Homeschooling Josh and Jeremy was a tresure... their personalities are enough like mine that we found learning by doing... we were forever going to museums, plays, taking classes, exploring the backyard and other parks.... they both loved travel and sought out adventures......

...but now its just Christopher at home.... and he is a soft spoken, structured kiddo...who loves home.. ahtes a car ride over 15 minutes long , and doesn't believe in anything fluff...

..I can't blame a need for deschooling on his personality... he has never spent a day in a public school classroom...the structure and methodical approach to schooling is something he has honed out all his own....

This summer he did basketball conditioning M-Th from 7 a.m. to 8:30.. we got up at 5:00 a.m. to get there...

He volunteered at a Y teaching basketball skills to youngsters from 9-1 M,W&Th..... and Thursday he took swim lessons from his basketball coach

He went to the lake on Sunday a.m. and all the rest of the time he ate, slept and played a gazillion games of Monopoly and Scrabble with the neighbor kids...so... hard to make much exciting out of all that.. all good stuff... just the same stuff....

So, for all you who have gently reminded me that I haven't posted our game plan... here goes...

Christopher researched NCAA requirements as to the courses he needs to be able to play college ball.. so here is what he came up with for the fall..

advanced Algebra with dad

American History

My hubby is teaching an online writing course this fall.. students recieve assignments via email and submitt papers for grading through WORD....Christopher will be taking that classfor any interested it is a 4 month class at 15.00 a month....we still have 6 slots open and are taking names for the Jan-May class...

He decided to read the Lord of the Rings books and the Hobbit...

Biology will be taken with a biology professor at the university on Tuesday mornings from 8:30 - 10:30.... then its basketball Tuesday and Thursdays...

One of the fun things we are doing ( OK I think its fun) is studying the countries in Africa ... crafts, music, cooking, economy....

So.. there you have it!  Our ( his) game plan for first semester....

We are going to try a Latin class out too but that is iffy at this point.. I'm not sure of the quality of the class..a couple of weeks should give him a feel....

I had an awesome post written..... the aliens must have eaten it...at least that is what the spinach steamer antenna looks like to me!

anyhow...  Happy Birthday MIL.....no celebration today....she has out of towners... but lunch on Tuesday ( mor time for me to finish the gift)...

Only 8 more days til the wedding of the century... the mother/son dance has been picked out... and yes, Jeremy and I will be rockin""Love Letters in the Sand" by Pat Boone...the song my folks danced to at their~ahem~"wedding" ( read elopement)... yep... note left on my mom's bed as she and daddy high tailed it off to Winchester Va.....Daddy was from a coal camp, a diamond in the rough... MOm was more...um...a pinkie raiser....anyhow... the highschool drop out became VP of the Follett Corp and acquired his Masters Degree...not bad for coming out of the coal camps eh? He passed away in 2001 of liver cancer....Not a day goes by when I don't miss him.....

I finished my Grams wrap yesterday...I'll have to get the keeper of the digital to take a pick... it turned out very well..a nice lavender cotton....

.....Well as you know, we are great popsicle eaters around here( most DH)...and since he came homesick the other day he stopped and stocked up...

......but he deviated....Rainbow pops... with banana, sour apple, bubble gum, and strawberry....except he doesn't like them....especiallyt he sour apple.....and I'm scottish enough to not have the heart to throw away a box of 24 pops... so they sit in t he freezer....probably one of the ings my kids will ahve to throw out when I die " I wonder why mom kept these disturbing looking popsicles in the back of the freezer????"

...AND... while my 'puter was down, my friend Perri became a grandmother

http://lottakids1961.blogspot.com/          

 Sophie is just beautiful... I crocheted her the sweetest little blankie and hat(s)...but because I love Perri, Andi & Sophie ... and trust me, for no other reason.... I had to buy this:..... Christopher asked if I would keep it in the car.... not to even let it in the house~ sigh~....Anyhow....

Not much to do today.... no one has tastebuds yet except me....so nothing fancy out of the kitchen..

I hope you all have a fine day.....

all day long!

So... this is how I moved around most of yesterday...like a sloth... even with the AC cranked and a supply of the End of the Road popsicles.. it was still hot... i hung clothes on the line at 7:00 a.m., thinking that with 100 degree temps they would be dry in no time...

Ha!  The humidity was so high they were still damp by 3:00...

