People are Amazing to Me


It is amazing to me when tragedy happens you really learn who is a take and who is a giver. I am sure some of you remember the Photo Album lady. Well my friend and I who she sued... my friend's husband is the one who passed away. It amazes me that someone can sue you for something as silly as a photo album but then think it isn't going to affect the friendship with those she sued. I won't go into more detail b/c I know she stalks this blog. Just dumb founded at #1. Why would you use your friends and #2. Why you would think that your now non friends aren't going to be upset with you. I shake my head while I type this b/c I am in shock over the illogical thinking. Then with my friends baby getting hurt I really learned who is a giver... I also learned this year that two people who I have known my entire life and who have known my family for 40 plus years are not so nice people. That was crushing. It is probably jealously... 

I can't come up with why anyone would act in the manner those two have. I guess the Green Monster got the best of them. It is a hard reality when people you trust are so awful. For example the foster home who gave away the dog I was allowing them to keep and lied about not knowing how everything worked with the rescue and is the one that was behind the fact that the dog was not returned. Just amazing to me the lies that come out of people's mouths. I think maybe they tell the lies so much they believe them? The strange thing about all this is looking back... I knew she was a liar. I just thought being and adult and having a child maybe she had grown out of the liar stage... I didn't know her as a child / teenage but you know how you just get a feeling about someone. I should have known better.

Puppy Help!


I just received an email that a women has a lab / boxer mix female and a male boxer neither are fixed and yesterday the female gave birth to 11 puppies. The women didn't know the dog was pregnant. Clearly someone needs to tell her where babies come from! So now I am looking for an emergency foster for 11 puppies and a mom. Help!

Easy Diet Tips


So its officially 2014 and most of us ladies kick start our year with the new years resolution that we're going to diet. Sadly there are statistics that show those who start their diets on the 1st of January fail however if you start on the 14th / 15th of January you are more likely to succeed with your weight loss plan. I have always been battling with my weight and I have tried every diet that I have read about in magazines. No carbs, maple syrup, soup only... yeah I lost weight quickly but it all comes back on as quickly as I lost it! I'm now just choosing to eat what I want but watching my portion sizes and snacks. I am a big snack lover! I cannot say no to a pack of crisps lol So here are some tips that I have learnt along the way which I have found to be really good when dieting: You must have breakfast whether its just a piece of fruit. Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day so if you want a fry up have it for breakfast and be really good throughout the day; If you're hungry drink some water. 
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Water fills you up and it's good for you bonus. Alex Curran swears by taking a Sea Kelp supplement to stop her cravings during the day. You take 1 tablet before a meal and its meant to help you feel full quickly too. I take them and I think they work well. Nip+Fab do amazing creams for different target areas. I love the Tummy Fix and the Cellulite Fix creams. They help to tone the skin which is a lot easier than an hour down the gym; Green tea. I have always loved green tea and its great cleanser for your body. One cup in the morning will help to boost your metabolism and act as an antioxidant. Sniff vanilla. Smelling vanilla is proven to suppress your appetite so keep a tissue with vanilla drops in your handbag at all times; Eat apples. They will fill you up and they practically have no calories as your body works hard to digest the apple skin making it a free snack; Scrub scrub scrub. When you use a body scrub you are helping the blood circulation in your body so the more you scrub the healthier your skin looks and fatty tissues becomes less visible. Here are some useful websites:

Saturday Shorts


This sort of goes with the month of November and October / Halloween thing. I Remember Stupid Things. Aunt Mable? Like when Aunt Mable lost her face, and how we got on hands and knees, but couldn't find it anyplace. And how she goes without a nose, how on her head there's just a hat. And it's all true, I swear. For I remember stupid things like that. Enjoy your weekend - no matter what the weather. Happy Sweetest Day to all you Sweeties!

