Yarn Along: Turquoise Summer Wrap

Yarning along with my Turquoise Summer Wrap, still in the works, and the Hunger Games.


Thanks to my son, or rather his teacher, who introduced their class to the book by reading it aloud, I have finally succumbed to the madness (albeit reluctantly) and will read the book.


Here's the haul from the library today. I'm preparing myself to visit the Limberlost by reading every Gene Stratton Porter book I can lay my hands upon.

Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you;The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you;The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.   

Menu Plan Monday May 20

I'm linking up with Orgjunkie for Menu Plan Monday.

Monday
Pizza, Green Salad, Crudites + dip

Tuesday
Chicken, Snow Pea and Carrot Stir Fry
Baby corn, water chestnuts
Basmati Rice

Wednesday
Ham, Steamed Cabbage, Baked Sweet Potato

Thursday
Steak, Steamed Corn, beets, Asparagus, Green Salad

Friday
Shrimp Scampi w. spinach, baby Bellas and tomatoes
Basmati Rice

Saturday
Hamburgers and Oven Fries
Custom Omelets, Blueberry muffins

Sunday
Pancakes
Tacos
Corned Beef, Potatoes and Carrots, Green Salad


That's the menu plan!

Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you; The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you; The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.    

Crocheted Hot Pads

I needed a new hotpad after one of mine had a run-in with a burner. Fire was involved.

I crocheted several.


It's one of the most satisfying feelings in the world to need something, something useful and used everyday, and be able to meet that need by making it yourself.

I'm linking up with Finished Object Friday and Link Your Stuff Saturday.

Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you; The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you; The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.    

PHFR: Mary Sightings

"In heaven I shall live amid joy since all trial will be gone forever, 

but here below I must live by love." 

St. Therese of Lisieux

I was so excited to get this little statue for my birthday! There she is, on top of the fountain. I have a true Mary's Garden, complete with three rose bushes.


Real: I used the money my parents sent me for my birthday. They're not very happy about me being Catholic. When I spend the money they send me on Catholic stuff it's not the same as their approval, but it helps me deal.


It's Mary's month! There's the little church I attend almost every Wednesday night for rosary group in the background. I get all my stained glass pictures there.Why did they paint the brick? It must have been a phase at one point.

I really need to take you on a photo tour of the church. It's so beautiful. The entire town has such clear air. I attribute the healthy feeling of the town's air to the faithful Rosary group that prays on Sundays and Wednesdays. Three mysteries on Wednesday and all four on Sunday.

I have a little "before and after" action going for you today. First, a back story. I wanted a new holy water font for beside the garage door, because this one is just a little bare, and held together with tacks. It has a bad habit of flying off the wall when noone is around, hence the tacks. Probably from the door slamming.

View the tacky glory

Like I said, it seemed a little bare. Then I remembered a couple of little Jesus vignettes I put together a while back from Ye Olde Goodstuff store a month ago.

After:


Now I'm satisfied with the holy water font, and I'll save the money for something else. I don't know what, but it will arrive in the proper time. Have you seen the pink miraculous medals? Yes, so cute!


I'll need to save.

Oh my goodness! I just had a brainstorm: maybe I can make my own?!

I have had that bottle of Mrs. Meyers three years. Dilution works wonders. That and not cleaning.

The Blessed Mother above the laundry. For more Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real please visit Like Mother, Like Daughter.

Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you;The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you;The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.   

Five Favorites: Doilies

I'm entering my five favorite uses for crocheted doilies via Pinterest Pins. I love drawing inspiration from Pinterest! I'm going the flower route for decorating with crocheted items, but the flower pattern I use looks like a doily, and can do a lot of the same things.

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Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you;The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you;The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.   

Yarn Along: Four Leaf Clover Wrap

I've decided to visit the library on Tuesday so I can share the stack.

Going to the library is such fun, I usually stagger out with a pile I can barely carry to the car by myself. I had decided to restrain myself to five this time, but as you can see, that didn't happen. Quite a few of my 'hold' books were in and when I went to check out, with my five books, there they were.


What's a girl to do? Naturally I took them all. The Coco Chanel books were needed to balance out the male chauvinism in How to Create the Perfect Wife and Graven with Diamonds. The Hunger Games was needed to balance out Contagious.


I also rented some movies, as I plan to curl up and crochet every evening this week.

I just found out that someone amongst my cousins is engaged and I just have to share how he proposed: they were in a canoe surrounded by floating candles. *sigh* Soooo romantic!


Yarning along and finishing up The Grand Tour: Around the World With the Queen of Mystery. I am an Agatha Christie fan, so reading this book has been a delight. She is such an adventuress!

Love,
Sarahlcc

The Lord bless you and protect you;The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you;The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.   

Menu Plan Monday: May 13

 I'm planning a The Hobbit themed Birthday party. There's not a wealth of ideas like there was for the Pokemon Party, and most of them are 'adult' ideas. No, I will not serve beer to minors. Root Beer floats.

 We'll have a search for the 'one ring' inside the house. I'm making a chocolate 'mountain' cake and we'll have lego The Hobbit figures climbing up the sides.

We'll then have a search for the dragon's lair out in our back yard. Since the dragon will be all of about 8 inches by 5 inches and our back yard is 6 acres it should be a challenge!

Monday
Hamburgers and French Fries

Tuesday
Rotisserie Chicken, Brown Rice, Steamed Broccoli

Wednesday
Chicken Primavera

Thursday
Shrimp Scampi

Friday
Spaghetti and Meatballs, Spinach salad
Rice Krispy Treats
Chocolate "the Hobbit" Birthday Cake

Saturday
Steak, Baked Potato
"the Hobbit" Party!

Sunday
Cinnamon Rolls
Omelets, Blueberry Muffins


The Lord bless you and protect you; The Lord smile on you and be gracious to you; The Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.  

P.S. Linking up with Orgjunkie Menu Plan Monday