Another Pie in July

An apple pie made using Granny Smith apples.

(This is how much a craftier I am, when I was trying to remember what type of apples I used, I kept coming up with "Granny Square")

Hot pad complements of MOM

What makes this one different from most other apple pies is the Cranberry, Walnut, Date mixture on the bottom of the pie. So GOOD!!!!! And yes, just in case you were wondering this is also very good with homemade vanilla ice cream.

All I've got is one Question:

Does Pie qualify as a good mid-morning snack?

I mean it is already on a plate.......................

June/July

Happenings in June/July - at least those I took pictures of ;)

Bread Making

Oh So Good!!!

4th of July Baking

A Raspberry Pie made from Fresh Rasberries. Yum Yum

(Ok, it was made the week following the 4th) It was still Good!

July - time for the car to be re-registered

Safety and Emissions - Emissions passed but Safety didn't. My battery needed to be more secure. I got the necessary parts. And thanks to my brother, it got put on the battery. I took a picture of it cause I wanted to do a post pointing out how rude the big bold "Rejected" across it. When you pass all you get is a form with a certificate with very small letters, which wouldn't have shown up. It's like grades written in red pen. This post never happened cause of the following:

2nd try results followed by a slammed hood, a temper explosion, a punched hood and thrown keys and a few slammed doors and why I really don't like car guys grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(Yes, I know it's the same picture, but considereing the above do you really think I was capable of handling a camera?)
The car finally did pass cause it was taken by my DAD to an HONEST car guy!

Need to go to a happy place, NEED to go to a happy place

Let's try this picture: Oh yes this works

Oh this was good, especially with homemade ice cream and look how pretty it is.

May's Activity

Ok, finally sitting down at a computer that will read the camera disk. So here are the pictures of post that should have been sooner ... whatever that means.

A Birthday present

Can you tell I love color

A Color Pencil Case

Also in May a two week vacation that was awesome

Hey, it's the only picture I remember taking!

Great Contest on Queen of the Clan

Hey everyone, my very good friend Danyelle is having an awesome contest on her blog, Queen of the Clan. If you love crafting or scrapbooking you will love the EZ view desktop she is giving away. Hurry, the contest closes on Friday at noon (CT).

Reading a Lot

While my sister was visiting for a week this last month, the two of us went used book shopping and I found a treasure trove of books. In all honesty I was suppose to be just the driver but one book led to another and another. Before I knew it my arms were full enough that one of the store employees offered to get me a cart. (sheepish grin)

I hit the jackpot for sewing reference books. Singer has a set and I found 4 or 5 of them. I'm not sure how many are in the set but I'm happy with what I found. What I like best is their pictures. They are so great. Being a visual learner, pictures make it easier to understand sewing techniques.

I also found some great reading books, non-fiction and fiction. As you can see from my reading list, I haven't wasted time driving right into them.

Along with used bookstores, I've also got caught in a "new" bookstore where I found two great sewing books. And what's even more awesome is I actually read them and they're exactly what I need. I'm tentative at buying new books, but especially sewing books because they will usually sit on the shelf and are rarely used. I think these are the only two sewing books I've read completely through. Now to fully make it completely worthwhile I need to actually start making something from them.

P.S. Sis bought way more books then I did ;)

Yes I'm still here

Two months is a long time to be cranky. Actually that mood only lasted one day, the next morning I felt just great. Funny how that works. Anyway, I've been very busy and also full of procrastination. Hopefully this is means I'll start posting again. It would be a lot easier if the computer would recognize the camera disk with all my pictures on it. We shall see what I can do about it this week. If not, then everyone have a great 4th of July weekend.