If you’re fortunate to have followers way up in the hundreds then it may be impossible to check if they’re still there lol! but little of me with less that 7o, at least I thought I had that many lol
the other night I started clicking on my followers, visiting their blogs, leaving comments but soon found out that over half no longer had a blog, some hadn’t posted in six months to year, but are they still checking on me I wonder hummm
How long have we all been cooking roast in one fashion or another,seems like no matter how we spice it up it’s always forgiving & turns out good, stretching food is good lol!we buy the big bag of taters so we can make other side items, fries,mashed taters, tater salad, the list goes on & on, onions are cheaper by the pound , so buy a big one cut it in fourths, the rest can be used for other things, right? & those carrots humm if we get the big bag we can make carrot salad, munch on them etc. we’ve all done it his way through the years right? but this time as we’re strolling through the store gathering things to go with the roast, hubby spies this little bag of potatoes,
I draw his attention to the price, which is about the same as a 10lb bag but he just knows they’ll be soooo good, so I say why not? do something different after all these years, it’s good to step outside the box once in awhile lol! then he spies these 
ok the taters not so bad, just rinse & toss but those pearl onions would have to be peeled 
now who's ideal was it to step outta the comfort box?
finally it’s all over, now the only thing left to do is set it and forget it, call me when it’s done I’m grabbing a good book and going back to my box lol!
I am joining Lisa’s Tempt My Tummy Tuesdays over at Blessed With Grace
http://www.blessedwithgrace.net/
At first glance 22 comments seems exciting, finally people like what I have to say lol! anyways I noticed it was long paragraphs of the same foreign signs etc over & over
do you know how long it takes to delete 22 comments, when you click the little trash can it deletes but leaves deleted by the administrator 22 times, to get that to go away you have to go back & click the little trash can again, another 22 times,
I then went into my settings & noticed it was set on anybody including anonymous, I changed it to registered users including open ID, I hope this rids problems of so much deleting & not mess up all my blogging friends who have something to say
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last night we went to our grand daughters 13th birthday party, 4 yr.old Megan & Madison was right up in the middle of it not wanting to miss a thing,lol! hope my son-n-law got some sleep with all those girls in the house lol!![424460_3917371907880_1136166693_n[1]](http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6UJ6ZMq859Y/UQRpE0-OyFI/AAAAAAAAJSw/jvdGAd8IKa0/s1600-h/424460_3917371907880_1136166693_n%25255B1%25255D%25255B2%25255D.jpg "424460_3917371907880_1136166693_n[1]")
It rarely ever snows here in Ala, seriously a heavy frost is as close as a snow dusting we get lol! but lo & behold what do my eyes see? SNOW!
Amazing Grace one of the most beloved of all Hymns was written by John Newton.
Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav’d a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears reliev’d;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ’d!
Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
(from the July-August 1996 issue of “Away Here in Texas)
on a homeward voyage, while he was attempting to steer the ship through a violent storm, he experienced what he was to refer to later as his “great deliverance.” He recorded in his journal that when all seemed lost and the ship would surely sink, he exclaimed, “Lord, have mercy upon us.” Later in his cabin he reflected on what he had said and began to believe that God had addressed him through the storm and that grace had begun to work for him.
For the rest of his life he observed the anniversary of May 10, 1748 as the day of his conversion, a day of humiliation in which he subjected his will to a higher power. “Thro’ many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’tis grace has bro’t me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.”
for more on John Newton & how the song Amazing Grace came about see
have you jumped on the Scrappy Trip Around The World sew along? 
There’s no way I can start this just now or can I? lol! naaa too many other projects to finish & start to boot lol! but it is a pretty quilt & easy easy directions to make it go super fast so jump on over & check it out
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/scrappy-trips-around-world.html
I’m not sure I’ll make it anytime soon but I do have it downloaded! It’s a dark rainy day today which makes it cozy for the sewing room, a cup of coffee & I’m headed that way!Oh speaking of coffee, our church sewing group met Wed. for the first time since the Holidays, I usually post all our Mission sewing projects over at Sitting At His Feet but since I’m here I thought I’d show you the coffee buffet I set up,the coffee pots hold hot water, there is reg/decaf coffee, hot choc, & herbal tea to choose from
It’s been ages since I’ve sewn anything grownup related, I’ve been doing craft shows for over 20 years, been known to quilt once in while which I’m working on two at the moment, I came across a wardrobe challenge over at http://sewyourownwardrobeforayearchallenge.blogspot.com/
today is the day to get everything organized, patterns, fabrics etc. well I have tons & tons of fabric but it’s all more in line for Annie's, 
home decor, quilts 
etc.. what a great excuse to go shopping for my fabric lol!but I have been collecting patterns
just incase I had time to sew up something grownup one of these days and this is what this challenge is all about, sewing for yourself!
Anything big in the appliance category is like a big ole toy to us like when our daughter bought us a huge waffle maker, the mixer that still hasn't found a permanent spot on the counter that I just had to have lol! but when I went to cook the turkey today, there wasn’t a pan big enough, so you see our dilemma, we just had to do it!
needless to say it didn’t come with any cooking directions, humm should be like an oven right? lol! anyways two hours into it the turkey is starting to brown & smelling delightfully good!
not sure how long it’ll take to get fully done, should we stay up & turkey sit lol! or go to bed & set the clock to check it, this is going to be interesting for sure!
