TygrLilies version of..."FlyGuy"

My SisterLily, Becky...

(no, not the same Becky as in my last post.

Apparently, I have an affinity for people named Becky)

...anyway, Becky is an elementary school teacher waaay far away in South Texas.

{Angleton, Texas, to be exact.}

Well, this elementary school class in Angleton, Texas has a fabulous group of readers!

Boy, do they love to read!

Read!

Read!

Read!

They read everything and anything.

Road signs,

cereal boxes

passing trains,

even those little tags

 on the inside of the tongues

 of their sneakers!?

"Size 6."

" All man-made materials"

"Made in the USA"

See?

There's some perfectly good reading to be had on the inside of a sneaker!

But, if there are no sneakers around,

(say it's summer and a flip flop kind of day)

Why, one of those readers might just pick up a book.

And if it's a boy-type of reader,

(or a girl type of reader who might just be a little tired of Fancy Nancy)

Why, they might just pick up this book...

And so, in Honor of

"Mrs. Washington's Wonderful Weeders umm, I mean,

Readers!"...

Your very own FlyGuy comin' atcha!

(He took off this morning from San Diego- hope he gets there soon!)

Keep on Reading!

UP!

I've got a Blog Buddy.

Her name is Becky.

("Hi Becky!" ::waving::)

She's got a darling little blog over @

Farmgirl Paints,

(you oughta check her out)

Anyhow-

she was musing about words and how she had been encouraged by some other bloggers

to find one that would help her have a focus and give her a direction to the coming year.

And then she asked her readers what they thought their words might be.

2009 was rough for us

(was it rough for you too?)

and I'm happy it's over,

so it took me all of 10 seconds to discover my word for 2010.

My word for 2010 is...

Up.

Get Up.

( as in, offa da couch)

Cheer Up.

Man Up.

Pull Up.

(out of emotional tailspins)

Stand Up.

Wake Up.

Look Up.

image credit: Andrew Stawarz

Up.

(What's your word?)

Oh, and here's our first doll of the year...

Lil' Miss 2010

We Love the 1850 1900's!

No, silly, not the year, the

DOLLAR AMOUNT!

Woohooo!!

So far we've raised $1,850

**$1900!!**

for Race's East Coast Field Trip!!!

Yeaaay!!!!

Almost there!

"We think we can, we think we can..."

Love and Kisses to...

Suzy Torres-Lahlou, Cindy Roland, Bertha Smith,Yvette Lohman, Clay Bays, Yvette Reinbolt, Becky Wyatt, Rikah Thomas, Becky Washington, Nana Eva, Tata Fernando, Marissa Cornish, Denise Vakili, Ceci Kailani, Munkah and GJ, Kristi Gabrielson, Bill and Debbie Irvin, Cristina Ignacio, Cecilia Casillas, The Goetz Family, Rene' Rowan,
Claudia Christensen, Richard and Karen Corbin, Shelly Burnaugh, Tom and Dorothy Driscoll, Marian and Joe Arguello, Tom and Nancy Barcus, Dave and Mai Arellano

XOXO

Kettle Corn Crossover

Ok- here it is- our first "Cross Over" post!
It's driving me crazy that I haven't been able to post any new dolls, so I'm posting other stuff I think you may enjoy,

Like

KettleCorn! Yeay!
(Can I get away with it if I include a pic of crochet popcorn?)

(ok, thanks.)

So here goes,

The other nite I'm tooling around the internet and it was cruelly and subliminally suggested that

I

*NEEDED*

"Kettle Corn!"

(Mmmm! Kettle corn! )

"Oh, that crispity, crunchity salty-sweetness! I must have it!"

Uh. No.

Not at 10:30 at night you're not experimenting with kettlecorn.

Besides- you don't even have a recipe!

So, I began to search for one...

I looked high and low.

I Binged and Yahoo'd.

I Googled by subject and by image.

The first recipe I found called for dumping everything in the pot at once. It also included ingredients like corn syrup and brown sugar. Problems with this particular recipe include but are not limited to:

1. Burnage- That sugar is going to sit in the hot oil and burn before the corn even starts to pop!

2. Corn Syrup- Seriously not popular right now.

3. Slimey Stickiness- ewww.

4. A resemblance more to Cracker Jack than Kettle Corn- blecch!!

Instead, we went with a much simpler approach...

I found it on about.com.

(I'm crediting them here-just so's you can't say I'm a stealer-ha!)

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/frugalfoodsrecipes/r/Kettle_Corn.htm

Aaand if you're too lazy to go look that up- here it is...

Kettle Corn

Prep Time: 2 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup popcorn kernels
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil

Salt to taste

(Seriously people- this is worth $8 a bag at the fair???!)

Preparation:

1. Heat vegetable oil in a large kettle over medium-high heat. (kettle? what kettle? I use a stock pot- duh.)

2. Then, toss in three kernels, and place the lid on the kettle.

3. Wait for the kernels to pop.

4. Once popped, quickly add the remaining kernels and stir in the sugar.

5. Replace the lid, and listen for the kernels to start popping.

6. Shake to keep the kernels from burning, lowering the heat to medium.

7. Repeat until all kernels have popped.

8. Then, salt to taste, and enjoy!

(true confession? I sprinkle another tablespoon of sugar over the hot popcorn before serving)
>;o)

The verdict?

"Beee-yishis!"

Joy Kampia O'Shell

Well, kiddos-

since

Mr Carpal Tunnel

(boo hisss!)

has put me out of commission for a bit...

(insert Monty Python Holy Grail scene here: )

"I am feeling bettah,"

"No you're not!"

"Ahh!"

(ahem...anyway...)

and I have nothing new to show you...,

I though you'd enjoy seeing some

crochet sculpture

I found on the internet.

This artist goes by the name of Joy Kampia O'Shell

Yes, that's ALL yarn! Wild, huh?

And this is a great...(wait for it...)

Pizz'a Art!

(get it!? Piece of art/Pizza art? aahahhaaaa! I crack me up!)

Oh yes, and here's a picture of me in my new favorite dress...

...Cha' Right!

TygrLilies Contest Winner.."HadleyBelle"

Here she is...

"HadleyBelle"

And just so you can see a little more detail...

I know-
"No head!"- quite disturbing- Haha!Notice the sparkly thread?

Hadley is still quite young and we wanted some shimmer, but nothing scratchy-

so we looked for a soft, shimmery 'baby yarn' and voila'!

Merry Christmas, Hadley!

(sorry, sore wrists keep me from writing a longer, more detailed post. Next time, promise.)

Merry Sitsmas!

http://www.maggiescrochet.com/amigurumi-nativity-pattern-p-698.html

Merry Sitsmas!