Virginia’s Run

Posted by on September 21, 2011

Saturday was the 1st annual Virginia’s Run. It was held out at the beautiful “The Waters“, which is a charming almost beach-like neighborhood out in Pike Road (neighboring community to Montgomery). Here are my photos, and if you click on the Virginia’s Run website, there is an awesome video of the day! You can also read more about this “race” and why it came about, which was to honor and remember Virginia Jacks! She was a 17 year old member of our church and student of Browder’s school who died in a car accident a year ago Sunday leaving an Auburn football game. She was a remarkable young lady, and it’s no surprise over 700 runners came out Saturday to run in Virginia’s Run! I think all in all there were well over 1,000 people there to enjoy the day. My family was included!! Jeff ran the 5K which I trained for and then the whole fam ran the 1 mile fun run.

Us before the race! Even Mallory got a bib. That morning Jeff left early for the 5K while I got us and the kids ready. I got several curious stares and questions from my children as to 1) what was I wearing? 2) do you have daddy’s clothes on? and 3) are you going to wear that? They don’t see me exercise or run… EVER! Mallory still asks me to this day why I wore pajamas to Nancy’s Italian Ice that time (because I had a tshirt and black exercise shorts on).

Yes, she ran in a turtle dress, pink crocs and a big hair bow! 🙂 She was the cutest runner out there! In reality she had nothing else to wear – haven’t bought her new Mary Jane Keds yet this year!

This precious middle child of mine RAN THE ENTIRE MILE!!

Browder wants his 2 front teeth for Christmas…

 

This is actually me about to cross the finish line! Yes, a pregnant girl (Jessica) beat me!! In my defense, she is an avid runner and runs several miles a day.

These are backwards ~ this is the fam when we first started. As you can see Mallory is running, but quickly jumped in the buggy and rode the rest of the way (not a bad idea!). As I said before, G ran the entire mile!! Me… I ran, then walked, then ran some more, then walked, then ran some more, then walked, then ran the last stretch so as to look like I ran the whole mile! I was out of breath and am just now recovering from sore legs and muscles.

 

Here is a beautiful banner with crosses drawn by all of Virginia’s classmates and of course, Virginia’s Cross in the center. She was an artist and would have been a Senior this year!

Applique Cafe was excited to sponsor the Pre-Race Nourishment Station! Most of you know we have been selling the Virginia’s Cross applique design with all proceeds going to Virginia’s Run. We’ve sold 232 cross designs total thus far, some at regular price and some at various sale prices. All proceeds went towards the sponsorship of the race, and the rest came from Jeff & I. We will continue to sell Virginia’s Cross and proceeds will always go to Virginia’s Run, whether through donations throughout the year, or towards next year’s 2nd Annual Run! We’re excited to be a part of this event! We also got to keep our banner so I’m thinking we need to find a spot for it in our sewing room/office!! ps: the announcer announced Applique Cafe several times throughout the morning as a sponsor and had to be corrected by Jeff when he called us “Apleeeeek Cafe”!

This was later Saturday afternoon! HA!

Jeff and the kids “ran” Monday around the neighborhood. I was too sore to join them, but hope to do so next time! When I was growing up my family of 6 ran several races together ~ my parents were avid runners and the races really are fun and exciting! I think it’s something my kids will remember!

Today is COUNTERTOP DAY!! That means we get our cooktop back and also a KITCHEN SINK! I’m officially OVER washing dishes (and grapes this morning) in my bathroom sink! Tomorrow will be backsplash day and then painting on Friday. Last night I painted all over the kitchen 5 samples of paint and we narrowed it down to 1. I’ll be sure to post photos!

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Designs and Fabric

Posted by on August 23, 2011

 Sorry I have been MIA for a bit. My oldest has started school, but my youngest 2 have.not.started.yet…. I love my kids, but we get up at about 6:40 to get ready to take B to school and I am with them until bedtime at like 8:30. It makes for a long day some days. I “need” that little preschool break and they love it too, so we’re counting down until they start later next week! Factor the summer heat (which I am SO OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) in to the equation and being stuck inside so we don’t melt, or running errands with them in tow (in and out of the car 8 times. did I mention the 100+ degree heat?). You get the picture! 🙂 This was the scene yesterday as I tried to work on a couple of items (to help pay for all the bedding and “decor” for Mallory’s room I’m having made). My sewing room ain’t that big. 4 seconds after this photo were “I’m doing homework and they are being too loud!!!!”, “Mom she is ripping my book!!!!”, etc etc etc. Love them!!