I searched high and low for our old popsicle molds... humpf~ I passed them on to my neice ..so... small Dixie cups and craft sticks.... we tried about four different batches  found here:

http://www.mormonchic.com/recipe/recipebox/pages/summer_treats.asp

...and because there was no way I was mopping a floor with the thermometer at 84 degrees in the house... I treated Christopher to Jamie's old Snoopy sno-cone machine.... bought at a yard sale for a nickel when Jamie was maybe 1 used a grand total of ... hmm... after yesterday... 3 times ......Christopher was less then impressed....

The game of choice has switched from Monopoly to Yahtzee...Chris won't play Monopoly with us cause it takes to long.. but he WILL play Yahtzee...actually is a bit more fast paced.....

In between kicking hiney in Yahtzee ( I got 2 in a row BTW)... I have been contemplating... and drooling over these scrap rugs...

http://littlebirds.typepad.com/little_birds/.... Scroll down a post or so and you can see  her creation...click on amanda's link too.. eye treats!!!!!  I am a sucker for scrap rugs... just can't seem to totally wrap my head around the fabrics yet...

So....I finished up scrubbies and coasters and a bit of this and that for the wedding shower of the century which is tomorrow...so far a colander with several small pressies and a run up to Henderson to pick up a place setting of every day pattern for them...I love the pattern they picked out....I am a great fan of fiesta ware...AND Homer Laughlin I have always loved this pitcher...the first came out int he 30's I guess???

Last nights dinner was on the grill... Mediterranean chicken bundles with green peppers, onion , garlic, carrots and celery.. served over couscous.....and iced tea.... with lots of ice.....

Left over couscous will make this salad for lunch:

mediterranean couscous salad Recipe #12684

Which will be great since I have to do the shopping thing....I hate shopping alone....

It will be another scorcher.... nothing on the hook at this point..... might take to the sewing machine for awhile.........

Stay cool... and have a fine day... all day long!

what a week... busted plumbing... lightening hit the modem...migraines... broken braces wires.. holes in shoes...heat...cat sitting...there is quit a list so I refuse to go on with it...

July 25th is the day I make dh any type of cookie he wants... it is a celebration day for us... and despite the fact I was up to my eyeballs with dirty dishes from the plumbing being busted, I made peanut butter cookies for  him.... years ago my friend sarena bought an amish cookie cookbook for me... this has to be the best recipe I have ever made.. be prepared to gain about 5 lbs.

1cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup butter

1 cup shortening ( I actually use 2 cups Butter Flavored shortening for the butter and shortening)

1 cup peanut butter

2 eggs

1t soda

1/2 t salt

1t vanilla

3 cups flour

Cream sugars and shortening...add peanut butter and mix well.  Add eggs and mix well....add soda, slat & vanilla... Gradually add flour...Roll into balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.. flatten balls with a floured fork bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes..

I finished the Mermaid's Chair Tuesday also...I have a love hate relationship with that book.... I couldn't put it down yet as I was reading it left raw spots....I suppose that is the mark of a great writer....I have been just a little melancoly the last couple of days thinking about parts of it...

On an upbeat note, there really is a Mermaid's chair.. although it is NOT in SC...

Something very Celtic of course... hmmm... must have one....

Wed. morning started off hot and hazy... Christopher and I left out at 5:30 and the first thing we noticed outside were bats.... Probably about 30 or more...little brown ones... yes, we ahd to take a moment and toss up rocks to watch them dive...In the car Christopher mentioned making bat houses for the back side of the property... the mosquitos are thick back there.. Capital idea son! Let's try and get dad on board to help...

I found some plans here:

http://www.dccl.org/information/houses/bat_house_plans.htm

More here:

http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp

I walked the trail at Falls Dam and popped into a thrift shop.... thrift shopping has amde me rather angry... gone are the days in our area where you can pick up that little bargin.. the collectors are in there at 9:00 snatching up the good stuff... and who ever heard of a table at the goodwill selling for 900.00????? I did run across a sun tea jar...I use to make sun tea back in the 80's with an old pickle jar...the outcome wasn't as grand as I remembered... Here is the recipe I found

Put 4 to 6 tea bags into a clean 2 quart glass container. Fill with water and cap. Place outside where the sunlight can strike the container for about 3 to 5 hours. Move the container if necessary to keep it in the sun. When the tea has reached its desired strength, remove from sun and put it in the refrigerator. You may or may not want to remove the tea bags at this point. I usually don't.

The tea will probably taste more mellow than what you are used to from using boiling water. The slow seeping has a way of bringing out a slightly different flavor from the tea. Also, because you didn't use boiling water, you should refrigerate the tea and drink it up pretty quickly - a day or two. It will not keep as well as iced tea made from boiling water.

