Thimbleanna – Page 163 – My little online diary.

Weekend Sewing

28 Comments / August 7, 2007 February 18, 2011 / Sewing

I FINALLY got my sewing room put back together. Not that all the fabric is folded — I still have a cabinet with fabric that needs to be done. But the majority of the shelves have been straightened, and that’s good enough for now. I’ve been itching to get back to sewing.

Over the weekend, I managed to sneak in a few quickie projects. Remember the cousins? I’ll be seeing them again very soon, and since they always take such good care of us, I want to take them a little gift.

Hopefully, these kitchen towels, combined with a few things from the kitchen shop will fit the bill. I thought it would be fun to play with my leftover Susan Branch fabrics.

I’m pretty sure none of them have lime green kitchens, but these are just for fun. I’ll tell them I’m hoping to inspire a new color scheme. ;-)

Now it’s late….off to bed!
XOXO,
Anna

Red Bunny has a New Home.

14 Comments / August 4, 2007 February 18, 2011 / Bunnies

TheManoftheHouse had been away for most of the week, but when he came home tonight, the first thing I did was ask him to draw a winning name for Red Bunny! He gladly obliged, wiped a tear from his eye (we’ll miss little Red Bunny), and stuck his hand in the bowl to draw a winner:

Joyce, Come On Down! Red Bunny is so excited — he’ll be winging his way to Canada. Lucky for him it’s August and he won’t need his sweater just yet. When we send our little ones out into the world we tell them not to forget where they came from, so I slapped a little tag on Red Bunny’s bottom to help him remember.

Then, I gave him a big hug and now he’s all packed up and waiting to be mailed this week. He looks a little worried, but he’ll be just fine. Especially when he gets a peek at all those lovely quilts that Joyce has been working on.

So, Joyce, click on that “email me” link over there to the right and send me your address. And for all the rest of you, thank you very much for all of your wonderful comments! They were very much appreciated. And, I’m sure there will be more bunny opportunities in the future! ;-)

Hope your weekend is fabulous!
XOXO,
Anna

My Lucky Week, Part 2

8 Comments / August 4, 2007 February 18, 2011 / Chat

WooHoo! Yesterday, the mailman delivered the second package from my blog contest winning streak. The very kind and generous Joni had a contest to name her adorable little doll (whom I named Frizzy Lizzy.) I won, and Joni sent me a goodie. Look how sweetly she wrapped it up:

She sent me a cool Amy Butler kit to make a little hanging paper basket. I’ve never seen one of these and it looks really fun. I love paper crafts and I love baskets — a perfect match! I ripped into the wrapped package and look what I found:

A fabulous set of note cards with a quilt pattern on the front. Just look at those beautiful colors. And you can’t see it, but the paper is textured a little bit. You can rub your hand over the blocks and almost feel them. I LOVE note cards and stationary. Joni, f I didn’t know better, I’d think we’d been friends for years — you’ve picked gifts that are just perfect for me. Thank You Very Much — I love them both! Your thoughtfulness and attention to detail is wonderful — and VERY much appreciated.

It’s a good thing I’m giving away Red Bunny tomorrow — it makes me feel a little less guilty that I’ve been on the receiving end of such fabulous gifts. What a lucky girl I am! We’ve spent our last Friday night with Red Bunny. We had a cookout with a few of the boy’s friends and then took Red Bunny and the kids to Cold Stone for a little treat — the first we’ve managed to have this summer. Um-mm good!

And finally, I managed to visit MeMum’s and watch the latest Big Love. (I think I’ve mentioned that we don’t have HBO, so MeMum records it for me.) I’m glued to Big Love this summer and I can’t believe there are only four episodes left. (It’s going to be an unbearably long haul until February and the return of Sawyer!) In order to quell my Red Bunny separation anxiety, I’ve been playing the “Find Out Which Sister-Wife You Are” game on the HBO website.

Dang it! I knew I wasn’t that little trollop Margene, but I was sure I was a Barb! I guess that shooting the Mountain Dew cans off the porch did me in. ;-) Which Sister-Wife are YOU???

