Lobsterama and a Movie

Today, my son is 33! In fact, as I am writing this, he is officially 33! Time-wise he was born at 10:15 in the morning :)

Look at that! Still wearing a bib!!

He sneaked into this world a little early -- I had not even had my tour of the delivery room and had not one iota of what to expect! What a wonderful experience though! All grown up now and doing what he loves to do -- working in the film industry, producing indie films, going to film festivals, partnering in a historic theater. A dream life! 

When he was in the third grade, they had career day and the kids were to dress up as what they wanted to be when they grew up....

His sign says "Actor"

I think he got that pretty close!

Last night we had our family celebration dinner at Lucile's, a fabulous restaurant in Ft. Worth. They were having Lobsterama so of course we all had lobster! 

I had never eaten a fresh Live Maine Lobster before -- lobster tails but never the whole shebang sitting on my plate! Boy, was it good!

We all had to indulge in a bit of dessert! 

I got a peach cobbler, with ice cream :)

Yum yum and more yum!

The guys got Cherries Jubiliee -- flambeed  and served with

three scoops of ice cream! 

They shared and then dipped their spoons into my peach cobbler!

He said he should have worn his lobster shirt!

Then we met up with my daughter (she couldn't go to the dinner) and went to the screening of Adam's latest movie -- it's film festival time in Ft. Worth! The film is called Bob Birdnow in the short form and the official (long) title is Bob Birdnow's Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self.

Excellent. If you get a chance to see it when it airs, do so! It's about a man who is giving a motivational speech and has a melt-down in the process. Well acted and very emotional. Basically one man speaking, but he paints such a picture that you feel you are right there with him, experiencing his life as it happens. It actually began as a play, and became a movie.

Adam produced and was also assistant director on this movie.

Star... Barry Nash

So, Happy Birthday to Adam -- I got interrupted a few times while typing this and it's now past 12 noon --- I suppose I'm out of the delivery room now and am a real Mama!!


sharing the various blues at Blue Monday (even though that lobster's red!!)
and at GRAND Social


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You Can't Rush a Cat

Hewwo -- Oliver here. I'm taking over Mommy's blog because she can't think of anything for the letter Y. But, since I'm the King Kitty and Boss around here (and you know I can read....) I had the bestest idea for Y. 

You Can't Rush a Cat!!

That Noli girl came over and wanted to do some puzzles.  

Mommy likes to do them with her and I like to snoopervise. 

So, here I am, snoopervising

They wanted me to get off the puzzle,

but I liked looking at the kitty....

and then look what I saw!

See the book -- remember I can read!

You Can't Rush a Cat!!

Hey, I already said that!

Meowzer!

sharing Oliver's silliness over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter Y
and at Camera Critters

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Hip Hip Parade! A Gift Guide and a Coupon Code

I am so pleased to be included in this lovely gift guide by MossyJojo!
She very sweetly used my strawberries :)

Click here or anywhere on the gift guide to go to the treasury on Etsy

Now, here's the super exciting part.... 

I'm offering 10% off anything in my shop now through Nov. 30!!

hip hip parade! 

(as my daughter used to say when she was a little tyke)

I offered this discount to MossyJojo's readers

and wanted to do the same for you, my bloggy friends :)

So, hop on over to my shop and see what goodies you can find....

the coupon code is MossyJojoBlog10

I'll be adding more goodies, so please check back during the month!

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X-Stitch aka Cross Stitch

Cross stitch -- some call it x-stitch because of the little x's that are made -- you go from left to right making stitches that look like / and then back along those stitches from right to left, crossing them with \ stitches. That's probably about as clear as mud!  

Smile was stitched for Markie

Anyway, I love to cross stitch -- probably even more so than crochet.  (But don't tell my crochet hooks that -- they will be very jealous!) But there's only so much you can do to give as gifts or do for yourself. Although I must admit, there are about a million cross stitch pictures that I would like to do for myself. I keep telling myself to decide on one and just do it, but, well you know how things get. 

 Follow Your Dreams was stitched for Tylynn

One way that I get in some cross stitch time is to stitch for an organization called "Love Quilts" which gives finished quilts to children who are critically ill or who have lifelong illnesses. 

Family was for Inspirational Words and Phrases to be used on any child's quilt. These are extra squares that have no deadline and can be used on any child's quilt to fill in when needed, or to assemble a quilt in an emergency situation. 