What's on the hook??? A grocrey bag holder

A very very special shout out to Grove Hill youth group for preforming at our chapel service at Hibernia yesterday!

The gospel / bluegrass music had our toes tapping and it just blessed my being down to my soul!  Come back any time!

Yesterday was so gloomy... we felt sure no one would show up and we were ready to pack it in... rain had poured the night before  and campers were leaving the area like rats from a sinking ship.... but at 3 minutes of 10:00...about 20 folks from a family showed up on bikes and settled in..... so we unpacked and began service... and right in the middle of the first song... up the road came 20 bedraggled angels toting instruments and voices that would take first place in heavens choir.. We were serenaded with "When we all get to Heaven.... Just a Little Talk with Jesus..and a couple other medlys....Mountain top!!! The rain started  right towards the end and up came the umbrellas and when the final prayer was said... off trooped our choir back tot he campsite

Lunch was egg and sausage biscuits... I'll confess...I can't make a decent biscuit from scratch... my mom takes her two hands and throws in shortening...milk.. flour and salt and comes up with a melt in your mouther...

I come up with something crisp and hard enough to use as a frisbee.

I use Bisquick myself... cutting out the biscuits nice and thick..BUT...if you feel like you have the magic touch..here is my mom's recipe:

Easiest Buttermilk Biscuits

2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 pound (one stick) cold butter
1 cup plus one tablespoon buttermilk

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Oil a baking sheet.
1. Measure the flour by scooping some into a bowl and then spooning the flour into the measuring cup.  (If you measure packed flour, you will have too much.)
2. Add the baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt and stir these ingredients into the flour.  Slice the cold butter into the flour mixture.  Use a pastry knife or two kitchen knives to cut the butter into the flour mixture.  Work the butter into the flour mixture until you have a coarse, grainy mixture.  (See picture.)
3. Make a well in the middle of the flour and pour the buttermilk into the flour mixture.  Stir until just moistened.  The dough should be of a consistency like drop cookie dough or just a bit stiffer.  If it is not moist enough, add another tablespoon of buttermilk. 
4. Spoon the dough into twelve rounded mounds on the baking sheet leaving room for expansion. 
5. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the biscuits just begin to brown.  Remove the biscuits from the baking sheet and place them on a wire rack to cool.  So........

not much done outside with the rain off and on... but I did get alot read in Mermaid's chair...not really any craft work done...

This morning was back to the old grind..up at 5:00 to take Christopher into Raleigh.... I was doing fine untilt he little gas pump came on the dash telling me my car needed a drink..I drive a gas sipper.. but even a Corolla can't work miracles when YOU HAVE LEFT YOU PURSE 40 MILES BACK AT THE HOUSE..~sheesh~  falshback to college days paying for 3.00 of gas with pennies, dimes and nickels... and yeah... that got me far ( not)... I remembered I had a quarter roll in the trunk and said a mini prayer of thanks and cashed in the roll for paper and gave the car enough gas to get home and get a Big Gulp for each of us!It meant Christopher was reduced to eating Aunt Clara's coffe cake on the way home... I personally love the stuff but Christopher is a real carnivore...it held him off  until he got home and popped the 40 pizza rolls in the oven....

While he was volunteering I buzzed on over to DMIL's house for a cup of hot tea and 2 pieces of Aunt Clara's coffee cake...I found out the our cousin Claire ( age 15 ) in ohio, had used the family recipe and won 4th place at the fair.....I am sharing the recipe because the last time we talked to Aunt Clara.... she said it wasn't her original... she had never actually made the coffee cake... and the recipe had been given to her by a nice Hispanic lady~ ahh... and since Linnie and the Great Mamos had them published in their church cookbooks... I now share.. "Aunt Clara's, actually some nice Hispanic ladies coffee cake":

Mix:

2 1/2c flour      1tsp nutmeg

3/4c white sugar   1tsp salt

1c brown sugar      3/4 c salad oil

Take out 3/4 cup o the mixture and add 1t cinnamon and a 1/2cup nuts ( ours never has nuts since MIL HATES nuts in things... we are a deprived branch of the family)

To rest of the mixture add:

1 cup sour milk ( old trick of 1cup milk and 1T lemon juice)

1tsp soda

1 egg

Mix and pour into a greased and floured 9X13 pan sprinkle top with other mixture and place in a preheated 350 degree oven or 35-40 minutes....

