Hey Good-Lookin'....Whatcha Got Cookin'?

Well we got cornbread and meatballs cookin' here today, let me tell YOU! LOL Our block party is this afternoon and that's what we're bringing ;) Take a gander at that cornbread..and lemme tell you, it is about the best darn cornbread I have EVA tasted! I got the recipe from a friend at work, so thank you Ada Mcleod for a tremendous recipe!!





Are you hungry yet? Glad I made 2 pans, one for the party, one for us!! LOL

here's the recipe too!

1 14 oz can creamed corn

1 14 oz can whole kernel corn, drained

1 16oz container of sour cream

1 stick of butter, melted

3 eggs

3 packages of Jiffy Corn Muffin mix

mix all ingredients thoroughly and pour into a greased 12x9 pan. Bake at 350 for 1 hr and enjoy!

And of course I can't forget the meatballs! Bill does the mixing from his own "special" recipe and I just prep the cookiesheets and help him roll 'em. Oh and I eat 'em too..that's an assistant's job, isnt' it? LOL

Here's the results of all Bill's hard work! Yummmm!!

It's almost party-time, so you all have a great day..there's still a whole lot of summer left to go!!

The Queen and Her Castle...

Ok..so the Queen is the one taking the picture, so all you're gonna see is her Castle..her SANDcastle that is ;) This was a groovie little suprise summer kit that my BFF Peg, hooked me up with! It came with that great hanger AND those terrific buttons too! It was super-fast to put together, since it's fusible applique AND the buttonholing doubles as the quilting! You gotta love a quicky kit like that! I think it took me 2 nights and a little hand time for the binding, embroidered grass and attaching the 3 buttons ;)

So now the Castle is on the door of the OTHER Castle! And it's finished before the summer is, so how great is that! Thanks Peg for providing me with this fun project!!

Halloween in August!

Ok..I know you all know about Christmas in July...I hearby declare this month to be HALLOWEEN IN AUGUST!! So start stitchin' up those halloweenie projects so we'll all be done well before Halloween this year! I have my little list of projects to work off of for the next 2 months ;)


I recently started a new wool Halloween BOM through Farmhouse Woolens and have completed the first 2 blocks out of 6..the next 2 should be in my mailbox sometime this week! After doing these blocks, I find I am TOTALLY ENTHRALLED with wool...Like I need to be totally enthralled with ANOTHER thing LOL. The blocks are working up beautifully and I cannot wait to have this complete for this Halloween!











So grab a Halloween project or two and come and join me for Halloween in August!!

Flora and Fauna

Here's a little front-yard flora for you! Just a pretty pic of my purple coneflower and my portulacas ;) I love portulacas and find them to be a very underrated flower! They're part of the succulent family, grow great in the ground or containers and are very drought tolerant. And they come in a rainbow of colors! The main draw-back is that the flowers only last a day or so..but it blooms all summer long ;)

And of course what better fauna than another shot of those baby birds! LOL They're alot bigger now and will be leaving the nest by early next week!

Dino Chicks!

I think someone stuck some Velociraptor babies in where the cute hairless chicks were! This is a pic from this past Monday...ooooo scary babies! LOL rather Jurassic park-ish! They are sure keeping Mama and Papa robin busy with the worms and bugs and all! They should be fledging by early next week so I'll keep you all posted!!

Oh and for some quilt-worthy news, I have finished my first Christmas-In-July project for the month! Peg, Michelle and I are doing a little challenge for this month with Christmas-related projects and Peg is in the lead! LOL So here's my teeny Thimbleberries tree quilt, jingle bells and all!

The Chick Cam

Still pretty featherless, but getting cuter!!! ok...maybe not that much cuter LOL but still entertaining! LOL

THE BABIES ARE HERE, THE BABIES ARE HERE!!!

