt1IwXhrP30iztnx5p5b4gOQluLl7hmbTKEGrL0HebTItAjQXSOOTcgsF0tl_EOuKdILjI2HCapusxm7-5kljePMCrzyzMuJijvRlK7ird_Vw/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370637483597629938" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjer-QSLqxweOc6mSKCYxyXlVRlfcsVD9pmt1IwXhrP30iztnx5p5b4gOQluLl7hmbTKEGrL0HebTItAjQXSOOTcgsF0tl_EOuKdILjI2HCapusxm7-5kljePMCrzyzMuJijvRlK7ird_Vw/s200/015.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J running in</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlKYye50P2Gslz1LTC5oFQYWD5IayEIAgRVE8yvuyy1t3IlHAPo_D8FmYzxwwwnwiqOQ4iFAml9UWZ6gucpaxkE6npe52RfgD7ZnfQssJZ0d28trFsmePk7VPh5hddg91eYFdUDSSeOTs/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370635349827427538" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlKYye50P2Gslz1LTC5oFQYWD5IayEIAgRVE8yvuyy1t3IlHAPo_D8FmYzxwwwnwiqOQ4iFAml9UWZ6gucpaxkE6npe52RfgD7ZnfQssJZ0d28trFsmePk7VPh5hddg91eYFdUDSSeOTs/s200/016.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Rich running in!</p><br /><p align="left">Today has been pretty uneventful, it is supposed to get up to 90 so we are hanging out inside this afternoon. I am working on lesson plans and reading my Book Club book. Hopefully I will get some sewing done! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!</p></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-65264315428053517382009-08-11T17:40:00.003-04:002009-08-11T17:50:32.245-04:00Package Surprise!<div><div><div><div>Robyn at Daisy Quilts held a PIF and I was one of her participants! My package came yesterday! I am very excited to have been in Robyn's PIF and was thrilled when it arrived. I had to dig right in of course! And I will just say that I love it!</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zHpGZCzkcpGZJNHCO5ZPjjM1fQW1HQLpHGNLY90SXWPzNoUbBzyGHDWVps6hn4Q4IXcmKhpmSyrbMD14a8TUGqy3EUO4MzgqvfHXHo36Az-iXZkuqfw1ifMbD_bkOuAWmNp8FqmDXuho/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825385850655842" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zHpGZCzkcpGZJNHCO5ZPjjM1fQW1HQLpHGNLY90SXWPzNoUbBzyGHDWVps6hn4Q4IXcmKhpmSyrbMD14a8TUGqy3EUO4MzgqvfHXHo36Az-iXZkuqfw1ifMbD_bkOuAWmNp8FqmDXuho/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">It arrived!</p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSGk8BEhuO1c1EetH44RzGaFRXRZmiau5G1_nfMrIYT1RlXH_k-P1uiHNe_JbksgUSTmByiLc24qIzj5IDP3K-3_GoqVZ4qlzidemn5VB6-B0C1MbnGAfA3-9mv1o70oBJHSvn8-MIXoO/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825390277456786" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSGk8BEhuO1c1EetH44RzGaFRXRZmiau5G1_nfMrIYT1RlXH_k-P1uiHNe_JbksgUSTmByiLc24qIzj5IDP3K-3_GoqVZ4qlzidemn5VB6-B0C1MbnGAfA3-9mv1o70oBJHSvn8-MIXoO/s200/002.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Oh, pretty!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-CqiN8gtUNBf19AaiieA4Cp0nJwU2bAONbBUOKlLWeZePh3gzxxu8OR_d4-jvQsKyhRmCFv_vKqgSqxykj8Iw3HEHgBcnPMVzD6A9GDuycgIasagPfVYNfWj_tZ20lcVpfrvmNma5IJF/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825399007592722" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-CqiN8gtUNBf19AaiieA4Cp0nJwU2bAONbBUOKlLWeZePh3gzxxu8OR_d4-jvQsKyhRmCFv_vKqgSqxykj8Iw3HEHgBcnPMVzD6A9GDuycgIasagPfVYNfWj_tZ20lcVpfrvmNma5IJF/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">A book bag! This will get LOTS of use!</p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wAoWnwe4Y9p-GEqzAPmiDyFlPQeQVM2ijf5OTn1Bg2NRSEy28T4b5WEh7r27BesHZYS-73Xv0Ot2ECrA0_iEwAhAMxWWfiiJqI0_sUsza0XPfsNoIA6cGZ3Y84cgtoUhhJ8MS8IJ7C0W/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825406008672178" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4wAoWnwe4Y9p-GEqzAPmiDyFlPQeQVM2ijf5OTn1Bg2NRSEy28T4b5WEh7r27BesHZYS-73Xv0Ot2ECrA0_iEwAhAMxWWfiiJqI0_sUsza0XPfsNoIA6cGZ3Y84cgtoUhhJ8MS8IJ7C0W/s200/005.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Chocolate, a bookmark, card and DUQ magazine!</p><div>Last night it stormed pretty bad at our house before and after practice. Luckily we didn't lose power, which tends to happen, even on sunny days. Last night during one of the breaks I snapped this picture of CC, he was laying under the chair almost as if he was hiding and this picture reminds me of him looking out as if on stake out.</div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUOCCo0uF2zopZKM-ir4WCH3aLiKOHjih5IHVe_4tc9TAzt39v2OL4fXxVE0v70f4c1pfpC1VlmBOf5evkj30UEX1sqIoBeoJQ49Az_oIUJkcALcKp2tDs7-pXG83mZ36h2uev3dMQ8sm/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368825411460266898" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkUOCCo0uF2zopZKM-ir4WCH3aLiKOHjih5IHVe_4tc9TAzt39v2OL4fXxVE0v70f4c1pfpC1VlmBOf5evkj30UEX1sqIoBeoJQ49Az_oIUJkcALcKp2tDs7-pXG83mZ36h2uev3dMQ8sm/s200/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div>Quilting wise, not much has been happening. With the fair last week and starting work this week I haven't gotten anything done. I may work on my stripped one tonight some, Rich was nice enough to take the boys to practice. I had a few shots (TB and Tetnus) yesterday for work and really feel bad today! But things are going smoothly and I am learning. Next week I will be by myself in my classroom and the day after labor day school starts for the preschool. I am looking forward to it, I have to get planning.