http://thimbleanna.com My little online diary. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:02:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well Hello!  Did all you kids in the US have a nice long weekend?  We had a wonderful time with TheSecondChild and his very sweet friend.  We had friends and family over for a cookout and had lots of fun.  And there was some oohing and aahing over his new ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1144 Awwww. Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments about my little baseball-loving boy. It was fun to see what so many of you have in common with us. Isn't it sad when our babies grow up? Oh well, no crying over grown babies...moving right ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1142 Before I start the Number 35 story, I should tell you that I'm not a sports fan.  I grew up in a female household, except for BigDaddy and he wasn't big into sports.  We didn't grow up with that incessant drone of monotone announcers and crowd noise on holidays and ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1136 We've had absolutely gorgeous weather here for the last two days.  The august heat and humidity have disappeared, so I decided a little outdoor play was in order for my friday off of work.  I called MeMum and BigDaddy and convinced them to go with me to the zoo. We have ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1133 Do we have any Edward Gorey fans out there?  Here in ThimbleannaLand, we love Edward Gorey and his fabulously fun dark side.  (If you've ever watched PBS's Mystery Series, those cute little black and white characters at the beginning of each show are Edward Gorey-esque characters.) One of my very favorite ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1131 About two years ago (or could it be three by now?), my sweet blog friend Jody posted that she had some heirloom hollyhock seeds to give out, if anyone would like some.  I've never had hollyhocks, but I remember seeing a beautiful row of Hollyhocks at Piper's Quilt Shop in ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1128 Those of you who have been hanging around here in ThimbleannaLand for any amount of time know how much we Looooove our Bunny Pincushions.  Love, Love, Love them!  From time to time I make a batch and have a giveaway or sell a bunch in the Thimbleanna.com store. And almost every ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1124 Hello Boys and Girls. Ha! I was just practicing for all of you here in the states who are busily getting your children ready to go back to school in the next few weeks. I do miss those frantic days. Last weekend MeMum and I made some Raspberry-Cherry Freezer Jam.  When the boys were ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1119 Well, talk about some lazy blogging.  I don't have a clue where the summer is going.  And I'm thinking that maybe like Jennifer, I'm suffering from the blahs.  The German in-laws have gone home and so have TheFirstChild and SweetiePie, who left on Friday morning.  TheManoftheHouse was supposed to be ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1115 Whew!  Our boring July has become very busy.  We have several visitors here in ThimbleannaLand.  MeMum has a longtime friend visiting from Florida, MyDadLovesMeBestSister has her in-laws from Germany, and we have TheFirstChild and SweetiePie for a week.  We've had lots of fun getting together and I've had a great time practicing ... http://thimbleanna.com/?p=1113