THANK YOU to all who have served

For 90 years, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month has been a remembrance of those who served America in time of war.
I am the Daughter of a Veteran & Wife of a Veteran. Many others in the family have also served - I do not hesitate to say thank you to all I know who have served.
This year the holiday we call Veteran's Day has a bittersweet note to it. I lost my Grandfather within the past year. He was US Navy, ret. Totally a career man, and followed by his son into the service. Capt J.W. Sellers, I miss you!!!

And as I heard again this morning:

Freedom is not free! If you don't stand behind our troops, then feel free to stand in front of them!

Teaser Tuesday

Still in HP y7 Pg 517

"All I am saying," said Bill, setting his hand on the door back into the sitting room, " is to be very careful what you promise goblins, Harry. It would be less dangerous to break into Gringotts than to renege on a promise to a goblin."

Tired today

It is sad when you start to doze off while sitting up - in the middle of a game of Yhatzee on the PC.

I wish I could sleep when it was the right time to sleep.

Teaser tuesday will follow.

dyeing done

I need to take a picture of it now (with my new camera) it is a greyish blue - or a blueish grey.

Now I have to find the dang Iron so I can start on the project....

Quiet Today

It has been a nice weekend, SIL took the eldest for the weekend. I miss having the no fighting, no yelling, just chase the little one when it is a regular weekend.
What is it about the kids that individually they are great, but when you put them together they are at each other's throats every 15 minutes??
Maybe MOMMY just needs a week off. Anybody want a house guest for a week?? ;)
Well expect the big one home in the next couple of hours... so we need to eat lunch before then.
Make it a great week.

dyeing soon

Well, I am jumping back into the dyeing this weekend.

I have some aida cloth that I bought for my Monopply board. It is too white. I believe I am going for a mottled grey look with it. I still have not decided 100%. However I do have to go get Soda Ash today, or I will not be able to do anything...

I know there was other stuff I wanted to dye too, but I am not sure what it was, or where I hid it from myself.

Off to the store (and maybe the baby will nap in the car.)

Farmville

I have come to the realization that some of these new online games are quite addicting.

I find myself wondering if it is OK to ask every person you know in real life to join your farmville neighbors.

If you know me, and you play Farmville on facebook... you are welcome to send me a friend request for the only purpose of being my neighbor, so we can have bigger farms. See you there.

Sock Friends

Over the past couple of days I was going thru past posts of blogs I follow (with the no internet time there was a LOT to read) and I have discovered some GREAT things in the UK.

While looking thru The Toy Society I saw a toy drop that was a SOCK BUNNY. This lead me to the BUNNY BLOG and to the folksy store that has the bunnies.

I also was transported from there to some of their friends sites: HOTDOG, The Sock Gardener, and other sock friends that now get followed around with cameras.

I have come to the realization (again) that there are much more than Monkeys out there to be had with socks. Maybe soon I will branch out and actually MAKE a monkey. Then I have to adopt a bunny and a dog from the UK. (Or maybe do those in the other order.)

I also need to get my tush in gear and actually do a toy drop this year. I have lots of yarn & can do an Ami pretty quick. Besides with the cotton yarn, they are 100% washable.

Hope your week is going well.

I have realized...

I need a calendar on the wall in the computer area.
yesterday was TUESDAY. So my Teaser Tuesday is being posted on Wednesday.

Page 181.
He read the letter again, but could not take in any more meaning than he had done the first time, and was reduced to staring at the handwriting itself. SHe had made her "g"s the same way he did: He searched through the letter for every one of them, and each felt like a friendly little wave from behind a veil.
HPy7: And The Deathly Hallows

THANKS to Moo

With the new Tupperware venture came the need for business cards of some sort. I went with the mini-cards from Moo. They arrived yesterday.

I am super pleased with them. They are actually BETTER than I thought they would be.

I used an awesome picture from the Fourth of July. It came out in shades of purple and pink with some orange in it. See end of post. It is also the same picture I took my logo from.

The reverse has the contact info and my site location 'my.tupperware.com/akhagee' listed for shopping.

I did some copy and paste from the main Tupperware site and made a small back logo. It reads "What's better than getting Tupperware" **shamless plug: If you do NOT have a Tupperware consultant already, please keep me in mind.**

A day off

So today (or rather yesterday evening) I did not have to go into work. However I am finding that it is now past midnight and I am still not ready for bed.
I might just go lay on the couch & watch some on demand so that if I do fall asleep, I can go watch it later. I am finding that lately I sleep better on the couch anyway. Or in the center of the bed while the bed is empty. I believe that is a mattress issue.

