The Morehouse Humane Society

In a few days, my maternal grandmother, Mary Helen Turpin, will be retiring from her job of over 20 years. She worked at the dog pound in my home parish (county), Morehouse Parish.

Read the Monroe News Star article about her.

Why I won't be using Geico Insurance any time soon

A few months ago, I received a letter that looked pretty important. The front of the envelope said "STATEMENT ENCLOSED" and in red letters, "YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS REQUIRED". I didn't recognize the address, but I opened the letter, wondering what needed my urgent attention. (click for larger picture)


Turns out, it's a advertizement from Geico. That's right, they LIED about the contents of a letter, making me think that I had some sort of "statement" that needed "urgent attention". (click for larger picture)



If Geico cannot be honest with me BEFORE I'm a customer, what confidence do I have that they will be honest with me after?


Needless to say, Geico won't be getting my business anytime soon.

Finished Project

I finally finished my quilt that I started in January. My parents and grandmother gave me a gift certificate to Hobby Lobby last Jan. for my birthday, and I used it to buy fabric for my quilt.

I cut and pieced it myself, but I took it to a local shop to have it quilted. I spent yesterday and this evening putting the binding on, which is a tedious task because it has to be sewn on by hand if you don't want your stitches to show.

It is quilted with mint green thread, and the backing is pieced with three different shades of green cotton fabric. The dog shapes are appliqued on, and there are 20 of them. I used 2 different kinds of black fabric, but you can't tell that from the picture.

LIly's Mess

I had work from 2-10 pm last Friday night. After I got off, James and I met at a local restraunt called "Chimes" for dinner. We got home about 11:30 to find this messon our front porch. The dogs were left outside for about and hour and a half, and Lily busied herself with her neverending project of digging up our flower beds. This time she decided to explore some uncharted territory, and dig in our Kumquat tree in addition to the flower bed.

My Contribution to Thanksgiving Dinner

This year we spent Thanksgiving day with James' family, and this was the first year that I cooked anything for the dinner. I made pumkin cake for dessert. I used a special pan to make the large pumpkin,and the little ones were made from a mini-bundt pan. I iced them with homemade cream cheese icing. The stems are mini-Twix bars.