Last Day Of This Year

The Santa wreath is down and put away,

not to be seen for another 11 months.Where did this year go? The older

I get the faster time seems to speed by.

Where's The Cat

Well I didn't see the cat, wondered if she had shot out the door when

I opened it. She is good at that if you don't watch her.Then Joe pointed out the lump in the rugs where we put

the wood at night......there was the cat.

When I said her name she peeked out.

Goldie keeps us entertained.

Here we are on the next to the last day of the year

and we let the fire burn out last night.

It is just after noon and the temperature is

up to 66 degrees. We won't be putting

any wood on the rugs tonight but I do

think we will soon as it is supposed to

drop down to below 20 degrees tomorrow night.

Turning 4

My favorite youngest grand daughter had her 4th

birthday today. It does not seem like she should be that old. Her dad is trying to get her

to wear the big hat, that she wanted no part of

when the waiter staff came to sing Happy Birthday

to her.

Here she is with her cousins, brother and sister at her party this evening. This is all my grand kids plus this years foreign exchange grand kid from Japan. I can tell by the look on my grand daughter's face (far left) that her older brother (top left) is pestering her....the look on his face tells the story. Being the older brother of two younger sisters.....we see that look on his face quite often. She is not my baby grand daughter any more but she still likes gramma to rock her and read to her. I could be such a better grandma if I did not have this Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. This disease has cheated me from being the kind of grandparent that I had planned on being but I am thankful for the happy times I am able to share with them.

Design Wall Monday

I added 16 more 3 1/2 inch blocks to the wall this week.

Ok, that is 24 down and 246 to go to get to the

270 I need, to set on point, for

this pattern that makes a finished quilt that

is 75 1/2 by 92!!It is getting easier to make the small nine patches

but they are harder to do than the 6 1/2 ones I usually

have as an ongoing project.

If any of you have the McCall's America Loves Scrap Quilts magazine ...Winter 2010/2011....this quilt I want

to do is on page 42.

It is called Nine Patch Fondant.

Foto Finish....Tis The Season

When the title was announced for the next Foto Finish and

it was, "Tis The Season".....I knew where I was going to

get my idea for this post. It goes back to when my oldest boy

was just starting his early school years.When my oldest son was in 1st grade the kids

were doing a lesson on listing the holidays.

We got a note from the teacher about his list.

I think she thought it was pretty unique.

On his list in between Halloween and Thanksgiving

was.........DEER SEASON!! The boys always

got to miss a day or two of school at the

first of deer season to join their dad and family

at deer camp. So in his little mind it was

a holiday.

This is a picture taken on my red head daughter in law's

cell phone of two of the deer shot during this years deer season.

I believe they were getting ready to process them

and put the meat in the freezer.

My family does not hunt for the sport of it, these deer

will help feed the family and at the same time

keep the grocery budget down. You know you are

a Southern Missourian when your garage turns

into a butcher shop the end of November!

Here is a link to Barbara's Blog.... Cat Patches...Foto Finish

http://catpatches.blogspot.com/2010/12/foto-finish-tis-season.html