I Made A Big Mistake Today !!

Yes, I did!!! I went into Pottery Barn ! Of Course ... That was a huge mistake.. I always try to stay out of there. Today I was killing time, waiting on the time for my doctor's appointment. I ended up going into Pottery Barn. First thing to catch my eyes !!! These pillows !!

I had to nearly sit down when I seen the price for just the pillow cover... $49.00 - Just the cover.. The pillow insert is another $16.00 for the down pillow form or $39.00 for the Feather pillow form.. Finally Cost - $65.00 to $88.00 a pillow.

You want to know what I did... I left there went to my doctor's appointment. Finished there and went to Joann's Fabric.. They had different textures and sizes of Linen fabric on sale at 50% off. I got a yard of 3 different linen colors and sizes. Price $ 2.99 a yard. Guess what I am going to do? You guessed right!! I am going to find some transfers on the computer and print them on to transfer paper and put those suckers on the linen and make me 3 pillows just like these.... Well not just like these. But they will be almost like. I figured may cost me about 12.00 a pillow with pillow insert. Wish me luck !!!

Oh by the way... Pottery Barn's January Catalog is right along my lines of decorating !!! I love everything in it!! They have a round coffee table that is almost just like the one my mom has had since the sixties... Cost $599.99 for their table... Mom's $0.00 if no one in the family is using it... Now that is another story... lol My family of Aunts pass around furniture like recipes.. If you can't remember where you misplaced that dinette... Try one of the Aunts... or that end table.. call an Aunt. The end table in my sun room was my Aunt Judy's.. It was sitting on her carport.. I have it now... The sewing machine cabinet was Aunt Debbi's.. It ended up at Aunt Judy's and then out onto her carport... I have it now... I just need to go by Aunt Judy's every so often and see what is on her carport. Do a slow Drive By....

I have not done much stitching .. Rather, none at all. Daughter and grands have been here staying all week. Something has died in their wall or floor. They had The exterminator out to check it out.. He said it was not a mouse.. maybe a squirrel, raccoon, or cat . He was not allowed to do anything to find it because he could be libel for any damage.. DUH.... Where is Billy The Exterminator when we need him !!! It is bad smelly down at their house.. Poppa thought he would help by putting some Spearmint Deodorizer underneath the house and along the framing.. Well now it smells highly of Spearmint Rotting Death. lol Well.. no babies of mine are going to stay in that smell. Son in law came in off the train tonight... He cooked some wings in Bar-B-Q sauce and Raeanne says it nows smells more like Rotted Spearmint Bar-B-Q Wings... Hope no one is trying to eat while they are reading this... This has been my week so far. Sorry to type ya'lls ears off. I have been confined to the house till today... One more look at these beautiful Pillows:

Snow Garden - Progress

I thought I had stitched more than this, Oh Well.... I am stitching the Whole Caboodle on 35 count Natural Linen. I am using the called for floss, unless I see that some colors with disappear into the fabric. I will change them if they are to close the the same color as the fabric. This week I have done nothing. Same old same old... Washing dishes, sweeping floors, and washing clothes. Does it ever change? Not in all my years. Weatherman saying it is going to warm up this weekend. I sure hope so. I have never been this cold since I grew up living in a home with a floor furnace. I explained to hubby last night.. I think I will pay that 300.00 power bill just to be able to stay warm. lol Hopefully, he is going to seal up all the duct work this weekend. ( I type this while I am smiling)

I did receive some stash in the mail.

BBD - Valentine Rose , WTN&T - Oh Tannenbaum and WTN&T - Needles & Pins Heart Pinkeep. I am expecting some more coming in..

If anyone else is doing the Anniversaries Of The Heart, could you tell me which chart has the bonus pattern that is between Feb & March? I have only purchased Jan & Feb. so far. I need to finish my Monthly ornament. I am still stitching on it.

Hope everyone is having a great January !!! Till Later....

Survived The Ice Storm !!

I am still iced over in central Bama... That is, my front porch is still covered in ICE... We were hit Sunday night and Monday with 1" of ICE. More rain mixed with snow Tuesday which froze over Tuesday night. I finally got to venture off the Homestead yesterday afternoon for a post office run. We still have ice on the bridges and overpasses. Snow fell from the sky today or should I say blew around with the wind. At one time the sun was shinning and the snow was blowing... Was pretty to see. This has been the only snow we seen in my area. I can say I have seen ICE fall from the sky a lot... Tired of ICE...

