At the end of June this year, my family and I were invited to a wedding in NYC. We did get to sightsee a bit and even attended Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. I think this is a unusual classic structure in the heart of a modern city.
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Also made a collage in PSP7 of St. Pat’s a few weeks ago
All the ‘major’ stations are broadcasting a citywide prayer service right now. Over the last week, two police officers have been gunned down, the latest on Halloween as he walked into a Dunkin Donuts at the wrong time during a robbery. He was shot in the head and died the next day. Officer Chuck Cassidy was a popular guy and served for 25 yrs in the city. I guess we need something like this, so sad. I’m really touched by what the various ministers are saying.
Who’s There? ATC gift, originally uploaded by DianthusMoon.
This is an art trading card I made for my pal Annmarie in The Netherlands as she’s a bird lover and it’s her birthday in a few days! The birds are from an old bird guide and the background an old nature book. She really liked it.
The Amish II-Homespun Elegance
Apple Tree Boy & Girl 1985
beige linen
Started in about 1999-finished 11/1/07
I’m taking it easy today and decided I could surely finish the apples and their stems this afternoon. It’s not a perfect replica of the chart (some boo boos), but it’s cute. I see this as a topper for a square wooden box.
I haven’t had any comments for a few days, so waving at anyone who passes by. : )
They say 7 is lucky, so I hope that November 7th is lucky for me! That’s when I have to go get a few more x-rays of my left breast (see the footnote in the post under this one). I made the appointment this morning. That’s the side that bothered me for two hours Tuesday morning, like a nerve kept firing or was trying to unkink. The lady on the phone said in so many words that if they saw a lump, I’d be back there already. My maternal grandmom and her sister had a few breast issues in their lifetimes. I’m going to try to remain calm as my tummy will go haywire! I have to stay busy!!
It will be over soon, but I wanted to stop in and show you a few nice photos.
I sent mom some flowers from Hallmark that came in a cute haunted house cookie/candy jar. I love the orange and purple! She loved them too.
My niece as Dorothy from Oz. I think The Wizard of Oz is our favorite movie.
My silly family-my sister-in-law, niece, brother and nephew as a hillbilly. Those are the candy corn hats I crocheted for the kids a few years ago.
I gave them this cool Gothic haunted house as a present this
year. It’s about 10″ tall.
I had given T. most of these stickers and she made this awesome poster out of them. Pretty nice and following in my footsteps maybe?
Footnote-I have to get a few more x-rays done because I put down a symptom on my mammogram form that I fill out every year and never did this before (they didn’t say this, but that’s what makes sense to me). I hadn’t seen the message today and Bri said, the radiology dept left a message-oh great! I had it done four days ago and thought I was ok for a year. I’m trying not to be nervous as the tech almost didn’t do the ‘standard’ mammogram because of what I wrote down. I’ll keep you posted. That was my 9th one too. Knowledge is power-Oprah is right! My mom and sister-in-law agree with what I said above.
From the Everyday Food magazine, Nov. 2007 issue
Soy honey chicken drumsticks and warm potato salad
I’m not a big drumstick fan. I think I would marinade them in the soy/honey mixture in a bag first so they would have more of that sweet taste. The oven was set to 475 and the recipe called for the chicken to be basted every 10 minutes-very hot to do! Peeling the potatoes was the hardest part of the entire dinner. We also had some bread purchased at the new grocery store-yummy!
Note to self: stop lifting tons of stuff by yourself! That’s all I did yesterday, plus my heavy purse drags down on the left side. Still when you wake up at 7 with an aching left breast, it’s scary. I got myself in a stew, stirred up my congestion and tummy and got up. Within a few hours and a few applications of Icy Hot (miracle stuff), it eased up. Whew.
Then I was sitting on the sofa enjoying my second mug of tea and I felt something on my right shoulder. I thought it was a scab or sticker so I pulled on it and it was a tick! Not a deer tick, but a bit larger, I just hate ticks since I had Lyme Disease. The kicker was I was only outside for about 5 minutes or so total yesterday which included me filling up the birdfeeder under the evergreen-bingo! Drats!! I’ll keep a watch of it and see if I develop any symptoms, but it’s the little deer ticks that are worse in most of the cases. I used alcohol on it, then peroxide and then antibiotic cream. It hurt! I have the little bum in a jar,but will probably put it on a piece of tape.
Just to touch base. Wish me luck!
Update-After looking at photos on the web, I’m pretty sure it’s a deer tick that was a nipping at me. I was thinking that it had to get on me when I first got up today, because the area where it was attaching on my shoulder is where I lay all the time. It hurts and I’m going to watch it. I got to lay down for about 15 minutes and I heard the phone. It was Sean. I did call him earlier and say to wait until after 2. It was a few minutes after that and I didn’t talk to him, though was wondering who it was and the machine was beeping. After I got up, did some power picking up of my stuff outside, not finished, as I wanted to watch that sore spot. I’m planning on another Everyday Food magazine recipe- soy sauce glazed chicken legs and warm potato salad. I’m hoping to feel a bunch better tomorrow so I can get down to my brother’s house and see his kids for Halloween. Mom is out at my uncle’s as she had to buy him some food and take him for bloodwork.
