I am so thrilled :)

I would like to tell everyone of my lovely win from Crocheting in Georgia. Doris held a contest on her blog again this month and I entered it and won!!! I am so thrilled .... you ask why??? I won one of her very very cute Rooster Potholders!! I just love these little things, and I am very thrill that I now own one of her lovely creations.
I have to tell you ... if you don't know Doris from Crocheting in Georgia you better click my link and go meet her. She is the sweetest, kindest, funnest and generous lady you will ever meet.. and her blog is awesome. She is always posting something interesting and fun.. so run over have a look see and give her a shout out... tell her I sent you by :)
Doris thank you again for such a lovely give away prize.. you Rock!!!
Pitty says pats back to the Gizzy :)

A very interesting day...

I have to say my day at work was different to say the least. ;) My Station opens at 7:00 am for the walk in public. I was checking messages before the station opens, and there was a call from another city. I had to return a call to them about a warrant on a guy. I was talking to the dispatcher on the phone not more than 3 mins after 7:00 this morning, to give her the info on the warrant. . I was talking to the dispatcher about sending an officer out for this persons arrest with extradition... Then!!!!! I said to the Dispatcher.. I've got a problem here!! I started laughing and said .. I've got a fire... She said where??? I said outside the the building...by now I am really laughing because one of the Officer's behind me.. and I quote.. "Do you want me to piss on it to put it out???" I don't think he believed me either when I said we have a fire. I told this to the dispatcher and she said your just joking around.. I said no.. I really have a fire!! Then she said ... I'll send 10's to help you out.. this is the fire station right across the street! I can see it now.. whistles sounding bells going off and the big long fire truck pulls out of the station... drives East less than two house lengths.. pulls into drive just to put out a small fire!!!! I really started laughing then and told her.. keep those men across the street in their own house we can take care of this ourselves ;) About that time one of the officer's came around the corner with a pail... now you would think bless his heart he would have went into the men's room to get the water out of the sink.. But oh no he had to get the water out of the cooler type water fountain that just sort of trickles...By now me and the dispatcher are laughing hysterically.... Of course I am telling her all about the chain of events unfolding before my eyes ;) The Sgt that was setting in his car has realized that there is a fire outside. I see him walk up to the cigarette receptacle and take a look at it.. There is smoke.. lots of smoke and flames coming out of the receptacle... by now the officer's are all piling out the building to see whats going on and to help put out our small fire. I was still laughing when the Sgt walks in the building.. I said to him where were you when I needed to be rescued from the fire??? He says very disgustedly stern... I quote... I was pouring my 3 dollar bottle of filtered water on the fire.... Of course I had to pop off and say what ?? I just sent officers out with a bucket of water... He says YES we needed that too!!! By now the Dispatcher is cackling like a hen.. and I am coughing out of control because of laughing too hard!! That is what happens when you have Asthma... you cough when you laugh too hard ;) Lastly there was an officer behind me.. and I say wow that small fire really made the place stink.. he says yep.. I would set here 30 mins.. go get the boss tell him the odor has made me sick to my stomach and I would go home.. I laughed and laughed.... because this officer gets merit awards for never missing days of work... He just cracked me up saying that!!!!! Because I knew better :) The rest of the day was just as crazy as the morning.... but nothing as fun and exciting as the fire ;)

Tote Bags

Yeah..... Halloween Tote Bag Partners are now assigned.. if you have any questions please feel free to send me an email...
Now on to other good stuff .... Please notice there are only two spaces left in the Christmas block swap... Hurry Hurry get off the fence and decide.... Lets get the list filled and close the sign ups ;)

What has APP been up to the last two days on her days off???
App has been up to tons of stuff...
Moved some furniture around the house....
Took more tubs with sewing to the attic storage.
Made the kitchen more user friendly. Changed somethings around in there ;)
I also cut and sewed up my 12 Butterfly Siggy Blocks for the swap that I am hosting on Patch Work Posse.
I have entered into a PVT Christmas Annie swap.. so I chopped out 4 Annie bodies sewed those parts and tea stained them.
To night I might stuff them :)
I need to get that done soon, so I can start painting on the stockings and shoes.
One of the extra Annie's is for Little Dirt Lanes Swap.
I also promised my Baby Sista a Red, White and Blue Annie Doll :)
That leaves an Extra... I want to make myself a Halloween Annie :)
Like the one that I made for Sandy S.. in last years Halloween Annie Swap :)
So ladies that is where the 4 Bodies are going to :)
Tried to decide on what apron pattern I am going to use in Sue Neitzel's apron swap...
No luck on that one.....
I also started on my Halloween Blocks.. I have all the fusible webbing on the selected fabrics..
Some of the pieces are cut out and just a few others to trace around and cut.
Then its tack them down on the fabric blocks.
I started.... and finished an applique Block for my 2nd tote bag too...
So you can see APP was sort of a lazy soul this weekend!!
Oh yes forgot put out a new dog feeder for the Tonk Tonk Ba Donka Donk :)
His old one rusted through... so this time
the Mommie put it up on one of those stone pavers
hoping to save this one from rusting out ;)
The other one only lasted about 3 years.. That's not good some of the feeders around here....have been around for almost 15 yrs. I know part of the problem with Tonk's feeder.. he is always playing in the water making the ground wet and muddy... things never seem to dry out in his kennel.
OH no that mean ole APP... say's get back to work!!!
I guess the break is over!!!

