DeKalb county free fair

Wow, did we have fun!!

First stop-Walleye fish sandwiches!

Coffee from the cupbearer cafe.  We

usually have our deaf coffee chats there

but since they are on the main road (and

the ENTIRE center of Auburn is closed off)

they have a little booth so we were able to

get our favourites.  Mine is frozen caramel latte.

I got my face painted for the first time ever!

Wow, do I look old.  :(  I'm going

to do my best to get Pam to get her face

painted tonight.  Judy wouldn't!

I also got some glow cotton candy.

It's hard to see, but if you look closely

you can see it glowing.  The stick has

a button that you push to make the lights

go faster or slower in patterns.  It is 

SO COOL!!! 

Finally one of my beautiful Bri's

senior pictures.

Isn't she gorgeous?!  She favours me quite

a bit when I was younger, probably because

her dad looks a lot like me, too.

Happy Friday!

Shaker bookmark

I had two of these.  For some reason

I put on a straight tip and it worked

on the first one.  I don't know why,

because now it's cutting straight

through the plastic.  Guess what?

I can't find the original tip.  Most

people would put it in an obvious 

place, but not me.  I've looked every-

where.  So if I find it I'll make another

shaker bookmark.  If not, I guess I

will make it into a regular bookmark.

 

I gave it to my sister in law, Laurel,

because she said all of a sudden she

can't find any of her bookmarks.

Who loses all their bookmarks? LOL .

She must have a million of them .

Well, now she has a million and one and

hopefully it won't fall apart and have

sequins everywhere!  I get so mad at 

myself for dumb stuff like that.

 

I have to go to the dentist later today-

thankfully they could get me in.  I am losing

a filling and it's right up front.  After that

it's the fair!!

 

Bri and Ethan.  Aren't they adorable?!

 

My dad finally got a cat!  He's about

4 years old, I guess.  Isn't he beautiful?!

I suggested the name Harry and he

liked it.  I'm so glad he has a companion

now.  It really makes a difference when

you are alone.

 

Happy Thursday!

 

 

 

Ghosties!

I just noticed this morning that my 

neighbors put up one of those projectors

that puts pictures on the side of the

house.  It was hard to get a photo but

I think I managed to get one that shows

it pretty well.

Cool, huh?!

 

And now, debuting the card that

I messed up the other day....

 

TaDa!!

I like how it turned out!  All I have to

do is finish the inside before this

evening when they come over.  I'm

always so lazy about that because I usually

just make notecards.

 

Class Monday night was a riot.  We had

a lot of fun-but, yes, learned something.

Afterward, Pam got a text from her

daughter wanting to know if she wanted

to go to the fair and get an elephant

ear.  She invited me along, so it was the

first time I've been to the DeKalb 

county fair and my first time having

an elephant ear.  I know.  I'm deprived.

I'm still looking forward to going with Judy,

though, as I think we are going to have

a blast!  I know we are!

 

I need to practice the songs for

Sunday.  I'm doing the first three, Judy

the last two and then.....I'm going to do

the announcements.  I might even

get a little better at this someday.  That's

the goal, anyway!

 

 

HUGE boo-boo

This is what happens when you

don't plan ahead, stitch the piece

first, then decide to do a die cut on

the inside of the border.  And....

don't realize that one of the dies is

UPSIDE DOWN!!

Back to the drawing board.  This time I

will prick the holes first, die cut the

piece and THEN stitch it.  I guess my

sister-in-law's birthday card is going

to be late since her birthday is tomorrow.

Good going, Marianne!

 

Oh well.

 

Huge shout out to Aspen dental.  Somehow

a part of my partial broke yesterday.

I went in today to ask them what could be

done, when and how much (since the warranty

expired 10 days ago, naturally).  Well, they

said it was an easy and quick fix-I'll 

get it back later this afternoon, and 

would honour the warranty even 

though it hadjust expired.  Isn't that

 the greatest thing?! They made my day. 

 I told the receptionist I thought I might cry 

and she said when the woman told her the

 would do that she said, "Now, Kayla, 

don't start crying."  LOL!  

 

 Happy, happy Monday!

 

Heat wave!

Is that a title of a song?  If it isn't,

it should be.  When I came home

yesterday afternoon it was 91 degrees!

I'm not complaining but that's really

h0t!  I always make sure God knows

I'm only making an observation,

not a complaint.  I don't want Him

taking away the warm weather any

sooner than He originally planned!

Another Christmas card.  I will have them

all done in plenty of time, by the way 

things are going.  Which is a good thing.

Usually I'm racing around at the last

minute trying to finish cards.

 

I never even looked at the songs

for this week until last night.  It's a

good thing I'm not signing!  It's all you,

Judy!  She's got it, no worries!  Next

week she and I are going to the Dekalb

county free fair.  I've never been.  I guess 

they close down the entire middle of Auburn

(Indiana) for this and it's a huge deal for

Dekalb.  I've been told it's now known

as the biggest family reunion because

everyone seems to know everyone.  I

won't, of course, except for Judy, but

that's ok because we are going to have

a grand time.  I'm really looking

forward to it!

 

Happy Sunday!

