Vampire Sucks Review

Have you seen the trailers for Vampire Sucks?



Yes, it is hysterical. However, the movie is another story. I'm thinking half of the trailer ended up on the cutting room floor. So much of the trailer is NOT in the film. That was annoying and not so funny.

The actress who plays Bella had her down to an annoying perfection. The guy who played Jacob. Wow! He should have played Jacob for real. He was a hunk. Guy who plays Edward was non descript but then so is the original.

Would I see it again? Oh yeah I would. Simply for the ending which I did not expect and I loved. I'm also hoping that maybe Redlands theater will have a fuller version than the theater in Oregon.

Sisters

Twenty four hours from now I should find my self landing at the airport in Oregon. Have I mentioned before how I hate to fly but a two hour flight versus an 18 hour drive, well there is just no argument. I can't believe that two years have already passed since I saw my sister last. So much has changed and yet so much has not changed. No matter how old we get, we will always remain close and perhaps childlike.

More zombie addiction

I was quite young when I saw Night of the Ling Dead. Zombies were the one monster that scared the beejebbies out of me for decades. I wanted to scream every time we drove in the fog because I knew that's when the zombies jump out to get you.

Then the movie Resident Evil came out on DVD. I admit that I had to fast forward through it but with constant viewing I was able to grow numb to the zombie fearfest.

The game Resident Evil 4 was fantastic. A simple pleasure of shooting off zombie heads and who can resist those dancing zombies in the game Plants Vs Zombies. Lots and lots of zombies losing their heads. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.

The newest game I'm playing is Zombie Infection. The nightmares should start again soon. These zombies are not cute. No dancing and no happy music. Just sick sadistic zombies.

I can't wait for the next Resident Evil installment. Alice always hits her targets. She's my hero.

Simple Things Make Life Worth Living

Home made dog food

I thought I had posted this before but I couldn't find it so here it is. I was watching a You-Tube video where a woman was using a pressure cooker to cook a full chicken bones and all to feed the dog. Now we all know that cooked bones are a big no no for dogs due to sharpness and splintering. She said to cook for several hours. Several hours? What the heck is several hours? Turns out several hours means two hours.

You fill the pressure cooker with water to the fill line and pop in the whole chicken. You don't want to overfill the pressure cooker. Get that little doo dad rockin and then cook for two hours. Remove from heat and let cool for it to release the lid.

The chicken is perfect. The bones are completely soft. Even YOU can eat them. No worry about the bones hurting your dog. You can crush the bones using your fingertips. The good news is your dog gets the calcium and nutrients from the bones and marrow. Yet none of the negative.

Some people wonder why you would go to the trouble of cooking when you can just give it to them raw. In my case it is because some dogs won't chew the bones. My dog in particular will swallow them whole. She then will vomit it back up. Not a good thing.

How much to cook? It is suppose to be 40 % protein, 40% vegetable, 20% grain.

I cook two whole chickens, two bags of frozen vegetables (carrots or peas & carrots) and two loaves of bread.

Cook the chicken In pressure cooker two hours. Cook the frozen vegetable. Cube the two loaves of bread.

I purée the cooked vegetables.
I break up and crush the cooled cooked chicken and then mix everything together.
I feed up to two cups per serving twice a day.

Good in the fridge up to three days. Freeze the rest. This recipe is enough for one week and for one 40 Lb dog.

You could serve less but I am trying to put weight on this particular dog.

Chocolate Mousse Recipe

The mousse has set for a while. It is yumm but has a definite coco taste. For me, it is a bit to coco but I like it. I think it is a little like getting use to dark chocolate when you are use to milk chocolate. I think after the first time you make it, you can figure out how to adjust the amount of chocolate you use. The secret is to balance the chocolate, the egg whites, and the heavy cream.

The recipe is:
Chocolate Mousse
8 oz semi sweet chocolate
4 Tbl unsalted butter
1 tsp vanilla
4 lg eggs separated
1/2 tsp cream of tarter
2 Tbl sugar
3/4 cup heavy cream

Melt chocolate & butter in double boiler.
Stir in salt and vanilla.
Whisk in yolks one at a time.
Cool 5 minutes.
Beat egg whites with cream of tarter until soft peaks began to form. Add sugar and beat until firm.
Whisk 1/4 in chocolate. Fold in the rest.
Whip cream until firm. Fold in chocolate.
Refrigerate at least two hours to let flavor set.
Top with whip cream
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The classic cookbook

If you can find The classic cook book by Chistopher Kimball, Buy it! Tho one that has The Cooks Bible & The Dessert Bible. Excellent teaching book.