Monikers???

I have had several people in the recent past have questions about the Moniker of Aunt Pitty Pat. Their question is always the same how did I come up with the name. Everyone loves the name and they say it makes them smile :)
So how did I come up with the name...
First off everyone knows the famous movie Gone With The Wind.

I just love that movie.. its one that I watch yearly along with the movie Wizard of Oz.

Both movies are such good classics... Anyway if you recall there is a character in there that is called Aunt Pitty Pat. The story is told that when Scarlett visited Atlanta she always stayed with Aunt Pitty Pat.

During those visits, Aunt Pitty would prepare only her best recipes. I always thought Pitty Pat was such a cute name. I was a young girl when I first saw the movie and the name just sort of stuck with me all these years.. Then ... when I was about 20 I went to Birmingham Alabama with my oldest friend to see her grandmother Me Me for a few weeks. We decided we would take a weekend trip to Atlanta Georgia. Just outside of Atlanta we stopped for gas and asked what was fun to do in town. We were told we needed to go to Atlanta Underground. I don't know if this place is still there... but it was a lot of fun when we visited. This place was sort of like Brick Town in Ks City, Old town here in Ta Town.. and I am sure some of you have those old warehouse districts that have been renovated into fun places, that have clubs, stores for shopping, restaurants, apt's, condo's and so on.
Any way when we were at Underground Atlanta we ate a restaurant that was called DB Coopers. Awesome place to eat... Menu were so funny.. it had crazy names for drinks and sandwiches... sort of like this name.. Mooka Puka Choo Choo.. that was a coffee chocolate shake :) We spent most of the day looking at all the shops and all the restaurants and there it was as big as life....a restaurant and it was called????

Yes you guess it .... PITTY PAT'S PORCH. It is a fine elegant Southern Restaurant. When I saw the Restaurant... I giggled and I grinned and said one day I am going to own a little dog and I am going to name her Pitty Pat.. because every time I hear that name or see it... I smile!
So this my sweet friends is how I came up with the name Aunt Pitty Pat... by the way.. I understand Pitty Pat's Porch is still open in Atlanta Georgia all these years down the road.
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This is Pitty Pat :)

CT scan report is in...

Aggg if its not one thing its another... Some of you know that I have been having a terrible cough., for several months now. I just figured it was allergies.... How would you know that.. because you have either talked to me on the phone or on Skype. I decided a couple of weeks ago to go to the Allergist to have a check up. They did a lung function test on me and the results was good. They sent me home with some new drugs and I was to come back in for a two week check up. That was last Tuesday... of course everyone read about that. The day after the X-ray the doctors office called and said you need a CT. I asked them why and they sort of hem hawed around, never really telling me anything. Some of you know the history of my Mom only having one lung after having one removed from cancer. My doctors are very aware of that fact too... so anyway I went yesterday to get the CT scan done. Today I received a call from the Doctors office.. and the Nurse said "The lesion they were concerned with is only pneumonia. Nothing to worry about we will send you out some meds and in two weeks we want you to get another X-ray". Now I don't know about you.. but when they told me CT scan.. I didn't think it was very good... I have to say I am very shocked that I have pneumonia because I don't have a productive cough. The nurse did say there are all types of pneumonia... I was telling mom all about it tonite and she says that I will get pneumonia very easily now... and my lung tissue is damaged from the pneumonia. Yeah just what I wanted to hear!! Oh well I feel fine except I get very winded..... I can also say I am one lucky lady :)
The big guy upstairs is watching out for me once again :)
Thank you ... My sweet Lord!!!

