My kitty babies

They make me smile. Poor Timmy is such a goooood boy. Sophie just loves him bunches and wallows him all she can. He was too sleepy to care for 30 seconds. haha

I am blessed. ~Angela

Indiana needs rain!

 My poor gardens need rain. Even the cone flowers are droopy.

 George is guarding the taters from the neighbors kittens! Forget the crows.

 My empty rain gauge. You can see a couple of 'maters coming on there. I have a town dwellers garden consisting of 3, 4' x 8' raised beds. And peppers in a wheelbarrow and a bathtub! Yellow squash are growing in the flower garden. Making it work. And watering every other day now. I had been doing it every 4 days, but these hot temps were taking their toll on the veggies. The flowers only get watered once a week. I feel guilty, but the water bill will remind me why. :o( I know Indiana is only one of many states in severe drought conditions. Praying for us all.

I am blessed. ~Angela

Farmer's Market time

It is time for our local farmer's market. Penny and I love participating in this wonderful community event. Here is just a glimpse of our booth today.

 My daughter Heather helped us today. Appreciated her!!

 Penny's hand painted and dyed wool yarn. Yummy stuff! More vibrant in real time. The sun was hitting that corner when I was taking pics and fuzzed up the shot. The booth beside us is the host tent. You can see their free coffee and water table. A great service to shoppers and vendors alike.

I am blessed. ~Angela

God bless our military and their families.

(Click on the photograph to see the amazing detail.) This made me cry.

I am blessed. ~Angela

Furbabies are growing

  Timmy and Toby are not always that happy about their new siblings. But the babies love them. Sophie paired with Timmy and Eli paired with Toby. It is pretty darn cute.

Sophie chewing on her doggie bone. She watched Toby and Timmy and monkey see monkey do. haha
I am blessed. ~Angela

Kindle freebies!

There are tons of great freebies to download. Here is one of the first ones I did. I love the classics.

I am blessed. ~Angela

Merry Christmas everyone!

I barely did it I am certain, but I must have made the nice list. Cause this was waiting for me under the Christmas tree.

Tonight I have been snooping around Amazon, seeing what there is out there. AND man, there is so much!

We were blessed as a family this year. Daddy and Mom are still with us. I am so thankful for that. Every year, more so. They are both in their seventies now and not in the best health. They are so precious.

Pray you got to spend time with those you love and hold dear.

I am blessed. ~Angela

PS: Here is a peak at our newest family members. Sophie and Elijah

Hooky fun and sweet friends

Two things I love!

Here is a bit of my hooky love. I made this lil' Bethany Bear on the fly. Writing up the pattern as I went.Thinking I will make more of her. She is made from wool and is very lightly stuffed. Her dress is closed at the bottom. Her hanger is ricketyrack. Right now she is hanging on our everyday tree, but will go on the Christmas tree one of these days. There is no mouth, that is just the stitch holes. Doesn't look so obvious in person. Bethany is 7-inches tall.

Look at this sweet box of goodies my retreat girlies gave me. Amgela's Advent Box. Sorry the tag photo is not very clear. It is all adorable. There is a sewn bag with a tag for each day. I had to wait about 2 weeks before I could bust into this baby!!! Oh the agony. Thankfully I had other distractions, Thanksgiving here and chemo, to keep me occupied. I will share along the way some of the sweet things I received. Miss Laura's daddy built the box. It is an awesome gift in itself! These ladies are simply amazing and I am blessed to call them my friends. Their thoughtfulness and encouragement is just boundless. Thank you my lovelies! You know who you are!!! I love you.

Today is my sweet sister Penny's birthday. I hope you can hop over and give her a birthday greeting.

I am blessed! ~Angela

Is this the coolest or what?

The Kindle Fire from Amazon.

I am blessed

I am a blessed girl. Family, friends, home and health (Even bad health is good health when you think of the alternative! Our daddy says any day you wake up above the green is a good day.) There is just so much to be thankful for. God is good to me in ways I cannot imagine, in ways I do not even see. I know I keep my guardian angels quite busy on a slow day!