When the child is signed up, the parents provide a photo and some background on the child -- siblings, pets, favorite sports or other likes, information about the child's illness, etc. Then a theme and a favorite color are picked and the stitching volunteers sign up to stitch a square for that child. They usually try to get around fifteen to twenty squares for each quilt.

The two cutie bears were stitched for any child's quilt

The squares are sent in and then they are assembled into a quilt by quilting volunteers. Depending on how many squares are received, the quilt could be all cross stitch squares, or with some fabric squares to round things out. They are finished with batting and a fabric back and then machine quilted. Then they are sent or sometimes taken to the child. The parents usually send in pictures of the child with the quilt -- that's probably the best part! They always have such huge smiles on their sweet faces!

There are some ladies who stitch for each and every child, sometimes more than one square for each! It just amazes me the love and care that go into each of these quilts.

 

Ducks stitched for Shane

This is the quilt for Shane -- you can see the duck square on the left side

Butterfly stitched for Karon

Karon's purple quilt.  The butterfly square I stitched is on the bottom row on the right.

There is a lot of work involved to assemble each quilt and the only monetary request is a small donation to accompany each square that is stitched. And it doesn't matter if you stitch one square or many, all are accepted with love and all are assembled and presented to the child with love. 

A number of years ago my computer crashed and I lost all my photos -- so a lot of my cross stitch pics are gone. I always wrote the year and the child's name on the chart, and of course I remember each one, but I sure wish I had those pictures! 

I didn't participate at all this year, but plan to do at least a few blocks in 2014. 

Maybe I'll even do something for myself!

If you'd like to learn more about the Love Quilts organization, or perhaps stitch a square for them, here's a link to their site. 

sharing over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter X

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Milk and Cookies for Santa

Do you, or your kids, leave milk and cookies for Santa? Is it too early to be thinking about that??  Um, probably :p

We, of course, did and the kids left notes for the old guy.... he always left them a thank you, and a lot of crumbs! It's no wonder his belly shakes like a bowl full of jelly! 

So, when the Blogging Business Artisans October challenge was "Prelude to the Holidays" (brought to us by LeAnn of Pasque Flower Creations) I knew what I would do! LeAnn challenged us to create a holiday themed item -- something for our Etsy shop, an ornament or decoration for our home, a costume, or perhaps a gift for a friend or loved one. The item could be for any of the upcoming holidays, from Halloween through New Year's. 

I decided on a crocheted milk and cookies set for the kids to pretend with or for a fun Christmas decoration for the table, or under the tree. I had made this set a couple of years ago but never replaced it after it sold so I thought this challenge would be a good time to make another set, and kick-start Christmas in my shop.

This time I made a cute storage bag so everything will stay in one place!

I think Santa will like those cookies!

But do you think he might be getting tired of milk?? 

Check out what some of the other BBA team members made for this challenge!


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Wheels.... Girly Wheels

I looked out my window one day and saw....

Pink wheels

Girly wheels

and knew I had to snap a few pictures!

Sitting in front of our house,

but visiting the house across the street

(which is the one in the picture)

Don't you love them?!!

This on the back

If I were going to have girly wheels on my car, 

this would be the way to go!!

♥ sharing those girly wheels over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter W


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Valentine Noli

Noli is such a goof. 

She had on her *Love* t-shirt, so of course she was a Valentine!

Look, Mumsie, I'm a Valentine Heart! Take my picture!

And, of course, I did.

~ sharing Valentine Noli over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter V

~ sharing over at Grandma's Briefs for GRAND Social

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The Usual Suspects -- Up to No Good...

We've got quite a menagerie of little hoodlums -- nice little hoodlums, but hoodlums nonetheless!

So today I am sharing these Usual suspects who are always Up to no good!

Noli, kicking where she shouldn't be

Ninja Noli

I tell ya, that kid has some mighty strange fashion sense!!

Now for the outside kitties, hoodlums all....

After a bug....

Who me?

I wouldn't dream of chasing bugs....

But I would!!

This is just off the patio, an area that has never gotten concrete around the stones.

Those sneaky kitties love to dig there!

Plotting their next move...

which apparently is climbing!

Getting sleepy

Sleeeepy

All tuckered out

It's hard to find a hoodlum pic of Oliver...

for he is the epitome of good kitties

But here he is in Noli's stroller

taken back when she used a stroller....

  

>^.^<

Meowzer!!

sharing over at Miss Jenny's for Alphabe-Thursday where we are studying the letter U


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