New Fall Design: Scarecrow 2nd Try

I've scrapped that first Scarecrow candle mat that I showed the other day and started fresh and new. Different background and different scarecrow clothes and different pumpkin wool too. I like this one much better.

Yikes, this picture is bad ... The actual colors aren't as bright as this shows. It's a really beautiful sunny day and the picture was taken right beside a sunny window, so naturally, it's bright. Anyway, I'm really happy with how this design is turning out. The scarecrow is so much fun to make.

There's just been too much going on around the Wagner home lately that I've not had too much time to work on this.

The good thing is that I"ve a roaster full of Stuffed Cabbage in the oven right now and it's smelling pretty darn good!

So my sister (Casserole Carol) will really enjoy this little story I have to tell because it's about her.

Last night, Hubby and I went to a little get-together bonfire thing that a friend of ours was having. Perfect night for a bonfire, btw. Have I mentioned that I love fall? Oh yeah, I have!

So we get there and of course there are people there that I don't know. We are introduced and it so happens that there is a woman there named Shirley who happens to know my sister and her husband.

Anyone that knows my sister and then meets me will always say EXACTLY the same thing when they meet me. EVERY TIME. EVERY TIME. It's not that it annoys me ... I'm well past that stage/age. It's actually quite amusing now because I brace myself, just waiting for the words to come out of their mouth ....

"You look just like her".

Carol probably wouldn't mind if we just started telling people that we were identical twins. But since Carol is one year older than me, I will never, ever go along with that. She the old one, I'm not.

So naturally, Shirley bursts out excitedly, "you look just like your sister!" and naturally, I laugh, like I always do and say "yes, everyone tells us that"

but then Shirley said,

"OHHH, you sound just like her too!"

Ok, I've had enough.

I SOUND LIKE HER?????

Sheesh.

Shirley turned out to be really nice and friendly so I won't hold that against her.

Looking like my sister can be a problem at times. So many times, I can be out shopping and someone will approach me with a friendly "Hi! how ARE you?" They act as if I should know them and even though I've never seen them before in my life, I now know that I better act like I know them because obviously they think that I am Carol. I don't want my sister to lose friends so I give them a pleasant "I'm good, how are you?" and then walk away quickly. I've found this is better than looking at them strangely and saying "Umm, do I know you?"

Carol should be very grateful that I do this for her. I'm just cetain that after they see me, believing that I'm her, they think, "wow, Carol is really looking a lot younger, wonder what her secret is?"

:)

Carol was nagging me yesterday about blogging more so ... here ya go, Carol!

Happy Day everyone!