As you all already know, July 4, 2026 will be the 250th anniversary of our country's signing of the Declaration of Independence. Of course, the cross stitching world makes big plans for all celebrations. I'm sure there are more plans than I know about but the one I've heard the most about is 13 for the 250th SAL. Those participating are planning to stitch 13 pieces between now (July 4 technically) ...
Eggplant Salsa
It was in September, 2022 that I harvested all the eggplants as the season was coming to a close and made a big batch of eggplant salsa. I wrote this blog post about it. I'm having a hard time believing I used 32 cans of tomatoes but maybe I did. I'm also having a hard time believing that in just 2-1/2 years, I used every jar (33 pints) of salsa but . . I guess I did because there are no more jars ...
The New Fridge
The new kitchen fridge will be delivered tomorrow! They called this morning and said "Your fridge is in and we can deliver it tomorrow!" We haven't had a working fridge in the kitchen since the first week of February - that's 4-1/2 months! What I've missed most is ice! We bought one of those countertop ice makers. OK . . we bought two because they had one on sale at Walmart yesterday. I was ...
Youtube Cooking
Sometimes when I'm stitching, I'll have Youtube on and be listening to some of my favorite cooks. Last night I came across two recipes that I immediately added to next week's menu. One of my very favorite recipes to make is Sticky Chicken. In my opinion, roasted chicken goes with everything - broccoli, baked potatoes, green beans, asparagus, baked beans, any type of dry beans . . I can't ...
Kind of a Sad Story
If you're tenderhearted and an animal lover, you may not want to read this post. I'll just chat here for a minute so no one sees what they don't want to see. There are no gross pictures. This spring has been so blasted wet! It rains EVERY day. I grew up and spent half my life in southwest Louisiana and I thought mosquitoes were bad there but the last few weeks, or even months, they're ...
Cooper is ALMOST 2 Years Old!
Do y'all remember when we got Oscar and I thought Dachshunds grew up by the time they were a year old and I couldn't believe he was still so crazy after his first birthday? Sure enough, like so many of you told me, that second birthday was magical. Oscar calmed down so much but . . Oscar still has a long way to go before he's calm. He's doing so much better. Every night he lets me cut one nail and ...