The chocolate mousse I made today to die for.

Back to the book. This isn't just a collection of recipes. This is a how to. He gives instructions on how to put it together as well as what works, what doesn't work & why it doesn't work.

If you saw the movie Julie and Juliette, you know there is a part where the author of The Joy of Cooking admitted that she didn't test her recipes. I might as well throw that book away since I don't trust it anymore. Not that I need to ever skin a rabbit anyway.
Christopher, on the other hand, shares his test results. For example under asparagus, he tested five methods of preparation: steaming, braising, grilling, and stir-frying.

I just love this book. I do wish it was available on the Kindle because it is a huge book. Almost 800 pages. I just can't believe it is out of print. I've never seen a better teaching reference book.

Sore calves

August 2, 2010
Very surprised that the back of my calves are quite sore and tight. I will not run, but will walk for the 30 minutes later tonight.

And now it is night. I realize that my calves are so sore because of the barefoot running. I run on the front of the foot. Tonight I walked the treadmill for 25 minutes at 3.0 speed. Ran a minute at 4.0 just to stretch out the muscles. Mental argumentative every minute. The nagging pleading voice that reminded me that the training program only calls for 20 minutes. Yeah and after 20, it's only 10 more. I did the 1.5 miles in 30 minutes. My usual. Legs are now all a tingley. My reward is strawberries on angel food cake. Yumm


-- Post From My iPhone

Back to training

Exercise Training Log
The goal is strength building, endurance, and stamina.
August 1, 2010
Well, well, well or as my mother would say, "A well is a hole in the ground. What does that have to do with anything?" Not a darn thing, Mom!

Turns out first training attempt was total fail. I got discouraged, bored, and apathy set in. Boo hoo. Call the wwaambulance. Then I painted the bedroom. It's a nice size. Turned out real nice with the fresh paint on the trim and all. I didn't think much of it till my body turned on me. I was sore for the next three days. That sucked. Not how I planned to spend my vacation. Although doing a bunch of nothing was nice too.

So I ask my self why the discouragement? Because I look at people and I believe it's all genetics as to whether or not you have a large butt and how it's all situated. I know people who are active physically. Hard active and yet they are still far from a willow reed.

I need to give up the myth that I can be what I was. It's not going to happen. I got old. Thats a good thing but it's something I need to accept. My goal is not a firm ass or flat stomach. The goal is strength building, endurance, and stamina.

So today we begin again. 1.5 miles on the treadmill 28.30 minutes. I need to double my time for the 5k in November. Steve reminded me not to over do it the first day.

I've got a lot of cooking to do today so I didn't walk the 3 miles. Training program says 20 minutes the first day. I should do this smart and listen. Let's hope the knee doesn't blow out.

Day 4 Barefoot running training. What was I thinking?

Today was the first day running barefoot on asphalt. It is suggested you start with 5 minutes. They are so fricken right! Huge difference between asphalt and concrete. There was no way I could run on the asphalt barefoot. But I did walk. I actually walked 7 minutes. It took the extra two minutes to get to my shoes. (LOL) Put on my shoes and started the 5K training.

The temp gauge says it is 72 degrees at 8:00 A.M. It feels like 98. No humidity but I don't break out in a sweat like that in cooler temps. The head started thudding and I cut the training out and went back home. I know I'm a wimp. I'll try to schedule it in again later today with the tredmill, air conditioning, and a fan.

Sexy women

Times may have changed, but one thing has not. Men think women in an apron are SEXY. It's all how you work it.

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I DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUIT SEFL CLEANING OVENS.

I learned something new today about ovens. Like the broiler is on the top shelf of the self cleaning ovens. It's not in a drawer and IT'S AFFORDABLE!! Woo Hoo! I don't have to spend $1500 for the stove I want. Now the question is, do I buy a new stove or do I buy an Ipad?