I really haven’t been doing too much work, and said I wasn’t going to until they were all in school. I did some backpacks this weekend and a few things yesterday and today. Like I said, I got the total for Mallory’s room yesterday and I’m lacking a little in my “big girl room” fund! It’s going to be precious and I will post a pic when it’s all done! BUT, it’s a shame I can’t sew!!

Here is the AC Sleeping Owl done on this light blue gingham A-line dress.

And the AC Flower Purse done on this lime gingham A-line dress! I thought they turned out cute!

I also did a couple of bibs this morning, with the AC Airplane on one of them. The airplane is one of our very first designs! The C on the left one is from Embroidery-Boutique’s Chunky Alphabet. Font – both Library which is available for MWP users at Needleheads! It’s one of my favorite boy fonts (I also like Tipsy and Atilla – both MWP). Notice the cute fabric on the applique C – it’s Michael Miller and I just got it from TJ’s Fabrics! I love it for boys!

Speaking of fabric and TJ’s…. every now & then I get a surprise package from TJ and I got one last week! When the UPS man drops off from TJ’s, I get excited!! If you’ll remember I spent the day down at TJ’s in June and here is that post with more pictures from her store. Anyway…. LOVE THESE!! I tried to make a note of who they were from, and some of them don’t have the wording on the piece I have. Also, some are a designer “for Robert Kaufman” for example.

Oops I think this photo is upside down but I LOVE THESE!! I must sew something like an owl or something with these! I don’t think I have a lot of gray in my fabric collection, so these are great additions!

CUTE CUTE CUTE! The right hot pink dot is one of my FAVORITES!! I used it on a few of my AC Samples ~ it goes great with lime gingham!

These are pretty too ~ again with gray!

These are cool too! The pink & blue would make very pretty cross appliques!

Here are a few more, and a bigger piece of the Michael Miller plaid.

This is not even all the fabric they sent! If you buy fabric online, check out TJs! They are located in Opp, AL, and as I’ve said before if you travel to the Gulf (beach) via 331, you go right by it!

Here is my Coop produce for this week ~ I actually share a box with someone so I got 1/2 of this! I plan to make Parmesan Zucchini tonight and might do something with the potatoes as well (I’ve been craving a loaded baked potato). I’ll let you know how it goes ~ I got the zucchini recipe off of Pinterest!

On Monday the kitchen reno begins!! I’ll be sure to take pics and post along the way. Monday they begin with taking all the cabinets out (kitchen, eating area and laundry room), then they will take all of the tile out (700 sq feet of tile) of the kitchen, pantry, eating area and laundry room. Should be interesting!!?? Pray for me.

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Field Trip!!

Posted by on August 12, 2011

First of all, I sold the Dog Truck shirt and 2 of Mallory’s shirts, but still have the Firetruck and Football Helmet shirts left! It’s still 100 degrees where I am! If anyone is interested in these email me – rosemarygulledge@gmail.com! $12/each but if you buy both I’ll cut you a deal! 😉

 

So I posted about the organic veggies & fruit earlier this week. Well, Monday night we ended up at Flips (burger joint) because it got too late in the day to go to the grocery store and cook. Tuesday  night we ended up at Pizza Perfect (pizza joint) because it got too late in the day to go to the grocery store and cook. Do you see a pattern? This is the pattern of our household! We eat out A LOT! Wednesday, FINALLY, I went to the grocery store and we finally cooked our dinner mentioned in the last blog post. Since I only got 1 squash from my Coop basket, I had to buy more plus a few more ingredients, but we did end up making (magnolia) squash casserole. I think it’s a Paula Deen recipe? It is yummy!

 

I also whipped up a little broccoli salad with our Coop broccoli (minus the red onion in the salad because I forgot to get it at the store).