Best stuff you will ever eat!!!!

Now... I leave you on this hot day with a little something from Kas's blog... your very own color blind test.... I failed ( Yeah!)....not a spec of color blindness here.... Go give it a try:

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~aaron/creative/colorTest.htm      AND........Have a fine day.... all day long!

....but I can't ... dog days sometimes just run on the mundane and not the exciting....

Today we helped Jeremy move furniture into the home he and Heather will share for their first year of marriage... Heather's dad, Mike helped and we got it all done by 2:00 which included Jeremy ordering pizza and us having a bit of lunch...

They are moving to Garner

10 minutes from Jamie... 15 minutes from Heather's folks... and a whooping hour and a half from us....Humpf~

The days have been so hot and humid lately  I have barely been able to do anything .....lots of chef salads and grilled cheese for dinner.  While Christopher is volunteering I hit the thrift stores  to keep cool...this weeks finds,I love tin wear, reminds me of my Great Grams kitchen when I was a little girl.  She would always serve us lemonade  and sugar wafer cookies ( the pink and gold kind)on a tin tray like this and the metal cups would just bead with sweat on hot PA days.They owned a beautiful farm in Greene Co near Waynesburg and spent the summers there. They always wintered at my great  great Grams house in the town of Waynesburg...I never really thought much of it until I got older... the farm and main house are only about 15 miles apart.... but the older they got the convience of running water and indoor toliets became a comfort int he winter.  My great  great Grams died in 1975 at the age  of 100....sharp as a tack to the very end and she attributed it to drinking lots of water and working crossword puzzles...My Grams still follows that routine at 88....guess I'll start doing the daily crossword

http://www.quizland.com/cotd.htm                                 Freebies too! ....................................................

Doing my bit for the war effort... Josh is away for Guard duty for two weeks and so the grand cats are here....lovely... they have been living under my bed since yesterday hissing randomly every 30 minutes or so....

On the hook.... coasters...only the petals are gold and the centers brown to look like sunflowers......just a little doo dad for Heather's bridal shower next Sunday...you can find the pattern here:

http://hometown.aol.com/lffunt/daisysun.htm

And what am I reading.... one of my thrift finds... a brand new copy of Sue MOnk Kidd's bookI loved the Secret Life of Bees and can't wait to dig into this one....

... and what do we do on these hot nights when it is too muggy to go outdoors?  we play Monopoly....sometimes there is just the 3 of us... sometimes the neighbor boys straggle in and we have up to 7 players...I am forever getting my hiney kicked but its alot of fun... I just make sure I have drinks and snacks...

The men folk may or may not get dinner tonight... I have about 5 dozen muffins to make for service tomorrow... we have a youth group coming up and I am sure after camping all weekend they will be ready or some nice muffins...they will preform at our lake service for us.  I can't wait...! Blueberry, Banana chocolate chip, and regular banana...I hope they like them...here is the Banana Chocolate Chip recipe:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe #144776

 It is  so hot and humid here... cat fish are jumpin and the cotton is high...( Boy I love Porgy and Bess).I can't back that up...the mosquitos are so bad I haven't been to the pond to see if the cat fish are jumpin... AND we have tobacco fields near our home.. not cotton... the tobacco is a bit high.  Actually we don't have as much tobacco near us as we did.  The local farmr sold his allotment and opted for hot peppers... Tobacco plants are pretty and fragrant...and the deer love them! Sort of distracts them from our stuff...

Yesterday's craft project was to take nylon plastic canvas thread and crochet up a batch of scrubbies... these things work so well and I can toss them in the washer...I also made Josh's kitties a couple of fish toys...

.. not my idea... not that creative... but you can find the pattern here:

http://truelovetreasures.com/fish_cat_toy.html

The highlight of yesterday was a trip to the mail box... my crochet peeps are spoiling me!!!!!

Danielle sent Heather more potholders.. she has been one crocheting woman!  BUT this time she sent me cutie little crochet dishcloth pants

Mine happen to be yellow with a blue ribbon.....and a awesom potholder and sweet little hat lid grabber...

You can find the pants pattern http://www.jimsyldesign.com/~dishbout/cpatterns/kitchenpants.html

BUT the icing on the cake.. was this jewel: Mary Engelbreit!  My absolute favorite  designer/creator...

She also attached the sweetest letter that made me cry.... such a great cyber buddy!

