Sad Day in Boston….

Rex Trailer  passed away today at his home in Florida.

Here’s a story (one of many locally) from the Cape Cod Times

Rex and his sidekick, Sgt. Billy:

My best friend’s brother, a year older than us, was on Boom Town once. I think they made him the “Wanted Poster” boy that day. It was a fun (corny as all heck) show.

Best Laid Plans…

Spike TV decided to air a complete Star Wars marathon beginning at 9:00 am. I’m not  huge fan, I did see the first Star Wars way back when, and never saw any of the 3 prequels. I caught the end of prequel #1, and about 1/3 of #2, before I couldn’t keep track of rebels, clones, Siths, Jedis, who was a good guy and who was bad. So I switched to Science TV, which is airing a Fringe marathon starting with season 1. I know who’s good and bad on Fringe.

Chicken has had to go out about 8 times. It’s no wonder I get nothing done- or at least I can use that excuse. I did get to Joann’s for some stuff with my 25% off my total order. 6 more days of this nonsense, and I’ll be done…..

Turkey Hangover….

or 3 glasses of wine is 1-1/2 too many!

“My Fair Lady” is on right now on TCM. I didn’t realize that all these familiar songs came from this movie. The last time I watched any of this, I had to have been a teenager or younger. I love the set of the Professor’s home- so richly detailed. According to IMDb, Audrey Hepburn’s singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, except for “Just You Wait (Henry Higgins)”.

I was busy today- some work to finish – but I think tomorrow I’ll start on the Christmas decorations. I’m not a big shopper, so I’d just as soon stay away from the malls. Bob’s son stopped by on his way home from work this afternoon. I loaded him down with leftovers. He’s such a good guy- it was good to see him.

Almost Forgot…

to post tonight! We (me and the animals) all survived the Nor’Easter. Which reminds me: did I miss something regarding Hurricane Sandy? Why is it being referred to as “Superstorm Sandy”? My thoughts are with all of you in NY & NJ and elsewhaere affected by the storms.

I still have my yard to clean up, it’s supposed to be nice this weekend so hopefully I can make a dent in it.

Fringe is on- time to go!

I'm not losing my mind completely...

I DID write a post about a movie Ellen Page from Juno was making, called "Stitch & Bitch"!
Here's the link back to my old post: Is Our Hobby Making The Big Time?

Did this movie ever get finished? Any one know...?

Just Try Not to Smile…

 

at the end of this story! From ABC-News:

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/humpback-whale-saved-tangled-net-14195095

Give away Alert!

I just came across a new blog, I Meant To Do That! on Peggy Lee’s Kentucky Sampler blog. It seems another Peggy is having a floss give-away! She has some wonderful photos of her stitching, as well as her Mom’s stitching. Please head over to check it out.

I’ve been in a stitch-y, blog-y rut lately. I just can’t seem to get in gear to pick up a needle or write a post. Maybe I don’t feel compelled to write because I haven’t been stitching?

It’s my turn for snacks at S & B tomorrow night. I made this:

It’s Almond Poppy Seed Bread from My Best Bites. It’s supposed to be baked in 2 loaf pans, but I only have one, so I baked it in my tube pan. I made it this way in a test run a couple of weeks ago, and it was very good- like a pound cake. I thought it was even tastier after a couple of days, so I made it last night.

American Idol starts again tonight. I haven’t been a regular viewer in the past few years; I was finding the cattle call rounds too painful to watch. They know certain people have no talent whatsoever, why be so mean as to put them on national television for public humiliation? The last season that held my attention was the David Cook year, and even then, I was late to the party- I only watched the contest portion. (Did I mention my huge crush on David Cook?) Anyway, the Steven Tyler/Jennifer Lopez thing sounds intriguing. I read an opinion yesterday that Steven is being a combo of Simon and Paula: honest but kind, which makes me want to watch. I best get supper cooked and the dishes washed!

NOT Wonderful Wednesday Wrecipe…

Not much cooking going on around here; I just can’t get in the mood what with Thanksgiving coming up next week, plus having an unexpected barn-sitting weekend.

“Bless me father, for I have sinned: I had this for supper”

TV ALERT!!!!!

