All good things come to an end, and now, it’s back to work. Enjoyable time off is always too short and fleeting. I didn’t get as much done this weekend as I would have liked, but I had some good family time, and that’s what’s most important.
Yesterday, we all met at BigDaddy’s and split firewood so he’ll be stocked for the winter. Goofy me, I didn’t take my camera. I was very sorry about that as the picture of TheFirstChild and BigBurlyBIL both swinging axes at the same time would have been a good one. They worked up a soaking sweat chopping wood, while TheManoftheHouse, SweetiePie, and I picked up the pieces and stacked them. After all the work, we had a little cookout. MyDadLovesMeBestSister outdid herself by bringing four fabulous salads. Bratwurst, end-of-season corn on the cob and Cowboy Baked Beans rounded out the menu and filled us over the top.
I made Karen’s S’more dessert. Being a S’more fanatic, when I saw Karen’s recipe I knew I had to make it. It was a VERY BIG hit — even with TheManoftheHouse who doesn’t usually like desserts. Karen jokes about all the Fudge sauce — holy cow it takes two bottles. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think it was almost too sweet for me. I would have been happy with more ice cream and less fudge sauce. I was overruled though — everyone loved it just as it is!
I did manage to get a little bit of sewing in over the weekend. Back in May, I saw this cute celery crisper on Monica’s blog. Now, MeMum makes The Best green salads on the planet. They’re always crisp and delicious. She washes the lettuce, spins it, and then wraps it up in a flour sack towel and puts it in the fridge for 20 or 30 minutes before dinner. So, when I saw the celery crisper, I thought how fun it would be to make a lettuce crisper for her. I mentioned this idea to my quilty friend Junie a few months ago and she found a picture of a lettuce head similar to the one I put on this little bag. Thanks for your help Junie, MeMum thinks it’s really cute!
And one last thing, the lovely Holly has tagged me for the middle name game. Ahem. I don’t have a middle name! It’s been a long-standing tradition in our family that the girls don’t get middle names. There have been a few dissenters though. One of my cousins, feeling gypped, just made one up when we were little and it stuck. And MyDadLovesMeBestSister gave one of her girls a middle name. ??? The one without the middle name was feeling left out however, so she now has one too. I’m afraid if I’d had girls, they would have been middle nameless. Tradition, you know. Oops, I digress, another tradition around here.
Anyway, I read somewhere that if you don’t have a middle name you should just use one that you like. I’ve always loved the name Tess (thank you Thomas Hardy), so I’ll use that one. Anna Tess sounds pretty stupid, but that’s not the point now, is it?
T – Tired. Had to go back to work today, that makes me tired.
E – Embroidery, of course. I LOVE embroidery.
S – Sewing, I REALLY love sewing. Anything. All kinds.
S- Sorry. I’m very sorry I don’t have something really incredible to blog about today. Like maybe I whipped out a beautiful quilt this weekend. Nope. But I sure thought a lot about it, does that count?
Now, I’m supposed to tag one person for each letter in the name. Just so that those who are blog-less don’t get left out, I’m tagging Judy (MSN Judy are you there?) and the three quilty peeps, Gurney, Junie, and Jewels who can play in my comments if they want. Let’s hear it for your middle names!
XOXO,
Anna
Right there with you on the whole back to work thing! UGH! Here goes with the middle name game even though I have a very boring middle name but hey – the name is a family tradition. That being said: SUE
S- Sewing, Stamping, Sweets (preferably chocolate)
U- UFO’s of course – out of control!
E – Embroidery (sorry Anna – it was too easy to copy!)
5 Weeks from today! Yipeee!!
XOXO
Gurney
Anna thank you for including me..how fun. Lets see now what I can think of. Vonnae is my middle name.
V = Victory I guess because I still have a job after the business was sold and the new one created a job for me..
O = Orientation for new job I went to today..
N = Nightmare for the orientation…how dull
N = Nothing is what my poor brain is doing tonight
A = At home and relaxing with a glass of wine
E = Embroidery and I am copying too!!!
Love the face on your lettuce head embroidery, Anna!
My sister didn’t have a middle name and always felt left out, because mum gave me one. Its never used, anyway. So there!
I love the lettuce head embroidery – adorable!
Just stopped in to say hi!!! I’ll be back soon but I miss all of you.
I love the lettuce crisper bag. It’s adorable.
Thanks for tagging me Anna…this is fun. I didn’t know you could be blog-less and tagged too! My middle name is Marie, a fairly common middle name, but like Gurney, it’s a family name passed down to me from my Grandma and on to my daughter.
M – Marshmallows. All this blogging about S’Mores, it reminded me how much I love marshmallows, especially the new chocolate ones from Kraft.
A – Auntie. I am an Aunt 25 times and a Great Aunt 36 times (and I’m not even 50!) Just lucky enough to marry into a wonderful large family.
R – Rick-Rack. Love that rick-rack is making a come-back!
I – I can’t wait until our NYC trip – woohoo!
E – Embroidery. I can’t help but copy from everyone (sorry) but I luvvvv EVERYTHING embroidered! Especially Anna’s darling lettuce crisper.
Oh I remember reading about S’mores and the translation that you sent me too! Sounds like a good weekend. No need to worry about not producing a quilt as the lettuce crisper will do just nicely, it’s great! Love it
Kim x
Sounds like you had a really fun weekend.
Love that lettuce crisper, & the face is so happy.
Lettuce, it sounds so Italian! Love your embroidery. I have a middle name, but it’s never used.
Oh, I love smores too!!! And I can so use the recipe for Girl Scouts.
That little celery crisper is too cute, what a great idea.
How dang cute is that lettuce crisper. I’ve never seen anything like that, is it just a cloth bag? I’ve only seen the tupperware kind – you know plastic. I think I need one of those cloth ones. Where do you get them?
You know Anna my middle name is Ann, weird huh sister.
It sounds like you had a wonderful time with the family this past weekend. Did BigDadddy behave and just direct everyone?
Hugs – Karen
that crisper is darling! what a great idea.
I love the celery crisper bag !!!! I have never seen a pattern for this or the celelry bag……I must see if I can find them somewhere.
A -avacodo’s…love them in my salad
L -learning to scrapbook
I -ice cream from Shaws
C – camera, I want to join the camera club
E – everyday I wish I could play all day
Oh, love the lettuce, just gorgeous!! I love how you write, so sweet & passionate about your boys. I only have one son, who i hope marries someone who will still share him with me. He’s so much like my husband, right down to the head tilt & dimples when he needs to be forgiven!! We had 3 daughters first & so many mummies would comment on how they will be mine for life. That cottage & it’s history – a couple of posts back, just amazing. We just don’t know how easy we have it nowadays do we. Greetings from Darwin, right up the Top End of Australia, love Posie
Hope the lad’s college-investigations are going well! Mine is currently tired, having had a long day at hospital taking the case histories of newly admitted patients. “I’m working as a junior doctor at the moment but for no pay,” he said today, somewhat wryly.
I love the embroidery on this bag. What a wonderful idea!
I’m a s’mores fan too! And I love your demure little lettuce lady. I’m glad I figured out how to comment again…it was a tortuous path!
wow congrats….sooooo cool