Sunday, January 29, 2012

muscovies. other random pics

spunky, just had to get his pic here today.
Here is an updated pic of Cricket, the resident bully....she can`t get along with Trixie anymore.....such a bully.



Now on to the muscovies, the above is Elizabeth and Tip, who by the way was a solid yellow as a duckling.





Can you beleive these two came out of the same hatch....aflac and unique( unique is my hubbys)





just plain Lavender here.




Zoe, with Boss in the background




aflac, tip , boss and uniques head, you now he just had to get into the picture.


Mascara is front, then Zoe, Tip, Aflac,Lavender and Boss in background


That`s Sparkles in the front , then of course Unique and Mascara and Lavender or is it Zoe, those two look so much alike, with a few of the chickens that free-range on a daily basis.
The oldest just stated that her dog , Cricket is not a bully, she just thinks she is the top dog around here..lol

I have been enjoying the this weekend , with the nice weather, got to go do more girl scout cookie sales....yay...the youngest has sold....247 boxes of cookies this year...she was going for 300 boxes to get the prize of a duffle bag, I so wish she would have made, I think she did pretty good, considering last year she sold about 25 boxes. She has a game Tuesday, its an away game and , then no more games until next week . She will be playing a rough team Tuesday, so everyone wish her team luck.Well, goodnight for now and everyone have a good evening and God Bless You!
















Thursday, January 26, 2012

what to do on a rainy day...

What to do on a rainy old day....quilting in one option, and is what I have doing little of these past few days in the ozarks. the above picture in of the center block of the quilt I am working on, only five pieces on it so far. This center block is called Lo, the winter is past...I truly wish winter would past, but then again I wouldn`t be able to work on my quilting.
The above picture is of the block ...longing to hear from you,Alot of ribbon embroidery on this block and same painting as well on the cats.
It was alot of work doing all the flowers on this block.


One of the log cabin blocks for this quilt.

The simple part of this quilt.



This block is called Spring Serende, oh the joy of hearing the birds sing!
This is April`s block, the sky with lightning streaks in it, Oh how I hate the storms, they will soon be here again, I so love the warm weather, but not the storms.







another log cabin









Mustang Morning is this block`s name ( March). The manes and tails of the horse`s are yarn all frissed out, the pattern called for ribbon , but I thought the yarn would look better...what you think?

No ball games were played this week for my youngest ( fourth grader). So maybe she can get caught up on some sleep and don`t catch the flu that has been going around, so far this house has been lucky enough not to catch it. The youngest did feel alittle tired at last home game , but she did good at the game. Next week, only one game and it is an away game.
Another good thing to do on a rainy day...read, in which I need to do, I am on the last book of the twilght series, I so need to read it, but I think I would rather quilt. Everyone have a blessed day!









Saturday, January 21, 2012

Here is a quilt...

I thought I might show my quilt that I am or rather have been working on, for over a year now. It is from the 2003 Times and squares calender from Piecemakers. I got it long time ago during one of the few quilt shop hops , my mom and I have gone on. The block above is January, in which this is about the third one I have made ( block for January.) I really like this one.



Here is the same block with the borders around it, a border of red and then a border of black. the pattern calls for plaid fabric around it, but I am doing mine alittle different



This is Febuary`s block, Chick inn.The barn is suppose to have stars on it , but I decided against it. Each block depicts barns and few animals .Alot of embroidery is done on these, I tacked down each piece on each block, then embroidery ( ribbon), So , I have done alot of work on this quilt.

In between each block is a log cabin block, this is my first log cabin. It will be between the January and Febuary block, depicting dogs and chickens in this log cabin. I have done blocks up to July, and now looking for some fabric I want on August. I will try and get the other blocks on here, that I have done. I got this pattern at the quilt shop in branson, Quilts and more quilts- I so love that store---lots of fabric.





Wednesday, January 18, 2012

First home game

Last night my youngest had her first home game, I am truly sorry no pic( camera `s batteries went dead). It was a rough game, which ending in being tied 14-14, she did her best and was alittle upset this morning that no one passed to her and considering she was open most of the time.
We stayed and watched the 5/6 grader girls team and we won that game, even though it went into overtime because of another tie. My youngest stated this morning that other team was playing street basketball, they kept fouling and our team was getting blamed for the foul, cause by the other team.
The boys 5/6 grade won as well.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

rollercoaster....weekly ramblings......

I have been really enjoying the roller coaster weather we in the ozarks have been having...nice one day , then brrrrrr the next. I have enjoyed taking my daily walk on the nice warm days, at least I tried and have a walk every day, sometimes it doesn`t happen. I have decided to redo my raised garden beds this year, at least some of them. So , I have been pulling brush down to the roots along the fence of my garden area, hoping maybe they won`t come back up. The crazy heeler waits on the other side of the fence waiting for me to throw something , so he can go after it....lol , even small rocks. He has even played in the water , during some the walks, brrrrr

The youngest daughter was disappointed Thursday, the first home game was cancelled, she soo wanted to play, even though it was against fifth graders. The game was cancelled due to weather, school wasn`t though for the youngest, but for the oldest daughter it was cancelled. The schools are about 15-20 minutes apart.
We have two home games this coming week, I hope she does good on both those games.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

photo Wednesday

I have made a couple of these in this color.