The lady at Home Depot who was telling me about the stoves voted for the Ipad. (lol)
I gotta say that if someone gave me an Ipad, I would be happy to take it, but I just don't want to spend the money for it. I could purchase new kitchen counters, a new stove, update my sink. I could even buy a new computer. Nope, no Ipad for me.

I'm trying a new dog food recipe today. I am cooking a whole chicken in the pressure cooker. E-how website said the chicken should cook a couple of hours to soften the bones. I watched a you tube video where the woman said to cook it several hours. I'll let you know how it turns out. Right now it's just three cups of water, the chicken, some extra giblets and I'm waiting for the rocker to start rockin.

UPDATE ON THE CHICKEN: Can we say awesome? Two hours in the pressure cooker. The drumstick bone crumbled in my hand. I even ate the bone. It taste better than chalk. The awesome part is that I can feed this to the dogs and they get the benefit of the calcium and the bone marrow. Yum all the way around for them.

Day 2 & 3 5K training

My knee totally burned after day 1 training. It's been a year and a half since I injured my leg. There is a definite divot in my leg that hadn't been there before the injury. Still nothing to be done about it.
Day 2 no burning, but calves sore in the back as they should be. Training included increase in run time.
Day 3 Legs feel pretty good, but it is Saturday and that means a lot of walking and grocery shopping and chores. It's also 103 degrees. No training today.

Day 1 5k training BAREFOOT RUNNING

Looks like this is the year for me to run my first 5k. Stephanie asked me to and how could I say no? I could walk but what's the challenge in that?

So training began today. I will say that I cannot get up at 5 in the morning when I have been up at 2:30, 3:00, & 4:00. Five o'clock just isn't going to happen.



Yep! Barefoot running. It just clicked in my brain the first time I heard about it. Let's be real about this. Barefoot running brings out the inner child. I'm not passing that up.

A lot of talk about barefoot running prevents injury. I do know that I have tripped on my shoes in the past, but don't recall tripping over my own barefeet except when going up a step.

I did my 20 minute morning workout on smooth cool concrete today. It is suggested that you start with just five mnutes barefoot and slowly increase your time to toughen up the soles of your feet.

Not that I have that kind of patience. It is hot enough that I will go barefoot as much as possible. Not outside though. I'm not that stupid. 100 degrees outside would burn my feet. No thanks... Except those few seconds when I exit the car & sprint to the shade/house screaming ow! Ow!

-- Posted by KGF

Vampires Suck

Oh my gosh! I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Vampires suck is a parody of the Twilight movie releasing August 18th. I am so there.

Kristen Stewarts Wolf is pissed because ?

Apparently the Stewart family has a warped sense of humor. We realize that the size alone of a hybird wolf isn't enough to intimidate someone. If only pitbulls could pull off this look.

-- Posted by KGF

Forgiving Dr. Mengele

I just finished watching "Forgiving Dr. Mengele" on Netflix instant watch. It is a documentary about Eva Mozes Kor who with her twin sister was taken to Auschwitz where Dr. Mengele performed his experiments.

It was enlightening. I find it amazing what this woman has accomplished. I did not expect to see Eva Mozes Kor visit with six Palestinians. I can't believe she rolled her eyes at them. She can forgive the Nazi's for the experiments they did on her and her twin sister, but she can't forgive the Palestinians? I'm not saying that Israel would go as far as the concentration camps, but how could she not see that these people experienced the same thing that the Jews did in the beginning of the Holocaust? She didn't want to hear their stories. I don't know what she expected but to be truthful, I think she was so afraid that her mind just shut down. She couldn't handle their stories. Was it because they became human?

I appreciated the documentary. It was heart wrenching at times. It is horrible that genocide continues to this very day. I just don't get it.

Dr. Laura is my walking buddy

You read that right. Dr. Laura and I have been hitting the streets 2 or 3 times a week. I'll tell you that woman can make me scream at the callers she gets. On occasion she has made me cry. There have even been times when I have had to reprimand her for not listening. Dr. Laura doesn't mind. The neighbors probably think I am crazy for talking to her.

