Sunday, August 2, 2009

Busy last few days


Whew!! I have been so busy lately. had a great get to know you with new DIL Hiwot. She got to meet most of the family members and some of the neighbors! After she had left to be in her new home, I started to get back to the sorting and etc of the sewing area.
Next I went to Berlin to take a friend Sue J to her sewing machine class. well we stopped to get some peaches. We were sitting outside the Chestnut Ridge Sewing Store and a gentleman in a car parked next to us said have you been to Carlisle we said no he says they have the best peaches . showed us one and it was yummy to say the least. He said they are soo good like the kind that runs down your chin while you are eating it. We we decided we needed to go and get some . Drove to Carlisle after her class and the palce was closed for the day. so on our way out of Berlin we stopped at the Troyers Mkt and bought a couple bags. The type are called Contenders Peaches !!These are so yummy and sweet and perfect for pies and etc. I made 2 batches of jam and 2 peach cobblers. Gave one of them to my daughter Michelle.Ours is all gone we have eaten it. So i drove back down to Berlin the next day and bought some more of the yummy peaches. I am going to make a peach pie and freeze it for later on. Plus will make another batch of jam and maybe just eat some cause they taste soooooo good.
Tomorrow I am driving to get a storage snap lock containers for sewing things from the Jo Ann store. I will then fix the peaches and continue the sorting and washing of fabric to put away,one day soon it will be all done and I can mess it up.
Now I will show you the new sofa we bought for the Tv room and the jars of Jam I made from the peaches!













Thursday, July 23, 2009

Hiwot's arrival

Hiwot when we first saw her.

Me with new DIL Hiwot at the airport

granddaughter Allyson with new aunt Hiwot
Dad and Hiwot with robe for Dad from her and this is me in my new clothes from Hiwot
Daughter in her clothes


Robert with Hiwot my other son plus another one of Michelle and Hiwot.
She is so fun and will be great for Jeff.

























Hiwot and shopping today

DIL on her first night at our home in her native clothes

she also brought some for Dad, me, son and daughter.


the new luggage she needed to buy after Germany


Our sign for her at the airport.



Loot from shopping today



more bags She got lots of pretty clothes and shoes and food





Tuesday, July 14, 2009

wah wah wah

Well son Jeff just called us this morning to say his wife Hiwot is going to be flown in to him in Seattle. Then when they ship him out of the country for his job he will then send her to us. I am just wanting her to get to the states, She needed to get some sort of travel visa to go through other countries.. Just one hoop after another it seems for her and him.







Now on to the last evening . My granddaughter is with me for another week, She and I went to my local guild picnic last night . I was on the committee to get it together.It was a very good time for us all. She is a beginner sewer and I had brought home a quilt for Linus. One of the other members had cut out several kits and asked if anyone would want to sew and make a quilt. I volunteered Ally to sew one. hehe Well she took the top in for show and tell and she got raves on her work and etc. this week she will machine quilt it in the ditch and return it to the guild next month.This will be her second quilt

















Saturday, June 27, 2009


Well the last couple days I have been doing a little bit of embroidery. Have not done any of that for years!! The pattern came from Winterberry designs. She has a BOM for the stitcheries. This is the first one I have done and will start on number 2 tomorrow. Here is a picture of the number 1 block. Just so you all know I am way behind they are on number 7 soon LOL