<br /><br />Book wise, I have sort of been on a reading slump. I did read Brad Thor's newest, The Apostle, which was good and I read Meg Cabot's Queen of Babble (one day read, very quick and light!). Now I am reading The German Woman by Paul Griner. It was on our libraries New Fiction list and sounded good so I picked it up. Its really not bad. Its set during the WW's and really moves fairly quickly. Next up will be A Room With A View for bookclub next Monday. </div><div> </div><div>Hope everyone is having a great week! </div></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-48560656014180390952009-08-08T14:42:00.007-04:002009-08-08T15:06:18.835-04:00Reserve Grand Champion!!!<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv2m-ismsVwR5JkaI4NDP7CD4-dYJ3nnpl8-WXpioNKa_y5nCVH6Sth-cfWV-CK1mE2TuTnCwSFLpT6hU_zv-oj4dHOh2nmbiTspEF6UOQNmaJ3YsaYMccWofiNvb_Yx27T1O6Y7sySRSW/s1600-h/championship+show+015.JPG"></a><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbhWqg-9tsFiJHrMhKxN5ZQufwYQBLD6TCsbk982qypea1_k20Lyei3igf-uwR1UiRldvFq0N52cM4Yy7S0aTRNZQzYLJCuxwXv332BBAoYztqo8y14j4dRxSnPEq-hiQoN1PWCz-N2sy/s1600-h/championship+show+014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367668020967214130" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbhWqg-9tsFiJHrMhKxN5ZQufwYQBLD6TCsbk982qypea1_k20Lyei3igf-uwR1UiRldvFq0N52cM4Yy7S0aTRNZQzYLJCuxwXv332BBAoYztqo8y14j4dRxSnPEq-hiQoN1PWCz-N2sy/s200/championship+show+014.JPG" border="0" /></a></p>He did it! J won Reserve Grand Champion in Equitation! We are so excited! He did awesome, completely nailed his pattern and beat out a girl who ALWAYS wins...(she was a little mad!) It wasn't Grand Champion, but seeing as he skipped Tenderfoot last year to be in a tougher class we'll take it! He did great and was so excited! Look out next year!!<br /><div><div><div><div><div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQvMZyLWDwQscpuavTelIi3UJHFOFUBIpxG_NXtO2hHkVVTfIvGCgX7xfX4Iv13xhIzBkrX0m5qzwAdmv9kKwH9gPUs5tQZJoDY092Ngk7rjf8mwg1N1VapNVYFRsXSd4DPNdHwmXw2mt/s1600-h/championship+show+029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367666226389691810" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimQvMZyLWDwQscpuavTelIi3UJHFOFUBIpxG_NXtO2hHkVVTfIvGCgX7xfX4Iv13xhIzBkrX0m5qzwAdmv9kKwH9gPUs5tQZJoDY092Ngk7rjf8mwg1N1VapNVYFRsXSd4DPNdHwmXw2mt/s200/championship+show+029.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J and Rich</p><div>Today is the 2nd to last day of fair. It ends tomorrow, another year over. We were talking of going tonight for Rich and I to show, but it's raining. I don't think we are going. If it stops raining we may go and watch but its looking like its going to be a quiet night at home! Tomorrow I will have to go up just to get my last milkshake for the year! I love the 4-h booth milkshakes...we save all our change up every year so we can spend it on milkshakes!<br /></div><div>In other news, I won a giveaway!!! <a href="http://cowgirlwithquilts.blogspot.com/">Quilting Cowgirl Brenda</a>, had a Christmas Giveaway and I won! Yeah, very excited!!! It included some great material, two patterns and a book! I can't wait to dig into the material and make one of the patterns!</div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4laEIAn0Wft4MpyM7MolhJw91TwEcVct7VSpjGdOpXHULovgKF2g0PdrLED_-8klwBEqrNk3hyphenhyphenuNJwGLPDa42Rfa-1skQ_rmUTRV5AMvBvQY7i7IQgWCuOfN2C-L65JoT0O-TitMjg_4/s1600-h/championship+show+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367666208963856802" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4laEIAn0Wft4MpyM7MolhJw91TwEcVct7VSpjGdOpXHULovgKF2g0PdrLED_-8klwBEqrNk3hyphenhyphenuNJwGLPDa42Rfa-1skQ_rmUTRV5AMvBvQY7i7IQgWCuOfN2C-L65JoT0O-TitMjg_4/s200/championship+show+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThruUPJIFYlRsqEV-HA-7taia9hGUrwbEahWby7qeRHEtr4WYLJn76pEcJYDeJzeK0tchcP65o8nN1KOOD8NdTssfMk7rj5Dn7X2eNvzN-9zcMv__KwapHsSoD6dakxlHvmMOblQDckwE/s1600-h/championship+show+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367666216221376338" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThruUPJIFYlRsqEV-HA-7taia9hGUrwbEahWby7qeRHEtr4WYLJn76pEcJYDeJzeK0tchcP65o8nN1KOOD8NdTssfMk7rj5Dn7X2eNvzN-9zcMv__KwapHsSoD6dakxlHvmMOblQDckwE/s200/championship+show+003.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Look at this great prize!!</p><p align="left">We have also been non-rainy and rainy days that I am not having to water my garden. My corn is just about ready to get tossles. I can't wait for it to be done! I love sweet corn! My dinner the other night was fresh corn, green beans (neighbors garden) and blackberries. (I know not that nutritous but it was worth it!). My pumpkins are out of control! There are tons of blooms on them and at least 2 dozen mini pumpkins starting! Here are a couple of shots of my garden.<br /><br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRoC1WWwZhqbJlPmWMTQwouPJXmmJpM0pvI03elCntOWJbbdD9PRxy28nGJKfe5JtVKDf1cMhUOHQPZtHXU7Cjl2aesSCjkIfnxb1E8ETT7y1UQrQnB79k6gtCDJMnm51ABc_KvUtSE6x/s1600-h/championship+show+032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367666233316161874" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinRoC1WWwZhqbJlPmWMTQwouPJXmmJpM0pvI03elCntOWJbbdD9PRxy28nGJKfe5JtVKDf1cMhUOHQPZtHXU7Cjl2aesSCjkIfnxb1E8ETT7y1UQrQnB79k6gtCDJMnm51ABc_KvUtSE6x/s200/championship+show+032.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Gettin' bigger</p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOCrA6OyeZmhWcihEqnvN8YSZtZnIBHmZt8W972EEstl3zlTi11TaZ4pAZrH6H1LabD5bl-28EtxtpwdScRKP0ibxT-ld_YDIAEdiHZ1jw_-88mD07Ax0wC2uJ9WDw0gSQmN3ZleFMpzw/s1600-h/championship+show+035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367667186540207634" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOCrA6OyeZmhWcihEqnvN8YSZtZnIBHmZt8W972EEstl3zlTi11TaZ4pAZrH6H1LabD5bl-28EtxtpwdScRKP0ibxT-ld_YDIAEdiHZ1jw_-88mD07Ax0wC2uJ9WDw0gSQmN3ZleFMpzw/s200/championship+show+035.