The Pioneer Woman is on “Throwdown with Bobby Flay” at 9:00 pm (EST). I already have my TV on now so I won’t forget. “Unwrapped” is boring.

Needless to say, I’m definitely Team Ree.

For my dinner, I’m probably repeating this menu. Here’s the direct link to my Slow Cooker Stuffing recipe. I can’t decide what to make for dessert. Everything I would love isn’t either traditional enough (i.e. NOT apple pie), or no one else (i.e. Miss Em) likes. And if I’m dirtying every free kin’ dish and pot and pan I own to make this dinner and clean up afterwards, dessert is kind of my reward, you know what I  mean???!!! I would love this, for instance, but I suspect more than my fair share would end up on my ever-expanding ass. Maybe a Guinness Chocolate cake?

Is our hobby making the big time?

Ellen Page, the Oscar nominated actress from Juno, has signed with HBO to write & produce a comedy called “Stitch ‘N Bitch”. See story here and here and here. Seems kind of vague at the moment.

Hmmm. I’m sorry, but haven’t WE been using that concept for our weekly group stitches for years? Could it be a copyright infringement???  Except for the “painfully cool hipsters” part. I don’t think too many of us fit that category.

I’ll be LOST….

My favorite TV show is ending tonight. On one hand, i can’t wait to see what happens, on the other, I don’t want it to be over. I guess it’s kind of like Christmas for kids.

So I stitched today:

I love the orange! The moon was supposed to be the inky-green color (same as the tree) but i changed it to orange because I’m adding other highlights in orange as I go.

The little black square with 2 orange spots is supposed to be a spider body & his eyes.

This chart makes me very happy to stitch! I’m this close to yanking Gingerbread Cottage out of my bag to put this one in, and putting Gingerbread Cottage with those dratted Blackbird stockings!

Well, I have to take Chickie for a walk before I settle in for an uninterrupted 4-1/2 hours of TV!

PS:

If you scroll down the page, in the right sidebar is a categorized list of my recipes, for your convenience.

Creepy…

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

A NEW Record....

4 posts in a day!!!!!
I corrected the link to the Noel chart in the previous post. My cut/paste action was faulty. So sorry! How about a correction to the correction to the correction......I've been watching too much LOST and its conundrums...

Many Thanks…

for all the diabetes advice; I don’t know why I’m so worried about Adam. Sometimes I need a Gibbs-slap up the backside of my head. I’m sure I’m way more worried about him than he is about himself. I’ll be sure to pass on your advice, and feel free to nag him along with me!

They spent last night in Woodbridge, VA with my brother & his family. I hope his two kids aren’t scarred for life! My brother is way too nice: he made them a hearty breakfast, and gave them the latest weather forecast before they set out, and offered them some lunch to take on the road! If they don’t stop, they should be back tonight.

Wyndham Needle works is having their annual Winter Sale. I bought these:

“Medallions” by Rosewood Manor and “Pigalle” by Long Dog Samplers. I’m pretty sure I’m going to swap out the colors for both projects…whenever I get to them! I also bought the 2 ”Mint Frost” Silk ‘N Color flosses for CaHRH. Several bloggers are working on this one, and it’s making me itchy to start. Here’s one. I KNOW I’ve come across more, but do you think i could find them now? Nope.

***Edit***found another link to CaHRH from my "low activity blog folder"

Dishes to wash, “24” to watch, mom to call….

Get LOST!

Don't forget- it starts again tonight at 8:00 pm EST. The first hour is a re-cap episode, then the fianl season begins! Yay!

An Infrequent Tuesday Post

Didn't ride tonight; I was going to walk the Axester, but she had cut herself on the upper edge of her hoof, at the coronet band, which is like the quick on a fingernail. Instead of getting it all dirty in the indoor, I opted to let her chill out in her stall. I raked the track in the indoor then I came home and covered my firewood pile from the monsoons predicted for tomorrow, then started this post.

I worked a little on PS Xmas eve yesterday:

Best laid plans and all: I was going to stitch some more at lunch again today, except we had a new copier delivered to the office just before lunch, and my boss was hanging around. totally blew my lunch break.

