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Monday, November 02, 2009

Back from a much needed vacation!

Steve and I went to Phoenix for a week. We enjoyed some wonderfully warm weather except for 2 days that required jeans and a jacket! Best of all, it was a lot of R&R!!!

We took advantage of a couple of wineries...

Spent the day in Sedona...gorgeous! It also included a stop at a quilt store!!!

We also found a few brewpubs and had some new beers! Always fun!!!

We took in Taliesman...Frank Lloyd Wright's home/school and then some. If you are ever in Phoenix I would highly recommend taking in this tour!!!

There were also some very GORGEOUS and STUNNING sunsets!!!

Now...today...it was back to reality! Laundry, groceries, Target, and back to exercising!!! But...life is good!!!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Vacation

Heading home tomorrow from a week long vacation in Phoenix. We had a super quiet, relaxing time here! My own bed will feel good tomorrow!

Thursday, October 01, 2009

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

It's breast cancer awareness month. If you don't do monthly self exams...please do. If you have discovered a lump and ignored it...PLEASE DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you self checks!
Get your annual mammogram!
Don't ignore warning signs!!!

I am almost an 11 year survivor and am thankful for every day I am alive! Take care of yourselves ladies and gentlemen! (yes, men can get BC)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Quilting room pics

Here are pics of my quilting room! This is stuff hanging over my doors. Gotta utilize all the wall space for decor since most of my wall space is taken up with my design wall.

I just got my design wall up and running today!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!

This is my pressing area and my sewing machine!

This is my cutting area under the window. It's great to have something to watch while cutting something out!

It's small, but it'll work!!!

Monday, September 21, 2009

FINALLY...something quilty!

This weekend, my daughter Sarah is a bridesmaid in her best friend's wedding. Molly will marry Matt and so I had to make a quilt. Can you guess what Molly's favorite color is??? YEP...you guessed it, GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!

I sure hope she and Matt like it! Here's a close-up of the fabs. It's all quilted and the binding is on. I just have to do the hand stitching!

It sure felt good to quilt a bit!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Martha Stewart look out...

OK...so I got a bee up my "you know what" to make homemade spaghetti sauce cuz I am B*O*R*E*D...I went to the farmer's market this morning and got fresh tomatoes, carrots, and onions along with parsley and oregano. This is a totally MN grown spaghetti sauce! Here are the goods...with a few tomatoes to spare...First I had to core the tomatoes and then skin them by dunking them in a pot of boiling water and wait for the skin to split...

Then douse them in an ice water bath...

once they were cooled off the skin magically peeled off...I was totally impressed that this worked...Google is a good thing!!!

Here are the tomatoes in all of their "nakedness"...LOL

after prepping the spices, onions, and carrots (yep, there are carrots in here...see ingredients above)...it is still simmering down to spaghetti sauce consistency.

I have tasted it and it's AMAZING...a bit spicy cuz there's crushed red pepper in there as well...but I think this recipe is a winner. I'm not sure how much it's gonna cost me...the tomatoes were about $8 and carrots were about .50...spices about $1 or so...when I see how much I get out of it I'll have a better idea of the cost...but it doesn't matter cuz it's way better than store bought!!!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Condo pics...

OK...we're not completely settled but here ya go...I hung a quilt up in the entry way...my future quilt gallery is finally started! WOOHOO!!!

This will be the sitting room...right now it's the "where should we put it" room! LOL

Here's the master bath...beyond the wallon the left is the shower...the toilet is to the right of the towels...and the tub is behind the door on the right! You can see one of the double sinks to the left!