And Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Mint coffee is out of this world. I'm just sayin'!
LoneStar
Dec 12, 2010
If you ask Emma...
...if there are any SQUIRRELS in the yard, she runs to the window to check.
And Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Mint coffee is out of this world. I'm just sayin'!
LoneStar
And Dunkin' Donuts Mocha Mint coffee is out of this world. I'm just sayin'!
LoneStar
Dec 10, 2010
An ornament finish
The weather today is in the 70's. I sincerely doubt that we will burn all the firewood DH cut, split, and stacked for this winter as winter seems slow in arriving. Last year, we had an unusually cold winter and burned a cord and a half of wood. This year, I've yet to stop wearing shorts! Although I have started wearing shoes - bummer.
I stitched and ornified this recently, and as the recipient should have received it in the mail by now, I can finally post a picture.
This is a Chrismon ornament. Chrismon stands for "Christ Monogram" and Chrismons are symbols of Christ and Christianity. The ornament above symbolizes baptism (shell) and the Trinity (three crystals) - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are typically displayed on Christmas trees at Christmas. They can be crafted from any medium, but must be done in the colors of precious metals and gems. For example, gold or silver, and diamonds or emeralds.
I stitched this one from the pattern book "Fifty-Five Christian Symbols, Unlimited" (Book Number 54) by Designing Women Unlimited. This book is OOP, but I was able to find a copy on eBay. Another Chrismon pattern book, "Christian Monograms," by Country Crafts is still available at 1-2-3 Stitch!.
If you'd like to read up on them, here is a link to a great website that explains what each symbol means. The website actually uses stitched pictures from the first pattern book mentioned above.
I was motivated to acquire the patterns and stitch a Chrismon when I helped a friend with the logistics in helping the women's group at her church stitch new Chrismons for their church Christmas tree. (The old ones met an untimely end in the unairconditioned attic of the church during hot Texas summers). The ladies ended up stitching the new ones over two on 14 count Aida in order for them to be seen well from a distance.
LoneStar
I stitched and ornified this recently, and as the recipient should have received it in the mail by now, I can finally post a picture.
This is a Chrismon ornament. Chrismon stands for "Christ Monogram" and Chrismons are symbols of Christ and Christianity. The ornament above symbolizes baptism (shell) and the Trinity (three crystals) - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. They are typically displayed on Christmas trees at Christmas. They can be crafted from any medium, but must be done in the colors of precious metals and gems. For example, gold or silver, and diamonds or emeralds.
I stitched this one from the pattern book "Fifty-Five Christian Symbols, Unlimited" (Book Number 54) by Designing Women Unlimited. This book is OOP, but I was able to find a copy on eBay. Another Chrismon pattern book, "Christian Monograms," by Country Crafts is still available at 1-2-3 Stitch!.
If you'd like to read up on them, here is a link to a great website that explains what each symbol means. The website actually uses stitched pictures from the first pattern book mentioned above.
I was motivated to acquire the patterns and stitch a Chrismon when I helped a friend with the logistics in helping the women's group at her church stitch new Chrismons for their church Christmas tree. (The old ones met an untimely end in the unairconditioned attic of the church during hot Texas summers). The ladies ended up stitching the new ones over two on 14 count Aida in order for them to be seen well from a distance.
LoneStar
Dec 9, 2010
Here she is, Gloria!
Gloria was lamenting that fact that I haven't posted any pictures of Emma lately, so here she is! It was cold one morning and she was laying on the floor in front of the wood stove giving me the stink eye - "HEY! This floor is cold!" So, being the obliging human that I am, I brought her bed over for her to lay on instead of the floor.
LoneStar
LoneStar
I35 Stitchtogether report
I had a great time at our stitchtogether last weekend. I'd missed in November due to going to the Houston Quilt Show, so I was really looking forward to getting together with all the gals.
We had nearly everyone there and had lots of great food. Lynn brought a big crockpot of homemade soup that smelled heavenly and tasted even better as many went back for seconds. I'm surprised that folks didn't wander into our stitching room because they were following their noses!
And I had to take our gorgeous quilt to show off to everyone. And I had to fend off "sneaky" attempts to appropriate it. There were lots of show-n-tell projects to see also.
