Fabric, Ribbons, & Bows Oh MY!!!!

Today, while I was lost....way lost!!!  I stumbled upon the best fabric store in the world!  Not just fabrics, but jewels, ribbons, A WALL OF RIBBONS, bows, zippers, buttons, trims of all sorts and everything else to do with sewing!!  I got organza today for .50 cents a yard!!!!!  Linen for $1.99 a yard and the most beautiful ribbon for .15 cents a yard!!! Crazy deals!!   From the store front it looks small and cramped but when you get inside it is the COSTCO of Fabric!!!    SAS Fabrics  AMAZING!!    Anyways I took my camera in and snuck a couple shots...tomorrow I will post my most wonderful finds!! ;-))

911

So on Sunday, as I'm sure you are all remembering, is the anniversary of 911!!  I went to Tempe, AZ, this morning where they were digging in and tagging 2,996 flags...AMAZING...the emotion, love, sincerity and memories are strong as the astonishment and grief of that day!  We all know where we are the minute the news broke!

Anyways here are a few pictures of the peace that is set up for all to pay their respects....the one guy in army fatigues, searched for a tag and then got up on the flag pole to take a picture of the tag he was looking for, his fishing pole in his backpack....spending the day on the water with his thoughts?  Each flag had a name, age and short description of the ones lost to the day....

From the skies!

A few photos I took on the way to Sunny Hot AZ!!!   I landed at 4:40pm and it was 112'F Crazy beautiful!  I also rushed out to get the sun going down (so although not good photos...you get the just of the beautiful sunset this evening, when I rolled into the driveway!!

Rouladen

My sister is coming for dinner, with her new man, which I am excited to meet!!   Joy called ahead to request Rouladen for dinner - which Taeya was very happy about as that is her very favourite...so of course I turned it into a post opportunity ;-)  If you have 45 minutes in the morning...you will have a hot tasty dinner that night!

Prep Time: 45 min
Cook Time: 4 -8 hours in slow cooker

Ingredients:

Rouladen strips - Save-on-more - usually has the best in stock (Canada) also your local butcher - or T-bones can do them for you if you ask in advance.   I plan on two per person (kids included - because both our girls eat 2)....and they are amazing for left overs!!

1 sm jar Dijon Mustard
1 large onion
1 pkg bacon
3 cloves of garlic
1 carton Beef Broth (I use sodium reduced prepared Campbell's cartons)
1 C red wine (optional)


Process:

Finely chop onion and saute until soft, add garlic and saute until aromatic  - put aside
Chop bacon and saute, drain fat, then combine onion mixture.

Meanwhile....lay strips of Rouladen on parchment paper, spread on dijon mustard - to your taste (we like lots)
Spoon onion/bacon mixture onto one end of the rouladen, roll, while tucking ends inside to hold bacon and onion, toothpick to hold.
Heat pan on med to high heat with a TBSP of EVOO, brown all sides of rouladen (starting with the end side if not using tooth picks)
Transfer from pan into slow cooker, arranging tightly to accommodate all rolls (I did 18 (with two bacon packs in these pics)
Pour Beef Broth over rolls to cover
Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8hrs (I always do 8hrs)

Prepare sides, serve with J-Lohr Cabernet Sauvignon and enjoy!!!

Disaster!

OK OK OK, so yes we were way to busy yesterday to get the tie-dying underway!!  We went straight from shopping for new shirts, to swimming lessons to piano and then when we arrived home Uncle Rick was here for a visit.  We then had dinner....then the ice cream truck showed up, so we had dessert.... Took the dog for a walk, filled out first day school forms, played Apples to Apples and then flopped into bed!!   So I thought I would post pics of the first tie dying process as it will have to wait until next week now as today we have swimming, dentist and Aunty Joy's visit, then tomorrow is swimming and soccer....you get the drift I'm sure!!!

1st day of school

Taeya entered GRADE 5!!!! today and Paige entered GRADE 3!!!!   It is crazy how fast it goes...and come on! Please slow down!!!  Taeya picked out all her clothes designed her hair and matched her shoes...Paige wanted to have hair down, (I made her brush it ;-)) and just be 'cute'.   After we had to head to the mall to grab new shirts...(I got dye during their 2 hour stint at school today)  However, after our amazing tie dye disappointment we had to go back to the drawing board...which we will do after swimming, piano, and dinner tonight :-))

Ella

I took Ella to the bird sanctuary, with the trike...I loved the way these turned out, the pure innocence with nature.