I tried one of those hot-set jewels on a scrap of Aida:

It actually bonded surprisingly well. I'm very impressed with the idea; the heat tool crapped out after about 5 jewels though. I tried 2 additional sets of batteries and it wouldn't get warm anymore at all. I exchanged it for a different brand this afternoon that's a plug-in model with different tips. I have just ONE more jewel to attach to one of the wedding Snugglis, then those are finished. I'll try to get photos tomorrow (if I remember the camera!)

My gawd- this has turned into a real post! Time for some TV.

Not That There's Anything Wrong With That...

 

Mon 74° | 59°

Tue 79° | 61°

Wed 76° | 61°

Thu 76° | 61°

Weather for the next 4 days according to my Google thingy. Basically a repeat of last week and the week before.

So I traipse between the raindrops this morning from my car to the office carrying my coffee mug, thermos, stitching bag, tote bag, pocketbook and shopping bag with TP & tissues for the office. No hands free for an umbrella.  The usual baggage I carry every day except for the shopping bag. I don't own a proper rain jacket for summer- I find them too hot & sweaty.

And it occurred to me:

"The Urban Sombrero"! Perfect solution! Do they really make these? Anyone know.........................?

Let Me out!

So I barn-sat Saturday night- Jodi's daughter got married. I also had to watch Jodi's 3 dogs, plus her daughter's 2-year-old chocolate lab. I think Bruschi (the lab) needs some Ritalin.

On Sunday morning, after I put chicken legs & meatballs into 2 different crockpots in Jodi's kitchen, and cleaned stalls, I dropped my cell into the toilet, luckily BEFORE I had used it. So I was unable to receive Jodi's call that her BIL & wife were on their way, Jodi's daughter having asked her parents to host a post-wedding cookout on Sunday.  I was able to go home when Jodi & her husband arrived about 10:00 AM, about 45 minutes after the BIL, who wasn't too keen on 3 huge and 1 little dog jumping all over their car. I called Bob to tell him I was calling from my house phone and the sad accident with my cell.

HE arrived about 30 minutes later and spent the afternoon. I reinserted my phone battery & viola! It worked! I took it apart again to let it completely dry. After he left, I fiddled on the computer (jig saw puzzle!) for a couple of hours, then loaded up laundry for the laundromat (trying to conserve well water). On the way out the door, I considered taking my phone, but didn't want to stop & put it together again, telling myself that Bob would have called if he was having trouble, and he knew to call my house phone if my cell wasn't working.

I got back around 6:10, and my house phone rang. It was Bob, who confessed that it had been so long that he had called my house (we've been using cell phones for the past 6 years- free calls), he had to call information for the number, AND try to remember my street name when he couldn't get thru on my cell.

His truck had overheated on his way home about 15 minutes away, and couldn't reach me or his son, so he walked the mile or so back to a gas station for water, then back to his car again. Mind you, he's got one foot in a cast and an oxygen tank. You'd think someone would have stopped.

So I feel like shit because I didn't have my call on or with me. But why he couldn't just look at his phone for my earlier call is beyond me. I told him I was calling from my house phone because my cell didn't work. Well, actually it isn't beyond me: it just goes to prove that men DON'T listen when we girls talk.

And that's the summation of my weekend.

The Closer resumes tonight- yay for original content TV!

Look at These!

Strawberry cream filled, lime buttercream frosted, vanilla cupcakes (from scratch!):

There's 18 of them!

And Garden Grew:

I've gotten to the right side of the chart, but haven't completed Page 5. Best of plans, yada, yada, yada.

Second to last LOST on tonight.

TTFN

Bad Blogger

and typer too!

I worked on Garden Grew last night & hopefully tonight. I'll take a photo tomorrow. (Gotta space out these infrequent posts a bit!)

Axe is getting better; I'm just trotting her for now & building up our work out time. I can't tell if it's a rub/burn on her heel above her hoof or scratches (which is really a fungus-y thing). It's not scabbing over; it's dry before I ride, and then feels oozy when i'm done so I clean it up each night. Which doesn't allow a good hard scab to form. Dilemmas.

And another thing: "24" or "Closer"?

I can't watch both nor do i have taping abilities (my first HUGE disappointment with Verizon).

It's Growing...

Garden Grew:

Still on page 3; this one's taking a bit longer than the other two pages, I don't know why.

Can't remember what's on TV tonight (nor my pronouns).