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">pumpkins gone wild!<br /></p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgjwCYp3YYWQFcXnwLcutggEJ7Xnx8AnwDiKhSYk1DUQbkcsaqCnIcK0ujDL-FhrqfP6J3OxLGfe0rzqYdHt48IViYS7FRWyhruzPCgdcTaDEeJP6JNkbJ5rIutC-q6s6zUaLokEs-8Nk/s1600-h/championship+show+037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367667190050283794" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgjwCYp3YYWQFcXnwLcutggEJ7Xnx8AnwDiKhSYk1DUQbkcsaqCnIcK0ujDL-FhrqfP6J3OxLGfe0rzqYdHt48IViYS7FRWyhruzPCgdcTaDEeJP6JNkbJ5rIutC-q6s6zUaLokEs-8Nk/s200/championship+show+037.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Big pumpkins!<br /></p><p align="left"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXgLdT_BchGqzdBGQYM93e9SpGi5w8O7x2z2pIz5rVVkSWKINKZHU_2uwrUi4SOXhfjvaNGO5vteZIPF-PR8UF_6QDwKkENgfFd-zZcdRrhM98wT45kes1K7h1WCj-vbg1x5yjoU09Q8N/s1600-h/championship+show+036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367667193314763506" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXgLdT_BchGqzdBGQYM93e9SpGi5w8O7x2z2pIz5rVVkSWKINKZHU_2uwrUi4SOXhfjvaNGO5vteZIPF-PR8UF_6QDwKkENgfFd-zZcdRrhM98wT45kes1K7h1WCj-vbg1x5yjoU09Q8N/s200/championship+show+036.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Little pumpkins!</p><p align="left">I am going to do some blog reading (TRY to catch up!) and then some sewing. The steady rain will defiantely put a damper on the fair tonight so we will probably stay home. Monday I start my job and can't wait! And the boys and Rich have the Classic at Mastick 5K on Wednesday night, with the CC team. I hope Rich can run the entire course (his goal is 10min miles and the boys are 7 min miles!). I hope everyone had a great week! And is enjoying the weekend. I'll be back next week! </p></div></div></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-45684210817992423442009-08-04T20:49:00.002-04:002009-08-04T21:02:58.111-04:00A boy and his horse<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-AhBBMT73x3gr7te78l1vtJmDBoNL16efjrqHQtY8qxaQym9qJublS6_XwYWMj2SF3IhEMFdamIAEPn9varFm3bKo5ZLpmRKVnYzwWc-yWDOE86HlND_dIiAndwoEJgI80UXfOl7D66/s1600-h/fair+2009+011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366277248490932274" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYn-AhBBMT73x3gr7te78l1vtJmDBoNL16efjrqHQtY8qxaQym9qJublS6_XwYWMj2SF3IhEMFdamIAEPn9varFm3bKo5ZLpmRKVnYzwWc-yWDOE86HlND_dIiAndwoEJgI80UXfOl7D66/s200/fair+2009+011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p>Today is the 2nd day of the county fair. Yesterday J showed his rabbits, and got a first in showmanship and a 3rd in his breed class. Long day yesterday! But today was even longer!<br /><br /><br />Today is the day he showed his horse. The judge was SO slow, one showmanship class took 45 minutes! Very slow! But he did really good and we are proud of him...<br /><br />He showed in 3 classes, horsemanship, pleasure and reining. He received a third in Horsemanship (on the rider), a fifth in pleasure (on the horse) and a first in reining (a pattern type class). Reining is by far his favorite class and he was so tired he almost didn't show in it. We left home at about 8:00 and got home about 6:30. He did a great job and I am really proud of him and his efforts with his horse.<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zwNVG6_36jyhRwuphisWxQAD2WaK4HQ_fic7U6UKl3NE-9ui0PktjLc5isDBpx-QT3CvAzC4y6y_l1BnCo8m-Smt2qkWaPG_s4RY49mamTc4XYoyq_2iQqmz8IGR8uI6qgQKO4H3bD0/s1600-h/fair+2009+009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366277251996148754" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1zwNVG6_36jyhRwuphisWxQAD2WaK4HQ_fic7U6UKl3NE-9ui0PktjLc5isDBpx-QT3CvAzC4y6y_l1BnCo8m-Smt2qkWaPG_s4RY49mamTc4XYoyq_2iQqmz8IGR8uI6qgQKO4H3bD0/s200/fair+2009+009.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">We have been busy this past week getting ready for fair, and practice every day. T is up to running about 6 miles a night and J is running about 5. Their first race is next Wednesday up in the Cleveland Metroparks and Rich is going to try to run it too! </p><p align="left">We came home tonight and were talking to the neighbor when Rich said "Hey babe, here are some blackberries". They are growing along our tree line and we really just noticed them and they are just starting to produce so I went and picked some! Don't they look yummy:</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhyphentAKhWXFb_ZCYiQuNusgCowKWthIEqmS2wl_3mvuit6y4ApUqQ0_VPzPon_eEMV_0YhJLvaKkU43bONSVYgTCwrPg2ufz2jOqre7F4XZNeGmYZcpeKgaKpbO-p6qwQYSXXtfXQue0dfh/s1600-h/fair+2009+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366277255632327810" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyphenhyphentAKhWXFb_ZCYiQuNusgCowKWthIEqmS2wl_3mvuit6y4ApUqQ0_VPzPon_eEMV_0YhJLvaKkU43bONSVYgTCwrPg2ufz2jOqre7F4XZNeGmYZcpeKgaKpbO-p6qwQYSXXtfXQue0dfh/s200/fair+2009+013.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Tomorrow I don't have to go to the fair so I am staying home and sewing! And I am very excited because I finally (after a year and a half) got a job! I will be starting next week at a local preschool teaching the 3 yr old class! I can't wait! Finally!!! So after this week I will be working everyday and I am sure I will enjoy it! </p><p align="left">Hope everyone is having a great week!