Oct30

Guest Ghoul

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I’m helping out with this:

So I went through the files and found an interesting thing:

The program from the Broadway Play

And the inside looked interesting. The actor who played ‘Benson’ on tv- Robert Guillaume, played ‘The Phantom’ at one time (not the phantom seen back in 1992). That phantom is spooktacular!

And a clipping from the local paper when they were setting up the theater for the show in Philadelphia. I heard that the director, Hal Prince was very close to the theater goers that night!

Look where I found the mistress of this blog, partying over at Pea’s Corner! My oh my! I heard she was dipping into the hard cider!

Oct30

Name Game-come on play!

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Only one person played so far… Thanks Carole–it made an excellent post for you on the 30th. Please go see!

It’s funny what you think about when you are either falling asleep or waking up. I thought of this a few days ago, in the a.m.

What you do:

Think of 5 celebrities who share your first, middle or last name with you (even nickname). Tell us who they are and if you have anything in common with them and/or what you admire about them. Also, find a photo of  your favorite same named celebrity to share with us!

I hope you play along and tag me if you do.

1. Diane Von Furstenberg-designer-I admire her style and styles! She was really popular in the 70s-80s, with her wrap dress being popular. In the last few months, I have seen her on Project Runway and in an American Express commercial. I like how she takes inspiration for her designs from nature.

2. Diane Sawyer-tv news woman-I like her smarts, her news stories and that she travels a lot. She was once a Junior Miss! I think knowledge is power too!

3. Diane Lane-So far she is the closest in age to me than the other Dianes. She’s been a great dramatic actress since she’s been a teen. She only has one child too.

4. Diane Keaton (favorite alert!)


Diane is  consistently wonderful in her acting roles. She has her own style and emulates it to this day. I remember loving ‘Annie Hall’ and her ‘La Dee Dahs’ with Woody Allen- but her clothes! I did wear a tie and vest a few times in the 70s because of Diane. I also am known to wear a few berets too.
5.Dian Fossey-zoologist-What she did to bring awareness to gorillas was amazing. She gave her life for them.

Honorable mentions:Dianne Wiest,  Diane Kruger and Diahann Carroll!

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From Oct. 22nd-

Got some stash in the mail today! I was so excited to get it, it took me forever to get around to opening it. When I sat down to admire it, the cat decided to take a nap on my lap!

Can you see why I was excited! Like an early birthday or Christmas present. I ordered from 1-2-3 Stitch and it arrived in less than a week. I wanted the 2008 JCS ornament issue, but got a few charts too. Enlarge to see what the smaller charts are. I rarely buy charts anymore, but I do collect The Prairie Schooler designs.

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Oct29

Celebrating after 28 yrs-Phinally

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Celebrating after 28 yrs!, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.

So we had to wait a few days to finish off game 5-so worth it!
Congrats Phils!!! Most valuable player is pitcher 24 yr old Cole Hamels. It’s been awesome watching the interviews and trying to catch some photos off the tv. We hopped around to about 4 stations.
The big victory parade is Friday at noon. Think I’ll take photos off the tv again. I’m sure there will be personal appearances in the near future.

Love this photo:

The Billy Penn curse is over!

Oct29

Tug at my heartstrings

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Brian happened to look on the shelf on the bookcase above where I was looking and found Tug:

How I wish my grandmom had taken a photo of us together back in May, 1982! Now I have restored faith about tonight! Tug’s son Mark hung his dad’s World Series ring above his dad’s favorite bar (I think in Philly somewhere) today.

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I received a Blog giveaway from Sherry over at If I Could Set My Soul Free. What a great bag! It’s pretty and roomy. I’ll get a lot of use out of it. Lucky me!

Sherry has an etsy shop (see her blog) and hand makes so many pretty pieces like this!

I just added books and a quilt square kit to my etsy shop-link on right under Artilicious Divas. Also added a few things in eBay at the top under Moonlitstitcher’s Page. I need some pocket moola!

You may be hearing from me in a few hours!

Oct29

Phillies memories

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I’m still praying to St. Anthony that I will locate my signed Tug McGraw photo I got of him in person in 1981. I know where it use to be, and I went through the entire shelf and it’s not there. I did find this:

I think it’s one of the better portraits I drew years ago. I was only 21 when I did this of Tug. : )

And then on the shelf was the 1978 team, almost the same players from the 1980s team. I have that big box of stuff, but since this was on the shelf, here it is:

And a close up of Tug:

His famous saying was ‘You’ve gotta believe’. I’ll keep hoping!

By the way, the Tampa Bay Rays had to move out of their hotel in Philly and ended up in the swanky Hotel DuPont (look at the video tour-it’s really nice and Longwood Gardens is mentioned too)in Wilmington, a stone’s throw from here. They were really impressed by the joint-perhaps their upcoming consolation prize?

Oct28

Ah, sweet technology

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I was a bit nervous this morning, but I was home in one hour following my mammogram. They have a new digital machine, so it was faster (though still uncomfortable and you don’t have to hold your breath). I had a nice 50 something lady tech that was the spitting image of my grandmom Ruth’s sister Edna. Now what’s weird, I just had a dream about Aunt Edna within the last few days. (I had been looking at a lot of family photos lately too). She was in my living room plain as day, and I said to her ‘I thought you were deceased?’ She had plenty of breast issues in her long life. Maybe she was confirming to me that I would be fine. I got to see the images on the computer screen. I didn’t realize how much is going on in your breasts. The digital images are really crisp and clear. Crossing fingers.