And our meat ~ Costco rotisserie chicken. This is the best chicken and the best buy in town! This whole chicken is $4.99! Other than having to drive to Costco to get it and time your sides, this is a great meal! Luckily we live close by.

A while ago I had a girl named Mandy C. from Atlanta email me about having some fabric she wanted to get rid of (she mentioned 3 garbage bags full). She emailed me because we’ve been collecting items/fabric/stuff for Laughin Lizard Embroidery (Michele lost her home in the April Alabama tornadoes). We’ve gone back & forth about this fabric in Atlanta and I couldn’t figure out how I’d get over there to get it. Because let’s face it… who can turn down free fabric, even if it’s not even for me! FINALLY we decided that she could drop it off at Sewingmachine.com in Atlanta and Steve could then transport it to West Point, which is much closer to me than ATL. She & I both got our machines from Steve so he was happy to oblige when I emailed him about this situation. The “transaction” took place this week, so the boys & I took a field trip over to West Point yesterday morning. It’s just over an hour drive from Montgomery and I hadn’t been to the store since October so I was excited to make the trip. Of course I took my camera (and the ladies shopping were probably wondering what in the heck I was taking pictures for).

First, here is G. Not sure what he is doing? Acrobatics? There was a little girl there watching him play his DS, so I’m thinking he was trying to impress.

Let me say I was thrilled at all the new stuff they had at the store! Lots of cute blanks (backpacks, market totes etc)! I love this flowery backpack! It would be cute with a hot pink monogram. Orange on the camo one too!

Tons of these cute quilted bags ~ these really make great baby gifts! No one ever thinks of the big bag for baby for traveling! I actually have a couple of these in stock (one brown w/ blue trim duffle) and a lime green one if anyone needs a gift!

The store was loaded down with vinyl products and supplies which has become super popular!

Here, my friends, is the coveted 10 NEEDLE BROTHER PR1000 machine!! I get asked a lot if I wished I had a 10 needle. I have to say I’ve never done an applique where I needed more than my 6 needles, so I’m content. Don’t get me wrong, it would be fabo to have this beauty!!

Love….

I noticed they had the Durkee hoops too – these are great and come in sizes not offered by Brother. I love the 9×9 and I also have the 6×6. They are not, as I said, Brother hoops – they work like Fast Frames in that you have to be sure your needle isn’t going to hit anything. You have to check your boundaries!

TONSSSSSS of acrylic stuff for the vinyl and embroidery paper projects!

A little too much houndstooth for me (HA), but lots of blanks!

Thread for days! I use Isacord, but they also carry Fufu, Floriani and possibly another brand? They do have Isacord in the 1000M smaller spools too (not pictured).

Stabilizer for days as well ~ their commercial stabilizer is super cheap and awesome! I’ll take the 8 year old too!

S-T-A-B-I-L-I-Z-E-R!!

Here is Browder ~ one day he may join the family business!

CUTE market totes! Some were insulated too!

Here is the mega hoop for the 10 needle. I think you have to flip this around while sewing? I’m not sure how big it is but it is HUGE!

And below is “the fabric”. I’m saving this for another post because it’s on my dining room floor and I have yet to really dig in to the bags! Michele is super excited about this and I’ve been told I can keep a few of the duplicates! I will post on this once I peek in to the bags probably this weekend!

I did purchase this 5000M spool thread stand! It holds 30 spools, and these are the BIG spools. My plan is to paint all of my “natural” thread stands (black?) and hang them on the wall. My sewing room is still a work in progress and I’m awaiting a trip to Ikea in Atlanta hopefully in a couple of weeks! I have my eye on some of the Expedit cubbies! The thread stand is not online (www.sewingmachine.com) but if you call either store I know they ship anywhere and everywhere!

School starts Monday for Browder and on September 1st for the other 2 (tick tock tick tock….). Demolition on our kitchen starts August 29th! We have everything picked out so we’re very excited to get that project underway. I know it’s going to be a big fat mess, but worth it when it’s all done! Have a great weekend! Thanks for a great ANNIVERSARY SALE too!

p.s. If you are traveling Interstate 85 between Montgomery and Atlanta, West Point is almost in between! Check out the Sewingmachine.com store in West Point (tell Wanda I sent you) or their Atlanta store!

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