</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-26397073952978031582009-07-31T13:11:00.003-04:002009-07-31T13:23:05.711-04:00Horse Judging and a Finish<div><div><div><div>It has once again been busy. This week, on Wednesday, J and I headed to Columbus to the Ohio State Fair for him to compete in the state horse skillathon and with the Medina County Judging team. The teams did not get any awards on the judging team, and J did got get any individual awards for it either, but he learned some things, and had fun so that was worth it. </div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_wSAWpeUhrMhLBb9I_EKRy3ZDUuw8qNG1OUkWLLglIyCRHBNOSswtk-IZbEBWncRd5_UKAPMlj8N0rQqIRhemzpyQmnO_n5r95azf8biEthUljWJ2SrY7NhespS2UvKU89UD4cpuAu-W/s1600-h/judging+001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364673983167571938" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_wSAWpeUhrMhLBb9I_EKRy3ZDUuw8qNG1OUkWLLglIyCRHBNOSswtk-IZbEBWncRd5_UKAPMlj8N0rQqIRhemzpyQmnO_n5r95azf8biEthUljWJ2SrY7NhespS2UvKU89UD4cpuAu-W/s200/judging+001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">The teams, J in the center</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzFVHyif_4H6NpnjE1ncCInMTLOQ-NQn_EoAcfWyxLP837cYPEeDGOhYFE722lOxe8C5mi6mJd3fJeM5XYHJGeAIz8kYw2Mp20q_P9HMcsZRoMjvE8PdDyC38oz784yie0gtX93ObQgDn/s1600-h/judging+004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364673998704487458" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSzFVHyif_4H6NpnjE1ncCInMTLOQ-NQn_EoAcfWyxLP837cYPEeDGOhYFE722lOxe8C5mi6mJd3fJeM5XYHJGeAIz8kYw2Mp20q_P9HMcsZRoMjvE8PdDyC38oz784yie0gtX93ObQgDn/s200/judging+004.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J and G</p><p align="left">After the competition but before the awards ceremony we walked around the fair a bit. The kids and I rode the Skyline, which was neat because you could see quite a distance, but not quite to the end of the fairgrounds. There are lots of tall buildings that you couldn't really see over. But here is one view from the skyline. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9CsCj_5BLDbQPp4UHnxGHt1UdpC-XBWGiY7LwtI9q_FeIo4PooXefUl1WlfZTprCAiibnVm0U1mcR6Ro9O5auWf5csHl6gNhQEdPbIK4u8lHfDSGnz4zHeyx3nDjDLsT5nd1juF8nCZF/s1600-h/judging+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364674009527227570" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9CsCj_5BLDbQPp4UHnxGHt1UdpC-XBWGiY7LwtI9q_FeIo4PooXefUl1WlfZTprCAiibnVm0U1mcR6Ro9O5auWf5csHl6gNhQEdPbIK4u8lHfDSGnz4zHeyx3nDjDLsT5nd1juF8nCZF/s200/judging+008.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Yes, it was cloudy and it rained the entire way down and most of the day. We also watched a Quarter Horse show that was going on while we were there. It was nice to just watch a good show. I enjoyed watching the show and seeing all the good horses. </p><p align="left">Last week I did get some things sewn. I actually finished a mini quilt using the Pop Garden material. That means I did have a finish for July! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiKEVEr3HkGvuwms8LkxIWbuoHsbt-7DDtIVASbyxFLX_KuH31AKF4w_TyoT9njesPb1TA0cvWkzW-8grX7Adx6gYVifF35UJiWXWRQaD1VIrnoKQztqSR8hKDlYEVJPiZ0dfG7YyCfGJ/s1600-h/judging+017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364673989918630530" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiKEVEr3HkGvuwms8LkxIWbuoHsbt-7DDtIVASbyxFLX_KuH31AKF4w_TyoT9njesPb1TA0cvWkzW-8grX7Adx6gYVifF35UJiWXWRQaD1VIrnoKQztqSR8hKDlYEVJPiZ0dfG7YyCfGJ/s200/judging+017.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div>And I made a strip quilt top out of a thangles BOM that I had, but didn't have the 12th one because they ran out. So I just sewed them together to make this top. </div><div> </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWceAoqXtlxVgb0kYSWf8IJiQ0HI5sodiuxsCc5plJT9JN8RH-JQZlMHWHbxmBhqBJY-E6Essdm8vY8FmFinPCnjrQB3fS0r0USqjLmCnAy-SqHOe8rKcJQYkdd-_MqAplhcJbeIZpkwS/s1600-h/judging+018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364673994147198082" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilWceAoqXtlxVgb0kYSWf8IJiQ0HI5sodiuxsCc5plJT9JN8RH-JQZlMHWHbxmBhqBJY-E6Essdm8vY8FmFinPCnjrQB3fS0r0USqjLmCnAy-SqHOe8rKcJQYkdd-_MqAplhcJbeIZpkwS/s200/judging+018.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Next week is the fair so we will be busy with that. Check in is on Sunday and we would like to watch the harness racing. Then J shows his rabbits on Monday, his horse on Tuesday, we have to work for our club on Thursday, Championship show on Friday night (if he makes it) and Alumni show on Saturday (Rich is showing!!!). Hopefully it won't rain all week and won't be incredibly hot. </p><p align="left">Hope everyone has a great weekend!</p><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-69697738950094617012009-07-23T11:04:00.002-04:002009-07-23T11:13:49.105-04:00One PIF received!<div><div><a href="http://www.justgrannys.blogspot.com/">Granny Lyn</a> received her PIF gift from me! Yeah! And she likes it, even better! Here is a picture of her gift. I can show it because her gift was specific to her. I am trying to make my gifts individualized as much as I can!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1mcOYCFlgEv3S9d0Da0zDAvANumlHx__wo1aQti0OysRJLr_6i9yJb7jXvl2aASN7YmhVUqvOU2ABTx5amSJSU36WcaRTXB3iGenMx_bE_cr5bVLQLj-sGye6bbJ3pcyQJgiyyohbtTS/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361672306551519906" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs1mcOYCFlgEv3S9d0Da0zDAvANumlHx__wo1aQti0OysRJLr_6i9yJb7jXvl2aASN7YmhVUqvOU2ABTx5amSJSU36WcaRTXB3iGenMx_bE_cr5bVLQLj-sGye6bbJ3pcyQJgiyyohbtTS/s200/007.