Yesterday I was watching this video from Rose Red Homestead. That soup sounds so good to me. The Red Rose Homestead lady goes through the recipe but it’s also in this book, which I happened to have. I had almost everything needed to make it. Vince was in town and he told me his last stop was Walmart so I called him and asked him to get chicken and poblano peppers. I had frozen chicken but was thinking I would make it yesterday afternoon. Vince never minds shopping and I’m so thankful because . . you know how I feel about shopping . . except for hobby type things.
He got home and I roasted the peppers but I was short on tomatillos so I figured since I have lots of green tomatoes, I’d use some of those to replace the tomatillos I didn’t have.
It just came out of the canner and it smells so good – made me want to open a jar and have some last night. I think when I serve it, I will open up a jar of cannellini beans and add those to the soup. That will thicken it up a bit and if I want it to be thicker, I can always thicken it with arrow root powder or even add some cream.
The second impulsive thing I did . . well, two kinda related crazy things I did . . a friend had sent me a link to a chart – I don’t know when she sent it but I saw it Sunday. I liked it. I ended up going to the website and ordered several charts. I’ve been doing so good about not ordering. Then, another friend sent me a link to a kit, of sorts. It was a beautiful chart and the floss. It isn’t the kind of chart I would normally stitch but it was so pretty. I walked away but then I came back because of the purple dress syndrome. I’ve told this story before but back . . way back . . when I was skinny and spent far too much on clothes, there was a purple dress at my favorite dress shop. I tried it on and I loved it but I had just bought a purple dress maybe a week or so before so I didn’t get it. I went home and kept thinking about it. I went back to get it and it was gone. All these years . . I’ve told myself . . if there’s something you think you want, get it unless it’s totally unreasonable. This wasn’t totally unreasonable, so I bought it.
I’m not being evasive but since my friend found it, bought it, sent me the link, I’m going to wait for her to mention it, then I’ll send you a link and tell you all about it. We aren’t starting it til February, 2025 so if anyone wants to stitch along, there’s plenty of time.
Dot says
Your purple dress story brought back a memory. My mother always said, “We’ll go home and think about it. If you still want it tomorrow, we’ll come back and get it. And if it’s gone, well, you just weren’t meant to have it.” I don’t recall ever going back and getting something! This was her way of being careful with money, without having to say “No.” And, I realize now, we did need to be careful with money.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
I understand. As you might guess, I survived without the purple dress. I am really over it (it’s been probably 40 years ago) but I do remember it.