I got blood on my quilt...

I pricked my finger and didn't realize it before I had blood all over my quilt - off white background that I was hand appliqueing.  I quickly panicked :)  and then emailed my Mentor, Nanci!  She said to spit on it and continue spitting till it comes up - will only work with your spit if it is your blood.  Thought I would pass this unique tip along.  And it worked!!!!!

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My little cannon camera broke!  I cannot get the usb card in it, and as any good hubby would do - he operated.  Now I need a new camera!  I now have to use hubby's huge big thingy, and dread using it!
So my posts will not be as frequent as when I have my snappy little cannon to help me.

Oh what a storm!

Kaylee and Dad playing "Robots"!

We ended up with only 5 inches of snow but the ice is what tore up everyone's landscapes.  I don't think there is a yard in our neighborhood or all of Auburn that doesn't have broken trees.  It is just so sad.  We have seen trees uprooted and areas where it looks like someone just took a machete to the trees.

Bob's sister, Cheryl, brought us up some firewood so we stayed kinda warm the first night our power was out.  So sweet of her :)

Our neighbors and best friends, Mechelle and Vince picked us up Friday morning in their 4x4 truck and we got to take showers and thaw out a bit, recharge our cell phone and ipad!  Our ipad was our connection to the news - missed that once the battery was drained!  ... then we got our power back on late in the afternoon.  Our daughter and her family spent the night with us and stayed all day yesterday while their house got their power back on.  We had a fun day!  Actually hand sewed and visited.  I loved that part of the storm :)

Our son and his family got their power back on in time for it to cut off again, but soon it came back on again.

The same tree after the storm...

          We are so sad to see almost all of our Japanese Maples split in half.... This tree was 21 years old, the first tree we bought for our yard.

It's getting colder here...

It is snowing and coming down fast!  We are suppose to get anywhere from 7 to 12 inches by tomorrow.  
Poor little birds, glad we can feed them :)

The Squirrels are back :)

I had to take these pictures thru our front window... the squirrels jump over to this pot to eat their goodies they get out of the pan of nuts...

I am amazed at how the crows are squalking near them and they just go ahead and eat like no one is there.  We also get Blue Jays and Crows eating our food.

A crochet slipper!

Sara is crocheting her hubby a pair of slippers!  They are so cool - her Dad talked her into making him a pair :)

New Barbie House - 24 year old Barbies!

Kaylee playing with her Barbie Glamour Vacation House she got for Christmas...  her Courtney and Ken dolls are her Mom's old Barbies - 24 year old!

Miss Mel loves to play with big sister's toys!  She has one of her Mom's old Skippers that she is playing with...

And a Momma Bird...

More Progress on my Bird Wallhanging

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!!!

It is an absolute beautiful day out here in the Great Northwest!  Temp is 50 degrees and no rain!!!!  I think this is a first for me and I have been living out here for 33 years :)