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Today is <a href="http://btt2.wordpress.com/">booking through thursday</a>. Here is today's question:</p><p align="left">Reading something frivolous? Or something serious? <span style="color:#000099;">Serious, just finished frivolous</span><br />Paperbacks? Or hardcovers? <span style="color:#3333ff;">Whatever the library has!</span><br />Fiction? Or Nonfiction? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />Poetry? Or Prose? <span style="color:#000099;">Prose</span></p><p align="left">Biographies? Or Autobiographies? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />History? Or Historical Fiction? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />Series? Or Stand-alones? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />Classics? Or best-sellers? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />Lurid, fruity prose? Or straight-forward, basic prose? <span style="color:#000099;">Either<br /></span>Plots? Or Stream-of-Consciousness? <span style="color:#000099;">More plots, but either</span><br />Long books? Or Short? <span style="color:#000099;">Both</span><br />Illustrated? Or Non-illustrated? <span style="color:#000099;">Mostly non-illustrated</span><br />Borrowed? Or Owned? <span style="color:#000099;">Mostly library</span><br />New? Or Used? <span style="color:#000099;">Again, mostly library</span></p><p align="left"><span style="color:#000099;"></span>There you have it, I read just about anything!! I actually just finished a book called The Manny, not a great read, but quick and easy. Now I am reading Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs...its not bad, just moving slow. But Finger-lickin' Fifteen is waiting for me at the library!!! </p><p align="center"> </p></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-33867557635745477022009-07-22T12:32:00.004-04:002009-07-22T12:56:19.990-04:00Happenings, Happenings...<div><div>...and hopefully I will get caught up on my blog reading! </div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div>It's been busy as usual this past week, we have had Eye Dr. appts, and 4-H judgings, plus riding and horseshows, baseball and regular practice! </div><div><br /> </div><div>I haven't gotten much done in the sewing area but I have been working on putting together the Oh Cherry Oh scraps and there maybe a giveaway in the future. Just not sure yet!<br /><br /></div><div>Also I am sitting down today to work on my PIF's that I have left. I will get them out soon! I promise! Here is a sneak peak at something, I love this fabric, its called Pop Garden by Heather Bailey. Its an older fabric, but I love the funky bright colors!</div><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ44G_ibZa5vLOeMoqn_He9_KjpuwAzXKvrpzg3CnGoXXUqeix9eonN8E1s6ku-cik0h9rceNmxkIqkKLta0TvNPZfqDWda_wTn-piQ8Nw9ivbTVZsz-AclQ80ujhNdwAlyLCBwGk14SSy/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361328537218177986" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ44G_ibZa5vLOeMoqn_He9_KjpuwAzXKvrpzg3CnGoXXUqeix9eonN8E1s6ku-cik0h9rceNmxkIqkKLta0TvNPZfqDWda_wTn-piQ8Nw9ivbTVZsz-AclQ80ujhNdwAlyLCBwGk14SSy/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left"><br />My garden is really doing good. We are having to water fairly regularly because we aren't getting much rain, but it's raining on and off today so that is good! It am starting to see some real growth in the corn and the pumpkins!!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96SFgZ2fhJJq2waEwNCQWG5UP5RlYnV7OayB_CrhG69DuHgxy3hi9AWa9RmGYdCC9wuH8vtZg30RaS8WI1YTqm_ZOOq02S57k_IsusTiLu3Ze9MshBiEPVrLycgwihsiMlgkCnUpPXbn9/s1600-h/First+pumpkin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361325386897291874" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96SFgZ2fhJJq2waEwNCQWG5UP5RlYnV7OayB_CrhG69DuHgxy3hi9AWa9RmGYdCC9wuH8vtZg30RaS8WI1YTqm_ZOOq02S57k_IsusTiLu3Ze9MshBiEPVrLycgwihsiMlgkCnUpPXbn9/s200/First+pumpkin.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Our first pumpkin!</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnThW0svVitnLNdlxkiHyzqXZIszZqIYMRq32rWAq9IjOIWVz4xZYgPCNa7mGQqY0ikLkklO9MuUFFBHCBakWWCruhORDgTMEdkd8bDGLoLMicsYJxKp8o0WPv5idm5sIbMlAXWaYV4uDB/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361325380706075506" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnThW0svVitnLNdlxkiHyzqXZIszZqIYMRq32rWAq9IjOIWVz4xZYgPCNa7mGQqY0ikLkklO9MuUFFBHCBakWWCruhORDgTMEdkd8bDGLoLMicsYJxKp8o0WPv5idm5sIbMlAXWaYV4uDB/s200/008.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">The corn is gettin' there!</p><p align="center"> </p><div>We finished up baseball tournaments on Saturday, it was sad...very sad...The team really didn't come to play, let alone win. We could have won, but we just weren't into it. They were missing the ball right and left. And some kids just let it go between their legs and didn't bother to go after it! Boy was Rich mad!! But it's over, and there is next year. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ52HLLRsqQ3AtQX8WxhzW_fQv7ioXHwT6WEJOdHheNPSfDBrN8usOxD0iOiaMM0yvsPzCrEYjW6-T9bzPGdGuuahk3FN_1jADruXF5Scx7oTT6CIUBHXRdKAtwPeCZaXmeN3ktmY0EDi/s1600-h/Tom+Pitching.