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They just said on the news that the suspended game last night was the first ever for a World Series. I doubt they will play tonight as it is still really lousy. We are still hoping for a win. I think it would be nice for a new generation of fans to see a championship. I loved it back in 1980 and still have an entire container of memorabilia from that Series plus an autographed photo of Tug McGraw.

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I’m helping Sean edit some summaries for a Geography course that he was struggling with. This last article was a doozie and took me 2 hours to read and then to edit his paper. So far ‘we’ have gotten a ‘C’ ‘B-‘ and ‘C+’. Not bad for an Early Childhood Ed major who isn’t into such dry material. I did read in the last article that overtilling is bad for soil, which makes sense. They suggest planting a winter cover-like alfalfa (I guess) or just to poke the seeds in the ground without tilling it. As I had said in a previous post, our vegatable garden failed miserably this year. We need to do something if we want to continue to grow things. I like learning how to help the environment too!

Oct27

The curse of Billy Penn?

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Or things happen for a reason?

The weather in this neck of the woods is certainly frightful today for a baseball game (39 degrees and pouring rain). The Phillies were winning 2-1 until the top of the 6th inning and Tampa Bay’s Upton came along and tied it up! The game was then delayed…until…3 am? tomorrow? Wednesday in Tampa Bay? I bet it will be Wednesday. The local news people are saying things happen for a reason…we’ll see.

And the curse of Billy Penn-Bri reminded me and then the newscaster repeated it. Ever since skyscrapers were built taller than the statue of William Penn on top of City Hall in Philly, the major sports team haven’t won a championship. We’ll see…
Update-11:22 pm-the game was suspended. AHHHHH!

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Off for the mammogram tomorrow in that lovely cold and windy weather. Crossing fingers.

Oct27

Halloweens from the past

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I’ve been wanting to scan and group these for ages! I could find most of Sean’s Halloween costume photos except for when he was a Sorcerer (made from my graduation gown) and Inspector Gadget(I know I just saw that somewhere). Almost forgot him in his Pizza costume!

Sean was in Kindergarten in the first shot. I used a gold t-shirt of mine for his tunic and made the collar from green felt. I think the hat, etc were in a package to buy, but I added a nicer pheasant feather to the cap. The next shot is also Kindergarten (he was in a two year program). The third photo is preschool. I added the fancy feathers to the helmet. He roasted in the sweat jacket while running around and playing in the classroom. The last shot he was two and a Magician. He also had a hat with a bunny in it and a cape with a red lining.

Sean in his Halloween disguises

Since Titanic was big around this time, he was a sailor. That was my grandmom’s beret that I added a band to. He is holding a little life preserver- for a cat, don’t you think? I think that’s 6th grade. The skeleton bones were the white vinyl Contact paper stuff. He’s wearing a bowler with a skeleton ribbon. It poured rain that year and the bones started to unpeel. I believe this is 2nd grade. In the next photo he is the Phantom of the Opera-5th grade. And then he was Mickey Mouse when he was 3. The shoes were mail order, but I did the pants up and added his mouse ears from Disney World to a black knit hat. He was even in a parade in my hometown that year.

One year old Sean and pal:
Sean as a Pumpkin
Sean at 9 as a Pizza! I made this from scratch. I was hoping my niece would wear it, but she has her heart on being a hippie. The box is from Piz*za Hut and I added lights to it. It looked neat in the dark.
Halloween 95

Oct26

Bleary-eyed

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Because of the torrential downpour we had around 6 pm last night, the 3rd game of the World Series was postponed until after 10 pm. It was a pretty good game with the Phillies pulling off the win (5-4) about 1:50am. I just about stayed up to watch it.

Sean just left around 12:30. First he is stopping to see his grandfather, then he will head back to school. He has a ticket for comedian Lewis Black’s show (on campus) at 7:30. The three of us went to see him a couple of years ago at another university-he is sarcastic and funny rolled into one.

Back to the rain-we had just gotten out of church and couldn’t decide where to eat when the heavens opened up! We drove through some terribly big ‘puddles’ in town, almost big enough to stall out the car. We went to BK. The place was almost empty and our burgers were lukewarm. The a/c was blasting in there-may have accounted for the cold food. We should have complained. After ‘dinner’ we ran over to Wal*mart so Bri could get his dad a tv-a 32″ RCA as he has enough money and it was the right size.

We all got up feeling funky and bleary-eyed. The guys are over pop-pops and I am hanging low here trying to get my act together.

GO PHILLIES!

This is the Philly Phanatic:


Update-
I was so whacked out today, it wasn’t funny! Dang BK, but Bri brought me home McD’s chicken sandwich (am I brave?) and I was ok with that. I think I was hungry by then. I also get in a stew when I know Sean has that long trip ahead of him. He made out fine and enjoyed the show.
The Phillies are playing great and winning 8-2 so far in the bottom of the 8th. I get nervous and have to do something else instead of watch. Here’s something interesting-some of the ashes of the late Phillies relief pitcher Tug McGraw

were scattered on the pitching mound last night by his sons Tim and Mark. Tug’s # was 45 and the winning pitcher Jamie Moyer is 45 yrs old.  Jamie was really sick with a stomach bug and played anyway. Darn tummy bugs!! I got choked up when I heard about Tug (thanks John Clarke) as I had met him after the 1980 World’s Series and got his autograph. He lived in my hometown for a number of years. (The photo is of Tug recreated his winning pitch at the closing ceremony of Vet’s Stadium in Philly. He would pass away 4 months later).
What! another homerun-Ryan Howard appears to be out of his slump-10 to 2!! We won! 3 games to one! Looking good! I hope it stays that way!