Hours away from...
Later dudes!
Good Luck With That.
3 hours ago
Here's our little Roo in his brief but cute eye patch.
Some shots from around the house:
Kia adds to her potion collection every year. She displayed it in the front hallway this Halloween.
Here's the skull that has been gracing our door for the month of October and Kia just before she hit the streets with Dad for round 1 of trick or treating, then soup, then more trick or treating.
This is what I did, while they were out...
The traditional after Halloween game...Candy Store:
I'm her best customer.
I love seeing peoples homes and gardens. I love going through show homes, but would much prefer going through lived in homes. The web always finds a way to fulfill my whims. Hooked on Houses has a great Fall house tour which can be enjoyed here! It's mainly focused on Autumn and Halloween decorating ideas. Here were a few of my favorites from the above mentioned site as well as others!:
Diane Keaton's Home - YUM!
Umm, Reece can I come and live with you? You won't even know I'm there, I'll just lurk around the grounds.
I love quilts. I've done some quilt piecing in the past, mainly block work that never really amounted to anything but a random, fray edged block sitting in a box with my other abandoned sewing projects. Awhile ago jean rag quilts were all the rage, and really, the process seemed super simple even to a novice like me. When I saw some minky/cotton rag quilts on Etsy, with bright modern cottons I knew I was going to give it a try.
The original squares are 6.5 inches squared. The cotton batting inside was cut at 5 inches. The quilt is 10 squares (symbolic of her 10th birthday) x 12 squares for a total of 120 squares which translated into a total of 390 squares cut when lining is considered. Once the squares and the pattern or lack of pattern is decided the quilt comes together really quickly.
One of my favorite memories in the making of this quilt is of course the vintage block in the top corner that was from my Mom's fabric collection. The other is the memory of Russ helping me snip the seams for the ragging effect. I'll always remember him crawling around the floor in his Sunday suit as we snipped and talked. Truly making this project a family affair.
Here are some more shots from our evening:
The quilt was a huge success. Yay! Between the dog, Dad and the birthday girl, everyone was vying for a turn. The next photo should make my SIL, Amy proud of us (even though we bought ours at Michaels):
And here's the standard shot of blowing out the birthday cake candles. I had big plans of making an owl birthday cake...clearly I downsized, but this ganache covered chocolate heart cake was pretty darn yummy!
We celebrated her birthday a day early because tonight Kia and her entire grade 5 class have won tickets to the Oilers game. Tough times, eh?





To see some more photos check out Kia's blog here.
So incredibly full...and drowsy (see title)...from all that turkey and stuffing and wonderfulness that is so much work! We will be eating Turkey many many meals from now thanks to the sacrifice of the little fella that we roasted today. Much to be thankful for in this little green house in our cold blustery corner of Alberta: the first and the last being my family, Heaven blessed me big time with Russ and Kia (and even Roops). I'll eat some turkey to that!