A Granville Pit Stop Continues


There is also a really cute ice cream parlor a few doors down from the Green Velvet. Where we had a cup of raspberry brownie swirl ice cream to cool off with. Oh yes, we did eat lunch before hand at Greek Eats. And I have to say that they served the best gyro and french fries to date! Once we were all Grandvilled out we headed onward to my ex's parents. And along the way we passed this amazing structure. As far as I know to date the Longaberger Basket Building is the largest basket in the world. I believe this is their corporate head quarters. So yes, what a cool office building to go to work in. My daughter gets a kick out of it every time she sees it. Plus if we are going this way she knows she is almost to her grandparents house. And some where in between all that traveling we stopped at a Jo-Ann's too. I ended up buying the trio marking ruler set (with 50% off coupon) and two more. 25 yards of DS Designs fabric. I only need one more colorway from that collection and I will be happy as a lark to be done buying it. Maybe not, I might pick up the greens and blues to make something for my daughter. In the end a crazy little trip went okay and my daughter was safely delivered to her grandparents. Thank you mom for tagging along but next time I am driving!

A Granville Pit Stop


From the look of the picture it looks like any other small American town right? Well in retrospect it is. The reason why I was here is because I volunteered to take my daughter to her grandparents house (they live 2 1/2 hours away from us) and since I have not gotten a chance to do much with my daughter this summer or go any where for that fact. I made this trip; a trip to stretch out a 2.5 drive into an adventure. I had asked my ex's mom if there was anything to do in their neck of the woods that was a simple stop along the way and she did suggest a few places but they were not jiving with what I had in mind. So she mentioned this little town and little did I realize that it is home to one of the biggest designers in the fabric/sewing/quilting world. Yep, what I thought would be a cute little town to see quaint shops and have lunch at is also the hometown of Amy Butler of Amy Butler Designs. This folks is Granville, Ohio and it is such a lovely little town! As I was looking up of what to do and see in Granville, I was very surprised to see at the top of the list was Amy Butler Designs. So yes, I was thrilled to see if this was Amy's personal store. Well let me tell ya its not, matter of fact there was no sign on the building. From what I could tell it looked like someone's home/personal studio. So please don't go barging down on the door! But I did find a store called the Green Velvet that carried a few of Amy's fabrics and patterns. Well, you cannot stop in on Amy Butler's hometown and not buy something of hers, right? Oh, my daughter picked out the fabric here. I am trying to figure out what to make of it.

Quilter's Start Your Wordless Wednesday!


Wordless Wednesday, a photo by Gable House Sewing By Jennifer O. on Flickr. I know its Tuesday but... Yep that right! When you seriously have nothing to write about but have a ton of pictures stored about and want to share them. Well, now you can! Not that you could not do this before but hey why not on Wednesday. I am not the first one to start this here in blogland but I thought I just take it up an own on promoting a Quilter's Wordless Wednesday! I say, why not! We have a W.I.P (Work In Progress) Wednesday. Lets face it I know summer is more than half way over but still most of us are not really working on anything at the moment. So why not show off what we really are doing and let the pictures do all the talking. Besides if your readers really what to know the story behind the cartoon pictures they can ask right? Not to mention its also good way to connect with your readers too! So here are the rules! Yes, there are rules but they are easy to follow!

Quilter's Wordless Wednesday Rules. Since I am assuming that we all are mature enough to know that any form of porn, violence and so on is bad. No one really wants to see it so please keep photos clean! Its no crime to show of family, friends, pets, nature, oddities, and oh yes, your own quilts! How are well going to keep being inspired if we don't see other quilter's work! Good humor is more than welcome! Along with really adorable moments and those moments of amazement or Ah ha too! Try to keep it at the most 10 photos per post. And if you must and I must post more go to FotoFlexer.com which is free to use. (No I am not sponsored by them or promoting them!) Can make yourself a colleague like this one I ended up using for my Memorial Day post. Okay so now you know those are the rules! Now go have some fun! Who knows you might find your inner photographer!
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