New Celebrity Crush

Okay, my new celebrity crush is a guy  =D

and check it out - he is the fruitiest guy (aka his character) in the drama I'm watching: SungKyunKwan Scandal.  Anyway, he's absolutely adorable.  Love his character.  Love love love love love.  I really can't say enough..   That said, that's all I'm going to say.  ♥
Hope you all are doing well and enjoying your Spring (or Autumn - ahem) 

As you were.. ^^ - H.O.

Make a little birdhouse

I am on cloud 9.  I wonder if there's something wrong with me (?).

Just finished another quilt this weekend.

Say I'm the only bee in your bonnet

Had a great day today.  I have a surprise for a friend (she don't know that this is for her almost grandchild. soon as she gets married said niñito will be her grandson/daughter.)   And Cody is so cool.  He helped me learn how to run my new máquina de cocer.  He is better able to read pictures (like the ones in machine owner manuals).  I can't read those to save my life.  =)  Much less read the words and understand what I'm supposed to do.

I have this song stuck in my head (I think maybe that is why I'm happy.  could be wrong.  It sure seems to go well with my mood.  ;D)

And I'm not back to blogging really - just happy enough that I decided to post.  Maybe there's something wrong with me.

Hope you all have a great week.  I'm just gonna relax (laundry, dishes, and I found out one of my neighbors likes Mexican food.  I'm going to ask her to lunch soon.  She might say yes.)

I ordered Mexican food from our favorite Latino restaurant and I swear they gave us twice as much food as they did the last two times I'd ordered that dish.  CRazy.  I like it, but I think I shoulda given 'em an extra $10 or so..  really..  kinda strange.  But I like it.  I got twice as many onions (can't be sad with grilled onions - you know what I'm sayin'?)  ^^

Night all.
 - una HappyOrganist

Def Leppard In Concert

Peggy, pretend this is a post on my music blog.

So Def Leppard (my current favorite band as of a year ago or so) is coming to Salt Lake this June.  Tickets are on sale tomorrow (people are already waiting in line for them as of yesterday).   I've checked - and front row tickets (which I wouldn't want, but it's fun to look) are some $700+.   Wow oh wow.  How fun is that? ;)
The seats I would like are $113 each - and if they were touring with another group I like (I'm not that fond or familiar with Poison) I'd probably attend with my husband.  HOWEVER, I'm not that keen on the other band, as I said.
I think last year (?) they came with Heart.  I'm too lazy to look it up, but I think they did a year ago.  I thought about driving out with Cody to just listen to the concert from the road (I think that's legal).  But we never did that (probably wouldn't have been legal anyway)...  But that's a concert I think would have been more enjoyable for us (except we don't know if Heart still sounds good.  They're all getting up their in age, you know..  Hard to know if it's worth spending the money.)  Journey was good, though - and everyone else at that concert we attended last year.  Lot of fun.

Anyway, I expect to enjoy a fun summer with or without concerts this year..

Cherio ^^
 - Jen

For Peggy

Okay sweetums (I can call you that, right?   :)  )

Well here is what I've been up to (but don't tell anyone ^^).

I just bought a new sewing machine.  I'm way excited about this.

We (my family and I) attended a quinceanera a week ago.  Tons o' fun.  Had a hard time getting to sleep afterward (too much excitement - what with all the spanish-speakers and so on).  Was wonderful happy evening (for lots of reasons).  One of those reasons is 'cause I was truly happy to see a friend of mine engaged to a very sweet fellow.  And I'm not even jealous (cough) anymore.  ;D
honest to God and I give Him credit for any good feelings I have (thank goodness I have a few)

So - we're less enamored, less obsessed, we're excited about sewing machines.  I'm not excited about spending money for them - but such is life.

I am loving eating Mexican food.  I've learned to be comfortable ordering at hispanic restaurants (the kind where they don't speak much English).  I'm learning to cook all these things myself.