OH GOSH!! Sorry for the yelling, but I am just too excited ;) I'm a mama! I mean the OTHER robin's a mama! LOL Today on the way out the door, I made Bill stick his head in the nest and check the babies...2 little hairless chickies greeted him and one more was there when we came home! Mama did a good job of cleaning out the eggshells from the nest too..no sign of 'em in the nest or on the ground! She's back sitting on the babies as the sun was setting tonight! Nothing like being 2 days old and featherless! LOL

Saltbox stitchin'!

I recently started a new BOM (yes, ANOTHER new BOM! LOL) called Saltboxes through the Year, and it's being offered by Karen Perry of Farmhouse Woolens. I finished my first block and it was a surprising amount of work! LOL It was alot of fun though, and I'm very happy with how it came out!

Nature's Treasures

We were out in the front yard this afternoon, poking around and watering, when a robin flew out from our maple! Now since we live in a townhouse, we don't have a very big front yard, or even a very big maple (about 4 yrs old), but this robin was making herself right at home in our little tree! Would you believe that she built a pretty cup nest right at eye level on one of the lowest branches!!

Now being the curious nature-lover that I am, I had to stand on tip-toes to peek inside the nest! I put my camera above my head and snapped this nifty shot of Mama robin's treasures! She was waiting impatiently for me to finish with the shutterbugging so she could keep get back to the hatchin' business! LOL

I'm going to mind my own business til I know the babies have hatched..and then I'll see if I can get some additional pics! WikiAnswers.com tells me that they should be hatching in about 2 weeks...so check back around then!

Just in Time!!

I know I'm not the only "last minute Charlie" out there...anyone else wait til the last minute to finish a project for a specific holiday or event? Well this year I finished my 4th of July project around 4pm ON the 4th LOL I'll leave it out for the rest of the month and pack it away til next year ;)

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th of July everyone! We are just BBQing at home today, a nice quiet low-key celebration! I wish you and your families a safe and happy holiday!

Rain, Rain GO AWAY!!

We are having an incredible amount of rainy days here on Long Island! I have not heard the monthly totals, but we are well up over 7" for the month I am sure! We had another tremendous thunderstorm roll through around dusk last night, with more of the same forecast for the next few evenings!

But after the storm past, there was a rainbow at sunset...makes the storm all worth it!

And of course I had to get a picture of Bill in here somewhere LOL I know you all miss seeing him ;)

All Hands on Deck!!

OK, OK! Sorry for the bad pun ;) BUT..there is a purpose for the pun! Our deck is finally finished! Here are some pics of the work in progress! I knew almost nothing about deck or any other kind of home construction before this project and found the whole process to be very interesting!

Here is our "before" picture..just a bare yard with steps!

And here is the deck after the framing is complete!

now add some steps!

And there you go, the finished product!

and of course, every deck needs a fern, with a lobster in the corner... YES..that's a lobster..whatsamatta, you got a problem with lobsters? LOL

oh and I can't forget the sheep ;) He's obviously here for the clambake as he brought the corn! I wonder if that's what the lobster showed up for too ;)

Stitchin' up a Storm!

Would you believe that I haven't turned my sewing machine on in about a week? I've been embroidering instead! The embroidery bug bit me bad, thanks to Peg and Michelle!

Here's the Christmas Wish BOM that has a link on the sidebar of this blog...

And here's the new crow BOM that I'm doing through Stitch-N-Tyme in Unionville, MO, owned by Deb Smith and Janet Rowland!

I haven't given up sewing but it sure is hard to put those stitchin' projects down! LOL

Purse appeal!

Here's a quicky update on what I've been working on! I've finished a new tote/purse and zippy bag and thought I'd share a pic with you all ;) It came out really cute if I may say so myself!

Hope you are all enjoying the month of June so far! It's a bright sunny day today, but we've had a tremendous amount of rain here this past week and it's delayed the finishing of our deck. We hope the contractor can get it finished by the middle of next week! I'll post pics of that when it's complete too!