That's because Dr. Laura is not with me physically. I am listening to her podcast that I subscribed to. I've been listening to her show since she got the lunch hour spot on KFI640 many many years ago. If you do a google search on Dr. Laura, you'll find a lot of hate sites. I think some of those sites come from the crowd that believe in free speech as long as you agree with them. Heaven have mercy on your soul if you disagree with them.

What these people fail to see is that Dr. Laura is human and like all of us learns and grows as a person as she gets older. She educates her self on topics. I remember screaming at her years ago when her comments on homeschooling were clearly uninformed. Guess what? She got informed. She now supports the choice to home school and even recommends it.

I really don't know how she can do three hours every weekday. I know there are times she has to scream when she gets off the air. I also don't understand how people can say they have listened to her for years and ask the questions they do. If you listen to her, how can you not know what she will say? It isn't rocket science.

Her message is simple. Be there for your kids. Go and do the right thing. Don't stay silent to evil. Don't be a wet noodle. Love your kids. Love your spouse.

I believe she does a lot more good than not. I think this post ended up being a different perspective of Dr. Laura than that of the hate sites.

I really wanted to endorse the three hour podcast. No commercials. Listen anytime you want. I'm not just walking when I listen to her. My arms are being thrown up in the air, my pace quickens, my adrenaline gets additional shots and I laugh. All bonus exertion to add to the walk. I think Dr. Laura makes a great walking buddy.
-- Posted by KGF

Chicken Parmesan

One of my husband's favorite meals when we dine out is Chicken Parmesan and spaghetti. After reading "Cook this, Not that" and seeing that Romano's Macaroni Grill Chicken Parmigiana is 850 calories and that I can cook it my self with only 340 calories, I just had to try it.
It was surprisingly simple. The best compliment was that hubby said it was better than our local diners that we frequent. Yay. Thank you hubby.

Recipe calls for:
4 boneless chicken breasts
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 egg whites lightly beaten
1 cup bread crumbs ( I used Panko with jalapeno)
2 tbs grated Parmesan
1/2 Tbs dried Italian seasoning
1 TBS olive oil
1 cup tomato sauce
4 oz shredded part skim mozzarella
fresh basil leaves

Preheat broiler. Cover chicken with plastic wrap or parchment Paper (paper much easier) and pound the chicken until it is uniformly 1/4" thick. Season with salt and pepper. (I mixed the pepper and salt. I thought it was way to much pepper and I had some left over.)

Place the egg whites in a shallow bowl. (I used a pie pan)
Mix the bread crumbs, Parmesan, and Italian seasoning on a large plate (Again, I used another pie plate)

Dip each breast into the egg white to coat both sides and then into the crumb mixture patting the crumbs so they fully cover the chicken

Heat the oil in a large skillet or saute pan over medium heat.
Oops. Totally missed that part. I put in regular cooking oil and put in enough to reach the chicken thickness 1/2 way.

Cook for two to three minutes before turning. Crust should be deep brown and crunchy.

Cook another 2 - 3 minutes.

Transfer chicken to a baking sheet. (I covered the cooking sheet with tinfoil and sprayed it with Pam) Spoon tomato sauce over the chicken pieces. Top with mozzarella cheese. (It was not have enough cheese. I only covered three pieces) Place the tray under the broiler for 2 to 3 minutes until cheese is fully melted and bubbly. Serve garnished with basil. (I didn't do that)

I'm sure the total calories the way I cooked it was a bit higher since I didn't use the olive oil. Plus I served it with spaghetti. The book "Cook this Not that" has a section about pasta that I need to read closer (translated actually pay attention and read).

All in all, the Chicken Parmesan was a hit and I give it three thumbs up.

On a side note, I used a hand shredder from Pampered Chef that I also recommend. You can get the little measuring cup (sold separately) It is perfect when you only need a specific amount of cheese shredded. I was able to pull the mozzarella right out of the fridge to shred with no need to worry about it jamming the machine or breaking apart.

Can't wait for the next recipe.

fabric on order

So excited about the new fabric I ordered for the new aprons.

Pears and berries (that look a bit like blue apples) (g)

This reminds me a little bit of wallpaper, but I liked it.

I have more fabric arriving Wednesday that Iwill use to make skirts and blouses from. To bad the dress code at work requires sleeves.

