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Lemon Cupcakes
Served with berries, vanilla ice cream and a star candle.
As Colbert would say, Happy Birthday, Nation!
Lemon Cupcakes
Served with berries, vanilla ice cream and a star candle.
As Colbert would say, Happy Birthday, Nation!
I think 2008 is going to be quite a year.
There is a commercial that has been running on HGTV with a song by Leann Womack. I love the lyrics and so I am posting them here as my wish for all my friends and family in the new year
I Hope You Dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed,
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance.I hope you dance….I hope you dance……….
I am dancing in the studio. Yesterday, I started on a new creation. I am using this piece of discharged fabric. I used skinny masking tape and added turquoise to the discharge paste. This was done in the class I took last summer.
Here are some fabrics that I am auditioning for the piece.
I haven’t worked in these yummy colors for a while so I am quite excited. They will brighten up the dreary Portland winter days.
I had a nice New Year’s eve and day. Last night we attended the annual New Year’s eve concert at the cathedral. It is attended by throngs with SRO and people sitting in the altar area and on the floor. The music director invites people from the Portland music scene to come and perform. Donations are given to Our House (an outreach to aid’s patients) and Sister’s of the Road (a feeding program for the homeless). We got primo seats with our friends who get reserved front row seats because one of them is on the board of the music program at the cathedral. There are two dramatic moments in the evening for me — the singing of a Jewish blessing in Hebrew by the wife of the Rabbi of the Synagogue next door to Trinity. Her husband, the Rabbi translated. It was a beautiful moment. At the end of the service, a bag piper comes up the isle and then plays Auld Lang Syne. This year they had the added attraction of four beautiful young people who performed modern dance pieces to Brahm’s, sung by a tenor.
Today, our friends Reva and Jerry served Hoppin’ John for good luck in the New Year. It was delicious and we enjoyed chatting with many mutual friends.
Wishing you a joy filled and creative new year.
It’s time to call it a day. I am pooped, but not a party pooper. We had a great time gathering our various friends and neighbors together for a fun time of eating, drinking and conversation
I was too busy to take many photos. Here are a few shots of the party preparations. Lisa made some menu cards:
Some of the party fare:
Of course I prepared too much food, but you don’t want to run out. I just won’t have to cook again for a few days. I also loaded Steph and Jack up with leftovers.
Mia said it was her first grown up party and her best because her best friend Madeline came. Here are my girls with Steph’s friend, Jennifer (Madeline’s Mom) and our realtor, Cynthia.
I am looking forward to the new year, doing some new work and a visit from Kristin, next week.
Wishing you the merriest of holidays
and a fantastic, creative new year.
Gerrie (gettin’ cozy with St. Nick) and Mr C
(Taken at church yesterday with a Polaroid.)
. . . but nobody got hurt.
But, first, a photo of my Christmas Table Runner. Mr C says this is his favorite of all the runners that I made.
OK, I woke up feeling pretty good. I noticed that the stores were opening at 8 am. So, ate my breakfast, got dressed and headed out to finish my Christmas shopping. I am toodling along in the inside lane, the car on the outside lane was stopped and then I see a car pulling out of a shopping center, in front of the stopped car and aimed right at me. I slammed on my brakes, she hit my front fender and then the whole side of my car scraped against her license plate and front bumper. Total damage to my Lexus, probably $5-7000.
We both pulled into the parking lot. She had two very small children and a school age boy. She said he had a school field trip and she was picking up a lunch for him. I called Mr C to see what I needed to do. I got her name, her driver’s license number, her license plate number. She showed me the insurance info. I saw that it expired March ’08. I wrote down insurance company name and phone number and policy number. It was her mother’s car. She says she lives with her mom and takes care of her as she is terminally ill.
The kids were crying, the little boy was anxious to not miss his school trip. I said I would call her later. I was just so happy that no one was injured.
I went on and did my shopping. When I got home, I called my agent. He said that I have 72 hours to file a police report – required when the damage is over $1500. He said that since it was not my fault, I needed to file a claim with her insurance. Whoops, phone disconnected. I am getting nervous. I called her. She said she would find the right number and call me back. No call. In the meantime, we got back with our agent who tried to track down the insurance company with no success.
I called the driver again. The phone rang and rang and rang. I remembered that she told me she had caller ID and didn’t need me to give her my phone number. I called again on my cell phone and her son answered. After giving me the run around about her not being home ( I could hear her in the background), I told him to tell his mom that she needs to talk to me and that she needs to file a police report.
I am feeling bad about this. I could tell that she is a young mother without much — driving her invalid mother’s car. But, I can’t have my insurance cover this without filing a police report and I have to give them her information and I don’t want her to get in more trouble by being in denial. Sigh…..
So, what did I do while all this phoning and detective work was going on? I was making Mrs. Maus’s Fruitcake a recipe from Martha Stewart. Mr C loves fruitcake and since we are doing an open house next week, I thought I would make some. This is what 6 pounds of fruits and nuts looks like.
I also got my studio organized and put the piles of fabric away and swept up all the trimmings. There are lots of trimmings with the mod log cabin runners!
Tonight, we went out to dinner. I enjoyed a wonderful roasted beet and fresh pear salad and sauteed sole with spinach. I had enough left to bring home for lunch tomorrow. It was delish.