Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Yesterday, All My Projects Seemed So Far Away...

So much happened yesterday that I had to wait a whole day before telling you about any of it! lol

First of all, yesterday was Sesame Street's 40th anniversary. Holy cow, this show has been going strong for 40 years!

I loved watching Grover teach about near and far:



And I L-O-V-E-D the skits where Grover was a waiter:



Toot turned 13 months old yesterday and she is now officially over the one year mark, yikes! Speaking of which, when do you stop counting months and just say "one year old"? This extra months + 12 months thing is confusing...lol.

Yesterday I watched "The Edge of Love" with Keira Knightly and is was...eh. But it took place during WWII which leads me to say....

Thank you to all veterans every where for your invaluable service and sacrifice! I appreciate you keeping me free! :D

Also yesterday I finished my Christmas tree skirt! This pattern was actually pretty easy and luckily I was able to crochet on auto-pilot for a good while which is always appreciated (you can't really do that in amigurumi! lol). It was raining here yesterday so the pics aren't great but here it is, with and without the flash (I'm sure you will all notice the sneaky arm in the bottom right corner. Mommy's little shadow! lol):





Now on to the next project! Happy Veteran's Day everyone!

28 comments:

yyam said...

I love Sesame Street! :) I like Cookie Monster...the episode where he wants to find out which cookies taste best - the square, the round, the oval...and ends up eating everything as usual...cracks me up! ;)

Cool X'mas tree skirt!

debra@dustjacket said...

Ooo I love sneaky arm...oh yeah I really love the skirt, I was distracted :o
xxx

Lisa said...

That tree skirt is wonderful--must have taken a long time (it would have taken me a long time!!!) Love Sesame Street and those videos. We can't keep the Sesame St. books in at the library lately! We are on our way to a Vets Day breakfast at my son's school (honoring my Dad who was in the Army) Thanks for a great post!

JANN said...

love the tree skirt Maggi, YOU have such a talent in all artistic area's.
Happy Day to sweet and pretty little Toot's !

Anonymous said...

I loved Big Bird as a kid....I guess I had a thing for yellow since I also loved Tweety Bird :-)

Kids and animals...always sneaking into pictures ;-)

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

elmo rocks. period. i collect him u know!!!!!! :):):):) really i do!!!! LOL!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the tree skirt and that adorable arm!!! And lol lol lol...i counted months until brookie was 2 :):):):):):):):):):):):) cuz when u say to someone...she is 18 months....u get a *knowing* "i see" nod from peeps...like they "get" why your kid is acting like a banshee in the middle of walmart over the dora toy u said *NO* too!!! LOL LOL LOL! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

Jocelyn said...

I adore Cookie Monster and Gavin loves Elmo.....Loved seeing the videos!!!! Wowza girlie...that tree skirt is awesome!!! LOVE IT!!!! Have a great day!!!

Michele Kovack said...

I ADORE Sesame Street.....which is a good thing, because my 14 year old daughter (She has Cerebral Palsy) still watches it. I will probably be celebrating their 50th and 60th anniversary! LOL! Cookie Monster is Cort's favorite! (mine too) Your Christmas tree skirt is freaking awesome! I wish I could do that!

laterg8r said...

gorgeous tree skirt :D

i love the near/far too!

Keith said...

I always loved Sesame Street. My little nephew will be a year old on Jan. 2nd. It sounds like you had a lot going on yesterday. Take care. Happy Veteran's Day!

Carmen said...

For some reason I was expecting to see a skirt with trees on it :D :D As in a skirt for you ;) Love this though, looks like so much work... I'm still plodding on with my practice square and can only dream of being able to do things like that.

Loved Sesame Street my favourites were Cookie Monster and the Count :D I always wanted to know what was in Oscars bin though :D I always imagined a spiral staircase for some reason.

Unknown said...

That is a beautiful tree skirt!!

Hearts Turned said...

