The boy loves popcorn

but boy does he make a mess when he eats it!


We had some visitors this week and a nice big spaghetti dinner, and LOTS of laughs and memories...THIS is what family is all about! Only thing missing...well, shes in CT........


We took a little cruise down to Mexico last week, the weather was amazing and Im sure I gained 10 pounds......
The weather here is cali is finally amazing.........nice and cool but still warm enough for shorts and flip flops!!!!! AND still warm enough for Glen Ivy, and YOU know who Im talkin to!!!!!!

A trip down memory lane....

My junior high BFF Kathy and I went to Pasadena monday and took a trip down memory lane, literally.....we had lunch at our old hamburger stand Connalls...and it really hasnt changed much at all......only thing missing was Mark Conall and his huge handlebar moustache.....oh how we used to droll over him...lolololol......





This is our old junior high school. they let us walk right in...unlike Pasadena high school.....and get this, NOTHING has changed, and its OLD.........the same clock I used to look at, the same old wood chairs in the auditorium, the same bathrooms even the same floor in the bathrooms!!!!!! It brought back a lot of memories......the same cabana we ate our lunch under where I used to stare at Peter whats his name, hoping he would just say hi and make my world!!!! the same track out back that I used to hang out on weekends with rather savory characters that my parents forbid me to see,lololo......
We saw Mr. Crafts old office where the boys who had be bad got swatted........lolol...now THAT would never happen today!

This is my old house on Sinaloa......it looks a whole lot better now than it looked when I lived there!!!!!!! what memories!!!!!! thanks Kath for sharing so many wonderful times thru all these years, you are my oldest friend and I cherish you!


This is what Im working on in my quilting 101 class, its a baby quilt, you probably cant see the pattern too well, its a 30s fabric with little circus animals on it........
Im off to the quilt and sewing show today.......have a great day all of you!

November is here...hold on tight!

I don't know about you guys but it seems to me the minute Halloween is over, the time flys by way too fast........and all of a sudden the holidays are here!!!! I made this Fall table topper out of pumpkins gone wild by Moda.....I just need to get some backing for it.

I finished the diaper bag, turned out so cute if I do say so myself! I also made a little changing mat to go with it out of the leftover squares.

Im starting to fill it already with cute little toys, oh and thanks Glenni...I got Jewels lulabyes..beautiful!



I finally found some darling gender nuetral baby clothes!!!!! Soft creams and yellow duckys!!!! check out the feet in the little outfits!!!! I wish you could feel the bear suit, its beyond soft!!!!! Needless to say Im having a ball!!!!!
Also got the baby his/her first toy for Christmas!!!!!!!



Went out the the Cabazon outlet stores and scored a couple of Le Cruset pieces at 40% off!!!!!!!!!!

So putting all the Halloween away for another year......out with the Turkeys!!!!!!!!! It will be here before you know it!!!!!!
BUT, as I write this, its about 90 degrees out...come ON fall!!!!!

We are easily amused.....

What better costume for the little cheech than a CRAB!!!! well, maybe its a lobster, but crab fits her!
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And if you know Sadie...aka diet girl...you KNOW this costume fits......well, its a little tight, but shes trying!

and the the Cookie Monster is a pirate......cuz her bunny costume is too small:(

Hope you are all having fun with Halloweenie!

no words needed......

Martha!!!!!!!!

I have always said that I wanted to meet Martha before I die.......and I got to!!!!!!! We I heard she would be in LA for a book signing I was estactic! Talked the best hubby in the world into taking me, stood in line for 2 hours.....which wasnt too bad because they served us wine and cupcakes and all kinds of goodies, (the signing was at Sur la Table)....so that by the time we left we were stuffed! I have to say she was all I imagined in person, very very pretty...and she took time to make small talk with me...and silly me, I was so overwhelmed I think I may have got teary.....lolololololol......sooooo one more thing off the bucket list!



I took a couple of classes this week and one of them was a tote bag class.........I really enjoyed it, and Im loving being off and doing things like this........



This is my sister Linda and the beautiful bag she made.......shes off now too and we are really enjoying doing things like this together.

This is the nice lady that sat next to me and her beautiful tote...

I decided to make a rather large tote and use it for a diaper bag......did I mention Im going to be a Grandma??????? So I had a couple of charm packs of this cute fabric, I think its play and learn or somthing like that...so heres my 1/2 finished diaper bag...all I have left to do is the top stitching around the top and some ties on the side, and as soon as its finished I will post a pic...I have charm squares left over and I think I will make a little quilt to go in the bag for changing or whatever.
All in all...fabulous week.........even the weather has been great...a little warm for October but not wicked hot....
Have a great week!

this and that...

Its been a while since I blogged I know...since I quit my job I have been so busy I havent had a chance.lolololol.....YES, I did quit, BUT I will stil be working a bit to help out with events and such....but the stress is GONE!!!!!!! anyways, I also had gotten away from CVSing for awhile so I was running short on razors.....I got all these for less than 5.00 dollars!!!!!!!

So since I saved so much on razors,lol...I indulged in a couple of fun mags, yo know I had to have the new copy of Artful Blogging!!!!!!

I also found this darling little spider guy candy dish at Yankee Candle Company...too cute. AND gals, get over to CVS cuz they have candy corn for 44 cents a bag, Im not kidding!!!!
I had bought this lime green pillow last year with NO clue of where to put it or what it would match, but I loved it......so what do you think of it here on my new couch?????????

AND I found the perfect mirror for above my cabinet......what do you think?





I went to Rogers Gardens with my sister last week, so I spent a fun day gardening and planting in some containers.....



Heres a few pics of little Cookie Von Munster.......in the first one she had just been spayed, shes zoning out on pain meds.
Fall has arrived here in cali....matter of fact its raining here for the first time in ages....and Im loving it.
GOOOOOOOOO DODGERS!!!!!!!!