The image below is a coloring page you can click on and print for the munchkins at your house on Thanksgiving Day. Something to keep them busy with while you are finishing getting the table ready.

It has been very blowsy and blustery here. Not many leaves left for the neighbors to sweep and rake. I do believe they have all landed at our back stoop. Toby is loving it. He loves fallen and blowing leaves. A good frolic is good for a puppy he thinks.

Our retreat last week was so good. My friends are amazing women with talents for friendship and for sewing/crafting. Much laughter and monkey business. :o) Thankful we will be meeting again in May. This will be our 10 year anniversary retreat. Plans are in the works to make it extra special. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 

I am blessed! ~Angela

Staying busy!

We have been so busy. Farmer's Market is over for the season. BUT we did 2 shows the following 2 Saturday's. Both were wonderful shows. And now we are heading to our annual autumn retreat with our online quilting friends, Backporch Friends, tomorrow. Just one more sleep. Love my girlies!! Our May retreat will be our 10th year!!! We are planning some special things for that one don't ya know!!! Would love to have all of the past attendees who could, come back. I have also started a booth in an antique mall with my sister Debbie. It is a really nice mall, lots of primitives and a good overall variety of wares. Still in the getting it stocked phase.

Here is a photo our Market Master Laura, posted on Facebook. I look frumpy and dumpy, but it shows a corner of the booth and Penny's yarn. She has more than this, but has it at the cooperative right now.

And of course our hats. We nearly sold out. Seriously! It was crazy. I am going to be hooking it like mad to get some inventory to the places I have promised them. Penny too. We have already been planning what new things to make for the market next year. Gotta have something new each year to excite everyone.

Hope everyone is doing well. I am sending out special prayers and hugs to our dear friend Sandra who recently lost her precious husband Dave. 

I am blessed. ~Angela

 "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
 Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

I am thinking, I best be getting ready...

Being responsible

“She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard.”
~Proverbs 31:16

Being a good steward of what God gives us. Being responsible. Thinking to our families future. Living intentionally.

Got it Done

 This batch of apple butter was 14 pints. I was very pleased with it. However, the next batch, I will make not quite as sweet. Although Mr. Mark LOVES it sweet. He ate a pint the first morning! Out of the jar! hahaha I also canned 4 pints of tomato juice. Thought there would be more, but that is what I got. Pleased with even that much. I am planning on making apple jelly next. Working my way down the list. Jars are on sale now with it being end of season. Now is the time to get them. Speaking of jelly. Have you heard that peanut butter is going sky high this winter? All the devastation in the southern states this year. We are going to try to stock up this week. Mr. Mark takes a lot of pb/j sandwiches in his lunchbox. Either for a snack or breakfast or lunch.

 This is a more girly monkey love hat.

Just two more of my hats. Screaming pink (and dark chocolate brown) huh? 

 Mark, Shayla and Toby at Mark's birthday party. Doesn't Shayla look festive. Our mom got the little girl's these flower leis to play with. Shayla LOVED hers! Said they made her feel fancy. It was so sweet. Except she took me to stop doing the hula dance. It was creepy!! That was hilarious. Me doing it and her saying that! Love that girl.

This week seems to be going fast. Hope everyone is getting to do something they love. Feed your passion my friends. Life is too short to not do something you enjoy!

I am blessed. ~Angela

Puttin' Up For Winter

On today's this week's agenda...canning tomato sauce and making apple butter. Both I haven't made in a long time and both we love need. I will let you know how it goes.

Penny and I had a good day Saturday at Farmer's Market. We sold 27 hats plus a couple other things. Not bad for 3 hours, plus set up and tear down time.It is funny how each week it seems one size is the one that everyone wants. And then the next week it is a different size. Here is a pic of some of Penny's yarn. This was taken at a recent show we vendored at.

The mats, I felted from wool. Great hot pads or table toppers.

My lupus is flaring up some right now. Just an all over hurting you cannot get away from. Thinking of trying a new medicine the doctor had suggested. But hate all the side effects that can come with it. The disease is bad enough! Still praying about it and taking what my regular meds.

Pray Monday is the start of a blessed week for everyone.

I am blessed. ~Angela