It is Friday!

Not that much has been happening.

So...I went through my pictures to see what was there.

I have a bunch of miss matched pictures to post.

Karen bought me some more thread one day! I was able to finish the calendar quilt.

It has been so windy though. I can't get a decent picture of it. I did manage to get one picture of it that wasn't all blurry.

Last Christmas we did white elephant gifts.

My sisters and I look for stuff we

don't use

don't need

don't like

and wrap them up real pretty to give away....

We played some dice game.

If you rolled some number you got to pick out of the pile.

Jane ended up with this snowman quilt.

I had a fake wreath outside...it was starting to fall apart.

I just took it all apart, but didn't throw it away.

Cornelious found some fake leaves blowing around this spring.

I didn't throw them out either.

I had some other fake flowers in a box in the garage.

I ended up sticking them in this pot.

It is all fake stuff put together. Looks more like fall.

But I kinda like it.

And it won't die from heat and lack of watering.

Karen's finished quilt and her little dog too....

I stopped by Karen's house to see her finished quilt.

Even the binding is done.

Sewn down by hand.....

The backing is this super cute numbers fabric.

I am debating....

should I buy some for future use???

I know a math teacher.....

I will keep thinking about it.

I moved in closer to get this shot.

All washed and wrinkled.

Then who do I spy.....

Look, it is Charlie, he is hanging around the bottom of the quilt.

What a sweet little dog.

He has a big day ahead...

he is going to the groomer.

One bath and haircut are on the agenda.

I always say in a high pitched voice,

"hellooo baabiee"
He seems to like that...he always come running over.

...and then I pet him and he is my best friend.

He must be part model....he sat so nice and still for these pictures.
When I talked to Karen later...
after she arrived home....she said he looked more like a pug dog now.
I bet he smelled really good too.

full circle skirts unleashed...

Last night was the the musical....
Alas! Allack! Zorro's Back!
Amanda's character was described in the program as,
"fiery, but her heart is chiseled from ice"

oh my
she played the part well!

The whole cast did a fantastic job!!

Afterwards the cast came out for pictures.
I heard some of the girls say,
"lets do it!"
"1 -2- 3---"
...they did a little hop up and then sat down, allowing their skirts to flair out around them.
so cool!

Easter hamballs.....

Last week I was asked a lot....
"What are you doing for Easter?"
I would say going over to the in-laws for my absolute favorite thing....


HAM BALLS!!

...and so often the next question was....

"what are they???"

They are just the most delicious thing in the world.

Ham Balls

1 lb. ground beef, 1 lb. ground pork, 1 lb. ground ham (I use my food processor)
3 eggs, beaten
2 cups crushed graham crackers
2 cups milk
(I also add some onion that is pulverized in the food processor when I am doing the ham)

Combine and mix well. Use a 1/3 cup to measure 25 meatballs.
(I usually get about 30 meatballs and split them between two 9x13 cake pans. And will freeze one of the pans after I have poured on the sauce)

The sauce...
1 can tomato soup
1 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup vinegar
2 tsp. dry mustard

Bake at 350* for 1 hour

yummy

almost but not quite finished.....

When I was pulling out the old picture of us...I was also reorganizing things.
I found all these blocks for a calendar quilt. The book is from 1997. I had made a bunch of them for my sister Jane. We put them into a valance for her sunroom/breezeway. I haven't been paying any attention to that room...so I wonder if they are still there??? Anyway...I was able to sew the entire quilt top over the weekend. I fell in love with it all over again. While machine quilting it....
I ran out of the thread I was using!!
Dang.
I was so close...only about 4 more inches at the top needed to be sewn.
So this poor little project is on hold for the time being.
There are plenty of other little things to work on instead.

picture of a picture...

My sister Jane has a friend who is having a "book party"

She sent out links to the catalog and....

we find what we want to order.

It is words mostly, that are cut out and ready to apply to your wall. I saw the words "happiness is a journey" applied to a picture.

* ......light bulb going on in my head!

I have a 20 x30 inch poster of us in Canyon de Chelly. This hasn't seen the light of day in over 10 years. The picture itself is over 20 years.

The frame is busted. We were so young and skinny....sigh....

I told tractor joe we needed a new frame.

"That would be a perfect job for my dad!"

Now I need to go outside and gather up old barn siding that is nice a weathered and bring it to my father-in-law and hopefully he will want to put a frame together!!

the start of something....

I was doing my normal blog hopping the other day and came upon Lazy Gal's latest post about making cats....unruley cats....
Hey, I have enough cats to use as models, including Pearl here.
She was laying on my chest and kneading my neck...in other words she was bugging me.
http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com/2010/03/here-kitty-kitty.html
(I tried shortening it and ended up deleting poor Pearl...so the link is the long version)
So one of the first things I did this morning was draw out some kitties....

Now that I am done with all those ruffles...I can play some more on other stuff. The skirt was a hit with Amanda. The first dress rehersal was yesterday and it looked great on the stage. She was swirling and playing it up. I didn't have any camera with so I will get some shots later. Except I still have a lot of binding to work on....maybe it is a binding day.