 

 

 

Spiritual colour bracelets

I make bracelets and take them to the

church here in Fremont for them

to give to the kids that come to the

food pantry or Sunday School, whatever

they want to use them for.  It gives me

something to do and they seem

to love them.  I was asked to make

50 spiritual colour bracelets.  It seems 

to me they said they were having a

sale, I'm not sure.  I'm going to be

out of these colours quickly!

The only thing is that making them

 makes my arm hurt.  I need to

take it a little easier, I think.

I printed the music background on

cardstock at first, then thought it

might look better on vellum and I was

right!  I am pretty happy with how

this card came out.  I borrowed the

idea from pinterest and they even 

had the music you could download

and print.  Nice of them, huh?!

I had a very nice visit with my mom 

yesterday.  She was cleaning tables

when I got there and seemed to be

having a good time helping out.

I visited with another lady that

I know there while I was waiting

for her to finish.  Next time maybe I

will bring B'Elanna with me.  She loves

car rides and it makes Grandma

happy to visit with her.

I keep forgetting to post this.

The new Junior (Ethan) and

Senior (Bri)  I can't believe they

have grown up so quickly!  I

love them both with all my heart!

 I'd better get ready for class!  

 Happy Saturday!

Another Christmas pointsettia

Someone sent me these last year and

I liked them, but never knew what

to do with them.  It fits

nicely in the centers of the 

stitching cards .

 

It looks like they were made for

each other, doesn't it?!

 

I'm going to visit my mom this morning.

My dad told me she had a bad day

yesterday.  I'm not sure what happened

but he told me she didn't want to eat

and was upset.  Hopefully she will be

having a better day today.

 

Helping at the church yesterday was 

boring and when I go in to help

 next month I'm going to take a book! 

The people coming out said he took

like 15 pictures of them.  I guess if

they have lots of poses you might be

more inclined to buy them?  I can't

afford the pictures.  They are the same

company that came to the school and

took pictures of Cody when he was

in HS.  I took him to Walmart.  I'm

sure they are very good pictures but

I'm not a multimillionaire.  I'm

not even a plain millionaire.  Although

I think I'd be pretty good at it.

 (looks upward...hint, hint!)

I'm sure God gets a lot of amusement

out of me.  I think I must keep

Him laughing!

 

Happy Friday!

 

 

Christmas candles

I just love this image.  It's so

beautiful.

Some areas were a little challenging to cut

out, but well worth it in the end, I 

think.  I'm not sure, now that I look at

it, about the colours I chose, but all in 

all I like it.

 

I'm supposed to go help with the church

pictures this afternoon.  I was up until after

1 A.M. sick and still don't feel real great

(something I ate, I'm sure) so I'm hoping

I feel better this afternoon.  I don't

want to let them down.  

 

This is a card I've had forever and

didn't know what to do with, so I

added some embellishments and I hate it

but I'll show it anyway.

 

 

I don't know WHY I hate it, I just do.  Which

is why I will add it here rather than show

it as a post feature, LOL

 

Happy Thursday!

 

Have a beautiful day!

I ran over to Hobby Lobby yesterday

after having lunch with Dianne.  It IS

right there, seems a shame not to at least

visit...anyway, I got a new stamp.  It's

only a small one, so not much, but I also

had a 40% off coupon.  Gotta love the 

smart phones.  You don't have to worry

about forgetting your coupon!

I think next time I order some patterns

I'm going to get Christmas ones (Karen,

not a word out of you!)  It does take a

little time to stitch them and I usually send

quite a few just because I like to make the

cards.  I still have some left from the

last time I ordered, though.

I'm still trying to catch up on my sleep.  

Tomorrow I'm going to church to help

with people coming in to have their

pictures taken for the church directory.

I scheduled mine, I think, for next week.

Whatever day it is, it's a Saturday so

I can just stay after class and not make

another trip.   I'm helping again 

in October.  I'm really glad I have a car

I can depend on-that I need to get the

oil changed in soon!

Next week I'm going to the fair in

Auburn with Judy!  I've never been

there and am really looking forward

to it and spending time with you, Judy,

since we don't get that much time together!

Happy Wednesday! 

Christmas candles

I think this has got to be my 

favourite so far just because of

the image.  I think it's beautiful.  

I also figured out that if I tilt my

phone it doesn't glare.  of course 

the picture is at a weird angle, but

at least you can see it.

I really like the colours, too.

Saturday's class was....challenging.  A very

young mother (maybe 22) brought her 

3 month old baby because she "wanted

her to learn sign".  She's barely learning

how to hold her rattle.  I was annoyed because

the baby was fussing and then she 

proceeded to nurse.  In class.  Now, I'm

not against that, but this is a class, not

a nursery.  Bring the kid back when

she's 7 or 8 months old.  Better yet find

a class that teaches BABY signs, not "my 

name is".  Then she informs us that her

friend is coming next week with HER baby.

Well, I'm going to be out of town this weekend,

so I guess I don't care, but I don't think this

teaching stuff is for me.  I have no patience

for things like this.  Tomorrow Pam and

I are going to a small group Pastor is leading

on how to lead a small group.  Question

one?  How to deal with this type of situation.