I did get a good bit of stitching on Snow Garden by Blackbird Designs. I am loving this little square. What a great time to stitch, the Snow Clouds where spitting ice down on us and I was stitching away on Snow Garden !!! I did survive the ice storm by eating my weight in these:

If you love the Girl Scout Cookies - Samoas !! You will love these. I think they are better. Those little elves in that tree sure know how to make Cookies !!! I am addicted. I will now have to limit myself to 1 pack a week. ( sounds like a cigarette habit) I have to limit myself to 2 cookies upon opening of the package. If you happen to see any chocolate smears on the cross stitch.. I was chewing while stitching.

I will get a picture posted tomorrow of the cross stitch... Not the empty package of cookies... Till Tomorrow....

Winter Storm For Alabama !!!

I am sitting here listening to the sleet. I have been out gathering food for 2 days.. Our stores all ran out of bread, milk, chips and cookies!! I finally had to go back out this morning to get the junk food items.. Can you believe I had a hard time finding Pop Tarts !!! Yes... Pop Tarts. I had to get a gallon of milk at Walgreens, but hey.. It was cheaper there, then at Wal-Mart. I am going to start shopping around for cheaper prices. Walgreens even had my Honey Nut Cheerios for 1.99. Same size box at Wal-mart is 2.97. I guess it pays to shop around and save. Never thought about till I couldn't get all my items from Wal-Mart. I don't eat the meat from Wal-mart. A co-worker had a boyfriend that work in the meat dept. She told me the Beef comes from overseas. They get it frozen and process it into THEIR packages. NO Beef From The Wal-Mart for me.. Anyway back to the storm...

Weathermen are calling for Snow and then ice... WE had a bad Ice Storm back in 1982. January 12th. We were without power for 4 to 5 days.. I hope that will not happen again. To all my northern friends, it is headed toward ya'll !! Take cover and batten the hatches.

Hopefully I will get some stitching in on BBD Snow Garden. I can't stitch out in the sun room. It is too Cold with all those windows and no sun... lol I am calling it the Cold Room. My stitching is ready for me to pick it up.. My TV Tray is equipped with drink, remote, chap stick, laptop and stitching. I am ready!!

We are also ready if the power goes out. Generator is sitting with a full tank of gas and at least four 5-gallon jugs of gas. Checked on the grand babies, they are excited about snow. They are across the street from us, so we are close by with another generator and gas for them. Hubby has it in the back of the truck so he will be able to back up to back of their house and they will have heat too. Rebel is laying in front of our heater. She has her little sweater only. She is not wanting to go outside to use the potty.... I have put out the Pee Pads for her in our bathroom.. Hubby said he don't blame her for not wanting to go out to do her business.. He tried to get her to go outside and she looked at him like he was crazy!! He was standing outside in the sleet and she was just looking outside at him saying.... which one of us is the dummy? lol

Maybe I will have pictures of the snow or ice tomorrow.. Till Later....

Sun Room Pictures

This is my corner of the room. Stitching chair.. Picked up the cute colonial table from my Aunt Judy yesterday. It right now is holding my cross stitch project BBD Snow Garden . I started it last night. My new start for 2011. Those are the kid's toys in the hamper. Josh's tool box and Zoe's pirate's ship w/ her people... I wanted a lot of room for them to play.

This is the other corner. I covered the old futon mattress with a comforter cover my Aunt Judy made and passed on to me. She can sew beautiful curtains, spreads, pillows, and just everything... She also made all the pillows on the futon. Rooster Lamp was a past on from Aunt Debbi. I sure am lucky to have Aunts with great taste !! lol Pay no attention to the mess outside that door in the picture. That is this weekend's project... Clean the porches off and fix the central heat.

This is my lonely wall... Doctor's Office Chair.. lol Don't laugh.. Their furniture is made great!! That's why dr office's still have furniture from the 80's ! lol It never wears out. I walked in here the other night and hubby was sitting straight up in the chair. I said, " What are you doing?".. He said.. "Waiting to see the doctor!!!" I couldn't help but laugh at him.. He still makes me laugh after 30 years...

Like I said earlier I started stitching Blackbird Designs Snow Garden. I am stitching it on Natural colored 35 count linen. I will try and post picture tomorrow. Sun is not shinning today for a good picture. Till Tomorrow....

Where Is A Maid When I need One !!

I have been busy trying to put up Christmas decorations and cleaning the house.Thanks for stopping in and reading my blog. I will have some pictures tomorrow of the finished sun room. It is coming in real handy. We are having problems with our central unit ducts. Some have rusted out and we didn't know till this past weekend. We discovered we are heating all under the trailer.. Not to mention an Out Of This World power bill. Now we know why the neighbor's 7 dogs were staying under our home... LOL

I will unload some pictures tomorrow of things going on around here. I will also have a giveaway when I reach 100 followers!! So stay tuned... Till tomorrow....

Happy New Years !!!

HAPPY SOUTHERN NEW YEAR'S