Eating out = HUGE CALORIES INTAKE

Men's health ran an article giving 15 recipies for weight loss. Now this isn't about diet food. Far from it in my opinion. These are delicious meals compared with what you would order if you were eating out. The difference is in the calories if you cook it your self or if you eat out.

One example is Olive Garden Fettuccine Alfredo. Calorie intake 1,220, 75 g of fat and a whopping 1,350 mg of sodium. Cook it your self and you have a mere 540 calories, 14 g of fat and only 520 mg of sodium.

I can easily say that I will prepare 14 of the 15 recipes given. I even ordered the book "Cook this, Not that" they were advertising. Of course I went to Amazon to order the book. I'm sure Men's Health is charging you $30 for a $10 book. Granted I don't know what they are charging as I wasn't going to fill in all the information they wanted to order it BEFORE giving a price. (no props for that)

I think I'll make the chicken parmesan this weekend. I'll let you know how it turns out.

E-Mealz.com

I have to say that I do enjoy e-mealz.com. No more sitting at the table and coming up with a week's worth of meals to serve for dinner. E-mealz provides 5 meals a week that includes ingredients and instructions on how to prepare the meal. This is all on a single page. The second page is a grocery shop with all the ingredients needed. Each grocery item has the # of the meal it goes with. Whoo Hoo! What a great time saver. This is a subscription service, but its well worth the money.

12 urban scrwal

There is an absolute beautiful view behind all this. To bad you can't see it because of all the signs.

11 California Skies

It's great to see blue skies.

10 Road Hogs

Granted this picture was suppose to show this couple as they wandered down the middle of the street. Never mind the cars behind them. They own the dang road. But then they wandered on down to the other side. Nice picture of the school though.

09 Survival

I have watched this single branch all through fall, through the rain and winds, and the leaves remain. Not once have they fallen. Spring is almost here. New buds and leaves are growing and yet the leaves from the year below remain. Awesome.

08 Mt. Baldy

No hiking at Mt. Baldy. Lots of snow up there.

07 63 degrees

Loving southern California. 63 degrees today. All the pleasure of the snow and none of the bother.

06 Hello 1970 decade sort of

Miss Evelyn now has her own set of melamine plates and bowls. Now she can wash dishes all she wants without fear of breaking. I haven't seen melamine dishes in decades. Hope she likes the red.


-- Posted by KGF

04 Go Green

Trees. I have always loved trees. Yet I know nothing about them other than they are big, strong, and green. Go Green Team!

05 I gotta ask

Is it possible to cut my bangs any shorter and is there possibly a ghost story that I can make out of that?

03 Palms in the Clouds

California palm trees in the backyards.

02 Sunflower

Spring flowers come early thanks to the rain and sunshine. Love California weather.

High green grass

The grass has grown high and is still green since the weather has remained moist and cool. What a fun place to run and play.


-- Posted by KGF

Nature's Jewels

-- Posted by KGF

Merry Christmas

Pepsi is the best but it has to be Coca-Cola if it's Christmas. Pepsi just won't do.


Merry Christmas everyone and to everyone a good night.

-- Posted by KGF

Snow White

She's a little creepy to me. Reminds me of the Queen offering an apple to Snow Whitew or perhaps the old witch enticing kids to the ginger bread house.

-- Posted by KGF

Merry Christmas

Loved this skinny Santa that Kate sent me. (Thanks Kate) and yumm That candy cane looks scrumptious. Santa is also candy. Eating him would be as bad as eating the ears off chocolate bunnies. This is a skinny Santa. Maybe he lost weight so people would think he's to skinny to eat. He needs to be fatten up first.

-- Posted by KGF

Cardigan completed 12/13/09

Love it and it is so warm. Not bad for knitting without a pattern. I think I'll wear the tank top at the next RenFair. I need to get some fabric to make skirts to go with it. I'll forget the corset and just be a simple wench. (lol) I'm just happy I completed it this year.

Yum chocolate

-- Posted by KGF

Redemption Winner!!!

What an excititng moment. I can't believe I did it! 50,000 words in 30 days

and although it is a rought draft, it's not a bad story at all. I kind of like it a lot. The story isn't completed. Not far from the end but it will need a couple more days at the very least to come to an end.

