Bee birthday at Bangkok Grill

Well, this is a picture of the restaurant and the lady who runs it shamelessly plugging her restaurant. The food was mediocre at best and had very little resemblance to real Tai food. The coconut soup tasted mostly like hot sauce and not at all like coconut. But I guess for a restaurant in Covington, one has to make it as generic as possible to stay in business.

On a happier note, a great time was had by all, we got to visit and exchange gifts and eat cake, what more can one ask. To C and L, Happy Happy Birthday! and hope we can all celebrate together for many more.

Brocolli

Isn't it amazing! I planted this about a month ago, and look what happened. Something in my garden did well, besides the basil and the peppers that are too hot to eat, that is. The brussell sprouts I planted are interesting, but not nearly as exciting as the brocolli.

I have gotten books about raising chickens and building chicken coops, and a book about goat raising, mostly for fun. But next spring will be the time to construct a coop and get a few chickens and have fresh eggs, that sounds very exciting as well.

Where has the time gone???????

I has been ages since my last post and alot has happened in that time. Mainly my desire to not deal with the bad stuff has kept me from coming back, but here I am and life is worth living again. In a nutshell, shortly after my last post, S developed diverticulitis and had surgery to remove part of his colon, three weeks later, he was back in the hospital with blood clots in both lungs and spent three days in ICU. After many months on blood thinners and another scare with his colon, we are finally feeling like things are getting better, and life is looking up. On the bright side I have lost 50 pounds in the last six months and feel much better, and my normal clothes fit again. My brother is moving here from California, for which I am very happy.



My children are healthy, my daughter has met and fallen in love with a wonderful young man, and no one close to me has died in the last year so life is good.



Maybe the good life will hang around for a while, and to make everyone smile, I am including a picture of Clare, the wonder dog. Enjoy!

the end of 2009

Can't believe that 09 is almost over and haven't posted more pictures of Clare the wonder dog.
She is bundled up on the sofa watching TV. She is an avid TV watcher, her favorite show is the "Dog Whisperer".





"you want me to do what??????"

This picture is her reaction when S said she had to get off the sofa, she looks ferocious, but she is mostly confused as to why we even ask her to be a dog,,,she thinks she is human.
These are random shots from our quilt lady Xmas party. Playing a trivia game with quilt ladies is difficult, having to answer questions to get a door prize is altogether too much work.







Quilt ladies and rolling the dice for free fabric is much more to our liking, we will do anything for fabric.

Goodbye 09, you had your moments, but as a whole I am ready for you to go. 2010, wow, lets keep our fingers crossed. Happy Holidays
everybody!

CBQ charity auction and sale

Here are two pictures of the same group. More realistic is the first one, yes I am trying to orchestrate the picture, even though the kid snapping the picture is perfectly capable of point and shoot. But in reality, I handed him the camera, but failed to tell him which of the several buttons to push. So there is a reason...but my husband and children will say that is me all the time....it is really unfair. Sort of.

Needless to say, we had a great group, they all did a fantastic job, and the charity will get some money....which they need desperately.


the third picture is there to show some of the quilts that were for sale, but always try to get in a picture of my BFF, Linda, she is always so great about helping me out when I get behind..Thanks, Linda

Cobb Show Again

More pictures from the Cobb Show.
This is DB our president, she is doing great, and am sure she will have a great year. The rest are the quilts that really caught my eye

Oh, and a correction, we ate at "Sugar Cakes", not "Baby cakes that I said in the last post.