{Domestic Diva in the Making}

Awhile back my friend, Marilee, made a list on her blog of things she wanted to accomplish, things that when she finished, she would have earned the title of Domestic Diva! I'm far from considering myself a Domestic Diva, but I'm working on it.

When I posted my Halloween table runner, my friend Tauna wondered what I was going to come up with for Thanksgiving. She was expecting something, and I couldn't disappoint her. After a bit of thought and scrounging through my fabric stash, I decided to try a rag quilt style runner. I had most of the fabric I needed and only had to get some batting and the fall-ish leaves fabric.
I also stitched up the same pumpkin from the pillow I made last month on each end.... not to shabby, if I don't say so myself!
Have I ever mentioned I love my little town? Well, I do. I was gifted with some pumpkins from a family here. When I said I'd like some, I was totally planning to set them on the porch to decorate with. When they were delivered (yep, they even delivered them) I was asked if I was going to bottle them? Hadn't crossed my mind, but maybe? Hmmm? Maybe I shouldn't just waste them. I guess I could freeze them? So I cleaned them out, cut them up, baked them (for what seemed like forever) cut off the rind and mashed them a bit before sticking them in the blender..... where I learned,

that my blender HATED my favorite plastic spoon.......
and a pretty good wooden one too! I also, learned that my blender STINKS! Thankfully my mama lives just a hop, skip and a jump up the road and hers is a tiny bit better, but I still had to add some water to the pumpkin.

After much blending, I poured some of the the puree into muffin tins then freezing them to make perfect 1/2 cup bricks, I also did some larger bags. I can't wait to pull some out and make cookies. I ended up with at least 25-30 cups of frozen pumpkin from ONE medium pumpkin?!? What on earth am I going to do with the other THREE?

Seeing as how my sewing machine was still on my table (a week or so after I finished my table runner) I decided to finish up a pillow I'd cut out for Carlie's room.... months ago! TA-DA! (Pretend if you will, that it has a cute fabric covered button in the center, that sinks the center in and makes it look all cute and puffy, cause it will as soon as I can find the fabric button kit and get that done!)

Do I consider myself a Domestic Diva now? Not by a long shot (my kitchen is a mess and I have to step over piles of stuff in the office, so I've got a ways to go). Do I feel like I accomplished a few good things this week? Sure do! So, we're good!