House hunting results

We viewed three houses while in NJ last week. First one:

Bir enough, looks good, but pictures lie.

Lived in hard.

Also on busy street.

Second one:

Yes, it's small

but the location is superb.
Yes, that's the view from the back door.
Be still, my heart.


Beautifully landscaped,
and it's small.

Guess which one the kids liked best?

p.s. The shirt on the statue really made me laugh.

Modesty at it's extreme.

My new motto

Click on the picture first....

In New Jersey it is against the law to pump your own gas. I LOVE that, because I detest pumping gas. (Don't ask why, there is no reasonable reason--I just do). My friend Lina says she thinks it's funny how I can make a positive out of that fact, because gas is going to be more expensive there, but NO, it's 20 cents cheaper!!! I am so going to be a Jersey Girl. And they have t-shirts with my new motto--doesn't take much to make me happy. Now if we could just find a house....

MBMM #20

I sewed this jacket when I was in Wichita last year. It's made of "slinky" and is very nice to wear, which I do a lot!

MBMM pause

Sorry about missing yesterday! Hopefully today I'll be able to catch up. Returned home Sat. pm and now am getting sick, so we'll see what the day brings. Trip was profitable, I'll update soon.

MBMM #19

Rock Star Pajamas

I made these for Amy 2 or 3 years ago. The 2nd year I had to add length (the red ) and a knee patch. She used to call them her "rock star pajamas." This is probably the last year they'll fit her.

MBMM # 18

Just about everyone has already seen this one, but

yep! I made that!

MBMM # 17

Crown of Thorns from Palms

After Mass every palm Sunday,Irush home and spend the afternoon weaving palms into crowns and crosses. It's the only way to get them done, as I've tried keeping them damp and doing them later, but it doesn't work. It's a nice way to relfect and meditate on the upcoming Holy Week, too. One of these crowns always goes in the mail to Uncle Paul back home, and the left over bits of palm get made into crosses that I put in my Easter cards.

MBMM #16

An old barn door!

At Christmas I saw an old barn door above teh mantle on soemone's blog andthought it looked nice the way it was decorated. Come to find out, the gal had made the door. I knew I could do that ! Marty helped me put it together one afternoon. I used it at Christmas, Valentine's, and St. Patrick's Day, but took it down on Ash Wednesday to put up our Lenten stuff. I'm not sure if I'll keep it, or take it apart to re-use the wood. For now, it's in the garage.