Wow - November already

It is sometimes odd to get off work and find that even though you have not gone to bead, a day has changed without your having realized it.
It still seemed like Saturday night, until I sat down for two minutes to check my email before hitting the pillow. Now I have this big clock staring at me that says November 1st.
I also left my phone at home before I left for work. I clocked out a 3am, I stopped and got gas, and when I picked up my phone after walking in the door.... it reads 2:45am. I wish ALL the clocks were that easy to change for daylight savings.
Hope your candy gathering went well.... type at you tomorrow.

annoyed

sure I mis-spelled the title.... not even sure if it is a real word.... but here is the point.

Why can I not get my body on a set sleep schedule??
If I get off work at 1am, why can I not be tired when I get home. It is pushing 6am and I am still not ready to go to bed. I shall force myself SOON to just GO anyway.

Imported

So I went back and imported some of the posts from my other blogs - and now I am merged into one location!

FedEx

So why if you live in a multi unit setting will the home delivery (ground package) driver leave your box at the office, but the 2 day package gets left on your door step without so much as a knock on the door??
Is it not obvious that a 2 day package would contain important stuff that you do not want the neighborhood kids just running off with??

I just found "Teaser Tuesdays"

Here is the lady that started it all.

I like the idea of this and at least four times I will have a pre-planned post for NaBloPoMo with this.... Since it is officially Tuesday here, I shall go grab the book I have been trying to read for the past several months. Death of a Darkloard by Laurell K Hamilton.

Teaser from random page (#151):

"Why had the land brought in these new people? They stank of goodness. The smell of it attracted evil."

So mine is more than two sentences, but it looks so nice out of context.

NaBloPoMo

Well it is fast approaching NOVEMBER - the OFFICIAL NaBloPoMo month!
I listed completing the NaBloPoMo as one of my 101 things (see related blog) to complete.
I am going to attempt it for November this year. If I do not succeed I will have other months to finish, including the main month next year before my 11-11-11 end date arrives.

My Collection of Pocket Dragons

I joined an e-swap for showing off our collections. I am emailing these to my partners, but posting them as well. Both incase the pics do not show in the email, and so that if anyone else wants to see then they can.

THE WHOLE COLLECTION

Overview of the entire collection.

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A Very Good Sign

Figure that is also the display sign.

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MY FAVORITE TWO

These are my favorite two.
Lollipop is the first one I ever saw that made me want them. I was finally able to buy it this past year.
Purple is very self explanatory.

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My Favorite Set

I love this set.
They remind me of the "no evil" monkeys. They were actually designed as three separate pieces & sold in different years.

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Hope you enjoyed a peak into my stuff.....

As to other things I collect that are not pictured:
Menus - yes real ones from going out to eat.
Shot Glasses - my grandpa built me a cabinet for them, I am still trying to fill it.
Fabric - what good little quilter girl does not try to build a huge stash.

Basket of Biscornu

So I have found a NEW challenge - just what I needed, right??

Through a link from another blog I was reading I found this challenge blog: Basket of Biscornu on Tuesday Jan 27th.

Since I have been thinking of doing one of these little "pillows" for about a month, I decided "What the heck... I can do that." and I sent in my request for an invite.

The challence is to do one biscornu a month & have yourself a nice "basket" full of them by the end of the year. So.... that left me until Saturday to get one made, take the pic & post the pic... Well I made it.

Bought the floss on Tuesday - Started designing the pattern that night & started the main outline stitching that night.
I finished it today!!
My pic is also posted over there already.

Here it is...
My January Biscornu

I decided against a button for now. If it starts screaming for one, I'll go find it one. (well two, really)

I decided to take the pic of it on a mirror, so that more of the back could be seen. I am not too happy with the back, as the hearts are too far under & I messed up on my plan. The front and back hearts were to have opposed, not been the same. The quarter is there for a size comparison.

funny thing

I was searching thru the swaps today & found this swap here

I followed the link to the quiz & here is my score:
How quirkyalone are you?
Your score was 83. Somewhat quirkyalone (otherwise known as quirkytogether):
You are probably part of a mysterious group of people, the quirkytogethers. You share many of our quirky qualities, but you manage to find yourself, on a regular basis, in a coupled situation. Interesting.

--- So now my suspicions are confirmed.... I am a loner at heart, even though I am happily married....