Yes, I will let you all read it but not as it stands now. This is just the rough draft. Once it gets cleaned up and goes through another rewrite, then I'll print it out and let you read it. That's not going to happen for a while. Once I finish it, the draft needs to be put to bed for six weeks and then I'll begin again.

For now, I'm going to get back to some knitting, watch some good movies and then start back on the short stories.

As soon as I do my happy dance.

30,000 word count Woo Hoo

nanowrimo

Holy moley, I cannot believe that it is already two weeks into Novemeber. I am so behind my goal words for writing the novel in 30 days. I'm ready to give up and yet not cause a little voice in me says "Yes I can, Yes I can." and you know what? I think I can. At the moment I think that. When I sit down to write, that may be a whole different story but I love the little surprises that the characters spring on me. I thought it was the drug addict that knew the pedophile and it turns out that the gold digger is the target of the hit man. Didn't see that one coming.

I take note of what Stephen King said in his book on writing. Basically he said that if he can stay on edge and doesn't know what is going to happen, he's pretty sure his readers will also be in suspense. That's where I am now. I don't really believe I'll make the time limit. I've got to many interruptions in my life to spend the time required as little as that time may be. To many distractions and I would quit now except... except I'm curious as to who is going to survive in my story. I know who I had planned to. I know how the story is suppose to end... but those characters take on a life of their own. Things change. I know how its suppose to end, but I want to know how it really ends.

This is a wild ride. I encourage you all to take the challenge next year. Woo Hoo!

word puzzle - anyone up for it?

Trvptfd djpe yjr jpidr esd nio;y om
Hmmm. I'm thinking my fingers may have been on the wrong keys when I typed that on the Alpha Smart. I didn't even realize it at the time. I only found it because I was going back to see what I had named someone. I wonder what the heck it was suppose to say.
I need someone to break the code for me. Who's up to the challenge?

distractions

How does one write when there are little ones about twirling the chair back and forth climbing up the back of the chair?? How does one go to that special place? The story place where the villains live? The distractions? Can’t close the door. She knows how to open them now. The house calls to me, the reverend is in and a sacrifice must be made but who or what is sacrificed? That is the question we ask.

Watch Cat

Hey Bud! We're watching you.

-- Posted by KGF

National Novel Writing Month

This is it. This is my first year participating in the National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is that you write 50,000 words in 30 days. Day One I accomplished 2,150 words. Woo Hoo! Thrilled that I accomplished my goal for day 1. The easy part was that I had all day to give to it. Tomorrow will really show what I have or don't have since it is a work day and by the time I have time to really give it, I will probably be brain dead.

Daylight Savings is in effect so I'm hoping the extra hour will give me th extra boost I need.
Wish me luck!

Completely Productive Day Woo Hoo!

Have I mentioned how much I love my new office? Today was a very busy day. Everything unpacked and Gina helped so much with sorting the phones and bringing unloading the pallets. I am much appreciative. Everything is on the shelf and I even got everything written down for data entry on Monday (maybe Sunday) At this point I am ready for business on Monday and that will be a super busy day as I have 2 days of ink cartridges to fill plus the weekend requests. I am good with it all as everything is in in its place. So neat and tidy and I'm lovin it as though I have never mentioned that before.

I will say that the new location has the most beautiful mountain scenes on all three sides. I will get pictures up next week. I so did not miss the freeway today.

Its only a little after 8 o clock and way to early for bed but my mind is a blub now so I should just hush up and enjoy quiet time.

I'll miss the shade

I'll miss the shade of the outside break area. I won't miss all the noise.



Even though there is still stuff outside, the wind was whistling through out. It was very ghost like.





My shelves are mostly packed. Tomorrow they are trucked over to the new location & then I get to unpack.




Still need to pack up my desk & soon I say good bye to my cave. I have loved my cave & so grateful that I had it as long as I did. I know my new enclosure will be just as fabulous. I can hardly wait.

So much I won't miss:
The dirt, the ducking under doors, fighting with the sliding dock door, the paint smells, the trucks, the super duper steep stairs, people grabbing stuff off the shelf, people taking just a part of an item leaving the rest unsalable. I don't need to go on.