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361328533104465330" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJ52HLLRsqQ3AtQX8WxhzW_fQv7ioXHwT6WEJOdHheNPSfDBrN8usOxD0iOiaMM0yvsPzCrEYjW6-T9bzPGdGuuahk3FN_1jADruXF5Scx7oTT6CIUBHXRdKAtwPeCZaXmeN3ktmY0EDi/s200/Tom+Pitching.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><div>It rained early that morning so all the games got pushed back. We were supposed to play at 12:30 and ended up playing at 3:00. We went up to watch the 10:00 game and found out they were pushed back, but rather than drive home (it wasn't worth that) we stayed and hung out. The kids were getting a little bored by the time the games started!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22jxm4CpyLjoc9EMgtlUxw8Em0YHh9-FLMlUBUDtxVvIO7NOI9F2TxEZ4awxsnLZOJHg5TKIFVj4OB2960Tehd3pdycsbzFdO2BoNKQcDB3TSMsPbZoUKHtU7W0klHigpXMSJbsH7vBO7/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361325366492961826" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22jxm4CpyLjoc9EMgtlUxw8Em0YHh9-FLMlUBUDtxVvIO7NOI9F2TxEZ4awxsnLZOJHg5TKIFVj4OB2960Tehd3pdycsbzFdO2BoNKQcDB3TSMsPbZoUKHtU7W0klHigpXMSJbsH7vBO7/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">We are so bored!</p><div> </div><div>Sunday we went to a horse show. J did fairly well, with a third and a fourth...not his best rides, but it was okay. He is having some issues figuring out hip position and things like that but he is going for high points at these shows so we at least wanted him to get some points. </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDWS10smJlLhyphenhyphenFKwj0p0eAEP0IF10fftQ6fnbsjrL2P9V3twAuGlKBAO8Iwg40J88YpfB6-vV6t0XFLkvs7QGvOHPCR9EeEbjKR6iD8nVRkmGV6_R2QiBKzGbD43YxTat0FvNslO-de74/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361325374092337570" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDWS10smJlLhyphenhyphenFKwj0p0eAEP0IF10fftQ6fnbsjrL2P9V3twAuGlKBAO8Iwg40J88YpfB6-vV6t0XFLkvs7QGvOHPCR9EeEbjKR6iD8nVRkmGV6_R2QiBKzGbD43YxTat0FvNslO-de74/s200/004.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J and Spike</p><p align="left">And that has been pretty much the past week. This week was more 4-H judgings, practice every night, and next week is that State Judging Competition, then fair and before you know it school will start! Have a great week everyone!</p></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-34615901344981072442009-07-14T23:00:00.004-04:002009-07-14T23:21:39.758-04:00Always Busy...Lately it seems like we are constantly on the go. I know I say that all the time, but today was horrible! I took the boys to CC practice, then headed to Cleveland for a check-up, picked them up at the library, came home, fed and showered them, took J to his moms, came home, spent 30 mins reading email and then headed to the 4-H judging for small animals. Sat there for 4 hours to get home at 7:30. Dinner, riding and bed...that is my day!<br /><br />Tomorrow should be better, only practice to run too! Hopefully I will get a walk in while they are running.<br /><br />At my check-up today I did get an all clear from my cardiologist. He is very happy with the way things look and sound. Everything looks great and he told me to keep up my walking. Don't need to tell me, I feel so much better on the days I walk. I just wish it didn't take me so long and that we didn't have to walk on the railroad tracks. I want to increase to 8 miles one day a week but its a time thing with the neighbor and I. That is about 2 hours and usually one of us doesn't have that much time!<br /><br />The weather has been beautiful lately so I have been doing quite a bit of reading outside. I really want to get some sewing done tomorrow, but I always say that and it just never happens! But I do have 2 of my PIF's ready to mail out! I hope that the recipients like them!<br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Etmyfu136uU8vmYNAHXguvTSOXwDNsu7dHWdClBvXqlO-KLRukWDPNR37-tKaxDOjBBJGfN_HFHyJ_KKKWqZg3YN4iZ4RGBMOcIDQdE_GlH3j4KX3RoPad5PZjzsDgHBQZgk_0nNcAA/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358517738600634914" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6Etmyfu136uU8vmYNAHXguvTSOXwDNsu7dHWdClBvXqlO-KLRukWDPNR37-tKaxDOjBBJGfN_HFHyJ_KKKWqZg3YN4iZ4RGBMOcIDQdE_GlH3j4KX3RoPad5PZjzsDgHBQZgk_0nNcAA/s200/009.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">We did play a tournament game on Saturday, and our poor pathetic team won! I can't believe it, ther is a team out there worse than ours! So we play this Saturday at noon. I am not sure if we will win this one, the other team is pretty good. Rich and I scouted them on Sunday (ok, he scouted and I read!) </p><p align="left">We also had our 4-H horse show. Was horrible...don't ask...</p><p align="left">And just two pictures of my kitties. Whenever I am outside reading they spend about 20 minutes on the swing with me and then jump to the shade. I don't blame them, that fur has to be hot!! Especially Kylie! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW7-ylLal-c1zbmSrirbab6djweSpm-gP9H3JrVFehgOrLqhxQX_GhK6qN5P7W0xYkvBoHOb2egkEGVOnoKDNxEqe3iJKwbOTQ2OaGaZvvM_OHbwNotPRu41sJ_CbS6_btjUHrOS6yiKD/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358517749108049842" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWW7-ylLal-c1zbmSrirbab6djweSpm-gP9H3JrVFehgOrLqhxQX_GhK6qN5P7W0xYkvBoHOb2egkEGVOnoKDNxEqe3iJKwbOTQ2OaGaZvvM_OHbwNotPRu41sJ_CbS6_btjUHrOS6yiKD/s200/002.