Brain malfunctioning....

...or absent mindedness or whatever its called is funny but sometimes embarrassing. At least when there is someone else around to observe said malfunction.

Picture this, a drive up coffee house, namely Dutch Bros. where my husband and I frequent frequently (:-D), I'm on a coffee run for Jay and my brother since they are working and I'm running errands and so I'm getting them coffee since I'm such a nice wife and sister. :-D Anyways, I pull into the drive-thru lane behind a little car to wait my turn and trying to be extra efficient I decide to double check my shopping list while waiting (The little car was taking a long time......). So, I'm carefully checking it and going over in my head what each item on the list is for when I look up and see the Barista's both peeking out the window at me grinning and the little car is nowhere in sight! Yup, it was not only done but it wasn't even in the parking lot anymore! *facepalm* How long I'd been studying my list I'm not entirely sure but it was long enough for the baristas to get a good laugh and me to feel silly. They said they were wondering when I was going to notice it was my turn......Oh well! At least there wasn't anyone in line after me and I have to admit it was pretty funny, embarrassing but funny! :-)

Today I did start to wonder though if whoever it is that says "for every child you have you lose 10% of your brain capacity" isn't entirely off base when I tried to put the carton of 5 dozen eggs in the garbage can and the egg shells into the fridge. :-/

Well, life is never dull that's for sure!

Cheerio!

When Little Brother gets into the kitchen...

...wonderful things happen!:-D


Nice cowboy size chocolate-chip cookies. Yum! In fact, I think I'll ask him to make some for todays four 0'clock tea. Yes, I think I must.:-)

Six Random Things Tag

I've been tagged! Now let's see, this'll be fun!

The Rules of the game are as follows:

~Link to the person who tagged you.
~Post the rules on your blog.
~Write Six Random Things about yourself.
~“Tag” six-or-so other people at the bottom of your post…
~…And leave comments on their blogs, letting them know they’ve been tagged.
~Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve written the post.

Janna over at The Joy of Home tagged me. She has a beautiful blog and I've enjoyed reading it. Some of the things she writes about make me really want to try them myself. Maple syruping? Now that would be an adventure!:-) Thanks, Janna!

Six Random Things About Me (Annie)

1. It is two miles to our mailbox and I love to walk down but the walk back up makes it time consuming so I can't go as often as I would like. :-D

2. If it was still doable, I’d ride horseback everywhere. (Of course, I’d have to get a horse first.:-) )

3. I make up stories about people in my head, sometimes I tell them to my little siblings.

4. When I was really little, I rode a goat sitting backwards. My, was that a wild ride!

5. I should be working on a ballgown instead of doing this.:-O

6. I used to do Irish Jigging with my sisters.

All of these aren’t too exciting but I decided they were pretty safe to post on my blog. :-D


Now I tag:

Kyna, at CheeringOn.

T.W, at In My Fathers House.

Fogwood214, at Culinary Wending.

And anyone else that wants to be tagged! :-)

Excuse the mess, please!

After watching Kyna play around with a bunch of neat backgrounds I decided I needed to do something with my blog. It'll be a while before I've got it all figured out so bear with me and understand I've never done this type of thing before. Sounds promising, doesn't it?:-D

~Annie

A little bundle of joy......

Introducing my adorable nephew~~~~~

A is for Apple, P is for Pie.

It was good!:-D

From the barnyard....

This year we were blessed with three adorable little goat kids. The buckling is christened Demi, (Black and white little fella) and the doeling pictured is called Lucy. I don't have pictures of the other little doe but she is pretty cute too! :-)

Life's amazing when you have....

homemade doughnuts and a hot cup of tea for breakfast. Awwwww! :-)

From my collection...

I thought it would be fun to post pictures of the china I am collecting. It is British made, Lady Carlyle and was the same china pattern my Great-Grandmother had. I love all the different colors and the pattern will make such an elegant addition to my future tea cupboard.

Of puppies and toys

Introducing the newest addition to our Clann. An Irish Wolfhound puppy aged just nine weeks and always into mischief. One of her favorite things to do is chase my Aussie around the living room and bite her legs or play tug-of-war with the rope toy. She thinks it is her privilege to sleep on the couch and be with the family AT-ALL-TIMES. She howls if she doesn't get her way. :-D

So, without further ado....

WIFD - Day One - Sunday

This is the first time I've participated in the Week in Feminine Dress that the ladies on Sense and Sensibility do every once in a while. I just started a job this week so I don't think I will be able to do it every day but I will try to do it as much as possible.

Day One-


Here is a better picture of the shoes. Aren't they cute? ;-)

-Top is made from Out-of-print Simplicity 5059. It is a lightweight cotton with small woven checks in a smoky blue-gray color.

-Skirt was made by my sister, Kyna. I don't think she used a pattern and if she did she altered it to make it shorter.

-Shoes were bought on clearance at Macy’s. They have a small heel but they are incredibly comfortable and I wish I had more opportunities to wear them.:-)

Reasons for changing...

to a new blog for my sewing projects.

1. I like the format better.

2. Several peoples I know use blogger and really like it.:-)

3. Pictures upload easier.

4. And I just like playing with a new blog. :-D

That should be enough excuses, um, I mean reasons. *sheepish smile*