My mom has wanted to go to the restaurant up the road from her since her birthday. That was my original plan until my sister-in-laws changed the location. Turns out mom didn’t enjoy what she had at that restaurant and craved ‘The Little Inn’s’ crabcakes. I know all too well how good their food is there. I use to go in there with Brian when we dated and had late night snacks-mostly their chicken salad clubs. I promptly gained about 20 pounds in two years! So I had another chicken salad club yesterday and mom got a fried seafood platter with her beloved crabcakes. She said The Little Inn’s crabcakes were so delicious next to the other place. She took most of her meal home (she eats like a bird) and I took a quarter of my club home. Sean was there (remember Penn State is about 4 miles from my mom’s). He was working on an English paper. I decided to take the impatiens and other flowers back outside. I told mom it wasn’t worth trying to save them. Then I started to sweep and vacuum and just tidy up. She is pulling boxes out of bedrooms and one had all these loose family photos in it, many of which are fading. I should get that box, sort them and put them in a big album. Mom started to weep because of the shingles/sciatica pain she has daily. She needed a hug and an ice pack.
After a while we went to a local shopping center where we went in a store called ‘Five Below’ (everything is $5 and under) and I got a few things for my brother for his birthday. We then went into a new Mexico restaurant so Sean could get dinner (I got a kiddie meal to share with mom until she ate the rest of her lunch). We then ventured into JoAnn’s and I picked up some yarn. I am getting addicted to yarn.
When we got home, all ‘my’ shows were much better than last week. So it was nice to settle in and enjoy them. I then went looking for a neat background for my blog and borrowed the one from a Conan O’Brien site (I was checking in there to see if his wife had baby #2 and she did, a boy they named Beckett!). I lightened the star background a bit and made a new banner. I got my eyes nice and tired for my eye doctor appt. today-not smart.

Your Birthdate: November 19

You are resilient, and no doubt your resilience has already been tested. You’ve had some difficult experiences in your life, but you are wise from them. Having had to grow up quickly, you tend to discount the advice of others. You tend to be a loner, having learned that the only person you can depend on is yourself. Your strength: Well developed stability and confidence Your weakness: Suspicion of others Your power color: Eggplant Your power symbol: Spade Your power month: October

Barbara asked if any of the above rang true. And actually most of it does. I surely have been tested as being an only daughter and sister. I am from a broken home. I feel like I had to grow up fast. I was ‘working’ (babysitting) for spending money from age 11 to 20. I have held a number of jobs since those early years. The most important ‘job’ to me is being a mom for 19 yrs.
As for being a loner-I am more of an introvert, but when I go out to social events or even the post office, people seem to like to talk to me. I certainly don’t need to be lead around by any individual or a group of people. I have plenty to keep me entertained at home, so I am never bored.
I may be suspicious of older men because of my father.
I prefer the color aquamarine/teal over eggplant.
I had Sean in October, so that month means a lot to me.
The next time I go to Atlantic City I’ll look for spades!

I guess we will take a daytrip to Dover, DE. for my birthday. Someday we’ll have to go to Dover Downs, the racetrack, but Sean is always with us and he’s under age. I love this big store there called Atlantic Book warehouse-it’s huge! Then we may go to a few other stores and then to dinner. That is about exciting as it gets.
We’ve been to Smithville, NJ and then Atlantic City one year. Other years we went to Bucks County to Peddler’s Village and ate at a great brunch and strolled among the stores.

Today’s “Stitching Blogger’s Question” was suggested by Dawn and is:
When comparing large projects versus small projects, which do you get more excited about finishing?
I am extremely pleased with myself for completing any project, large or small. To tell you the truth, if it’s too big I am usually sick of it and glad to start something else.

I had to get a filling late this afternoon and had my first laser treatment. They use it on teeth that don’t contain metal. I didn’t have novacaine and it still hurt. I almost freaked. It was a pricey procedure as it was over $200! I feel like double checking that charge. My tooth looks like new but it was bothering me a bit tonight.
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Jon Corzine won for NJ governor with 53% of the vote, in case you are interested.
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I hit a great sale at Peebles, the nearby dept store. Got a load of a nice Halloween things for 75% off! I plan to put them away for next year for eBay. I have quite a few containers that look like antique paper mache candy holders. So cute.
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I’m slowly but surely getting my Love Quilts squares done. That little bear on the hat box is a pain with all the color changes in shades of off white. Give me a break!

Ok, I am so glad not to see those butt kicking ads on tv between John Corzine and Doug Forrester after today. Especially since I don’t even live in New Jersey! We share Philly tv stations with southern Jersey, lucky us. Even the gals at ‘The View’ had something to say about how bad these ads have been. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is a Republican (the only thing I don’t like about her are most of her politic views) said she won’t vote for Forrester either. Forrester contacted Corzine’s ex-wife for his ads. How stinky is that?
I hate, and I mean hate campaign ads in general. Makes you want to just watch cable all the time. Do I plan to vote today for people who I don’t even know ‘just because’ it’s election day? I know I should, but I probably won’t. I don’t know the candidates anyway. So bad, but whoever gets whatever isn’t that important to me since I live in an area that slants so much one way, if you get my drift.

I’m definitely having fun with this blogger template stuff. I have made at least 9 banners. I am almost at the correct length, but it’s shaping up! If you think the blue is too dark, let me know. Thanks to you all for you comments of interest and encouragement!
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I bought 3 crochet magazines at Borders Books yesterday! They have some really cute things in them and I started a Ponchette from ‘Crochet Fantasy’ magazine (oh yes, don’t we all fantasize about crocheting!). I am a little hung up on the main design area. It’s amazing how much more patience I have now with directions.
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I’ts 1:11 am and I am wide awake. I better sign off and do a little reading to get me tired.

This is a new look for me. I am still changing it (the top isn’t exactly what I what), so bear with me! It took me over 2 hours to get this far.

The day didn’t start out too badly (Sunday that is). It was in the low 70s. I got my stew going before Brian and I headed to Macy’s in Christiana, DE to order a new bed. This was a long time in the making, believe me. My father-in-law had given us (bless his heart) over $500 in Macy’s gift cards over the last 6 months (he gets them at Caesars in Atlantic City), so we applied them to a higher price ‘plush top’ bed. It won’t get here until the end of November because I didn’t want to wait around on my birthday for a delivery truck to come. I also used one of my Entertainment.com coupons (that’s a great book-check out entertainment.com) to get 10% off a new set of pots and pans-an early birthday gift. I was checking out a good knife, but the prices were skyhigh. I really needed some new saucepans because the T-fal stuff is coming off the inside of the ones I use a lot.
So on the way down to Christiana (about a 25 minute drive), I felt something funny on one of my bottom teeth. I looked in the mirror and the top part of a tooth had mostly chipped away revealing some decay. I was so bummed! I hope it can be repaired so I don’t have to get a crown or root canal. Not sure how they handle teeth with no flat surface like molars. Wish me luck.
We came home (after a trip to Borders books and Acme supermarket) to find the stew was turned off with no liquid in it at all-Sean said he ‘watched’ it. I had to ‘doctor’ it up again and we had some delicious ‘soft’ round bread with it.
I had gotten some Ben & Jerry’s frozen yogurt and Brian forgot take it out of the bag. He had unbagged most of the stuff while I fixed up the stew. So that was the ‘ugly’ part of the day. I never have seen a more sadder sight than melted chocolate frozen yogurt!

That’s a pretty clematis with a lime green center and purple edges next to some blue salvia(front yard).
The other flowers are red salvia (backyard)
Tomorrow we will be enjoying low 70s. Nice. : )