See you tomorrow night!
XOXO,
Anna

SweetiePie Loves Flaky Beef Buns

13 Comments / August 2, 2007 February 18, 2011 / Recipes

Red Bunny and I are having a great time reading all of your comments and dreaming of all the new places he might call home. (Notice I said he — I found it such fun to see some people call him a she and some a he. For some reason, I’ve always thought of my bunnies as “he’s.” Unless they have pink in them. Maybe it’s that whole sticking pins in him thing. And by the way, I’m very touched by so many of you who are concerned that the pins might be hurting Red Bunny. We prefer to think of this treatment as accupuncture, vice VooDoo. Male bunny notwithstanding. ;-) )

Thank you all so much for all your wonderful comments. You’ve made the move fun, in spite of the little bugs here and there. As I learned a new mail tool, I managed to send an e-mail to the wrong person. Oops! And I mistakenly thought that if I did a little test post before anyone knew about the new place and then deleted it, it would be gone. Oops2. It apparently still hangs out there in the RSS feed, so bloglines picked it up. Red Bunny and I were Red Faced! And speaking of bloglines, it doesn’t seem to like the new feed, as it doesn’t keep track of subscribers. Oh well, change always brings a few hitches, no?

While Red Bunny and I hang around reading comments and preparing for the drawing (don’t forget to enter your name on the Welcome post if you’d like Red Bunny), we thought we’d share with you a favorite family recipe. It’s also a new favorite of SweetiePie’s.

Flaky Beef Buns

1/2 lb. ground beef
1/3 cup chopped green onions, including tops
1/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
1 T Dijon mustard
1/8 teaspoon pepper
10-oz. can Hungry Jack Refrigerated Flaky Biscuits*
1 egg, slightly beaten
Dash salt
1 T sesame seed

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheet. In large skillet, brown ground beef; drain. Remove from heat. Add green onions, mayonnaise, mustard and pepper; mix well. Separate dough into 10 biscuits; press or roll each to a 4-inch circle. Spoon 2 tablespoons meat mixture onto center of each circle. Bring dough up over meat mixture; pinch edges together to form buns. Place seam side down on prepared cookie sheet; brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seed. Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 16 minutes or until golden brown.
*If you don’t have access to Hungry Jack biscuits, you could just use any biscuit dough (that’s American style biscuits, not cookies!), cut it into rounds and then flatten them out before filling them with the meat mixture.

I’m enjoying all of the Encyclopedia of Me posts out there, started by Cassi. I’d really love to participate, but I’ll be absent for a bit, later in the month, so I don’t think it will work. What a fun idea though!

XOXO,
Anna

Welcome!

50 Comments / July 30, 2007 February 18, 2011 / Bunnies, Sewing

Yaaaay! You’ve made the jump. Hopefully it wasn’t too painful.

And hopefully we’ll soon be at home here. I’ve done a little redecorating from the old blog — new wallpaper, a new sign over the door, and a few new rooms. Unfortunately, all the old furniture (blog entries) wasn’t able to make the move. WordPress has a slick way of importing an existing blog, but, sadly, my host isn’t set up for the socket in your wocket (not to be confused with Lucys Locket’s Pocket), or some such thing. (Gee, sure wish I’d known THAT.) So, the archives will just have to live at the old blog. I’ve put a link to them over there on the right. After a time, they’ll nary be missed! With any luck, I won’t have broken too many other things around here in the move. Nobody likes broken dishes!
But enough yadda yadda. That’s not why you’re here? Right? Could it be for the 100th post? And a little giveaway? ‘Cause that’s the tradition, set down in blogland.

Oh, and a little reminiscing about those first 100. It’s been so much fun. I’ve learned a lot. It’s been great getting to know (and be inspired by) all of you. You’ve made me laugh, and brought an occasional tear to my eye. ‘Cause, after all, behind the veil, those are real lives you’re all leading and sometimes you all have the best way of tugging at the heartstrings.

So, thanks for all that you’ve given me. And the comments. (Oh, how we lurve our comments!) Little Red Bunny up there is looking for a new home. You know the drill. If you’d like to add him to your little nest (and stick pins in him ;-) ) just leave me a comment. (And hey, even if you don’t want Little Red Bunny, you can still leave a comment.) By, say, next Saturday evening — then I’ll draw or random generate one of your names!

XOXO,
Anna