What a wonderful post, Maggi! So many things to celebrate yesterday! 40 years for SS...WOW! I love Grover, too! Happy Birthday to your sweet little one--the times flies, my dear! Enjoy EVERY second! My three baby girls are so grown up now...my baby is 13--YIKES! Fabulous tree skirt--what a lot of work! But your family will treasure it each and every year. Have a wonderful Veteran's Day!

Anonymous said...

Maggi Maggi, is there no END to your abilities? You did that on AUTOPILOT?? Lets just imagine for a moment, what something I did on AUTOPILOT would look like:

There! Did you see me at the emergency room with a hook hanging off my pinky too?

Thought so.
Happy 13th month Toot! If Auntie Roo were any good at math, she'd figure out how many days you are old and be all clever. But she's lazy too.
Hazzah!
XOXOXOXOXOXO

Winchester Manor said...

LOVE Sesame Street, 40 years old! Yikes...that means I'm getting old!!

Happy 13th month sweet adorable Toot! I don't know when you stop counting months, I'm 552 months old!

Happy Veterans Day! I'm so thankful to all of those past and present who make the freedom I enjoy possible.

Oh my Maggie, you really are a wiz with a crochet hook. Your skirt is absolutely fabulous!!!

Daniella said...

Great tree skirt!! You do beautiful work!! I wish I knew how to knit. I am having Pink Christmas, as you know, and I don't know what I will do about the skirt. Yours is divine darlin'!

Amy said...

The "Fly in my Soup" episode is my favorite episode too! I haven't seen it in forever--thanks for a good laugh!

-Amy

Anonymous said...

Oh yes...you probably have a been awarded it a shmillion times, but I hereby declare you a recipient of the honest scrap award, over at the Treehouse, cuz I loves ya babes, and your list of 10 honest things about yourself is sure to make me laugh or cry, as you are groovy that way.
XOXOXOXOOX

Witchcrafted Life said...

Sesame Street will forever be one of my absolute favourite shows! (I loved Prairie Dawn, Sherlock Hemlock and later on, Zoe, in particular.)

Your Christmas tree skirt is just gorgeous! Fantastic work, honey!


Oodles of hugs!
♥ Jessica

Unknown said...

I guess we all love sesamee street! Makes us feel like kiddies :D. Check out this cool cookie monster video I found on seriouseats.com
http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/11/video-cookie-monster-on-the-origin-of-om-nom.html#continued

Anonymous said...

Yay you finished!! now what?!? lol

Lisa said...

Sesame Street is still going strong? Wow, I loved that show! Gorgeous tree skirt! You worked hard and it shows...absolutely beautiful!

The Wallace Family said...

I hope my little girl loves Seasame Street! It is a great show in my opinion. I am impressed by your tree skirt. It looks quite nice:)

Unknown said...

oh i love sesame street!. 40 years? wow i hope they go on forever.
is that a xmas tree skirt? amazing. I love it. Can i wear it? hihihi.

I Am Denise Katipunera

Unknown said...

LOVED the Sesame Street clips! I loooooove SS! My parents would turn it up real loud while I was upstairs and I'd come running down!!! Lol! Great memories! The tree skirt is amazing! Wow, I can't believe you did that! And I don't know when you stop counting with months....at 32 mos???? I stopped at 13 mos....I got tired of rolling my eyes up in the air while counting the months...so started saying 1 year old instead! He he! Yes, shout out to all the Veterans who sacrifice so much! Have a wondeful weekend.

Anonymous said...

Don't know about other families, but we stop at 18 months. Then we say, "She'll be two in 6 months, etc." until 2 years. After that, only if someone asks for months.

LP Vintage said...

I used to love watching Sesame Street when my kids were little- I sometimes think I enjoyed it more than they did! Your tree skirt is great. I love those auto-pilot patterns!

Jackie said...

I love the tree skirt, it turned out amazing it is so pretty!