Happy Veterans Day, Snow, Projects, & a Tease

Happy Veteran's Day!!





Please take a few minutes from your busy day today to think of the men & women who sacrificed for our Freedom. We are having a discount day today former & active military men & women so I will get the chance to personally thank some of our veterans. I know the small gesture means a lot~I have had many tell me so in the past.

The last few days, we've gotten some snow. Now we didn't get alot of snow, but it was enough to cause a terrible accident that closed a major highway for hours. One person lost his life & 6 others were sent to the hospital. I was so thankful that I didn't have to work that day. This is the view out my window.

Here are a couple of my newest creations this year. A snowman pocket.

And for you Santa lovers out there, this Santa pocket. I love how they turned out. I have sent them to the craft show that I am in the weekend & will see if any come home. I'm hoping they all sell & I have to make more for next weekend's show. I can't wait for next weekend to be over~that is my last show for the year. I really want to start on some "me" projects.

And here is the tease.....my package from OLM's ornie swap showed up last night. I was almost too tired from working all day to tear into it, but it got the better of me. I had to see what was inside. Would you like to see what I got????

I bet you would, but here is where the teasing part comes in.....you'll have to wait till tomorrow to see. Hehe!! I can be a little evil too.

Come visit tomorrow~I promise to show you then. Maybe by then , some of you will have gotten your goodies. I love all of mine!!

Have a wonderful day all. I'm working VIP night tonight & have to work all weekend from 5p.m. to 1a.m. I think that's going to be a little past my bedtime.

Enjoy your weekend~Becky

Getting to know me from A-Z

Hello all you out there in blogland. I'm finally going to get on the bandwagon & do my A-Z's. I meant to do it last week, but time sure flies when you're having fun. So here goes....

A Age~ 44

B Bed~Queen size 4 poster that I absolutely love!!

C Chores I hate~All of them!! I'd rather be creating than cleaning!!

D Dog~Yep!! My lovely Miss Zoey...Beagle extraordinaire!!

E Essential start to my day~would have to be a big glass of diet Mountain Dew & ice.

F Favorite color~gotta go with blue

G Gold or silver~I'm not much of a jewelry girl, but I would have to say Gold.

H Height~ 5'2" yep I'm a shortie!!

I Instrument I play~I played the drums for a bit in grade school.

J Job~Wife,mom, quilter, crafter, Clothing Lead at Cabela's(kind of like an assistant manager).

K Kids~Cody 19 & Stephen 16

L Live~Suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

M Make of car GMC Suburban~gotta have a big ole boat to haul all my goodies home. Hehe!!

N Nicknames~Bec & Becky Crocker. Hate the Becky Crocker. Got that one cuz I love to bake.

O Overnight hospital stay~ Birth of the boys & a couple others.

P Pet peeve~ Cell phones in the check out lines at stores. Come on people!! How do you think that poor cashier feels when you're yacking away. Have some respect !! Sorry~I'll get off my "high horse"".

Q Favorite Movie Quote~"Tell me about it stud!" Olivia Newton John to John Travolta in Grease.

R Rightie or leftie~ Rightie

S Siblings~One sister...younger.

T TV shows~NCIS, Castle, The Mentalist, Burn Notice

U Underwear~of course

V Vegetable I hate~brussel sprouts

W What makes me late~Me!! I always have to go back to check to see if I left the iron, sewing machine, glue gun on.

X X-rays~nope!!

Y Yummy food~Chocolate chip cookies. I'm the cookie mom for the Boy Scout troop. Every time they go on a trip, I get hit up to make my cookies. One year I promised cookies to the winner Patrol of boys that brought the most food to donate to the local food pantry....boy o boy....it was a record year for food donations. I ended up making cookies for the whole troop. I was so proud of those boys. The food pantry was very thankful.

Z Zoo animals~love the bears & the wolves.

There ya have it~Becky from A-Z. Hope I didn't bore ya too much!!

Off to finish up my ornies for OLM's ornie swap. Should have had them in the mail by now.

Have a great day~Becky

Happy Halloween

Wishing all my blogging buddies a Happy Halloween!!

I know, I know~I promised a "real" blog post, but you'll have to wait another day.

I'm off to work soon, but I do have the next 2 days off. I will be playing catch up again & finally responding to all your wonderful comments.

Thanks for hanging in there!!

Till tomorrow~Becky

Back Soon!!

Good Morning Blogging Friends!!

Stopping by to say I'll be back in a day or two with a real blog post. I'm playing "catch up". I can't believe how much I've missed in just a couple of days!!

Have a wonderful day~Becky

Tuesday Display Chain...Autumn at the Table

Today is the final day of the month long display chain hosted by Misi of http://1890gablehousemusings.blogspot.com. The theme for today is Autumn at the table.

Autumn signals a change in the weather. The cooler temperatures always bring on the need for comfort food in our home. Nothing says comfort to me than a nice turkey dinner. Over the weekend our family enjoyed a wonderful dinner of roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, & sweet corn. Now~I know you probably know how to make this dinner, so I will share another of our favorites.

I love to bake & when it is cold outside, I have the perfect excuse. We get a yummy goodie & the oven helps to heat the homestead. These brownies are a family fav.

Best Brownies Ever

2 cups sugar

1 cup melted butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

4 eggs

1 & 1/3 cup flour

1 cup baking cocoa

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup mini chocolate chips

1 cup chopped pecans

powdered sugar

Beat butter, sugar, eggs, & vanilla until combined. Mix in dry ingredients leaving out chocolate chips, pecan, & powdered sugar. Pour into greased 9 x 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Remove from oven & sprinkle chocolate chips & pecans over brownies. Gently press onto the top of brownies. Bake for another 15 minutes or until done. Cool. Sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of cooled brownies.

Enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping in today. Make sure to head over to Misi's blog to check out the other fantastic recipes.

A big thank you to Misi for hosting this month long chain. It's been a lot of fun (as usual).

Have a wonderful evening~Becky

Tuesday Display Chain at 1890 Gable House Musings

Happy Tuesday!!

It is once again time for the display chain hosted by Misi of http://1890gablehousemusings.blogspot.com/. This is week 3 of a month long display chain. This week's theme is Fall Foilage- Nature on display or nature in display.

Won't you join me on a trip to Pike Lake State Park?? It's a beautiful day for a hike!!

The trails are full of fallen leaves. Crunch...crunch...crunch. I don't think we'll sneak up on any animals today.

Crossing the river. Lots of floating foilage....

Leaving the park....down the road. Thanks for coming along for the hike.

Next up~a couple of random pics from my home. Little display outside my garden shed. Grapevine wreath with wild bittersweet tucked here & there.

Some faux fall leaves & some more wild bittersweet.

More wild bittersweet tucked on a cabinet top in my kitchen.

There you have it. My nature inspired fall foliage display. Make sure to head over to Misi's blog to check out the other beautiful displays!!

Have a wonderful evening~Becky

Tuesday Display Chain Week Two...One Display

Hello once again!! It's time for the weekly display chain hosted by Misi over at http://1890gablehousemusings.blogspot.com/2011/10/tuesday-display-chain-choose-your-two.html. This weeks challenge was to build a display using the two colors of your choice. Color choices were orange & black, green & black, or white & black.


After looking around & trying to decide on just one display, I chose orange & black as my color theme.

This is my display. Quite simple, but one of my favorites.

Close up on the chair...

One of my fall pockets hanging from an antique ironing board.

Make sure to click on the link above to go to Misi's blog & check out all the other beautiful fall displays. If you haven't started your fall decorating, this will give you some fabulous ideas.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of this beautiful warm day!!

Have a great one~Becky