Cucumbers with Cream Dressing

1 cup mayo (real mayo…not the other stuff)

1/4 up sugar

1/4 cup vinegar

1/4 teaspoon salt

4 cups cucumbers sliced

Blend mayo, sugar, vinegar, and salt.  Add cucumbers and toss.  Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.

Saw this on another blog yesterday and thought it was neat….so here goes

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.

A. Give my love to Abraham and the rest of the family.  (from the book The Quilter’s Daughter by Wanda Brunstetter)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch?

A. My spinning wheel.

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

A. Fox News 

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.

A. 6:00 am 

5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time?

A. 5:55 am

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

A. the fan running in the boys room and the news

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

A. yesterday…out in the garage dyeing wool 

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?

A. bloglines reading blogs 

9. What are you wearing?

A. denim jumper 

10. Did you dream last night?

A. yes I dreampt of 5 tornadoes coming straight towards me.  It was pretty eerie 

11. When did you last laugh?

A. last night 

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

A. wall in front of me, two Americana pictures and a print from the Precious Moments chapel along with two candles.  The wall to my right, a picture of George Washington’s prayer at Valley Forge with a flower swag underneat it.  The wall behind me, a quilt rack with an Americana heart on it.  The wall to my left is mostly a window with curtains on it, and one small cross stitched pictures (made by me) that states Home Is Where The Army Sends Us.

13. Seen anything weird lately?

A. Wednesday night hubby and I watched a movie called The Visitation based on a Frank Peretti book.  Shall we say hubby watched the movie and I watched the back of my hand. 

14. What do you think of this quiz?

A. different, but neat

15. What is the last film6 or video you saw?

A. already answered that

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?

A. our very own house that’s big enough for all of us (with room to spare should more decide to join us) and a new van 

17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know.

A. I am very insecure with myself 

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

A. to end world hunger (oh that sound so Miss America-ish) 

19. Do you like to dance?

A. not really

 20. Comment to George Bush:

A. Thank you. 

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

A. even though I have 5 children, I didn’t get the pleasure of naming them…so here’s what we had planned for those babies we lost

Rebekah Lynne 

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what do you call him?

A. Christian James 

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?

A. yup….seriously considering that right now

 24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gate?

A. Glory! 

25. 4 people who must also do this quiz on THEIR blog (lemme know when you’ve done it!):

1. Kiki

2. Deneen 

3. Shelly

4. Susie

Wow…this week is flying by isn’t it?  Ok it is for me.  I am not getting much done around here…or at least not getting the things done I thought I would be able to do with no kidlets home.  Guess I work better in total choas.

WEAVING PROGRES

Here’s my latest wrap in progress. 

SPINNING

I signed up for the Tour De Fleece.  Go over and check it out if you are a spinner or a wanna be spinner and challenge yourself.  But sign up soon as sign ups are almost over.

Also I had this roving for sale over at my etsy shop but it called to me to start spinning it.  I started it last night.  I see it woven into a bag of some sort in the very near future with a splash of gold and something else.

It’s  and

My kiddos are at church camp this week.  I guess it’s sort of like a vacation bible school, but they are calling it ARTS CAMP.  They are singing and dancing and acting and basically getting a program put together for Sunday.  I am enjoying some much overdue alone time.

 SOCK KNITTING

Americana socks are completed.  Just need to get a picture taken and posted.  Started on my big black socks for soldiers.

WEAVING

Started a new wrap.  It’s solid blue, solid green, and a variegated blue/green/white.

TACO DIP

1 pound ground beef

salt and pepper to taste

1 4 oz can diced green chilies

1 jar taco sauce (14 to 16 oz)

2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef in skillet and season with salt and pepper.  Drain.  Add remaining ingredients.  Heat until cheese melts, stirring occasionally.  Serve with tortilla chips.

Serves 6 to 8

Enjoy 

 Military Life

Yup…the “blues” arrived on Tuesday.  He had to try them on.  Of course, the patches aren’t sewn on, it’s not altered, and the medals aren’t attached….but he still looks great in it.

Now to get it all put together for a 2-July event.  ARGH!

 Sock Knitting

Almost done with the Americana socks, then it’s on to knitting Socks For Soldiers.  Want to know more about SFS?  It’s a great project starte by Kim Opperman.  Her son is in the Air Force and she wanted to show her support. She has a YAHOO GROUP dedicated to it.  Check it out and see if you can help knit a pair of big black socks for a deployed soldier.

Onesome: Hurry- What kind of driver are you? Always in a hurry, speeding to your destination, or going along with the flow whilst sticking to the speed limit exactly? Or are you somewhere in between? If you don’t drive, are you always in a hurry, more laid back or some where in between, personally?  Let’s see….I generally drive with 5 kids in the car and sometimes a husband as well.  I try not to be in a hurry and a laid back driver not wanting to take any extra risks. 

