Want To Make $200????

I have thought long and hard about making this post because I don't usually post things that aren't sewing or hobby related. But....As my travel habits have changed over the years, I find that I am seldom able to use my timeshare in Park City, Utah. As such, I have chosen to put it up for sale.

Just a note to let you know that I am a paralegal by training and this is not a scam! If you're at all interested....please read on.

So, here's the deal: Anyone who helps me get this unit sold will get $200 from me personally upon the closing. That means, if you send me the referral (directly) and I accept the offer and sell it, you get $200. That's it!

BUT remember, in order for you to get your $200 you must send the referral directly to me. WHY??? Because that's how my contract with Buy A Timeshare works. It allows me to find a buyer myself, which saves me money, and in turn I can PAY someone to help me out. WIN, WIN, WIN!!!!

To make it easier, I have just lowered the price from $5,000 to $2,100, *negotiable. Click on the link to see full listing and resort information: Timeshare.

As part of the 'negotiable' I have 2 previous year's weeks that I have banked (another week becomes available in March, 2010). I am open to renting these weeks out or including them in the sell price/contract.


Here is a little information (at a glance) about the resort and listing:
Park Regency
Park City, Utah
Ad #059496

The Park Regency beckons you to visit the white powder of Park City's ski slopes. You'll enjoy first-rate cross-country and downhill skiing in Utah's most popular resort area. The resort offers amenities such as picnic areas, a swimming pool, and a whirlpool. In summer and fall, you can enjoy boating, fishing, and waterskiing at Deer Creek or Jordanelle Reservoir, 10 miles away, or Rockport, about 20 miles away. Summer hot-air balloon festivals, art festivals, and other cultural activities accent warm-weather visits. Golf courses are within 30 minutes of the resort.

Thank you and have a great weekend!


Gerry

Thank You, Linda

Linda Fleming has graciously included me in her choices for this award.



In her post she states that, "As a recipient of the award, I'm supposed to name seven things about myself that no one knows and nominate seven others for this award. So here goes- my dark secrets revealed..." Although, I'm not sure that I am comfortable revealing my dark secrets, I will share a few relatively unknown things about myself.

1) I love to watch the sunrise. Rarely do I miss it.
2) I don't like the taste of black licorice. But I do like the smell.
3) I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue.
4) I'm a coffee snob. I only drink fresh ground coffee.
5) Beets gross me out.
6) I love cold pizza.
7) I hate to pluck my eyebrows. It's just one of those necessary evils!

Now, to nominate seven others. I'm not showing any favoritism, it's just difficult to choose so few of my favorites.

1) Carol
2) Wendy
3) Rowan
4) Nicki
5) Cathe
6) Karen
7) Jennifer


Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!


Gerry

November 1st

Wow, what a night! I do so love Halloween. And I'm happy to say that this year, like all before it, was a hoot! No regrets what-so-ever in the time and effort to make ready or to clean it all up. Even though to be honest, it's all in the house but still sort of spread all around my entry area. Tomorrow it will get lovingly put away and stored until next year.

We had gobs of trick-or-treaters but I cannot for the life of me figure out why people were so afraid to come up on to the house. Most were willing to brave the driveway but nearly everyone hesitated stepping up on to the porch.







For the little ones, I made sure to open the door and say, "Happy Halloween, don't be scared it's only for fun, and just for tonight." That seemed to help them warm up a bit. But some retained that look of dread even as they ran away with their candy.

On more than one occasion we saw a mom (or dad) holding their off-spring's hands and dragging them up to the porch. One mom actually got behind her kiddos and pushed them from behind. It was hilarious.

We had numerous comments from people who said they were expecting someone to jump out at them. Alas, we had no people jumpers booked for the night. But we did receive enough 'thumbs up' comments to make us grin BIG.

And don't think we forgot the furbabies that were out. We had little doggy treats by the front door too. One of them was so grateful that he lifted his leg on our (uncarved) porch pumpkin. Lucky for us that he was already peed out. LOL. His human was pretty embarrassed, though.

We saw some great costumes, including a fair number of parents, and lots of furbabies. That makes it so much fun. But the funnest (or funniest) part of the night was when four teenage girls started up the driveway and heard our scary music (which just happened to be at a screaming part) and they screamed. Laughing at themselves they crept up the walk and on to the porch. Looking at our porch guests, they tenderly reached for the door bell and yelled, "Trick-or-Treat!" and this is what they saw when the door opened.



They screamed in unison, jumped a foot off the ground and slammed into each other. DH immediately took off his mask, apologized and offered them candy. Which they took by the way. Just before they RAN away. Too funny!!!!

Well, it's time to get dinner started and settle in for the night. I hope you all had as much fun as we did. Good night.



Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!


Gerry

Happy Halloween

Okay....Ready, Set, GO! We are officially ready for Trick-or-Treaters.

The snow is almost melted, none of the electrical decorations shorted out (bonus!). The pumpkins are carved, the shepherd's hooks are out and the luminaries filled with candles.





The spiders have arrived, along with the skull and see the sign???? Consider yourself warned. Or is that BEWAREed????



The skeletons are hung and the cauldron is filled with candy.



My cocktail is poured and the Witch is in!



On that note, I bid you a safe and.....




For your reading enjoyment here is something fun that I found over at Candles & Wicks. It seemed fitting for the occasion!

The Three Witches

by William Shakespeare
[Act IV, Scene 1 from Macbeth (1606)]

Thrice, the brinded cat mewed.
Thrice, and once the hedge-pig whined.
Harpier cries ! 'Tis time!
Round about the cauldron go;
In the poisoned entrails throw:
Toad that under cold stone Days and nights has thirty-one. Sweltered venom, sleeping got,
Boil thou first i'the charmed pot.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and howlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravined salt sea shark,
Root of hemlock digged i'the dark,
Liver of blaspheming jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Slivered in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe,
Ditch-delivered by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab.
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron
For the ingredience of our cauldron.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon's blood;
Then the charm is firm and good....

