Tolentreasures

The big accomplishment of the weekend was getting all of the open house stuff from the attic and pricing it.  My Open House is in less than two weeks. Usually, this happens the day before. How nice to have it all done. Logan's comment, "Gramma, what in the heck happened to our bedroom? and where are we going to sleep?"  He must have thought  this was permanent. Sunday had us on a hayride. A little cold but what fun! Tyler's comment of the weekend. "I have not been on a hayride like this since 1955!" Wyatt was not a big fan of sitting still, but managed to endure his first hayride! Logan and Kendall loved it! Logan picked one of the the biggest pumpkins in the patch! My camera went dead at this point. The kids all made these t-shirts. We printed a white design on white t-shirts, hung them on the clothesline and the kids sprayed them with dye. When they sprayed them, the design sh...

Photos from the weekend!  It was a great time, time with my Dad, so many old memories, made some new friends, and made some new memories. Part of our work crew. This was Sunday at noon, we were all getting a little tired! Photos of the Blue Streak. Saturday night we rode it. I even got my 79 year old father to ride it! New parts and old parts. So great to see it being restored. We did a lot of leaf raking.. most of it in the rain and cold! Love this sentiment! And I even managed to get some projects done for the open house. Not much to do in a hotel room when you wake up at five in the morning... So I crafted! Almost done with the 40 or so of these that I cut out! Some stockings and mittens. And these pinwheels.  I can't remember where I got this pattern. I would love to give the person credit. If anyone knows, let me know and I will post the link. They are pretty quick and easy to make. And finally finished the pumpkin pillow.  I know it has a price ta...

This is it, hopefully! I am switching to Snowmen Gingers, Winter, and maybe a Santa or two. I think that I will put the orange paint to rest for awhile. Other than snowman noses! Still preparing for the open house. I need to get some polyfil. And some leaves on that sunflower. A few more ornaments. Another slate and some treat bowls. And these cute little buggers that I bought at Pumpkin Fest last weekend. This pic is dark because they are above my stove and the light sort of glares on them. I may have to move them. And now for the Butternut Squash portion of this post... Because we have lots. Sunday, I made these pies. http://farmersdaughterct.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/butternut-squash-pie/ Wow, were they good!  I was even surprised! After enduring all the family comments. "Where did you get that pie dough?" "Are you sure that you know what you are doing?" And such. Anyway, the only thing that I did different than this recipe is that I used Amaretto for the w...

Really, we have lots!  Wednesday found Jenn and Kendall and I at the auction. Smicksburg Produce Auction. Jenn wanted some tomatoes for salsa peppers for a couple of things and apples for an apple butter recipe that you make in the slow cooker. She doesn't like to bid. I LOVE to bid. Auction fever, I guess. JWS kept saying he wanted to make some soup. One of us mentioned my friend Carol's Butternut Squash soup. Let's back up. This auction draws grocery stores and produce markets from all over. So the lots are BIG. But, if you are canning... I swear you can't grow it in your garden any cheaper. So, that would explain this rather large bag of butternut squash? One would think so. Or the fact that I love to bid... or the fact that this was the ONLY lot of butternut squash. So here's the concept of wholesale/retail as I see it. Because most of these people are buying to resell their items, they want the bottom end price. Because I am buying from the retail end, I can pa...

Not these, these are just some more pumpkin items for the weekend. But, besides sore muscles, a few bruises, three pounds, a couple of yard sale items, (just had to fit one of those in) a new flashlight, (I forgot mine) I brought home... some sort of rash. Poison Ivy or something like that. Not really sure. The plant that I was ripping out on Saturday was what I thought was poison oak, until I googled Poison Oak. Not only was it not the same plant, there are some pretty gross pics there along with it!  At least mine does not look that bad. And I resorted to the old stand by... Clorox Wipes. I have heard all the warnings, honestly, I have. But, I have also tried all the other medicines and remedies. A small fortune of creams, lotions, and potions reside in my medicine cabinets. And nothing dries it up and heals it faster than these. No disclaimer needed. Don't try this at home should be obvious. But it works for me!

Last night, I dipped into the orange paint and came out with all of these! Insulators made into pumpkins. A pan lid made into a pumpkin. Some candy corn pumpkins. Pumpkin boxes. and Pumpkin ornaments. Guess what it coming up on Saturday? Pumpkin Fest. Rural Valley, Pa!