Redoing our dining room chairs.  It is my grandparents dining room set.  Cherry wood.  Going to the solid color.  Have a tablecloth in plaid, smaller than the furniture plaid.

Folklore of the persimmon

Over the weekend my husband opened up about 10 persimmons and they all had a spoon in them.

In the one picture we have the spoon raised up alittle.

So they say:

spoon shaped means lots of heavy wet snow forecasted

fork shaped powdery light snow and a mild winter predicted

knife shaped bitter icy cutting winds for next few months will occur

So Southern Illinois should see snow. Last year there was a fork in the seed and we had a super nice winter---but paid for it with the drought and hot summer. I don't mind alittle snow, especially if it comes on a week-end when I am off!

On an evening drive

around a long country block a few things we saw. Probably over 20 deer total. The sunset the Lord provided was beautiful.

Stuffed Shirt

for my nephews 6th birthday. He loves Mario.

Christmas is......

in 100 days!!!

Much better

I finally got one done with the ring. Have about 6 or 7 to redo and more to make. Ordered rings last night.

My Birthday Gift

Mom made me a bear out of my dads suit. He died in June 2005. I have the collar folded up in the one picture. My sisters also got one on their b'days.