This evening we will be at our friend's Bob and Pam Northrup along with the Riordans, Falks, and Keyes.... I can't wait to catch up and snack on nibbles and crunchies...our contribution will be a hot beef dip and pico de gyo with homemade tortilla chips... makes my mouth water!

So... I leave you with these 2 recipes:

Hot Beef Dip

1pkg softened cream cheese

8oz sour cream

3oz dried beef ( I use the kind in a package)

2T chopped green pepper

1 1/2 T minced onion

1/2 t garlic powder or t minced

pepper

combine in an oven proof  baking dish ..Bake at 375 uncovered until bubbly..about 30 minutes... serve with raw veggies or crackers...

Homemade tortilla chips

cut the 6in flour tortillas into 4ths or 8ths depending how big you want your chip... deep fry for about 2 or 3 minutes until crisp.. drain and salt...

Pico de gyo

( One of my hubby's employees from Honduras backed up the fact that this was the real deal)

1 1/2 C cubed tomato

2T minced jalepeno

1/4 cup green onion ( mostly whites)

1/4 c lime juice

1/4 c chopped fresh cilantro

marinate all together and eat with fresh tortilla chips~

Off to make fries for the males....

stay cool and have a fine day.... all day long...

No chair cushions... no cake.... we had a family emergency.....lots of worry and prayers over this:...yep...Chris called at 10:00 and said DMIL was enroute to the hospital by ambulance...he gave me directions to pick up Christopher who was volunteering and head to the hospital... a couple tele' calls to the boys so they could pray  and I was on my way.... Christopher was suprised to see me since his Grams was to pick him up... and we got tot he car and my normally calm boy showed a bit of edge  as we prayed before heading to the hospital.

Thank goodness for modern meds as she was sitting up in bed and doing well as the doc came in and told her to prepare to give birth to a kidney stone still stuck in his(its) journey. Well three of us plus Sue were in the little cubicle in the emergency room... and dear fIL couldn't come back because we were all there... ( talk about having a bit of edge to him~sheesh~).. I made a mental note to say a prayer for the person who told him he couldn't go see his wife because I am sure by the look on his face when we came out, that person was NOT having a nice day!.. The doctor did mention something about collecting kidney stones... making jewelry out of them..I perked up and design ideas were swirling in my head but no one else seemed a bit interested..I think after a couple phone calls that said stone is now in the Wake Co. sewage system.

I must say though before the chaos I recieved the most thrilling package in the mail.  The last batch of bookmarks from my book mark swap from dear Cupcake in Austrailia..

I recieved one of these:and a crab and a dolphin that I don't ahve picks for but equally as well done... she sells her lovely patterns here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=44224

.. and also she sent a few other pressies a coaster and some candies AND a leaf from a gum tree.  So most of today I ahve been walking around singing that song.." kookaburra sits in an old gum tree, eating all the gum drops he can see"..I can't seem to get the song out of my head and Christopher is refusing to jump in and have a go at a bit of a round with me

~.. AND she sent leaves from her tea tree.

Tea tree oil is the one thing I use in my soaps that is not grown here at End of the Road so I was fascinated at seeing one up close and personal.

After leaving Mom -in-law at the hospital  I took Christopher to swim lessons at the pool .  it was HOT 97 degrees!  A bunch of his friends from his ball team showed up and they played water basketball..I got to visit with moms and enjoy the cabana sipping sweet tea...leftovers for dinner...

Then keeper of the digital who also happens to be keeper of the land asked me to sit down with him and plan a series of raised beds for about an acre of the property for vegetables nad bulbs.... we attempted a bit of garden  but the deer have NOT read the manuels on what repels  them so we ahve garden nubs... with the raised system we can fence the area a bit and reduce weeds...trellising vine veggies like cucumber and luffa

I think its a capital idea  and by putting in them in now I can get a bit of worm farming and composting in before winter..

Not much else here at the farm for the day...I was very proud that I finished 2 grocery stores , library, post office, and the dollar store ( remember the rag mop) by 9:30... so now with another song stuck in my head ..."ragg mopp rag mop"... I'm off to mop up the day....

..Hey folks... have a fine day... all day long!

This week has just zoomed by!  About half the things I wanted to accomplish done...

This morning when I went out to pick jewelweed for my latest batch of poiosn ivy soap, these little creatures were keeping me company:

Nope! not a humming bird... But a hummingbird moth ..I think the other name might be a hummingbird hawk moth.. Cutiepies what ever they are! I thought they looked more like hummingbird bees...but moths they are!