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">CC</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMOTsSi_YX03mAGztgUogIms3yLqqld6Kd5mBU3xNql_dZ5qD_5vjeMr9Wy3zTwMb1mKd_S8t7Oyc-TApB0IrbidMGoaI4Q1niA21Wf-qd6X22RyrmNMyYH9sL1MCJqYQHYwIKcpC2lHh/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358517744015803074" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMOTsSi_YX03mAGztgUogIms3yLqqld6Kd5mBU3xNql_dZ5qD_5vjeMr9Wy3zTwMb1mKd_S8t7Oyc-TApB0IrbidMGoaI4Q1niA21Wf-qd6X22RyrmNMyYH9sL1MCJqYQHYwIKcpC2lHh/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Kylie and Oscar</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-27579672520887219302009-07-08T12:54:00.004-04:002009-07-08T13:08:27.401-04:00Happenings...<div>First I have to say a big thank you to <a href="http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/">crazymomquilts</a>. She gave away her Oh Cherry Oh! scraps and I won! WOOHOO!!! </div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiin3HdYUJtiW-c9mpjeeaZNneBodXkJIBAdPBZQ6DwuPp5xkz1Tv5Cp47EXpZV4pORT9qoQ1J2oSQ7f6XscwPI1yA0rCB-eiMCU0rnp-FGieYEQc7iJgRZHenOaEddswocFPR-_BzkOxNv/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356134569624787106" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiin3HdYUJtiW-c9mpjeeaZNneBodXkJIBAdPBZQ6DwuPp5xkz1Tv5Cp47EXpZV4pORT9qoQ1J2oSQ7f6XscwPI1yA0rCB-eiMCU0rnp-FGieYEQc7iJgRZHenOaEddswocFPR-_BzkOxNv/s200/005.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div><div><br /></div><div>And we have been pretty busy as usual. The boys have cross country practice every night and T is finishing up baseball. Last night we went to a 4-H fun show and J received a 2nd and a 3rd. He had some issues earlier in the night, but we worked through them and he was much better after that. The fair is coming up and we are working on getting project books done and posters made for display...only 1 more month till fair, but the pet small animals and still exhibits are judged ahead of time so that is in 2 weeks! Plus phyiscals for sports, eye doctor for J, I have a check-up next week and our 4-H clubs horse show this weekend! </div><div><br /><br /></div><div>I have been watering my garden and flowers to make sure they have enough. It hasn't rained, but it certainly has been cool. We have been drinking hot chocolate at ball games and at the show last night! Where is summer???</div><div> </div><div>Here are a picture of 3 of my 8 rows of corn and 8 of my 15 pumpkins. These pumpkins should be blue when they grow and mature. I can't wait to see if they really are...the seeds are so we shall see!</div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIVAWs1QWAVAVGOZ64LNH-8YFiXfkKhkleKvspIbUSN7ghAoZvP3gcUSpMLHfiVaT3-36ZusB_OGkHxB6e2Rf6KbmTcvbeWpLRbvMZob-o80Xa9XBfs154b0YQYHyd3jd-r3-9kIlClW3/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356134541184284594" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIVAWs1QWAVAVGOZ64LNH-8YFiXfkKhkleKvspIbUSN7ghAoZvP3gcUSpMLHfiVaT3-36ZusB_OGkHxB6e2Rf6KbmTcvbeWpLRbvMZob-o80Xa9XBfs154b0YQYHyd3jd-r3-9kIlClW3/s200/001.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs91DNB47ucbJZLUZOvsFAc4VeT34eie2IXkZwAw8apRj1Ys7GnvbKiW2qK_pUHlkcGu8M4kdKf_EkEDP6SXwvdTQufdPHhKvA_7KQEdKU0BmDpoOD6th4TJQ8uxVSXdYJRnNpSXefOvg/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356134547946169010" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJs91DNB47ucbJZLUZOvsFAc4VeT34eie2IXkZwAw8apRj1Ys7GnvbKiW2qK_pUHlkcGu8M4kdKf_EkEDP6SXwvdTQufdPHhKvA_7KQEdKU0BmDpoOD6th4TJQ8uxVSXdYJRnNpSXefOvg/s200/002.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">I have been working on my PIF's and they should be mostly ready to go out next week. Just a few little things to finish up with those. I did stop and pick up these items today. I want to make Rich an neutral quilt so this jelly roll should work (Its Thimbleberries) and these fat quarters to finally finish the squares for my batik/black quilt! </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC-aFqZyrMVS0isWhvNoflVZSKdg155Edc24QDdW-Mr79HvKj3A7Ch7LJ3VmuL_6U92hKzel_ulTWZ74cpaS1Y6LUgIx-L8367xb3VoMCPVgUhpeW0WXRo5a9Gn7H73TLMJaWvf7YYgPQ/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356135927915398178" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtC-aFqZyrMVS0isWhvNoflVZSKdg155Edc24QDdW-Mr79HvKj3A7Ch7LJ3VmuL_6U92hKzel_ulTWZ74cpaS1Y6LUgIx-L8367xb3VoMCPVgUhpeW0WXRo5a9Gn7H73TLMJaWvf7YYgPQ/s200/007.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVESz10XYpa-ZRTDlqNjM1TFpCOQsWdtM1uDaV-F95e3UKjIatm6m-PPoBBLpv3VcDzHzUAHEUc41UFs-kF4L1Glosey8HpW5YmWr7pSWn6HpbRb2cOZygcE-IpCdPDk-iHSG_BujdqdEI/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356135920044748370" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVESz10XYpa-ZRTDlqNjM1TFpCOQsWdtM1uDaV-F95e3UKjIatm6m-PPoBBLpv3VcDzHzUAHEUc41UFs-kF4L1Glosey8HpW5YmWr7pSWn6HpbRb2cOZygcE-IpCdPDk-iHSG_BujdqdEI/s200/006.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><div>Lastly a picture of 2 of the kittens inside the hay elevator. I am sure they won't be doing this again once we use it this weekend! </div><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IQStGrkIcgw_ODkhsHZ1OyCmqQ3dhEA_K_vf3emjzXbqhZ_hEUmVLOYOLap-hj1asTJ4Dg-ZldNi2N72-Ok5sbnQIJ0Uo8KQI_2C-FKfBfY6NaV5npUvFJPF8aORXaVWjbOmZtL9Ij-X/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356134558041789154" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IQStGrkIcgw_ODkhsHZ1OyCmqQ3dhEA_K_vf3emjzXbqhZ_hEUmVLOYOLap-hj1asTJ4Dg-ZldNi2N72-Ok5sbnQIJ0Uo8KQI_2C-FKfBfY6NaV5npUvFJPF8aORXaVWjbOmZtL9Ij-X/s200/003.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">And Kylie, using it for her own personal hayloft ladder!