Sewing

I had a really sad day last Thursday. I took the day off because I needed to clear my head and get some help. After talking to my buddy Breezy I felt a lot better. I also decided to talk to my mom. Mom's always know what's best. She prayed with me and gave me some goals. I told her that I needed a hobby and she reminded me that I have her sewing machine. We decided to go to Jo-Ann's and get a pattern and get me started on my hobby.
As you can see above I'm going to be making this simple skirt first and maybe the dress next to it, but it looks really complicated. I'm really excited for the color I chose for the skirt. It makes me happy!
I will start this Saturday and see what happens.
Oh and I bought Project Runway Scissors. Oh I love that show!

The Fox Theater

(click image for full history)

The Fox theater opened in Riverside in 1929 as a movie theater. It was often used by studios to preview new movies. The Fox Theater was the first theater to show Gone with the Wind and Miss Scarlet even made an appearance.

The theater wasn't making enough money to stay open, so they closed it in 1992.

On January 15th 2010 it was re-opened as a performance theater. It was renovated head to toe! My husband and I went for a tour on Sunday. I brought my camera along to document this big part of Riverside history.

There was a little car show out front of cars that would have been around when the Fox Theater first opened!

Sheryl Crow will be the opening act on January 22nd and 23rd .
My husband and I plan on seeing Natalie Cole there on February 13.
I can't wait.
Go to
http://www.foxriversidelive.com/
to see the line up!

Brussels Sprouts take two

My husband made this amazing saute. It was way better then the steaming and yes that is Kielbasa. yum

Brussels Sprouts

(This is only a third of the Stem I bought)

I was in good old Trader Joe's on Sunday and I saw this stem of Brussels sprouts. all I could think about was that most people claim that Brussels sprouts are gross, but lately I've heard that they can be quite tasty in garlic lemon butterness. I decided to give them a try. I cut the stem into three parts, so there will be three days of Brussels experiments.

The first experiment was to steam them and then pour the butter garlicness on top when they were done. I had know idea when done was.


Final product: It was a little over done. The Brussels sprouts were mushy.
So we shall see what we come up with next time. Oh and the taste wasn't too bad.

sunset

The sky was so vibrant the other night. I had to share!