We had a gift swap which was a lot of fun. Georgia and I had traveled to Austin together and we each knew what the other was bringing. However, neither of us thought to show the other the bag she had her gift in. After randomly picking bagged gifts, we ended up getting the gift the other had brought and I like to have died laughing over that. I was fine with it as I ended up with a great set of handmade quilted pot holders!
I managed to get some stitching done on my "Tribal Seahorse" and it's coming along.
As far as stitching on the home front, I've been reading a lot instead. But I need to get to stitching as I still have two Christmas ornaments I need to stitch and finish. Hey! I've got a few days left until Christmas, don't I?
We had nearly everyone there and had lots of great food. Lynn brought a big crockpot of homemade soup that smelled heavenly and tasted even better as many went back for seconds. I'm surprised that folks didn't wander into our stitching room because they were following their noses!
And I had to take our gorgeous quilt to show off to everyone. And I had to fend off "sneaky" attempts to appropriate it. There were lots of show-n-tell projects to see also.
We had a gift swap which was a lot of fun. Georgia and I had traveled to Austin together and we each knew what the other was bringing. However, neither of us thought to show the other the bag she had her gift in. After randomly picking bagged gifts, we ended up getting the gift the other had brought and I like to have died laughing over that. I was fine with it as I ended up with a great set of handmade quilted pot holders!
I managed to get some stitching done on my "Tribal Seahorse" and it's coming along.
As far as stitching on the home front, I've been reading a lot instead. But I need to get to stitching as I still have two Christmas ornaments I need to stitch and finish. Hey! I've got a few days left until Christmas, don't I?
LoneStar
Dec 6, 2010
Lumberjacking - Part Two
DH took Friday off and brought home the log splitter he rented. He then proceeded to split all the logs that he had collected a couple of weekends ago into suitable firewood.
Then he had to stack the split firewood on the log racks.
And as he was a bit zealous in collecting logs, he had lots of extra firewood which he had to stack at one end of our horse shed (no, we don't have any horses, but a prior owner of our property apparently did). I think we are good to go with firewood. ;-)
I spent Saturday in Austin at the I35 Stitchtogether - more about that tomorrow.
LoneStar
Then he had to stack the split firewood on the log racks.
And as he was a bit zealous in collecting logs, he had lots of extra firewood which he had to stack at one end of our horse shed (no, we don't have any horses, but a prior owner of our property apparently did). I think we are good to go with firewood. ;-)
LoneStar
Nov 29, 2010
How was your Turkey Day?
DH and I spent Thanksgiving in down in Rockport, Texas. We had the traditional family meal at DH's Aunt's and Uncle's house in Corpus Christi which is about 45 minutes from Rockport. Everybody was there - all of DH's cousins and their grown and nearly-grown children. One of "the kids" brought her new fiance' with her. The food was very good - Aunt Sue made a new Paula Deen casserole which was out of this world. Everyone pitched in in the kitchen which is always fun. Uncle Jerry persuaded me, the official cooker of the rolls, to keep them in the oven until they were "very nearly almost burnt" which is how he likes them. ;-)
It was too cold and rainy on Friday for DH and his dad to go fishing as is their tradition. So we played 42 (dominos) in the morning and then went out for an early supper in Corpus Christi. On the way home, FIL decided to take the scenic route down to Mustang Island along the beach, and we took the ferry across to Port Aransas and then drove home up through Aransas Pass. There was a school of fish in the water as we crossed it on the ferry and we saw several dolphins feeding - pretty cool!
I'm always interested in "coastal people." They have a love for the coast and the water. One of the ferry workers was a woman around my age with a weathered face. You could tell she loved the water and the Gulf and the wildlife. She got a big ol' grin on her face when she spotted the dolphins.
When we were driving down the beach on Mustang Island, the surf was very rough and there were lots of folks getting out of their cars with wetsuits on and carrying boogie boards with plans to hit the waves as the sun was just coming out from the clouds. There were lots of folks camping on the beach or just sitting in beach chairs watching the surf. They looked pretty funny all bundled up in coats!
We got back home on Saturday evening and we ended up having our first fire of the season in our wood stove as it was in the 30's that night. Sunday, we spent most of the afternoon watching football until our backsides became as one with the couch. Today, it's business as usual.
