All of your questions answered, no really, I mean it (sort of)

In answer to your many questions, yes, that really is me with the Huge Ass Beer Man. Oh, and with Oprah, too. I had such a nice chat with Oprah that I was ready to send her the other half of my BFF locket, but she hasn't called yet. It has only been a couple of years, so probably she has been a little busy and will be getting to it soon.

As I was obsessively checking my blog stats today (don't even try to pretend you don't do that), I noticed right away that I had about a zillion more readers than usual. I figured that they were all Googling "huge ass" and coming up with me. Wait, I don't like the way that came out. Anyway, either "huge ass" or "Oprah" must have been responsible for the influx, I thought. But that was before I got around to reading "my blogs," and came upon my girl Lisa at U-Handblog. She gave me this award! That is so cool, because Lisa has been my mentor and hero and one of the reasons I started writing a blog to begin with. She is so generous in sharing everything she knows about making purses and the ins and outs of online crafting business (at her other blog, Craft-boom) that I feel like I should be paying tuition just to read her stuff every day. Anyway, here is what she pinned on me, and even though I'm not worthy I am totally taking it!

Now, I think I am supposed to pass this on (new girl here, remember, whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine) and while there are way too many bloggers who truly do make my day, I am going to choose just one, a very special girl who faces challenges in her life by helping others, Marian at I'm a Craft Artist. I found Marian when I bought some of her mom's wonderful tiny bowls on Etsy (purplepetunia.etsy.com) and later, some of Marian's creations as well. Marian has a big hospital stay coming up soon, so drop by her blog and say "Hey!"

Meanwhile, I actually have been working on a few crafty things. I made a prototype of an idea from a smart young friend, who promises that when she is rich and famous from it, she'll throw me a buck or two now and then (or at least bring me some applesauce to the nursing home). She has two little boys who love Legos, and she's getting tired of picking them up off the floor over and over (the Legos, not the boys), so she looked for something like this and couldn't find one:

She can lay it out on the floor as a play mat for the boys, and when they are ready to quit for the day, cinch it up and put it away, or carry it to grandma's house. I'm sending it down to her tomorrow and expect to be making some additions and modifications based on the boys' play-testing. Maybe I should make one big enough to cinch up the boys inside for the night.

On the turkey front, I hate to mention this because no good can come of it, but I haven't caught them in the yard for two days now. I just know they are hiding out and plotting something, and it won't be pretty, I am sure of that.