I managed to put off all errands  until today so in a bit ( after my morning tea) its out the door  to a couple of groceries, the library, post office , and some general store to buy a mop.

Yep... I am going with a rag mop.. for years I have done the tile floors on hands and knees ( not much living space here so it's not like I did the Cinderella thing), but getting up and down and just being on my knees that much leave the body a bit sore...

Yesterday's trip to the mail box was a pleasure! My Crochetville Elf just out did herself with Christmas in July.... if I can get the camera away from the keeper of the digital then I'll post a pic... she made me the absolute cutest stitch markers with small purple hearts and pearls... the bad thing is now everyone I know that does some sort of needle work will have to have some...so I put the idea on my ever growing " things to do " list...now I'll have to dabble int he world of beads and such....( Sue, I bet you probably know all your Christmas gifts by now)

Now the Ville elf didn't stop there, a genuine susan Bates bamboo crochet hook... top of the line.... one of the luxery cars of crochet...yep spoiled....drug out my patterns to fit the hook last night! AND she sent a small ornie too... can't beat it... they make some generous elves up there in Brooklyn.

Finally I finished the book of 2nd Kings yesterday... must say it was getting a bit tedious with everyone doing evil in the sight of the Lord .. but a couple troopers in the end made for  a bit of  peaceful reading ( yep cheering ont he good kings), before the ending  and everyone either ended up a slave ,exiled or dead...might flip over to the New Testament for something a bit more perky to get the day going.

Today's projects include taking a bit of scraps of fabric and at least cutting out chair cushions for the chairs around the table... they have wooden slat seats that are rather uncomfortable...AND...

a pineapple upside down cake... Chris is going to be staying at the pool with Christopher until 6:00, which is a chore he absolutely despises... OK.. he doesn't despise it... he just doesn't want to do it... but between his mom and I, he is....so his reward?

Enough procrastinating... out the door to finally run errands this week... I do believe it is the first time I have been out since Sunday...hmm...

Keep cool folks... here it will be another scorcher.... and have a fine day... all day long!

...still nursing the effects of my nuisance migraine... gosh those things are a bit much to deal with sometimes...

With Christopher away I was able to take the day slow... cleaned just a bit...mostly sat in the recliner and crocheted about a dozen of these little things

the website for them is here:

http://www.angelfire.com/va3/heartfeltangels/AngelOrnament.html

They are going to a few friends for a Christmas in July we are doing... they work up quickly.. I opted for a small ribbon flower on mine... and I tweaked the wings a bit... actually I added different wings.. but used this body and head....probably will do a few more to attach to packages or send alongs during the real holidays.

Spent an hour on the phone with my sister in law Lydia in Urbana Ohio... she is going through such a rough time with her back and joints.  I can't imagine the pain or the lifestyle change. It was a privledge to pray with her over the phone.

I read a bit in several books.... a few magazines( the MEN from the library mostly) and treated my self to my fav. snack...( before you start ,yes I know chocolate is bad for migraine sufferers...but my mouth was happy)

I sort of justify raisinettes like oatmeal cookies... there is something healthy floating around in there so it must be good for you!

Dinner tonight, while we're on the topic of food , will be grilled hamburgers with carmelized onions with colby jack cheese on toasted rye bread.  last year on our jaunt to the other coast, we stopped at a Cracker Barrell somewhere in either Az or New Mexico.  I have it written in my travel journal, but it's in the glove box.. and um.. yes, right this second I'm not going to get it... anyhow, we were so tired and hungry and we ordered up this burger.  it was served with fries and a big ole glass of pineapple flavored tea. Nectar!  so a walk down memory lane tonight for dinner.

So what is today's project?

Years ago ( like about 34 of them).. I was a great Cat Stevens fan... I still am actually.  Stevens wrote a book called Teaser and the Firecat to go along with his song Moonshadow.  it happened to be the big things with the crowd I hung around with ( it didn't take much for us ~smile~).  My dad took the picture off the cover of the book and drew it on a piece of cloth for me to embroider.  I only got about a quarter of it done.  I had forgotten all about it until recently when I found it in a batch of things from highschool.  Two great memories in one! It will be a slow WIP

here is the pic:

You can read the whole book Teaser and the Firecat, complete with the awesome art work here:

http://airship.home.mchsi.com/Teaser/Teaser.htm

... and if I ever lose my eyes..if my colors all run dry... yes if I ever lose my eyes... awaaaay...I won't have to cry no more....cause I'm being followed by a moonshadow..moonshadow moonshadow..

....have a fine day... all day long!