The rest of this posting is just for your
enjoyment.





















Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Wood Stove

Long time ago when my dad was alive, he got this flyer for a wood stove, which is imported from poland. The stove was made of Real Wood and Guaranteed to burn for 4 hours. The flyer even listed the sale price of 48.95...in which I think is pretty cheap.
Here is an list of all costs from this stove.

Stove pipe and installation............................................450.00
Chain saw.....................................................................149.95
gas and maintence of saw.............................................44.95
Four-wheel drive pick-up ( stripped)............................8,450.00
pick-up maintenance....................................................438.00
replace rear window of pick-up( twice).........................310.00
fine for cutting unmarked tree in state forest................500.00
14 cases of Michelob....................................................126.00
littering fine................................................................50.00
tow charge from creek.................................................50.00
doctor fee for removing splinter from eye....................45.00
saftey glasses..............................................................29.50
emergency room treatment ( dropped log on foot).........125.00
safety shoes...................................................................49.95
new living room carpet..................................................800.00
paint wall and ceiling
( forgot damper & smoked ceiling)................................110.00
log splitter.....................................................................150.00
15-acre wooded lot.........................................................3,000.00
taxes on wooded lot......................................................310.00
replace coffee table
( chopped up & burnt while drunk).............................75.00
Divorce settlement.................................................33,000.00

Total first year cost.............................................54,869.32
savings in conventional fuel first year.....................72.37
Net cost for first year...........................................54,797.25


But wait till next year!








I thought everyone might enjoy this, and I hope I didn`t offend anybody with this joke.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Really....

First let me say, that I am not a football fan, I only watch the Superbowl for the commercials. The country is remarking how good the bronc are doing, and wonder why they are doing so well.....Hint they is a player that praying to God during or while the game is in progress. Don`t people realize that with God- ANYTHING is possible. They call it T-boing, I hope I spelled that correctly. Com`on people , he is praying and what is so shocking to everyone, haven`t they seen anybody prayer before.
Hasn`t anybody seen facing the movie Facing the Giants----that movie. Where a football team on the low end of things took to state because the coach and the whole team had God on their side.
Maybe if the whole team went to praying , maybe they might make it to the superbowl.....I think they will make it to the superbowl.
I am not saying to worship football either...just remember who is in charge here....GOD
I think I will end on that note, Everyone have a blessed day!

Saturday, January 7, 2012

first game pics

First , we need to practice of lay-ups, before game starts.


Get that ball!



Coach is telling the children on what to do! Such a good coach.






We are ready!







Get that ball!



Yahoo we did win the game, but found out later that the other team hadn`t even had any pratice to speak up. My youngest did go for a couple of baskets, but missed , I am so proud of her for getting out their and trying , of course the rest of the team as well.








Thursday, January 5, 2012

Basketball season begins....other things

Tonight is the first basketball game for the third and fourth graders at school. My youngest first game in playing basketball.She is a fourth grader this year. She is so excited, couldn`t hardly go to sleep last night.

I hope we don`t have any injuries or anything like that, maybe I am just a worry wart with her. She seems to have more energy then last year, so I know that is a good thing.
Tonight`s game will be an away game, my husband will have to work , so he won`t get to see her play. Hopefully he will get see her play at least once. I will post later if her team wins later.

Then Saturday starts the annual Girl Scout cookie sells time, yummy Girl Scout cookies!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

garden finds.....


I just thought this was a pretty picture looking out back, that I took last year.
What do you figure I find in my garden spot? Long time ago, their was a house that burned on the property.

Glass, farm implements, old toys





more glass, pieces of old broken plates






don`t ask , I really don`t know, found it









New dish soap on the market, yes that`s right dish soap








Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Bags need to be stronger....

I went into town today and got a few groceries and got out to the car and was taking bags out of the cart and into the car and......then one of the plastic bags bottom broke with cans and a glass jar of raspberry sryup, that I was gonna use for a recipe,.....needless to say the syrup jar broke and had to go back into store and they did replace it , in which I am glad of. Sometimes, I wish they would go back to the old paper bags to put your groceries in, I know plastic is probably cheaper, but most generally the paper bags didn`t break and dump the contents all over the ground.
But I guess the paper bags are becoming extinct, as well as old time grocery stores, at least the kind that has an old time feel to them.

Monday, January 2, 2012

ughhhhhh......bandit



No one tells you, their is more then just plug the camera into the tower of the computer and the camera is installed on the computer.....I have to find the cd that came with the camera......, in which has been a few years we got the camera.

Today`s post was gonna have pictures of Bandit, the crazy fearless heeler , who saves me from all sorts of things, such as skunks, in which he
always winds up getting sprayed in the mouth ...ooohhhhhhh ( in which he has done a couple of times), or chase a rabbit, or chase a roadrunner. Or if their is a big bird, in the air ( crow, helicoptor flying low) will chase in on the ground, even a tree, you they do from time to time jump out and grab you, lol That was what the pictures were of ...bandit attacking threes along our daily walk, Maybe after I find the cd-rom to put the camera on here, the pictures will show up on here sometime.