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!!!!!!!!

Its finally feeling like fall.....

It has been so beautiful here in Cali the last few days it finally feels like maybe the brutal wicked hot days of summer are behind us for another year...I hope so. Never have I been so anxious for a break in the heat.
So friends, I can finally enjoy fall with y'all......

More baby stuff.....

Since I dont know if the new baby is a boy or girl, I decided to take the mommy to be shopping instead......

I have to say I have not been in a maternity store in 26 years, when I was last pregnant with her, and my oh my have things changed. Now they have fake bellys that are the size of various months, and you can try them on and see how you will look in 9 months.......we were falling on the floor laughing.....and also the clothes are so different, they are form fitting, not the tents I had to wear. Nicole Richie has a cute maternity line out, and they just look like regular clothes, very cute. Even cute jeans!


I will have to have a few of these!!!!

Here we are the blubbering Grandmas just minutes after hearing the news........it was quite a surprise and caught us off guard.
well, thats all I will bore you with today......finally its a nice COOL day here in cali and I want to make the most of it.....I have candles to light and pumpkin spice lattes to drink.....maybe fall is coming here after all, its be a long wicked summer and Im over it!!!!!

Big News........

We went to my daughters inlaws for dinner the other night, no special occasion, and right before we sat down to eat, my SIL Alex gave his mom and me a gift bag.....I saod, omg whats this for, and they said just because, now OPEN it....so she and I opened it at the same time, and OMGGGGGGGGG it was a baby toy!!!!!!!!!!! So she and I burst into tears, right at the same exact time.....hugs, and kisses and tears and a VERY happy pair of parents......so by next April I will be the long awaited Grandma....and this is kind of funny...Joe was texting all thru dinner,lolol...and all of a sudden I looked over at him and he was crying.....lololololol.......

Little Cookie, aka monkey girl is growing like a weed and has made herself right at home, and we adore her.


So I have been doing some updating around my house ......here are a few pics. I have always wanted a kitchen island but my kitchen is not huge....but I found this one at Ikea and its perfect, so out with the table and chairs and in with the island.

I also got a new couch, I had a green and red plaid, still like new but dated, very country, and I so wanted to get away from that.

SOOOOO after 25 years of some of the best memories around my old dining room set, we finally got a new one. The other one was very loved but just too country for me now. Iam very happy though that my sister took it and I will get to still have more happy memories around it....lots of love and homework etched into that pine table, and I did cry to see it go. BUT I lOVE my new one, but what am I going to do with that HUGE wall where the hutch used to be????




This was an awesome week, not only am I a Grandma....but Stacy got married and it was a very happy day! She was a beautiful bride and we love you guys! Although I should have known when Chelseys bridesmaid dress hardly zipped up and she did not toast with champagne that something was up!
I let too much time go by with out blogging but as you can see it has been busy around here.
Its still in the 100s here, please send cool breezes, because I know where ever YOU are, its cooler there than here!

Halloween Cats

A few people have asked whether I will be selling these Candy Corn Cats....I will take a few orders for them, if you want one please email me...and THANKS!!!!!!!!!

OK..enough of summer already!!!!!

I have been sewing a bit....Im making a few of these guys for Cupcaketo sell in her booth in September....I really wish I could be there...but I will be there in spirit!!!!!



We have had to put Sadie on a diet, she needs to lose 2 pounds, which is like me losing the 40 pounds I need to lose...we will do it together, but she is not too happy about it!
It really is the dog days of summer here in so cal, but it has cooled down a bit in the last couple of days, and the nights are awesome........we had a fairly cool summer until a few weeks ago, then the fires and the heat made up for it. Im dusting soot of my furniture every day......so this cool weather is very welcome..
Fall is my favorite time of year, and its very unpredictable here...just when I get out all the decorations and start lighting candles, its inevitable we get a september heat wave. I hate that!
Things to look foward too......the season premiere of Greys Anatomy....is she or isnt she dead???????
Lighting my Yankee candle Almond Cookie candle for the first time!!!
Going to Oak Glen and getting apples.....are ya with me anyone????
NOT sweating!!!!!!!!!
OH, and one more favorite thing I have discovered......HOARDERS......omg...monday nights, here its channel 72.....the ultimate in grossness...but it sucks you right in!!!!!!
Have a cool day everyone!!!!!!