LoneStar
It was too cold and rainy on Friday for DH and his dad to go fishing as is their tradition. So we played 42 (dominos) in the morning and then went out for an early supper in Corpus Christi. On the way home, FIL decided to take the scenic route down to Mustang Island along the beach, and we took the ferry across to Port Aransas and then drove home up through Aransas Pass. There was a school of fish in the water as we crossed it on the ferry and we saw several dolphins feeding - pretty cool!
I'm always interested in "coastal people." They have a love for the coast and the water. One of the ferry workers was a woman around my age with a weathered face. You could tell she loved the water and the Gulf and the wildlife. She got a big ol' grin on her face when she spotted the dolphins.
When we were driving down the beach on Mustang Island, the surf was very rough and there were lots of folks getting out of their cars with wetsuits on and carrying boogie boards with plans to hit the waves as the sun was just coming out from the clouds. There were lots of folks camping on the beach or just sitting in beach chairs watching the surf. They looked pretty funny all bundled up in coats!
We got back home on Saturday evening and we ended up having our first fire of the season in our wood stove as it was in the 30's that night. Sunday, we spent most of the afternoon watching football until our backsides became as one with the couch. Today, it's business as usual.
LoneStar
Nov 22, 2010
A lumberjack weekend
I fully intended to post several times this past weekend, but I was too busy.
DH took Friday off from work and spent the whole weekend getting our winter wood supply for the wood stove mostly in order. We have several downed trees on our property, so DH spent all of Friday and a great deal of of Saturday cutting logs and branches to the proper size and using the tractor to transport them to our wood rack area.
We currently have one half-cord wood rack with two more on order. Last year we burned through a cord and a half of wood so we figure we need three racks. And last year, every time we ran low on wood, DH had to go out and cut it and I stacked it on the log rack. This ended up taking more time than DH wanted. So this year, he figured on cutting all of the wood in one weekend. As a lot of the logs are very large and our wood stove uses smaller logs, he planned to rent a log splitter.
Apparently, as the weather was forecast to be very balmy and nice all weekend, every other logging man in our county had the same idea. DH could not find a log splitter as every place he called had them all rented out. So he reserved a log splitter for the first weekend in December and will do all the splitting then with me stacking. And we'll hope it doesn't rain that weekend.
I got all the logs that did not need splitting stacked onto the one rack we have. DH also trimmed some trees and I stacked that green wood on our seasoning rack as it must dry for about a year before we can burn it. You can burn green wood but it creates a lot of creosote and it is a pain to clean it out of the chimney pipe.
As far as stitching goes, I haven't touched a needle in a week. Poop.
The Cowboys won their game and the Aggies and Texas Tech also won this weekend so all is right in the football world.
LoneStar
DH took Friday off from work and spent the whole weekend getting our winter wood supply for the wood stove mostly in order. We have several downed trees on our property, so DH spent all of Friday and a great deal of of Saturday cutting logs and branches to the proper size and using the tractor to transport them to our wood rack area.
We currently have one half-cord wood rack with two more on order. Last year we burned through a cord and a half of wood so we figure we need three racks. And last year, every time we ran low on wood, DH had to go out and cut it and I stacked it on the log rack. This ended up taking more time than DH wanted. So this year, he figured on cutting all of the wood in one weekend. As a lot of the logs are very large and our wood stove uses smaller logs, he planned to rent a log splitter.
Apparently, as the weather was forecast to be very balmy and nice all weekend, every other logging man in our county had the same idea. DH could not find a log splitter as every place he called had them all rented out. So he reserved a log splitter for the first weekend in December and will do all the splitting then with me stacking. And we'll hope it doesn't rain that weekend.
I got all the logs that did not need splitting stacked onto the one rack we have. DH also trimmed some trees and I stacked that green wood on our seasoning rack as it must dry for about a year before we can burn it. You can burn green wood but it creates a lot of creosote and it is a pain to clean it out of the chimney pipe.
As far as stitching goes, I haven't touched a needle in a week. Poop.
The Cowboys won their game and the Aggies and Texas Tech also won this weekend so all is right in the football world.
LoneStar
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