Wedding Dress

So, here it is - Another blogger asked me if I had posted my DD wedding dress that I made for her in 2006. There are over 22,000 handsewn beads and sequins on the bodice and they cascade over her waist and down the skirt - she wanted a waterfall effect. My husband counted one bottle of beads and that's how we now how many are on the dress. (we multiplied the bottles taht I had saved). We originally went to the bridal shop looking for a dress, nothing suited her, and finally: "Are any of these going to be ok?" "No" "Do you want me to make your dress?" "Yes" "Ok, let's go across the street to JoAnn's Fabrics". And so it began... after the dress was sewn, it took another 3 months to sew on the beads (I continued to work full time)., evenings and weekends.......
The dress was so heavy it left bruise marks on her shoulders.
But it was all worth it -- she was a beautiful bride!!!!

Birthdays and Motorsports Complex

Another beautiful day and a busy weekend. On April 9th, our youth at church are having a yard sale to raise money for the mission field for this summer and I've been busy today gathering items for the sale. Naturally, when I start one project it tends to lead to another -- now I'm proud to say the bottom of my closet and all extra items are gone.



Yesterday was my son's birthday. He's 44 years old but it sure doesn't seem like that many years has gone by.

But I sure do remember his birth, my DH was in Viet Nam, I had returned home to live with my parents, at the time my mom didn't drive a car, my dad was at work so we callled my MIL to take me to the hospital. I first woke up around 6:00 AM and thought I had a tummy ache so I went back to bed -- well, at 9:00 AM, I told mom maybe we should call and go to the hospital. MIL arrived, but mom was writing a letter to my Grandma and didn't want to stop. Long story short - he was born at 12:00 noon, on April 1st. Daddy always called him his "fishing buddy" and brought a rod and reel to the hospital. He was the first GC on both sides so he always got the "royal" treatment. (DD will gladly tell those stories.)

Speaking of DD --- she is the first new employee of the Motorsports Complex! She gave her two week notice at work Friday and starts the new job on April 18. "Now I'll get paid to do what I've been paying to do all my life."

Rose colored afghan

I haven't added many sewing projects to this blog and that's odd since I do have so many pictures. It's a rose colored afghan and I won 1st place in the county fair the year I entered it. That's one of those things I decided not to save for a special day and have started giving stuff to the kids. My DD has this and as you can tell, it was made sometime before 2007. The lil angel was born Nov 2007.

Busy, busy weekend

Miss K and her older sister, the singer.

This past weekend was extremely busy. The weather was just gorgeous (70 degrees) on Saturday so we worked in the yard - cleaning, getting up a tree that was cut down, and spreading pine straw on the flower beds. The yard always looks much nicer with fresh pinestraw.

Sunday was nice. We had "Pac the Pew" at church. DH's parents came from out of town so we all had lunch at our house after the service. (Our only buffet restaurant, Ryans, has closed). My parents, DH's parents and 1 grandchild. Before we got finished with the meal, the other grown GC, came by to see us. Miss K spent Sat night with us, went to church and helped with lunch. She is 9 yrs old - she set the table, prepared drinks, and helped with "greeting our guests". If I'm cooking for a small group and we all are able to sit at the same table, I enjoy setting a pretty table. She got a chance to offer tea in a "fancy" pitcher instead of the old family tea jug. You know, we Southerners love our sweet tea. She's quite a helper and loves to watch the cooking shows. Maybe she'll learn gourmet cooking and I won't have to cook!! We had ham, mashed potatoes, (with gravy, of course) black eyed peas, biscuits, berry cobbler and ice cream for dessert. Lil Princess and her parents came in after lunch, just in time for ice cream.

Motorsports Complex Update

Since we're a "racing" family, we're all interested in the new Motorsports Complex.
All of the above cars belong to my DH and DS..they don't drive, one of the GS does.

The old irrigation in the fields are being removed. They should be breaking ground soon, lots of digging to do - banking the roadcourse, traffic lanes, dragstrip lanes and garages. I still think it would be nice to have one of the new condos being built. Just think, with a pair of binoculars, I could see Tont Stewart as much as I wanted !!! (An old lady being silly.)

Sunshiny Days

My DH with DD as she played the Easter Bunny at church. These were taken about 4 years ago and DH and I still pretty much look the same -- OLD.!!


I'm probably pushing the Easter season a little but looking at all the piccies, these are among my favorites, of the thousands that are on the computer or in boxes and totes. (My children are going to have so much fun looking and sorting through my "stuff" when my "time" comes).

Gratitudes:
My children for putting up with this old lady
My DH, who means the world to me
Homemade chicken salad --

Heaven and the fish......

Had to share this with ya'll. My DD posted it last night on facebook.

"DD thinks God has the best sense of humor! So I looked in the fish tank & couldn't find "Lil Angels" fish anywhere! I broke the news to her that Jesus needed another fish in Heaven so He took ours. She said "maybe my fish will come back from Heaven one day." I assured her that it didn't work that way because God doesn't send animals back. Weeeellllll guess who's back in the tank swimming"

We all need to have simple faith...Lil Angel is 3 years old but sometime she thinks so deeply, it's like living with a grown-up. She keeps all of us on our toes.!! DD has explained Heaven to her because my DH's uncle is so sick and she dearly loves going to see him, (he's her Paw Paw Guitar). She realizes Jessie is in Heaven with God and says she will see her some day. (Jessie died exactly one week before Lil Angel was born and they were the only ones in the family that would have been blood related. Lil Angel is adopted.)

Just wanted to record this - some day we will forget all the cute things she says. Thanks for listening.

Motorsports

HOORAY HOORAY HIP HIP HOORAY !!!

It seems like I blog when I'm asking for prayers for my dad or something not so joyful but today is different ------We live in a small rural part of Georgia, and like a lot of others, our economy has been shot in the foot. Well, I'm happy to say we will be getting a new sports complex (motorsports, drag strip) within 2 miles of my house. Now you're thinking -- the noise --- well, that's the least of our worries. Our community needs some inflex of jobs and money, so the noise and visiting people will be a plus !!!!

The piccie above is the Lil Angel helping her dad "work" on the race car. Our entire family is involved with race cars, and that's where my children were every Saturday night (with my DH and I) and we knew all their friends and what they were doing. My son and daughter contribute this for them never getting into drugs or REAL trouble with the law.

So, I'll get off my soapbox and thank God for allowing this positive thing in our community.

And, oh by the way, my parents and family are doing fine. The flu is going around, but none of us are sick,yet..

have a great day blog friends and thanks for listening.