Some things in Life Just make you SMILE

I know I have already posted today.. but I wanted to share this with you. I had to go into town and get a CT scan on my lungs. While I was there getting the CT I had to get a Mamo gram. (public service announcement... if you haven't gotten your yearly scan.. call and set one up today. Early detection saves lives )
On with the story
I knew my truck was just on fumes in the gas tank. I knew I had to stop and get gas before going to the Dr's. I drove into the next town and pulled into the stop and rob. There I sat out.... going about the business of getting petro in my little red truck. What do you do while your standing there filling up the tank??? Me I look at the people in the parking lot. I was standing there looking at all the people. A young man started coming toward the gas pumps. He had a little two gallon gas can in his hand. That's not strange .... there was a pump open next to me... As this young man approached.. he had this huge smile on his face that said... please let me speak to you! He got with in 10 feet of me and said hello.. of course I said hello back. Let me explain to you how this young man was dressed.... as he came walking up to me .. I thought to my self.. buddy you look silly with those pants rolled up like that in the middle of your calves and no socks on with those high topped tennies. *Looked sort of like Jack Sparrow's Pants, all rolled up like that* His hair was a jumble mess just like he got out of bed and not combed.. his t-shirt was a wrinkled dirty mess. He didn't stop at the pump beside me but continue to walk up to me... In his politest kindness voice he said to me... I am so sorry to have to ask.. but could you spare a little bit of gas?? Several things hit me at that moment. This young man did need help and he was not just panhandling because he wasn't wanting to work. Something had went wrong!!! I told him sure I'll help.. I filled up that little red can without a second thought. As the can was filling this young man asked if I lived in the area? I said yep close to.. I then asked where he was from.. he said Texas.. he had to come up north because the family needed him. He said things had been very tough and he hoped that things would turn around for everyone soon. The can was filled by now.. and the young man told me 10 times over thank you for the help. I told him have a safe trip home to Texas. Now the silly ole lady that I am... I was 4 miles down the road before I thought to say.. hey let me fill up that tank so you can make it home safe without having to ask for more help.. but like I said .. I didn't think in time.. Too bad I didn't!!! This is one of the days that makes you feel good to be alive and Free!!! ... Random Acts Of Kindness... It didn't hurt me giving this young man 5 bucks in gas... I just hope there are others along the way that will help him and his family make it safe to their home to Texas. I hope your journey is safe.. God Speed!!

Good Morning Ladies ;)

I know its too soon or still summer.. but fall will be upon us before we know it.... I'm on bended knee ... once again I am begging for Quilters to help complete out my first group on the Halloween Swap. If I can just fill the last three or four spots I will be so Happy :) There are only a few days more for sign ups.

I have also sent out invitations for a Christmas block swap......If you would like to join in on a Christmas block Swap let me know... I have about 10 openings left on that too.... I sent out emails to the ladies that have played along in my quilt block swaps before. But......... if your new to my blog and would like to play let me know.. It's first come first served on sign ups.... I really would like to get Group one of Halloween Block swap filled and all of the Christmas block slots filled.... So ladies if you know anyone that would like to join in on the fun.. give them my email address and the link to see what the rules are :)
I have received some very lovely blocks in the past..
I really enjoy seeing others finished items
and how their creative minds work :)
If your interested just give me a shout!!!

UP DATE UP DATE !!!

Hello ladies I have just been informed by Carmen she is having a special auction to auction off some of her very fun and whimsical Feather Tree Ornies....
Here is what.. Carmen has to say :)
I am donating to Make a wish for Children 25 percent of the sale. The bid starts at only a penny. This cause means a lot to me. I am so thankful that I have 4 healthy children. When my little one was born I was terrified. His platelets were low and they had to keep him. They had me so scared telling me that he might have cancer. Thank God within a week his platelets went up on their own. To this day I baby him and get afraid something will happen. I hope you bid and tell your friends. If this goes well next week I will donate 100 percent!

Just click on the photo to go to Ebay to bid on this little guys... a percentage of the profit goes to help out the Make A Wish Foundation :)
My sweet Followers don't forget to pass this on... we really need to get the word out ;)
Thank you in advance for helping to spread the word of this auction!

I know I shouldn't have!!!

There are just times in your life when you just have to say to heck with it.. I want this and nothing or no one is going to stop me from getting it.... Today was one of those days.. its like when your walking down the mall commons and you stop to admire a pair of shoes...... yes these particular shoes are sensible.. they are low flats.. can be worn anywhere.. but your eye is drawn to those glorious red stiletto heels.. you know you must have those and nothing will stop you until you have them on your feet. Well ladies this little item is one of those items that could not be turned down by your lovable APP:..........

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Isn't this bracelet awesome it is a one of a kind from
Spooky Hollow Folk Art.
You have never visited Carmen????
.... you should run over and check her shop out.
When you stop by tell her I sent YOU!!

Blocks for Lissa

I just received word from Jane she has received my 4 patch blocks from Lissa... ladies there is still time to donate to this cause. You can either make blocks or send the following, quilt backing material, batting, or thread. I know there has been a lot of women say they will help .. lets show Lissa what quilters are all about.. If you don't have time to make blocks or send products.. Please send Jane a donation (every little bit helps) toward the needed backings, thread, and battings. Go forth ladies, and do your
Aunt Pitty Pat proud... you rock :)