Weird event of last night-my father-in-law called after 10 and said someone had driven over the curve, missed his big maple tree and hit his magnolia a bit-in his front yard! So close to the house. Now he’s lived there for 50+ years and never had anything like that happen before. There are some tire tracks in his yard, but that’s it I guess. We heard that something like that happened here to the previous owner. That’s why part of our hedge is missing directly next to our front door! I guess that’s also why the previous owners planted the evergreen across from the front door. They didn’t know it would get massive and cause needles to be dragged into the house all the time. ; )
Dinner-Chorizo and Shrimp pilaf-Everyday Food recipe in the November ’07 issue. The plum tomatoes are from my garden and I just picked more tonight plus bunches of Italian parsley and rosemary.
I do believe my commenters have diagnosed some of my current lack of domestic interest. I will say I use to go to the store thinking of what would be good for Sean to eat; him being the child and getting his taste buds to wake up. I will say as an adult, he’ll eat almost anything. This I miss. But as I said earlier, if I make too much, I can freeze it for my uncle.
The other thing is never getting help in the kitchen. I am seeing the holidays looming and some big dinners and lots of cleaning I have to do by myself. Bri’s dad hasn’t been here since Easter(!), mainly because Bri doesn’t want him driving over in his 17 yr old car. My holidays are usually spent in the kitchen while the men sit around watching football. If my mom is here, she’ll pitch in if she is able to. Doesn’t sound like fun for me does it? The one and only Thanksgiving we went out to dinner, Bri’s dad choked on lettuce because he was talking too much or nervous about being in a crowded restaurant.
So you see where I’m coming from? I am not a total slave to cooking everyday. I love to go out to eat, it’s a real treat. We went to Pizza Hut and then to AC Moore on Saturday, and that lifted my spirits tremendously.
It got pretty chilly last night and I brought in some of my plants. I need to find room for them somewhere. I hate to lose the pretty ‘freebies’ from the nursery as they are blooming like crazy right now.
So my 30th high school reunion was set for Nov 23rd-the day after Thanksgiving. I sent in the check before it was due on the 13th of this month. I check to see if the reunion guy has cashed it yet-he hasn’t. I’m wondering if people are showing enough interest in attending? There was a 25th. And there are over 100 people on the MIA list. We only had 480 in the class. I’ll keep you posted. I have new gray slacks, a garnet red sparkley top and pewter shoes (and jewelry) for it too. I was to attend the planning meeting and I would have suggested a picnic type reunion not another expensive sit down meal. The weather was so bad, I didn’t go. Not to say they would have picked the picnic.
Not bad for 99¢
I do call myself a ‘domestic goddess’ as I don’t work outside my home. I will say that my DG crown is a little tarnished lately. Seems all I want to do is play with digital art or paper crafts and ignore my domestic chores-there’s always tomorrow-that kind of philosophy. Ok, it’s good to set some goals. I did sort out mail stuff for the second week in a row yesterday which I really dislike. I thought for sure I missed one of my newer bills (had to get credit because of my teeth), but never ran across it. I guess it will be coming along soon. I haven’t set foot in the grocery store for over a week. I sent Bri for cat food, milk and a few other things a few days ago (had a bad week last week). What may get me shopping is that a new store opened in my town. The thing is it’s on the other side of the town and we have the same store (Acme), less than a mile away. The new one is boasting about a shrimp bar and other ‘bars’. I figured I get my points at Giant for the turkey (another store a mile away) and Bri and I can scope out the new Acme tomorrow night. I want some shrimp!
I’ve lost a little of my cooking and stitching mojo too. I am still doing both, but I think when I finish that older stitching piece, I can move on to the piece I am doing for the stitcher’s lottery that is due Jan. 1st. In this I have a chance of winning tons of finished pieces. I would be thrilled as I can count my finished pieces (most in this room) in a matter of minutes. Those are the only pieces that I kept for myself other than Christmas ornaments that are packed away and I adore what my friend have stitched for me-they are hanging on a gold tree on top of this computer desk!
About cooking (and I don’t have a husband who cooks), I did go through the latest issue of Everyday Food magazine and picked a few recipes to try. How does pumpkin pasta sound? Bri made ‘that face’, like right, not on your life am I trying that. I think it would be good with some toasted pine nuts on it. He liked the bean and chicken slow cooked recipe. He says he loves beans (Why me? Better get some Beano). Beans are good for you, they certainly are. Just keep the matches away.
So when things are blah, make lemonade or alter the page of an old book-whatever floats your boat. : )
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