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Christmas Morning

2009-01-06T20:05:00.000-08:00

My favorite Christmas picture

found in my house

2008-12-06T20:08:00.001-08:00

This picture was taken AFTER about half a can of roach spray had been emptied on it, so it is shrunk up from when it was alive. It was a lot bigger! (shudder)

Hope has a new roof

2008-12-06T20:06:00.001-08:00

Oranges galore!

2008-12-06T19:07:00.000-08:00

Hope has a nice big orange tree

We've been making lots of fresh squeezed orange juice

I've been watching too much Top Chef

2008-12-04T19:29:00.001-08:00

Florida snow!

2008-11-30T20:41:00.001-08:00

snowflakes!

2008-11-22T17:27:00.000-08:00

I've been making these for ornaments.

They are small, but cute.

Halloween

2008-11-16T13:23:00.000-08:00

Here is Missa:

Let's see if pictures work

2008-11-09T17:30:00.000-08:00

crocheted hat for Missa

crocheted blanket as thank you gift for Marina's bf's mother. She stored Marina's things over the summer and also invited us to stay at her house when we drove Marina back up when school started.

baby blanket for baby one of Marina's highschool classmates had this summer.

doily I made for Alisa

She was happy with it.

I don't think I've posted since 2006

2008-11-09T16:48:00.000-08:00

But have decided to take the lead of my sisters and start to blog. I just need to figure out how to post pics.

my blog

2006-11-26T18:18:00.000-08:00

my blog

Taking a cue from Jean's prolific posting this month, I'll attempt to update more often. A year between posts is too long, I guess. I need to reput in my pics from before, as for some reason they are no longer showing up. I think when one of the girls (either Marina or Ariana) put categories in my photobucket account it messed up the links, so it should be easy to fix.

I love the pics everyone posts of the scenery, etc. I'll have to post some of beautiful Florida.

on to other things

2005-10-08T06:26:00.000-07:00

Now that the MD stash game is over, and I'll start posting other things here.

To start, Missa lost her two bottom teeth!

This pic only shows the first, but the second came out the next night.

Marisa is in Kindergarten, and doing well even though we get the numbers listed on her report for needing to not talk and needing to listen to directions fairly frequently. Never had those issues with the older girls, they were always quiet in school. She's starting soccor, and girl scouts. And I'm going to start taking her to the rollar rink since she went once for a b'day party and realized she likes to skate.

Here's Marina, and how she saved a pair of pants that got a bleach splash when she was carrying a container of pool bleach from the store. (The lid wasn't on right, so the store reimbursed us for a new pair of pants, so she actually came out way ahead).

and the back

Marina is in 11th grade, doing well as always and taking advanced classes and also pre-calculus on the internet. She is also taking bass guitar lessons and has a little band with a couple of her friends. They are still in the composing music stage, though they sound really good in my opinion. She is working hard on deciding what college to go to and what to major in.

Here's Ariana (with Marina) at her graduation

She is at Univ Central Florida in Orlando. She just declared a major of anthropology and a minor of Spanish. She is working at the library there, and is in the band playing snare. Seems to be doing well and enjoying her first year college experience.

Here's Alisa

Alisa is at home this semester taking college classes online. She plans to transfer to a University in Naples in the spring. She has been being a big help around the house while she is here.

I'm working full-time day shift still at the local community hospital on the medical floor. Free time I do whatever I'm needing to do for the girls, play on the internet, and occasionally sew.

Alberto (wearing a t-shirt I made him)

He and Alisa just got back from a week visit to Mexico. Everything is going well there.

Only other news is this house is swarming with felines. Stray Alisa brought home had babies.

Another shorts set for Missa

2005-06-14T03:39:00.000-07:00

short sets for Missa

Missa short set and headband

2005-06-07T19:18:00.000-07:00

10 points for fabric.

4 points for elastic (if I can count elastic twice as it is in shorts and headband)

= 14 points

log of points

2005-06-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

AW quilt squares - 8 points

Dress for Missa - 14 points (material and elastic)

matchy skirts me and Missa - 36 points (material and elastic)

short set for Missa - 14 points (material and elastic)

second short set for Missa - 14 points (material and elastic)

= 85 points total for sewing projects

material bought - 12 yards = minus 96 points

grand total to present is negative 10 points

mama/daughter skirts

2005-06-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

Mine:

Missa's:

approximately 4 yards total - 32 points plus 4 points for elastic (counting elastic twice, once for each skirt)

first blog post

2005-05-17T04:13:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to set up a blog to show sewing I've done. Hope I can figure it out, LOL.

Well, this dang thing didn't let me make another post, but did let me edit this one.

So, so far all I've done is my quilt squares for the AW swap (mailed, btw) and a dress for Missa. Hmm, maybe a yard for the squares and a yard and a half for the dress. Not lots of points there, but oh well. 16 points plus 2 for elastic for dress.

I'm still working on my skirt. Been a bit busy to get much sewing done. Hopefully things will calm down around here soon.

And sure, Cherie, it'd be fine for you to link. But nothing too exciting is going to be happening, I fear.