Thursday, July 16, 2009

Miss Kanneloni Macaroni


It's amazing what happens overnight. . .




If you think this is a surprise for you . .you are not alone.

The lil' farm hand had a bit of a surprise the morning after his sleepover at Grammie and Dampa's house too.

Naturally very agreeable in the morning. . .

we asked him if he wanted to go see Mommy and Daddy and baby sister. . .

He said .. "uh huh"

So. . .off we went to have a look.

He loved the little lass straight away.

Then he wanted a cookie.





She weighed in at seven pounds. . .fourteen ounces.





Our son Terrence is such a blessed man.


He has a beautiful . ..loving wife who happens to be a wonderful mother. .

a strapping young lad. .

and a now a wee little lass.


The Christian name on her birth certificate will start with the letters K and M.. . .

and for months we've played a guessing game....

wondering what those initals stood for.


Dampa. . came up with Kanneloni. . .(knowing it's usually spelled with a C) . . and Macaroni.


He loves his pasta. . .and in our house. . . the name stuck. .

so that is how you will know we're speaking of the lil' farmhands baby sister.

Sing with me. . ."and they call her Kanneloni. . .Kanneloni. .Macaroni. . . "


Tonight the bungalow is quiet once again. . .which is fine. . .they'll be back. . .

for now. . .we're just the two of us. . again.

It's been a very good day!

Praising God!

All for now..






Wednesday, July 15, 2009

It's a Grammie Day

A very special Grammie Day....

All for now. . .

but.. . .maybe later ..
I'll add a row of colour ...
to the new blankie.


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

new curtains


Trailers come with their own typical signature style.
We made a few changes. . .and we like it better.






I looked for fabric that would not be floral ..
nor too busy ..
nor completely plain.
I didn't want it to be beige...
nor taupe...



it needed something with a bit of texture...
and just the right tone.
That may sound like a simple task...



but it proved to be tricky.
In the top picture. .



you can just barely see the pale beige bedroom curtain..
that I used as a template for the darker new checked curtain.

Can you see what is added .. . and subtracted?

We removed the wall paper border.

With patterned cushions on the dinette and couch...

I was happy to have the walls a bit less busy.

The bed at the back of the trailer...

for visitors...

had no privacy...

so I made a curtain out of the same checked fabric.



Every trailer. . that has a few spaces left for extra shoes in the shoe bag...

and a bed or two for visitors...





needs a bit of privacy . .

don't you think?

There are some empty coat hooks by the door ...

I'll have to make a vacancy sign . .

that I can hang from the door knob.

How fun would that be?