9/11 Gone but never forgotten

In memory of all that  left us.  All that came  and helped

those families that gave their best.

We will never forget………………….

Love and Prayers….

Hugs Birgit

Happy Saturday to All

As you are aware I have been watching Allison  during the week or rather from  monday through thursday’s. Yesterday hubby and I went to Hobby Lobby  and Jo-ann’s…. yummy yarn was bought and another purple  KK hatloom.

The reason being is  I have several orders for hats.. So take a look.

the first one I made….by the way  these are the german  flag colors.. well not the white but the gold,red and black show up well on the white back ground.

here would be another version  black background with the gold and red stripe…

and here my first try at a vertical striped hat. it’s a redbrown  with  a variegated  red,brown,gray,pink as the other stripe..It’s a bit more time consuming  due to the wrapping but its fun to make and look at when finished. Have to try to make one with a bit more contrasting colors to really show what it looks like.

anyhow some of my german friends really like the   german type hats and  put in some orders… so this weekend will be a marathon of hat making.

I finally found my  mannequin head  so  I can take other pics besides using my little model…lol. As you can tell Allison is not  to happy about hats  when I put them on her.

My cocoon is  coming along… working on the top part now .

Hope you all are having a good weekend. We have had a whole week of  just  slow slow rain. looks a bit gray all the time  but you know its ok. I love the cooler weather since I have more energy….

for today  you all have a wonderful weekend..Hugs Birgit

Happy Hot Hot Saturday………..

So September decided to treat us with a heat advisory with temps climbing to 102*…yuck, thank heaven we are supposed to have a cold front moving through starting tomorrow with temps going down into the windows and doors open category…..YEA…..

Abby likes school,,lol

waiting on the school bus…..

Looks just like here mommy…..

can’t remember when this was taken but Katie was really young here…..lol

On a good news front  Mom got home from the hospital yesterday….She still isn’t feeling up to par but she is getting better.

Oh Guess what I won…….Yes I won a $50 e gift certificate from www.germandeli.com……..loads of german goodies to order which I did last nite already……Couldn’t wait…..

I am still working on my cocoon  on the Martha Stewart loom.. gotta remember to take a pic of it…..

for now stay safe and have a Happy Holiday weekend.

hugs Birgit

Happy Sunday to all

Well my friends its been an interesting week here at Mausie’s house..

Hubby sick with the fly mom sick with the flu wait wait  the fly you say??yes  my dears…and mom decided to go one step further and wake me up at 6 am yesterday morning  with I can’t breathe,,,,,,Oh my with heart  problems and COPD  ambulance was called… well  her flu turned into pneumonia. She was at doc’s wednesday but apparently  the atb’s she got prescribed weren’t cutting it so by saturday her white count up to 21000 and  all labs just totally off. so  Mom is in the hospital on Iv antibiotics, steroid shots, lovenox injections,blood sugar checks ( no she doesn’t have diabetes but steroids can make your blood sugars go high) her O2 sats finally came up from yesterday morning where she was constantly below 80 ( they even put her on a non rebreather mask) but since this morning she is on nasal cannula. but still loads of crackles and rales in both lungs so  in she will stay a few days/…

On my front so far  knocking on wood I am well……

did have doc appointment wednesday with cardio,.he put me on a newer med called Ranexa  that is supposed to help with small vessel  circulation etc etc.. Lets see if it helps I sure hope so…..I am working on a baby cocoon on my Martha Stewart loom. I am doing it in the oval… long oval since I am making it as a trial for a 9 month old…I still like the Martha Looms…. I really really love the fact you can change the gauge on them  by just using  her different pegs colors…. I like the light blue pegs the most it  makes such a lovely  tight knit stitch… but for the cocoon I am using the large pink pegs with a hole skipped so its larger gauge especially since I am using the red heart cloud yarn. with its fuzzy ness   and tending to  just get caught in the hook and stuff I thought it would be better to go the larger way…

Anyhow all my east coast friends please continue to stay safe

hugs to all Birgit

Cake and baby cocoon

So the cake is gone…lol

here is the last 2 pieces

and finished my baby cocoon in red heart cloud yarn in peach color with matching baby hat

I had promised I would never buy this yarn again……well  no sooner had I posted it on facebook to show off

I had an order for 2…How cool is that… so guess who is going to the store to buy more………..

trying to make some potato soup for tonite with german smoked sausages

but Allison is not cooperating with me…..She wants to play and be held… right now Oma has her .I snuck in her to the pc after a bathroom break so I could post this…………LOL

hugs to all

Birgit

yummy Birthday cake

Well first time ever I tried my hand at making a

Schwarzwaelder Kirsch torte

translated…..Black forrest cake…

this is before

it has 1  light color  cake

then 2 layers of chocoloate  cake

this is the assembly…..

light bottom

brush with Kirschwasser’ couldn’t find any so I used rum

then whip cream

then  cherry pie filling cooked  some more to thicken it more

then chocolate layer  same thing  brush with kirschwasser

then whip cream  then cherries

then chocolate layer and  whip cream all around….

set it in the fridge to cool

then go over the  cream  with a  knife to kind of straighten it

then  little dollops of star shaped  whip cream and each one get a marachino cherry……………YUMMY

and this is real heavy whipping cream I creamed with my own little hands…..LOL naa used my kitchen machine…….

and after  its decorated….

Think Katie will like it?Honestly she don’t care what it looks like she wants the taste……….

hugs Birgit

Happy 29th Birthday Katie

Hard to believe its been 29 years ago that you where born

Hoping your Birthday is wonderful……

see ya tonite at dinner….

love you mom and dad