The Month in Review – November 2012

 

The above photo is Fiona, one of the Fairies of Fall.  Fiona is Gaelic and means “fair”.  Isn’t she beautiful?

The Month in Review – November 2012 includes posts from October 2012.  What’s up with that?  Well, on October 21st, we launched a 20-part series called “Any Way the Wind Blows” about the loss of my home in the San Diego Witch Fire in 2007.  Wanting to keep this series “all together”, we officially ended the month of October, posting “The Month in Review – October 2012” on October 20th!

Are you still with me or have your eyes glazed over {grin}?

Anyway, because we made that decision (to keep the series continuous and together in the blogroll), “The Month in Review – November 2012” is broken in two parts:

1. The 20-part series Any Way the Wind Blows and
2. Everything Else

This monthly post provides links to all the earlier posts, providing an easy “one-stop-shopping” opportunity to get caught up on what’s happening at Toot Sweet 4 Two.  While you can access these past posts either through our archives, our menu bars, our sidebar category list or even the “search” bar, providing this additional navigational tool to our blog site is like walking through the woods of our blog and stumbling upon a gathering of fairies!  This time, it’s the Fairies of Fall (my name for them), a collection of adorable dolls I purchased at our grocery store over the last three years.  Yep, I said grocery store!

NOTE:  I made up their names – to my knowledge, they aren’t given names by their manufacturer.  I thought they all looked a wee bit Irish, so I gave them all Irish names.  With their sweet faces, crazy-messy hairdo’s and wild costumes, they also remind me of the Princesses P (Princess P and Princess Sweetie Pie).  Don’t you think so, too?

 

This fairy I’ve named Tara – a good Irish name that is the place-name for the seat of the High Kings of Ireland.  It is also the name of the estate owned by Scarlett O’Hara’s family in “Gone With the Wind,” the book by Margaret Mitchell.  Doesn’t Tara look a wee bit like Scarlett?

In case you missed earlier months and would like to catch up, here are easy links back to past “Months in Review”:

• The Month in Review – October 2012 (thru October 20th)
• The Month in Review – September 2012
• The Month in Review – August 2012 (includes a few days in July; our blog launched on July 28th)

 

 

This fairy is named Maeve.  In Irish mythology, Maeve was the Queen of Connaught.  I think this particular Fairy of the Fall looks like she could be the Queen.

Here are the links back to the 20-part series (which morphed into 22 posts):

• Any Way the Wind Blows – Prologue – posted October 21, 2012
• The Valley That Time Forgot – Chapter 1 – posted October 22, 2012
• Eye of the Storm – Chapter 2 – posted October 23, 2012
• In the Blink of an Eye – Chapter 3 – posted October 24, 2012
• Too Far From Home – Tiffany’s Story – posted October 24, 2012
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Chapter 4 – posted October 25, 2012
• In a Blue Funk – Chapter 5 – posted October 26, 2012
• Back to Square One – Chapter 6 – posted October 27, 2012
• One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Chapter 7 – posted October 28, 2012
• Not Me! Who Me? Why Me? It’s Me! – Chapter 8 – posted October 29, 2012
• Hurricane Sandy (life intervened and we commented) – posted October 29, 2012
• The Whole Kit and Caboodle – Chapter 9 – posted October 30, 2012
• Feathering the Nest – Chapter 10 – posted October 31, 2012
• The Blind Leading the Blind – Chapter 11 – posted November 1, 2012
• Apple Pie Order – Chapter 12 – posted November 2, 2012
• All Hands on Deck – Chapter 13 – posted November 3, 2012
• In the Lap of Luxury – Chapter 14 – posted November 4, 2012
• Much of Muchness – Chapter 15 – posted November 5, 2012
• The Backup Plan – Chapter 16 – posted November 6, 2012
• What’s in your First Aid Kit? – Chapter 17 – posted November 7, 2012
• Emergency Planning Checklist – Chapter 18 – posted November 8, 2012
• Counting Our Blessings – Chapter 19 – posted November 9, 2012

 

 

This is another view of the fairy, Fiona.

Here are the rest of the posts for the month of November:

• Oatmeal Cookies – posted November 10, 2012 (recipe)
• Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – posted November 11, 2012 (humorous about Emergency Preparedness)
• Veterans Day 2012 – posted November 11, 2012 (in remembrance)
• “Mooommm!…” – posted November 12, 2012 (humorous about Time Management)
• Beef Pot Roast with Onions & Oregano – posted November 13, 2012 (recipe)
• Is She the World’s Youngest Blogger? – posted November 14, 2012 (humorous)
• Favorite Picture of the Week – posted November 15, 2012
• 10 Things… – posted November 16, 2012
• Spinach Casserole – posted November 17, 2012 (recipe)
• Never Too Late – posted November 18, 2012 (motivational)
• Top 3 Reasons to Have Turkey for Thanksgiving – posted November 19, 2012
• Roasted Turkey – posted November 20, 2012 (recipe)
• Turkey Gravy – posted November 20, 2012 (recipe)
• Cornbread Stuffing – posted November 21, 2012 (recipe)
• Creamy Mashed Potatoes – posted November 21, 2012 (recipe)
• Happy Thanksgiving 2012 – posted November 22, 2012 (holiday greetings)
• Turkey Soup – posted November 23, 2012 (recipe)
• Top 5 Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers – posted November 24, 2012
• Turkey Sandwich – posted November 24, 2012 (recipe)
• Turkey Shepherd’s Pie – posted November 24, 2012 (recipe)
• Turkey Pull-Apart Pot Pie – posted November 24, 2012 (recipe)
• Turkey and Avocado Salad with Craisins – posted November 24, 2012 (recipe)
• Be Thankful – posted November 25, 2012 (motivational)
• 5 Things to Make Life (a little) Easier – posted November 26, 2012 (Innovations)
• Peach Pineapple Dump Cake – posted November 27, 2012
• Tooth Fairy Tales – posted November 28, 2012 (humorous)
• Kiddy in the Cat Tree – posted November 29, 2012

 

 

Another close-up of the beautiful Queen Maeve (with Tara behind her).

So there you have it!  A record 49 posts since October 21st!  If you count this one, it’s 50!  We keep saying we are going to slow down on the posting schedule.  But, we have so much to share and we like sharing it!  We hope you’ll share it too!

And, as a reward for reading all the way to the end of this post, here’s a collage I created for you!  Feel free to share it on Pinterest!  Just make sure it links back to our site!

 

Tootles,