I really can't say what I will miss. Everything is going to be improved. I am totally good. I've been given 1/2 day Friday for pouting. No need. All is good. No pouting required.

I never was one to look back.

Dolly has a brand new dress

So far no one seems to want to play with the blonde doll. They prefer the brunette. I'm thinking it has to do with the big old yellow baby sack she was wearing. Today I used left over fabric & made this dress with Velcro closure. Maybe now she'll be more popular.
-- Posted by KGF

Packing up

Spent the morning cleaning out files & packing up the office. Found the old framed pics they gave me when I moved back to my cave.



Here is Miss T. Days long gone never to return, but oh my! What fun we had!

Posted by KGF

Not my cat

Someone found their quiet space while things were being moved about.

-- Posted by KGF

Flash from the past

This was part of the sewing supplies Joey gave me from his grandmother (may she rest in peace).


Don't know if the picture is clear enough. The spool says Woolworth. It's been a few decades since they closed. I can barely remember Woolworths. It was an old fashion five and dime store. A good place to get sewing supplies. I think it could be compared to Big Lots on a smaller scale. As I recall, they had a small place where you could get something to eat.

I miss the old places I use to shop.
-- Posted by KGF

9 hours Saturday Dress

Can't believe I made the dress in one day. I altered the pattern so I wouldn't have the deep neck. I also had to rip out and redo a few times as it was loose in the shoulders & gapping in the front neckline.





I am happy with the finished product and it is really comfortable.
-- Posted by KGF

Too soon for Halloween?

She was filthy. I put her in the washer. That was a bad thing.



She is now headless. Clean but headless.

-- Posted by KGF

Productive day!

Surprising day. I finished sewing the dress that I love. So comfortable.



I trimmed all the rose bushes and my basil




Love me some fresh basil.
Visited mommy in law for a couple hours & got some knitting done.

And I also whipped up an apron. Far from perfect but only because I ran out of fabric. The important thing is that it's functional.



I still need to bring in the laundry & that finishes up my Saturday. Hopefully I can finish current story tomorrow.

I can see you

--
OMG That elephant is still out there.




I'm telling you that you need to fluff your tail a lot bigger if you want any respect

Do not feed the animals

-- Posted by KGF

My Review of Fall Tall Boots

Chadwick's

Fall’s essential footwear with fabulous details. Imported.

• Tall boots with buckle detail
• Sturdy approx. 3½” heel
• Manmade; Whole and half sizes
• Medium & Wide Widths

Fall Tall Boots

Comfortable

Attic Ghost San Bernardino CA 9/10/2009

 

5 5

Sizing: Feels true to size

Width: Feels true to width

Pros: Comfortable, Stylish

Best Uses: Travel, Casual Wear, Wet Weather, Work, Cold Weather, Going Out

Describe Yourself: Conservative, Comfort-oriented

I ordered 1/2 size larger than I normally wear for these boots. They were very nice and lined for extra comfort. The sole of the boots are not smooth which helps prevent slipping. Love these boots. I'm buying a 2nd pair.

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Tired kitties

-- Posted by KGF

Pinned

Love it and I think it's going to fit. I was able to save the bodice from yesterday. Miss E should be here shortly. Time to bring out the knitting needles.




-- Posted by KGF

New Fabric

Great day to be shopping at JoAnns. Thanks much to the lady who gave me an additional 40% off coupon. I really did only go to buy fabric for another dress and an apron. But I found additional fabric on sale that I simply could not resist. The one with the polka dots is actually more of a lime green. A couple of zippers, thread for the serger, and the good news is that I did leave without looking at the yarn and knitting accessories.

I realize this pattern with the little snowmen can only be worn during the winter season, but it was just cute and I couldn't resist. The plaid fabric is for an apron.

All the fabric is now washed and ironed. I need to find instructions on how to thread the serger as I've misplaced that. Miss E is coming at 4:30. The chicken is ready to be popped in the oven for roasting. I have no idea if any sewing will actually get done today. I'm going to take apart the dress I made yesterday and try out my idea for the skirt on the bodice before I cut the new white fabric. It is Egyptian cotton and was a bit pricey. I don't want to end up trashing that because my idea didn't work out.