Next topic, because it gets me so aggravated.

Yesterday turned out pretty good and I was

happy with how I signed.  Pam was VERY happy

which is saying a lot because she doesn't

usually give us much-if any-feedback.  I think

she thinks we might view it as criticism.  I

want the feedback.  Especially if I've signed

something wrong.  I need to know immediately

so I don't get used to signing something

incorrectly.

I've got a super busy week ahead and

Thursday I leave for my weekend at

The Great Banquet.  So I probably won't

make another post until next week.

Have a great week, everyone!

Note card initials

I got this initial pattern singly rather

than buy the entire alphabet-Who is 

going to use an 'X"?  Ok, maybe 

Xavier, or Xander...  But since I

don't know anyone that has those

names I thought it made more sense

to order just one.  This will be a

set of 6 when I am finished with it.

I was pretty pleased with how it came out.

 

I know I showed this pattern before, 

but I messed it up the first time and 

thought I hadn't redone it.  I looked at

 earlier posts but missed it. So here's 

another version of the same pattern.

 

I just can't get a good picture without

glare.  

 

Today for sure, I am going to attempt

to sign the announcements.  No communion

this morning.  There are no deaf people 

right now, so I don't have to worry about

giving out wrong information, so it's

a good place to practice and learn.  I'm

going to the early service and get a heads

up on what will be announced and practice

that and the prayer.  I'm doing 4 songs, just

not the first one because I don't think 

I've ever signed it, so Pam is going to

do it.  I think she misses signing the

songs anyway!  I feel very strongly that

this is what the Lord wants me to do so

I'm expecting Him to take my hands 

and use them for His purposes and glory.

 

Yesterday I observed, no teaching,

but I don't think this is going to

work out for me.  I'm not a teacher.

 

Happy Sunday!

 

 

Meanwhile, back in Holland...

I LOVE how this card turned

out!  I don't know if  you can 

see it well, but I made two score 

lines to the right of the stitching.

It's a little hard to see because when

I finish a stitching I use tape to secure

the entire piece.  You might see sparkles

sometimes from the flash catching the

tape underneath through the holes.

Anyway, scoring through the thick 

packing tape is a little hard.  it looks 

better in person.

We got some rain during the night and

for some reason lost power somewhere

along the line.  I didn't hear any storms,

so I'm not sure why.  It probably just

blinked which is enough to set

everything off.  When I got up at around

6 am, the stove said it was 2 am and that

didn't seem right.  It was kind of dark

but it just didn't feel like it was that

early in the morning.  That's when I

noticed the stove light flashing.  I'm 

hoping it will be rainy all day long

but I don't think it's supposed to be.

Happy Friday!!

 

Tip toe through the tulips

Dianne asked me to make a birthday

card for her sister in law.  She

was hoping for some day lilies

but all I had were tulips, etc.  So

she went for tulips.

I like how this came out but I wish

I had put the tulips closer to the design.

I had a nice visit with my mom today.

She is getting herself around in the
wheelchair now, with her feet and

using her hands.  I think she got

tired of waiting for someone to come

get her.  I see lots of the ladies doing that.

Tomorrow she and my dad are going

 to the senior center for a "picnic".

It's going to be held indoors.  Which is

a good thing considering this wonderful 

weather we're having.   It's not horrible,

but it's not warm either.  

Shout out to my friends and family in 

Florida-BE SAFE!! 

Happy Thursday!

Half done!

Since these books are very little

(3 1/4 x 4 1/2 ) They don't take

much time to make, and I'm doing

them assembly line style, so that

makes it even quicker.  I made

40 yesterday and then got tired

of it so I went back to stitching.

Isn't this a cool pattern?  Sorry I got

the gloss on the rose, I have trouble

photographing these because they

are shiny.

B'Elanna is getting all prettied up at

the groomers this morning and she

looks forward to that.  Mostly the

car ride.  She loves the car.   I'm

having lunch with Dianne after, so I'm

looking forward to that.

Classes start up next Monday so I need

to brush up on my 3rd level words.  I have 

to admit, with the exception of church,

I have been very lazy this summer and

not worked on signing much.  I'm

not a particularly self disciplined person.

I know it.  I own it.  I try to change...

So far it hasn't worked well!  :)

Happy Tuesday!

Beautiful rose

I LOVE this design!  I did it in the

shiny thread.  Not so easy to work with

but well worth the effort.  It looks better

in person.  This time I decided to

do the border and use beads, something

I've never done before.  I'm not sure

If I  like it or not.

This is what 70 mini composition books

look  like.  I cleaned out Walmart and  

pretty much cleaned out our dollar

store here in town.  Then....I realize I

am still one short!    Naturally.

 

This is what the finished version will

look like except that I redid the

labels and it will have a captial B on

the word book.  so if I don't show

up for a day or two

that's why.   They are for the

"Great Banquet" weekend.   I'm

starting to get excited, although I

think my sponsor is way more excited

than I am at this point, but she's 

already been through it.  Pam H.

also has and she said it was really

a wonderful experience.

 

I must go get blood sucked out

of me now to find out how my 

thyroid is doing.  

 

Happy  Labour day!!