December 16, 2011 10:13AM

"I have been serving them in bowls so that the syrup doesn't flood."

Who would have known?!

:)

JMB

December 7, 2011 5:57PM

Messy

Laundry

Together

Crossed legs

Reading

:)

JMB

Quick stop... found some smiling faces!

As I was trying to organize my thoughts about the last two weeks into something coherent, I came across these two pictures... and then I thought that I should just post them today.

They are from the EMQG quilt show reception. My friend Emily came with her daughter. She and Blondie were born just a day apart and were in the same preschool class (they are now graduates!) Emily and I have been friends since she walked in to Mr. Schroeder's homeroom class in the fall of 1987. She was a new student and had absolutely NO idea that I was friendless, dorky, and the queen of getting my bra strap snapped. She made my 7th grade year at Oaklea, not only bearable but really, really awesome.

I am so glad that she is still a good friend and someone I can count on, after all of these years.

JMB

Stardate February 24, 2011... Mission: Snow day!

It didn't last through the day, but BOY, it was fun while it lasted!!

(Mango's featured pants are the reverse side of the pants I posted yesterday.... LOVE SEEING THAT FABRIC in the "everyday"!)

JMB

Moments... January 12, 2011

Painting helper
Lots of circles on the snack table
Beauty in a cup.

What a wonderful Wednesday to find in my camera!! :)

JMB

June 3rd 10:00 a.m.

They smelled so sweet. I said they smelled like Heaven, he said "You're right Momma, they smell like God."

--Got to love a 4 year old with a slight chocolate milk mustache.

JMB

PS

Sometimes you just have to have photo essay days. There are quilts being made, sometimes they just take a long time.

Moments in our garden...

December 5, 2009 3:10 pm
How do you weed your winter garden?

Pink flamingo bottoms are always an option... I'm just saying...

JMB

Moments of rain...

November 12, 2009, 2:26 PM... early to pick up big brother, a shocking riot of color through the dripping windshield...

Little brother rocking out to "Dog Train"

Thinking about walking out in the rain to get brother...
November 12, 2009 2:48 PM... sun again. Lovely and bright. A double rainbow! Sun and rain, both necessary.

JMB

Moments...

November 8, 2009, 9:30 a.m
I was reading a blog the other day and the pictures and writing were so very true. It wasn't that it was a post of grand revelations. It was just a post about a family, across the world from me, but so very like my family. It was comforting and funny. I like that. It talked about using your blog to show how you really are, to relate, to share your true self. If you would like to share with all of us you can read more about it here. It is nice to have a pretty blog. To fix your pictures. Crop out the ugly piles of laundry, hide the zits with photoshop, make it look like you want to remember it. Sometimes it is nice to just be, pajamas, holey socks, toys on the floor, all of it.

We all are getting over our flirtation and then straight on romance with H1N1. It wasn't pretty here the last week plus. Our saving grace was little Mango only got a snorkely nose. I was so worried that she would have the fevers along with the rest of us, but she has been saved thus far. I am so thankful. I am also glad that it looks like the rest of us are going to recover with just a cough and runny noses to bring in to this next week. We missed Halloween, my sister came over with treats for the boys but they could only look up from the couch and manage a pitiful "Thhhank you." Big Daddy had his ears all blocked up and I lost my voice, so we were quite the pair. It just makes me thankful for how healthy we are normally.

I made 4 more pumpkins yesterday for my pumpkin quilt. It is nice to have something brainless to make when I have a spare hour. I have 5 more cut out, maybe this will be a finishable project?? We will see. Jacquie is hosting a project finishing party here. I think I might play along, I need to move some stuff out of my sewing room!

Stay healthy!

JMB