Twosome: up- What drives you up a wall when you are driving? If you don’t drive, just tell us your biggest pet peeve. STOOPID DRIVERS

Threesome: and wait- You rushed to get where you needed to go on time, and now you face a wait. Your date’s not ready, your table in the restaurant you booked isn’t ready, or the doctor is running behind, whatever it is, you were on time, but they aren’t. How do you react? Do you complain, sit and wait, all the while silently fuming, or just settle in and wait, accepting it as part of life? It’s perfect sock knitting time.  Hey there are times when we are waiting at a resteraunt (and let’s face it with my family size…we generally HAVE to wait) that the kids or my husband will ASK me to take out my latest sock project and start knitting.  Seems that within minutes we are seated or have our food delievered to the table.  It works for us all.

It’s  and

As promised, here’s an update.  First some pictures to share with you.  Chris is learning to weave.  On Sunday I decided to teach him to weave on my rigid heddle loom.  He picked out two of his yarn colors from his own personal “stash”.  I warped the loom for him and told him some basic things and the rest was up to him.

He decided to make his warp yarns black and his weft a variegated and black.  He is changing colors every ten rows.  If he keeps up the pace he’s on, he should be done by tomorrow.

I finished my Baby Nothings Socks. The pattern I used for the cuff used was from Tisha’s Jersey Rip Tide Pattern and my Baby Nothing’s  Colorway.  (if interested in purchasing the yarn, just drop me a note and I will let you know the specs on it)

And here are the yet to be named socks.  I am creating the pattern and hope to have it available shortly.  It works up really quickly and is cute.  I started these on Saturday after the power went out during the storm.  This is my “Americana” color way.  (again if interested in purchasing…just let me know).  As you can see I am working them toe up, two at a time on one circ.

Now for the shaving tale…which I guess in the grand scheme of things isn’t such a big deal, but here it was.  Sunday morning before church, Jimmy took our oldest into the bathroom and taught him….to shave.  He’s only 12!  But he needed it.   Yup, nearly a full moustache and the other kids (not just the ones in our house either) really started razzing him about it and he was getting really self conscience about it.  Hubby and son were in the bathroom for quite awhile.  There was some bleeding from a cut on the upper lip, but all in all, everything turned out ok.  While the trauma was still fresh on having my “baby” shaving, I realized it was time to take oldest daughter into the bathroom and teach her the fine art of shaving her legs.  So, later that same day, Cass had a lesson on leg shaving.  We the women were victorious and there were no nicks or cuts, just very smooth legs and at the end of the evening, we had two very happy children.  Truly it was the parents that were traumatized by the events of the day.

Woo hoo…after a tremendous storm on Saturday we are finally back on line today.

Bear with me while I wade through a gazillion emails.  I will be back to share the “Shaving Tales” completed Baby Nothing Socks, and the start of a new pair of socks (yet to be un-named) in one of my new color ways.

Be back later today.

Today I Feel : and  

THANK YOU

Kiki made me a whole bunch of special sheepie graphics.  Please toddle over and see her for some really cute graphics.  A very special thank you goes to her.  She has repeatedly gone out of her way to help me out with graphics and wordpress issues.  Thanks Kiki.

FINISHED PROJECT

Last week (8-June) I showed three skeins of yarn I dyed and asked you to guess what I was going to make.  There were several guesses and some had it right.  Yup, it was another wrap.  I completed it this morning, washed it, blocked it, and here it is.

and of course I had to post this shot of my oldest daughter.  I think the painful looking expression comes from her wrapping it around herself while it’s 100 degrees outside.  At least it was beezy

This will be in the mail on Monday (our post office is closed on Saturday’s) and headed up near Fort Drum.  The next one is ready to be warped and I am thinking blue, green, and a little white.  So stay tuned for it.

On The Needles

I should be finishing the Baby Nothings Socks tonight or tomorrow and will post the completed picture.  I was having a hard time deciding what to do for the cuff and came along this blog. Tisha shared her Jersey Riptide pattern with me.  She shows her pattern in two solids, but I decided to give it a try with my Baby Nothings variegated yarn.  Really like how it looks.  They won’t be a really long cuff as I didn’t start with a full skein (it was just a test skein) to begin with.  They are looking cute.   am thinking that I will do another pair using this pattern and use the solid colors sometime down the line.

Weekend Plans

Not really sure what’s on tap for this weekend.  There is a possibly trip up to the “big” city tomorrow but I don’t know if we will go or not.  Hubby was only supposed to work half a day today, but alas, is still there.  I know Sunday will be spent just lazing around the house with hubby being pampered.  No matter what you all do, I pray you are safe and have fun.

Chicken Fajitas

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into strips

1 can diced toatoes1 can diced green chilies

1 small onion, chopped

2 green bell peppers, sliced

1 package fajita seasoning

Layer ingredients in a large slow cooker.  Cook on high until juices boil.  Set heat on low for 4 hours until chicken is tender.  Serve over *rice or in totrilla shells

Serves 4

* Easy Spanish Rice

1 cup long grain rice, washed and uncooked

2 cups water

1 tbsp butter

1 cup salsa

1 tsp salt

Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan and stir.  Cover and boil.  Reduce heat once boiling starts and simmer for 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.  Stir and serve.

Enjoy!