I got this video from helen, who got it from pris, and they’re asking for everyone who stands in agreement to post it one their blogs. I think it’s phenomenal that people all around the world can share one voice, and one heartfelt message:
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February 9, 2009
this is one of the gifts I made her. she asked for a couple of movies, and I got them, but I couldn’t let the occasion go by without a handmade gift. the bag body is made from a thrifted and felted sweater, and the strap is a thrifted belt. the owls are cut from a thrifted, then felted sweater. (funny story~or not, depending on who you ask~I felted 3 different sweaters in my washer over the space of a week, and suddenly the washer wouldn’t drain. turns out the little motor thing has a tiny water-wheel lookin thing, and it was FULL of wool. rich, daddy and my brother took the thing apart and cussed me the whole while. so when my brother saw jess’ bag he told her she better appreciate it, cause she wasn’t gonna get another one!)
the branch is made from the same sweater that agatha grace’s features came from, and the buttons came from my ginormous stash.
aww, isn’t she precious?!
January 19, 2009
this is agatha grace. I made her for the craftster foc4 swap. the theme this time around is amore. and what better offering than some bunny love? she’s a hopeless romantic, her favorite thing to do is sit in the sun on the porch, reading jane austen and drinking iced irish coffee.
she has a broken heart (which I mended with a handmade bandage) as the result of a short, torrid affair with an encyclopedia salesman. when he realized that one of her ears is shorter than the other, he ran off with the pedicure girl at the strip mall. poor agatha, she was beside herself. after I mended her, she started feeling a little better. and a nice afternoon in the sun did wonders.
she dreams that one day she’ll have a will turner, or fitzwilliam darcy of her very own.
September 25, 2008
August 15, 2008
I adore the proclaimers, and stumbled across their version of this oldie today. I thought y'all may enjoy it, too...:grin:
August 14, 2008
laura’s baby versace (thus my grandpuppy) came for a 4 day visit and we had so much fun! now the kids have put a chihuahua on their christmas list.
June 9, 2008
we went up to the mountains last week. it was the annual conference of the western north carolina united methodists. I was the delegate from our church, so rich, tony and I went. laura, our preacher went, as well as her family – her daddy is a minister in the same conference. we all stayed in maggie valley, which is about 10 minutes from the united methodist assembly at lake junaluska. it’s so beautiful there, a cozy little community of methodists built around the lake.
we stayed from wednesday through saturday, in a great little lodge. we ate too much food, country cookin’ being popular in those parts. one restaurant has family style dining, which is like a buffet that comes to your table. I had the best country fried steak there, it was so crisp and crunch, but not dried out. yummo!
we went up to the touristy cherokee one day and let tony mine for gold. he found some rubies, sapphires and topaz. they all look alike to me, just rocks. the people there identified them for us, and would have happily cut them, especially the 10 carat ruby, for only $99.
I didn’t take many pictures, I just didn’t think of it. I was busy relaxing and enjoying my guys. I did, however, think to snap a pic of tony and the big chief.
I also went to some meetings, although they were boring and sweltering. meetings are held in stuart auditorium, which doesn’t have air conditioning, so it got really really hot with close to a thousand people in there. I did get to see some of our former ministers, so that was cool. of the 4 that have been there previously to laura in my time, only 2 of them are still in the pulpit.
I think it’s a pretty tough job, without much pay. since our church is a teaching church, we get a new student every 4 years. and we pay them $12,000 a year. of course they get a house to live in, but they pay some utilities, and laura has to commute to duke several times a week. gas alone puts a big dent in her pocket.
it was pretty warm in the mountains these last few days, although not quite as hot as here, mama says. I guess raleigh got up to 101* one day. I even packed a sweater and some warm shirts, but I never had to use them. everyone I talked to up there said that it was unseasonably warm. atleast it cooled down in the evenings, when we sat in the pavillion drinking our wine.
I just hope it’s cooler next year.
June 27, 2007
this is a blatant rip-off of helen’s idea, but I thought it was fun. I was, however, mildly disappointed that I’m only rated G. I mean, shrek was rated PG for pete’s sake!! I’m milder than that?! not in my mind, but apparently in my blog. oh, well. maybe someday I’ll become more of an adult blogger.
April 30, 2007
the other day, tony wrote a story, and I thought I’d share it. I changed the font to make it easier to read. he wrote it in storybook, and that was just too difficult for me to read, being this small, and I thought anyone would have trouble, too.
There once was a kingdom far far away and in that kingdom was a small village with very poor people. Some of the poor people asked the king and queen for some money, but they refused to give up any of their money. Then a small little boy came into the small village; all the people came out of their little homes and they all laughed at the boy. Then one villager burst out, saying, “ha ha ha little boy blue came to blow his horn”. That only made the laughing worse. Whatever they said the little boy ignored. Soon the little boy went to a house where his old pal lived. His friend said, “Hello, Tony”. Then everyone stopped laughing…..everyone had heard the story of the legendary Tony Hockett; he once used his incredible powers to slay a dragon. The one who said the insult dared to come up to him and speak. He said, “my great apologies, Sir Tony”. Tony only said, “accepted”. Then Tony’s friend said, “the poor ask of your help”. Tony said, “very well, I shall do my best”. Then Tony went to the king and queen and said, “I command you to give these people money!” Then the king said, “Aahhh, how dare you! Guards ,arrest this fool!” “Yes ,sir”, they said. Then Tony spun around in a circle, flames went everywhere, and the two guards fell to the ground. The king gasped, “You… you defeated my guards!” Tony said, “Duh! fire+guards=defeat!” “Oh, yeah? How about 20 guards?” Then Tony said, “Easy!” The king said, “How do you know?” “Did you ever hear the story of me?” asked Tony. The king said, “Don’t know…don’t care.” Tony said, “grrrr/rrrrrrr you dumb idiot!” Then the queen said, “Aahhh, how dare you say that to my husband! guards arrest him!” Then 999,999 guards went after him. Then a mysterious little girl came into the small village. The guy who said the insult to Tony said, “Ha ha ha litt…” then someone interrupted: “Shut up!” The little girl came to Tony’s friends house. Tony’s friend said, “Hello, Madison.” Then Madison asked Tony’s friend, “Where is Tony?” Then Tony’s friend said, “He is in the castle.” Then Madison said, “Why?” Then Tony’s friend said, “To get the poor money.” Then Madison headed for the castle. Then she saw 999,999 guards. Then she got ready to fight side by side with Tony. Then Madison said, “You think we can take them?” Tony said, “Definitely!” Then they used their special moves, and all the guards fell to the ground. Then Tony and Madison went for the king and queen; they fell to the floor, then they got the money then gave it to the poor people and they all lived a wonderful life. the end
