Meet the family (or at least some of them)

What's in my cup:

Flying Geese Blend of Quilter's Coffee



Scripture of the post:

For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.

~Ephesians 2:14





Just thought I'd share some random cuteness today and introduce you to some of my pets!





This is Judah (on left) and Levi. They love to cuddle together.




Raven is my cross-breed hen. We hatched her 3 years ago from eggs I bought on eBay, of all places! She was the champion cross-breed at our county fair in 2008. Last year she took 5th. She's not my friendliest girl, but she doesn't attack either.




Lucy is on the left, and Ethel on the right. Ethel was Champion brown egg layer at the 2009 fair, and Lucy took 2nd place cross-breed. They are Golden Buff hens. Our fair doesn't recognize their breed, so I had to enter Lucy as a cross. They are both very friendly girls.



I no longer am able to let them free range, as in the fall we had a hawk flying about. So, for their safety, they are pinned. When they roamed, I had to be careful about how long I left the door open, because often they followed me inside and helped themselves to the cat food!




Here's what they reward me with all year long. I guess their breed is heavy, because cold weather doesn't affect their laying ability. As you can see, several eggs are almost too thick to fit in the carton. I even got a two yolker last Spring! I'll have to post the picture of it at some point. Raven has stopped laying since I pinned them. I'm sure it's because she was eating something in the "wild" that she needed to help her produce, and not because she's protesting the fact that she's pinned! She is a blue egg layer, though I think she only has a touch of Ameraucana in her, because the eggs are so light blue, that they are almost white. If you compare them to a white egg though, you can tell that they are a shade of blue.

That's all for today. I hopefully will have time later this weekend to post some recently completed projects.

Blessings~
Tiffany from MD

Join in the Fun!!

What's in my Cup:
Flying Geese Blend by Quilter's Coffee

Just wanted to invite everyone to join the Friday Night Sew-In on 19 Feb. Learn more here:

Handmade by Heidi: February Friday Night Sew-in and Giveaway!

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What's in my Cup:

Ocean Waves Blend from Quilter's Coffee

My bag is finished! It's the Veronica bag from Lazy Girl Designs. Super easy and quick. I'd say this is probably the tenth bag I've made from this pattern. It's a bit hard to see in the picture, but there's gold outlining around the print.

I had some extra fabric, so I made a matching wallet, also a Lazy Girl Designs pattern, it's called the Wonder Wallet. Love this pattern too!

Sorry the format of this post is wonky, I don't have time to fix it. I have to get the children to the bus stop.

Off to spend some time with my neice while her mama goes to the accupuncturist.

Today Holds Promise!

What's In My Cup:
Fasig's Coffee

The flavor is Frosty's Favorite, and it is yummy! I picked this up at Shady Maple Market on the trip to Lancaster.



Since my last post, life has been pretty boring. My oldest child turned 12, so we had a birthday party, I finished cleaning up the house from CHRISTmas, and I worked yesterday. I covered for the library assistant. The school library is my favorite place to work. At the end of those days, I find it hard to believe I'm getting paid, because I enjoy it so much!



So, since I have now done all the housework I had to do, I can play and do all of the things I want to do! I plan to make my purse today, and cut up some of my cotton fabric either into 5" squares, or 2.5" strips. I decided that I need to make more space in my sewing area, so I'm trying to cut down on the number of rubber bins I have. Condensing the fabric will help me accomplish this. I've put several books on hold at our public library for pattern books using Charm Sqaures, Layer Cakes, Jelly Rolls, etc. So, I forsee some scrap quilts in my future.



I'll try to report back at the end of today, hopefully with a picture of my lovely new purse!

Very little got accomplished today

First, I'd like to report
What's in my Cup:
Log Cabin Blend - Quilter's Coffee

Then, on to other news. I shined my sink, did a couple loads of laundry, and for the rest of the day, I daydreamed about starting a sewing project. In real life, I was helping my sixth grader by tidying up a history paper that's due in a few days. This took almost all day. Ugh!!

The only sewing I will be doing today is finishing up the fleece I am hand sewing onto the bottom of my hubby's motorcycle seat. The purpose of this is to protect the newly painted fender. He said he'd show it off and get me some business if I did a good job. Um, hubby...I always do a good job, and I have so many of my own projects to do, I'd rather not have any business!

Off to start dinner: spaghetti and meatballs

New Year, New Take on this Blogging Thing....

I somehow never got back to posting anything else after the first one. So, here I am again. I know one thing that might hold me back is the fact that I still have dial-up. That makes it pretty time consuming to do most anything online, but loading blogs seems to rank up there pretty high on the slow loading pages list. So, as much as I'd love to share them, I don't think I'll be posting too many pictures of finished projects.

Speaking of finished projects...I haven't had any so far for 2010. In fact, I haven't started any either. I recently took a trip to Lancaster County, PA, and visited a few quilt shops. I picked up some Kona Cottons to start a lap sized Amish Roman Stripe quilt. I will be using this to teach a class in the community next month. I have never made a solid colored quilt, so I am anxious to get started. I also picked up a half yard of an Asian inspired fabric that will become a new purse for me. I luv those Dutch Country prices! I don't know how they do it, but I'm glad they do ;o)

I'll end here with a few goals for 2010:

• Sew to get rid of one piece of stash every 2 weeks
• Scrapbook at least 5 pages a month
• Take my knitting to a higher skill level
• Blog more!