<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ8hBIoBsVOUDejLJRm1Kvm1wfZfb6M9ikjRrPQQJH34UvX8EAtVirmIrebNzhiTkEeBOtP9DtiUM97-tQOKsAS2WhH2WQAn0WzsIbhuYO4HmyP2wfNKnhjapRTB8vdcJJtSKQ6SsraKM/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356134564546122130" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ8hBIoBsVOUDejLJRm1Kvm1wfZfb6M9ikjRrPQQJH34UvX8EAtVirmIrebNzhiTkEeBOtP9DtiUM97-tQOKsAS2WhH2WQAn0WzsIbhuYO4HmyP2wfNKnhjapRTB8vdcJJtSKQ6SsraKM/s200/004.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Hope everyone is having a great week! </p></div>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842373966881135753.post-6775851775928273782009-07-05T14:12:00.003-04:002009-07-05T14:22:37.282-04:00Happy Belated 4th of July!<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCjLffqswGan9KoBG7Xk7c7NcMg5frpBV2iTQzrkZ5_KRtM5Ej17yyPfnoGljN_QCjtZbo-h15D61AK-H3TYRtyLV-Skj9ujxpRzQpMOqWmb59o0eav2lbdZchFASwCWpdWew3nUTVQJg/s1600-h/008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355041189615055202" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCjLffqswGan9KoBG7Xk7c7NcMg5frpBV2iTQzrkZ5_KRtM5Ej17yyPfnoGljN_QCjtZbo-h15D61AK-H3TYRtyLV-Skj9ujxpRzQpMOqWmb59o0eav2lbdZchFASwCWpdWew3nUTVQJg/s200/008.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><div><br />I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We did! </div><div><br />Friday night we went to my parents for a cook-out with the family. There was good food, good company, corn-hole and lots of laughs! Then Rich and I went to town to catch a few of the fireworks and get french fries. The boys were at their mom's for the night so it was just the two of us! </div><div></div><div>Then last night we headed to the Lake Erie Crushers baseball game! Yes, we do love baseball. Except J, he only goes for the peanuts! The Crushers lost the game, it was really pretty sad, 9-1 but it was still nice to see some ball. We were on the left field side, literally next to the foul pole. I took the picture with my phone but it wasn't more than 200 feet away from us. </div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LDQ9eHFu3xeFFP43drp2v1eBgHP5sfesDin5J5WjVmVFcPGVsawl1nRHo0ktcdZKJw2C-JiV75R58fq3k3iwkkLVG4CeHQAlMn82Id38EtjnuHWjTlSmOJDu0j4z3iDnqVqjAOxvDARr/s1600-h/006.jpg"></a><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sUJtz8WwwbZkiAmti0MkDIuLWS0PPom6CoC8-GKSg4WGO95uri9Q_Fa4pSpReNQ3JNgaqx7U3yS0uXdQ5UNuOAI-AkfYJsSMVMCuTuAOeqg8n-ceWHhd16QwnNQTEcPJcY3U3v1231Md/s1600-h/004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355041201507424994" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_sUJtz8WwwbZkiAmti0MkDIuLWS0PPom6CoC8-GKSg4WGO95uri9Q_Fa4pSpReNQ3JNgaqx7U3yS0uXdQ5UNuOAI-AkfYJsSMVMCuTuAOeqg8n-ceWHhd16QwnNQTEcPJcY3U3v1231Md/s200/004.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Then we saw fireworks after the game. I have never really seen a bad show at ball game. The Crushers put on an excellent show last night. The first picture is from there. We were maybe 500 feet from where they were shooting them off. It was really cool to be that close. Some of them you had to look pretty much straight up to see! Very cool!<br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LDQ9eHFu3xeFFP43drp2v1eBgHP5sfesDin5J5WjVmVFcPGVsawl1nRHo0ktcdZKJw2C-JiV75R58fq3k3iwkkLVG4CeHQAlMn82Id38EtjnuHWjTlSmOJDu0j4z3iDnqVqjAOxvDARr/s1600-h/006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355041195178833426" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LDQ9eHFu3xeFFP43drp2v1eBgHP5sfesDin5J5WjVmVFcPGVsawl1nRHo0ktcdZKJw2C-JiV75R58fq3k3iwkkLVG4CeHQAlMn82Id38EtjnuHWjTlSmOJDu0j4z3iDnqVqjAOxvDARr/s200/006.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">Stomper, the mascot</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI94iD5PK5GTpNdnDlPOijiZZUQWSQVSVkAgqlPGSElTgbv7l9RNgoJUg02r97xn1t0oc9_dEjR1zca1b8kjnuv36vVns2ymCogaMxsPUC8MgNy_H-wETrwRuiaB4mish2scFoeevpsP8D/s1600-h/011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355041193259673858" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI94iD5PK5GTpNdnDlPOijiZZUQWSQVSVkAgqlPGSElTgbv7l9RNgoJUg02r97xn1t0oc9_dEjR1zca1b8kjnuv36vVns2ymCogaMxsPUC8MgNy_H-wETrwRuiaB4mish2scFoeevpsP8D/s200/011.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p align="center">J and I (dancing after the game)</p><p align="left">And we have been diligently working on our summer reading. </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15smZffO-g6DxbDwghFLCYNSSSdGvxLUHnO00WbNiigz_P1UDPVgsEcMLCOfwOd3h5PqSdhq_rs3dowzJWHHfkzuSjNE9TzzlaUoeDaKYJ_N9MLTTrbTi4XIJoC7igs1dyemDF8a2H49/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355041208940470386" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm15smZffO-g6DxbDwghFLCYNSSSdGvxLUHnO00WbNiigz_P1UDPVgsEcMLCOfwOd3h5PqSdhq_rs3dowzJWHHfkzuSjNE9TzzlaUoeDaKYJ_N9MLTTrbTi4XIJoC7igs1dyemDF8a2H49/s200/012.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p align="left">Also have been spending some time outside, but it has been cold here lately...it was 62 on Monday at T's ball game. Today it is warmer, and we have been doing some things around the house yesterday and today. No pictures of anything quilty. I am trying really hard to get my PIF's finished up and mailed so I can't show those yet!! </p><p align="left">Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe holiday!</p>Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15870902989809812248noreply@blogger.com5