January 30

OH my gosh! January is almost finished. I guess it has been a productive month. Books read this month are: Land of Mango Sunsets and Fault Lines by Dorothea Benton Frank, Shanghai Girls by Lisa Lee, and Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas. Movies we have seen: Leap Year, The Book of Eli, The Lovely Bones, Extraordinary Measures and Edge of Darkness.

I finished the binding on a couple of quilts: The Texas Quilt and Dulcinea. And I made a tropical fish coin purses for gifts. They were a bit more difficult since I wanted to use Batiks instead of ultra suede. But I love the way they turned out.

January 6, 2010

I had a good day sewing in the studio today. The two receiving blankets (pale yellow plisse and rosebud flannel) were made previously. But I made the cute little flannel shows and hooded towel today. So my gift is all ready for the shower Saturday.

I know I have seen these little cloth shoes before but this is my first pair to make. They are so easy, I know I will make up some more to have ready for future gifts.

I always have a stash of flannel and plisse receiving blankets at the ready.

Welcome 2010!

We have now crossed over to begin our journey through a new year. This picture of the #1 man in my life, David, was taken Christmas Eve after services in Arizona. We left Ruston on December 22 before sun up and had a great day driving and listening to books on tape. We spent the night in El Paso, TX heading out before dawn the next morning. We had the most enjoyable trip driving through light snow in Demming, New Mexico to get there. It was fun watching the change in scenery from state to state. Making great time we arrived in Anthem, Arizona before 3 pm December 23.

First order of busines was taking my girls for manicures while we let Poppy relax in front of the TV for a while. Once back from having our nails done, we all headed to one of our favorite restaurants, Abuelos for the best mexican food anywhere!


Finally got the Voss family to sit down long enough for a picture: dog, Bridgette held by Caitie sitting in her dad, David's lap, my daughter, Aimee, dog Jack held by granddaughter, Alex. The girls opened their gifts from us and are already wearing their new pjs. We spent Thursday, Christmas Eve, making pies and gumbo. The girls love making pie crust for fresh peach pie, chocolate pie and Pineapple Chess pie. We all went to early vigil Mass before coming home to enjoy the delicious ChickenSausage Gumbo. We spent Christmas day seeing the Chipmunk movie and hiking. That evening we played games until time to get some rest before the long journey back to Ruston.

Jordon, Lori and Chris in front of the Christmas tree in Ruston. We had a great Sunday Christmas celebration with them before leaving for the AZ trip. Chicken Okra Gumbo and Chocolate Pie! Ballgames and table games. And we all got to watch the Survivor finale together! What a day!