Naps!

I should have been cleaning house, sewing or something productive. Instead I had my awsome after church, nap on the couch. It was cloudy and yucky outside, perfect for napping! Thank you to Mr. H & Lulu for keeping the house quiet!

Church was great this morning. Brandon did a great job talking about Jesus an his way to Jeruselum for the last time, traveling there to his death. His death on the cross for our sins. He talked about Bartimus, the blind man, who was treated like scum, like a 2nd class citizen, yet woke up every day and stumbled out to beg from the Jews on their way to Jeruselum. They would ignore him or worse say ugly things to him and those like him. Yet, Jesus heard Bartemus calling out to Him asking for His Mercy! Brandon challenged us to move out of our comfort zone and reach out to those searching for God's mercy, not ignore those that don't believe or are down and out, show them God's love and mercy. I pray that my heart will be convicted and I will move out of my comfort zone and reach out to those people.

I am looking forward to my sewing day tomorrow. I am still working on my quilt for Addison Grace, our great-neice! I need to finish the corners, and sandwich it tomorrow. I really look forward to my Monday's with my sewing buddies. I will try and post pictures tomorrow.

Valentine's Dinner 2010

I hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day! We celebrated with friends on the 12th. We had such a great time. We we to the F's for drinks , then on Buca di Peppo for dinner and back to our home for dessert. We did this last year and went to The Gooses Acre, I hope that this will be a tradition for many years to come!

Dinner was awsome, we got 4-5 different Pasta dishes, 2 different salads and lots of garlic bread. Oh sooooo...good! I made a cherry triffle and chocolate mousse. Both of them wer mighty delish, if I say so myself and so easy! Mousse isn't as hard as I thought!

I love my honey and love my friends, I am a blessed woman.

Ellen

Road Trip With Friends

Yesterday, I had a great time on a Road Trip with good friends, fellow quilters and mentors. We went to Breanham to their Bi-annual Quilt Show. We had a great time looking at the beautiful quilts.

These are some the beautiful quilts! We did a little shopping Heather and I found old quilting magazines for .25 to $1. We bought lots to get ideas from. We went to downtown Brenham for lunch. I had a yummy avacado, stuffed with chicken salad along with a green salad. I was really bad and got Bread Pudding with incredible Burbon Sauce to take home! I saved it for dessert .....and it was decadent!

It is so nice to have friends to do these things with. I am so blessed! I am blessed in many ways.

I am working on several projects still, I am planning on finishing my sisters quilt at the Quliting Retreat in a couple weeks. I am still working on a couple of purses and my great-neices quilt. I have Lulu's quilt, Mr. H's Texas Tech t-shirt quilt and My Breast Cancer t-shirt quilt.

Have a great rest of the weekend.

Ellen

I 'm Loving the Jewelry

I have found a new (to me) jewelry designer, Lisa Leonard. She creates beautiful and unique pieces. I am dying to own a necklace! I am trying to win one on Tatertots & Jello. Wish me luck, there are many others signed up! Check out her web-site: http://www.lisaleonardonline.com/ !

I started my new job at the elementary school. I am loving it so far, it's only been two days. but I am sure that I will be great! The people are all very nice .

I came home from work today and walked/jogged for an hour, about 4 miles. It was drizzling, but it made a nice walk. After that I came home and made a yummy pizza. I should have taken a picture. I spread pesto saafter I had uce with basil on the crust, then added HEB's Fire Roasted w/ Garlic tomatoes (courtesy of my lovely neighbor k), chicken I had cooked in extra virgin olive oil after I had rubbed it with Italian seasonings and pepper and garlic salt, and finally topped it with feta and mozarella cheese. Mr. H loved it. We had Pioneer Woman's rustic apple pie for dessert! I am glad I walked today! Big day, I am tired now. I have several pictures I need to post, but it will have to wait until tomorrow....

Good night all-

ELLEN