Blessed Samhain )O(

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry

Update Post on a Snowy Day

I haven't posted the rest of my Halloween photos because I haven't gotten around to doing any more with the decorations. I plan to carve pumpkins tomorrow but I won't put out the skeletons, luminaries and lanterns until Saturday afternoon. And considering that we now have snow on the ground, there really isn't any big hurry!



(***EDITED TO NOTE THAT NOW WE HAVE 8" TO 10" OF SNOW!!!***)



(***EDITED TO NOTE THAT NOW WE FINALLY ENDED UP WITH CLOSE TO 13" OF SNOW!!!***) Isn't that just WILD?

Hopefully, the weather report is correct and the snow will melt off and temps will warm a little by Saturday. Otherwise we won't get tons of Trick-or-Treaters and I'm going to be stuck with about 12 bags of candy that might go to waste if I don't eat it. I would hate to think that I would be forced to do that. LOL.

Other than that....I have finished my Victorian boot Christmas stocking and pulled together the squishies and hostess gift that I'll send out with it. (Note to self - finish Christmas ornaments and send with stocking.)



I've also finished working on Cathy's STS-Fall block. The first photo is her finished block. The other three show my work. As usual, (and it just worked out that way) I worked the left hand side of the block. I added the tree and owl charm, as well as the seam treatment to the right.



I also added the french knot flower buds and leaveas as well as the stitch combination and beads at the bottom. Finally, I added the spider to the lovely web that Cathy provided me with.



I spent most of Monday shopping for household items and project pieces, which resulted in finally being able to hang some art work up on the walls. DH and I have a thing for Ansel Adams and our collection has doubled since moving to Colorado. Anyway, I finally got the last of our prints cleaned up, reframed, and hung.

I've been looking for dinning and living room art work for over a year now. I kept telling DH that I would know what I wanted when I saw it. Well.....that day came on Monday when I was in Michael's (buying a ton of frames for the Ansel Adams).

We (mostly) have a black and white and/or sepia tone theme going on in these rooms (and halls and stairwells), with a mixture of mountains and streams, trees and meadows, and cottages. Which worked out very nicely with the mix of antique photos/art work that we put back up in the dining room.



It's so nice to have the bareness gone from the walls. What a difference it makes to finally have that 'homey' and finished feeling! I'm sure that some of you will notice that there still aren't any drapes yet. Well, I've been a little less than motivated about sewing them. I think it's because I don't want to cut into that bolt of dupioni silk. LOL. But I did promise DH that they would be up before Christmas, along with the sheers and that I would at least get the roller shades ordered. Fingers crossed!

I would like to take a moment to thank Diane for this lovely lace motif that she sent me as a thank you for a piece of this Asian boys fabric, that I sent to her, for a project she is planning.



And lastly, I send a big thank you out to everyone who remembered my birthday (a few days ago). I appreciate the well wishes, the cards, etc. It made it a little easier to face the realization that I am now in the LAST YEAR OF MY 40's. Such a very strange feeling. Not that I'm all that concerned with aging but I can't help but (to some degree) think about my own mortality. Looking back over the years, wondering how time passed so quickly, and wondering what the future holds. My greatest hope is that what lies ahead is as wonderful as what has been.

I know you're all just busting at the seams wondering what I got for my birthday, aren't you??? LOL. Well, I got a toaster oven, which I have been asking for for the longest time. Not only for the kitchen but for cooking clay. Also a 12" (and 10") sautee pan. DH dropped the other one and bent it up some time ago. I also got a bunch of books that I've had on my "Wishlist" at Amazon.com for a very long time, and some that I've purchased 2nd hand. Maybe it's not such a bad thing that the snow is still flying outside. It makes for the perfect day to sit down and go through them. I love books!!!!!!!!



Well, I guess that's it for now. I'm off to fix a cup of cocoa, take a nice, long, soak in the tub, and then fondle my books!


Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!


Gerry

Spooky Scary Skeletons!

It's amazing how many sites there are that specialize in Halloween type posts, graphics, videos, etc. I found this one today over at Faeriely Odd Witches while I was surfing for pumpkin carving patterns.



You might also want to pop over to A Fanciful Twist. She is seriously into decorating for the occasion. Or maybe Stolloween. They do some really strange but cool stuff over there.

Well, I hope you enjoy the show. I'm still searching for patterns. Although I'll probably just jump in the car and head over to WalMart when all is said and done.

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!


Gerry

Something Wicked

This Way Comes....

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble
Something wicked this way comes
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of Bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Double, double toil and trouble
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Something wicked this way comes!

Yep, with only 11 days left, there's no denying that Halloween is on its way! I've been busy sorting through my boxes of STUFF and have just about gotten it all put out. Here's a peek.

As you approach the house, Marcus the carcass is there to greet you.


As you pass by, don't forget to wave at the ghouls.


Up onto the steps, don't disturb the spiders.


Up onto the porch and our visitors are happy to greet you.


Pay your respects to the Crone and say, "hello" to the Maiden, and knock on the door......The Witch should be in!


So, where is she? Her friends are all gathered and ready to raise a toast.


Her altar is set and the dead put to rest.


Her broom's in the closet and her hat's on the ledge.


So, where is she???? You won't get a word out of Vlad but my guess is that she is out carving pumpkins and finishing up her preparations.


I guess you'll just have to stop back by later. But I will tell her that you flew by!

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!


Gerry