Chalkboard...

Antique Door Chalkboard...

a menu the whole family can see

(I have 2 available, if interested $40 ea)

Tamale time...

Got a little later start this year

but still in time for Christmas Eve...

Feliz Navidad!

Merry & bright...

Some pretty Christmas flowers

on a rainy day...thanks hun!

xoxo

Christmas Card...

To friends and family

(yep, this is really it!)

Love...Hoke and Diane

Ho...Ho...Ho...

If you're looking for that last minute,

unique gift or just need a day out,

come on over...

This Saturday, Dec 19th 10am-4pm

Hoke's famous Green Chili Burro's

Homemade Salsa

Baked Goods

and of course furniture and home decor.

All furniture is 10% off on Saturday.

Hello world...

It's been a while since I've blogged...things have

been crazy. My little 80 year old mom fell

and broke her arm on Thanksgiving, and she

was doing good until today, she found she

has to have surgery on it next week, rods, screws, etc.!

Needless to say, she's not a happy camper...

sooo...today I convinced her to let us put out

her snowman collection, they make her smile.

Here's a picture of a small portion of them!

Just thought I'd share!

Favorite things...

Here are a few of my favorite things...

Houston and Sarah
Olivia...

Houston boy...

Emily and fam...

Husband and sweet Liv...

Trent and "little Trent"

Sar-Bear and Houston...

Today was Houston's

first birthday...we had

a great day with family...

Love you all!

Buffalo checks...

Papa's (aka Hoke)

Big Ol' Chair

got a recent makover.

I wish I had a "before"

picture, but most of you that

had seen it, know how much

mustard, salsa, etc. was lovingly

resting on it. Some new duds and

feet and he's a happy guy!

(Now I need to paint the

blue table next to it black!)

Weekend treasures...

Chipped paint little chair

and flowers from the big guy...

Love you husband!

Let's play...

Look at Houston, on the run...

look out Sadie dog!
So big...

So fun.

Gramma and Papa

had a fun day playing.

A day at the fair...

The boys in the petting zoo...

tickling the baby pigs
Easton "all by my self"

Tobyn...

Hoke feeding quarters to

the foot massage machine...

The boys got their cotton candy,

I got my carmel apple,
Hoke got his kettle corn,

and we all had fry bread.

Life is good!

Eeeeeeeeekkkkkkk...

Did you think this was about Halloween?

Even scary-er!!...

What's in the back of your refrigerator???

Mine has a jar of Jalepeno stuffed olives with about 5 in the jar,

a bottle of salad dressing that's at least 6 mo. old,

a can of Slimfast (seriously),

a quart of lime juice (I have no idea where it came from),

and Hoke's "Pork Shop" pork sticks,

and too much more to mention.

...and the infamous door,

with several mayo and mustard containers

with a mouthful in each, as well as

many more salad dressings with about

a spoonful in each.

Don't be afraid, suck it up and share

what's in yours, leave a comment!!!

Maybe today's the day to clean it, maybe not =).

redemption...

Our friend Denny brought us

some tamales last week and I

promised to repay him with

cinnamon rolls...

oh yea! totally from scratch!

blueberry pie and the biggest loser...

This post is for my good friend

Chef Tess!

Hoke is on a "clean the freezer" (we have 3)

kick and lo and behold look what we found...

(the box is wet from all the freezer ice!)

So...65 minutes later...wa-la!

...and yes we ate it while watching
Biggest Loser!
Now for Chef Tess...click on her link
and check out the Autum Apple Pie
her SIX YEAR OLD SON made...shameful!

The "witching hour"...

I'm not a big "get into halloween"

person but I love my witch

Bev made last year, it's her time to shine!

I also put a "sort of" halloween
wreath out on the front gate, just because.

Sunflowers...

...with a Shabby twist...

New little loveseat...

More upholstered pieces

coming soon.

May I have your ATTENTION please...

Kathy Withey is moving soon

:(

and she has a few things she needs to

give away. I believe a twin bed, file

cabinet, possibly a small dresser,

some little tables??? and not sure what

all else. If you're interested please

call her, she needs them gone by Saturday.

Yo-Yo's...

Hoke collects many things...

one of these things are his yo-yo's

I sew many things...
some of these things are my yo-yo's...
fabric ones, that is.
For many years now I have had
a bag of scraps go with me on airplanes,
road trips, camping trips, watching the news, etc.
and have been making yo-yos.
Many years ago, for a boutique I made
vests, pillows, and a variety of other things
out of these little fun circles.

In May 2007 "Country Home" magazine,

there was an article about a shop keeper

in New Mexico that happened upon a

collection of these yo-yo's, only they

were rugs. It turns out that a lady

named Mary Richardson lived

in Chicago during the depression,

and she couldn't afford flowers, so she

took any fabric she could get and made

yo-yo's and sewed them on a backing

so they would be sturdier, and then sold

them, for 25-50 cents! to help support her

family. Well, back to Rose, she bought

a whole trunk full of these rugs at

an estate sale and took them to her

shop in Santa Fe.

A few years ago, on one of our Wyoming trips,

we stayed in Santa Fe and I got to

meet the shop keeper, Rose, and see

some of these great yo-yo rugs. She was

delightful and so much enjoyed these rugs,

and I must say sold them for a FORTUNE!

Anyway, back to my yo-yo's, I started

sewing some together awhile back,

and have a coverlet large enough

now to fit the day bed in the Sunday House.

I will keep sewing until I have one to fit

our bed and then who knows...maybe onto rugs!!

Life...

Sometimes things get complicated,

this is my new motto...

Call me crazy...

I went up north yesterday with Hoke

for Stake Youth Conference, and

you could feel fall in the air.

I am soooo ready, so I thought

maybe a big old pot of

potato soup would help...

Add some of Jolene's

delicious wheat bread and

you almost forget it's

100-ish degrees out!

and this is only for

Chef Tess...

frozen cookie dough!

Part Two...

Well...all that lovely rain we woke up to

quickly turned to this! It decided

to come on in, right thru our bedroom door.

We called our insurance, and they said

oh you again, (they're on a first name

basis with us over the gate incident)

As it turns out, "good luck with that,

you don't have flood insurance, unless your roof

blows off or a pipe breaks".

So we rolled up our sleeves,

and the carpet, and started

stomping up the water

and trying to dry out.

The fans doing a great job,

hope you all sleep well,

good-night.

Holy buckets of rain...

Today is Hoke's birthday

and this is what we woke up too!

(Well really we woke up to thunder)

I'm sure most of you did too,

but when it rains at our house

we get all the run-off right

thru our dead end...

Kind of nice though for a change.

It's also Emily and Brady's anniversary

today, so happy day to all of you!

Vintage...

...glass pitchers (and a few other goodies)

Just thought I'd share , do you have a favorite?

(or a memory of one)