I finished a quilt recently (I can't take credit for it 'cause I know I was helped).  I mean everything went so wonderfully well and turned out from the beginning and I was able to make the entire quilt in less than 2 weeks (unheard of for me for a quilt this size).  And it took significantly more work than my normal blankets require.. Plus, like I said, everything worked out.  My machine didn't break.  I was able to sew quickly (by some miracle b/c usually I have to go insanely slow with my machine b/c it's missing pieces).  The pattern was easy to tie and very attractive.  I had like 1000 pins stuck in the blanket and didn't poke myself at all while tying the quilt (except for with the actual needle - but that doesn't count).  Everything went smoothly, and since Cody is a slave driver - I finished on time (was a gift for a neighbor).

There's a fabric sale at the local store this week.  I shouldn't go - but you know I'm going to be there in the morning....... no, maybe I won't be.  It's pretty late tonight and I'm still awake (why on Earth???).
Too much excitement, I'm tellin' ya..

So we're basically busy cooking, cleaning and sewing.  I've enjoyed doing dishes lately (I THINK I am turning into my mother).  I no longer consider this a negative thing.  More like an inevitable yet positive thing (and hopefully my metabolism will follow hers and slow down this year).

Lately

Sorry I haven't uploaded any videos (that is so much work and I'm so lazy).  

Espero que toda pasa bien con ustedes.  Cuidense amigas ♥♥

 - Jen

Life is Good

And I am so protected.  It never ceases to amaze me how promptly and suitably the Lord delivers when I ask for his help.
Case in point: Nervous about seeing a friend whom I have been avoiding (rational reasons here).  "Please God, keep us safe (and by 'us' I do mean my husband and myself)."  Nervousness mounting.
Friend DOES stop by, but she is late getting somewhere and doesn't even come into the house.  We visit very briefly, happily and without mishap outside (well let's face it - I can't say I've had any "mishaps" when these friends come in - but that's not the point!).  Anyway, it all went well.  Only stayed for 2 minutes (if that) and my sanity and good feelings are intact.  I feel that I was (and am, as always) protected.
It's funny how often I have to pray for such intervention "Please God, protect me from myself.  I know I got myself into this spot.  I'm sorry.  Please please help me get out."  And sure enough, He's already got it taken care of (all I have to do is speak up).

Was that clear as mud?

We are doing fine here.  I'm going to get off my lazy butt and make a video of me making clam chowder the other day.  And you'll see why I'm not a tv chef........... =DD

Really, though, I just learned how to cook (saves me from lugging the children to the restaurant where they serve my FAVORITE chowder on Fridays).  I can now make it myself (it's very very similar - I am so happy and stunned that it turned out).  Incidentally, this video is of the first batch I made.  A few days later I tried again and it turned out better (just about the same as the one in the restaurant).

Hope you all are doing well.
Video coming soon (at least I think so).  ^^
 - H.O.
  

Trash night

All our neighbors busy making-out forgot to put out the trash tonight.
Ha ha ha  ^^

update. pics and new frames

A few things we are up to:

Here is Cody reading with the kids at bedtime (he is so good  ;)  ).  You know how bored I would be if I had to read out loud?  I hate reading books out loud.

A photo Cody shot today; it looks like Jack has buck teeth, so I wanted to share..

And this is me with pair 1 of 2 glasses (I can see.  wow.  watch out world  =D)  I went four years 'sin lentes.'  It started to get to me.  Anyhow - you can't tell - but these are purple frames; they are super cute, as are the second pair, which are different but also purple.  Do you approve, Zhen?  :)

And last but not least, here is my current celebrity crush. The hair cut is totally doin' it for me. Gotta love it. She's from CBS's Cold Case. I'm not necessarily a fan of the show, but each time I flip past and notice that hair cut I think about watching for a while. If I were more into murder mysteries I would.  But watching too much of that particular genre ruins my little bubble I like to live in of happiness and sunshine.. can't ruin that.  ^^

We're still praying for snow (rain is good, snow would be great to cover up our lawn that we failed to mow at the end of autumn.  oops.)  ;)
And we're quilting and cooking and hey - relaxing 'cause it's *Saturday*.  ^^
Hope you are, as well.
Ever his, hers, and yours and ours,
 - H.O.