sick kid...

Hannah had a sore throat on Wed and Thurs. Friday woke up feeling terrible and stayed home from school. Saturday was spent in front of the tv.....

early morning 01.07.2010 ....

I bundled up first thing in the morning , before the sun had actually crested the island,to go out and try to take some shots that looked COLD.

I guess it was not really cold enough her to get COLD. No frozen water. No ducks huddled on the shore. No snow. Nothing.

But I did love how the lake looked.

It was full of birds, all over the surface of the lake.

And in the sky.

And the reflections were just so cool looking.

And the lake had a nice pink glow....

Oh My Mahi, good fish tacos

No photo but I had to post.

While my parents were in town we went into Charlotte to stroll the streets. And freeze.

Oh wait, I do have some photos...


Back to the story..

So we popped into the Rockbottom Brewery for lunch. Mom had fish tacos and they looked so good, I knew I was going to have to make some. They had a blue corn tortilla innner shell that crunched and a soft flour out shell to keep them all together. Oh YUM!

I surfed the net and found these:
My Oh Mahi, Thats a Good Fish Taco by Rachel Ray

They rocked! Three thumbs up from Hannah, Chris and myself. I did change some of the ingredients like I used less hot sauce and added more spices as a rub on the fish, but they were pretty darned good.

So go make some.

and how did 2010 get here so fast...

A new year.
2010
Wow.
Time to get back on the blog wagon.
Not the fritts creative one, but my personal one.

So....back to my photos a day (POTD)
or maybe something from everyday life
or a trip
Picking up my camera.
Playing with my new lens.

Not worrying about going backwards but we will start now, with 2010.

Here we go.

POTD01.01.2010
Georgia Aquarium
This fellow and I had a staring contest.


POTD01.02.2010
Enroute home....the gps took us to an old Dairy Queen in Gastonia.
This is my photo taken from the inside of the car with the little point and shoot since it was pretty dang cold outside. This is on my "return and take a decent picture" list

show recap

I am getting ready to head out to Lincolnton and my final craft show of the year. I thought I would take a minute to recap Christmas in Davidson from last week. No pictures, just been too busy to even pick up my camera.

Christmas in Davidson. It was cold most nights, rainy Saturday during the day but cleared (and got real cold) for Saturday night. The show was from 6-9 pm on Thurs, Fri & Sat. Friday night was very busy, the other 2 were just so-so for us. I over planned (as usual) for my premade items. I sold some but have a lot of stock left over. Setting up and tearing down each night was a pain but doable.

Also

• Hannah does not do well in the cold.
• I really need to take off the weekend before a large show - just too much to do in too little time.
• My fingers are in terrible shape from all the woodworking
• My house is pretty filthy right now
• The lighting was terrible - probably the worst part of the show for me.
• Adults cannot make a decision.
• Children however can. They pick what they like and are done.
  
• I had many repeat customers from earlier shows

All in all I am glad I did it. Not sure I would do it again. Three days in a row is alot, the lighting was terrible and the weather easily could have cancelled the show. But then again.......

another show

St. Marks Catholic Church
11/21/09
started out slow
then we suddenly were jammed
no lunch, no bathroom breaks
sold out of stock
our biggest one day sale so far

2 things I want to brag on
These display racks I MADE ALL BY MYSELF

and my kiddo
She rocked!
She sold and sold and sold
She handed out numbers.
She designed frames.
She got a $20 tip from a customer.
She was utterly fantastic.
Working with her makes it a long day worthwhile!

2 weeks ago...

was halloween and I am just downloading my images now. Oops.

Hannah carved her pumpkin 100% on her own this year.

But she did not like how it turned out so she bought another on the 31st and for a second try. I think it's pretty cute.

She and best bud Mandy went trick or treating - a devil and a cowgirl - they had tons of fun.

Funny story - when they came home and were looking at their stash I noticed Hannah's pile was about 1/2 the size of Mandi's.
Hannah - how can your pile be so much smaller than Mandi's when you hit up the same houses???
Oh, she says, if they had candy I did not like I told them no thanks.

What???????? This cannot be my child.

7:10am....

word plates...

I have not posted any of my word plates on the ol' bloggy. I thought I'd show some of the finished products since they are so hard to explain.

Customer picked out the letters on both of these at the Harrisburg Show 10/3:

Sample side view:

Back view

A sample I made up:

October is flying by...

So, it is October 17th already? Yikes. Well, lets just assume that I will be a slow blogger for the rest of the year. I seem to be overwhelmed these days. But that is better than bored!

Lets see...if it is October that must mean that the Rock Family is back!


We started out October with a craft show on the 3rd. Here is our booth near the end of the day. We hustled along from about 9:30am - 1:00 pm then were slow for the rest of the day. The booth looks a little bare - we sold some of our displays. LOL, this is before I knocked over the easel and broke a few frames.



After the show I spend quite a bit of time filling custom orders and running back and forth to school. It seems it was bookfair week and guess what? I was supposed to be there everyday to collect and deposit the money. Oops. I forgot.

The next week, Hannah was busy finishing 2 projects. One was a newscast on a book - she choose Harry Potter 1. If I can load it to YouTube, I will link it here. It is quite the hoot.

We also had our first band concert of the year. Chris and I got there at 6:30 for a 7pm show and it was packed. And I promised Hannah I would not embarrass her by going up front with my camera. She wore a bright green shirt so I could spot her though...


That it for now!
And I am not kidding about not posting much in November and December. I have craft shows on 11/7 &8, 11/21, 11/28, 12 3,4&5 and maybe 12/12. Yikes.