It's time to grab another project and get it finished. Am I doing good or not?? There's no way I'll finish ALL the projects I have started before I stop and start something else but I'm on a roll and I'm loving it. I pulled out the project I wanted to work on but the project bag wasn't in the bin it was supposed to be in so I put that project back in the bin. I'm still tired from all the ...
Love is the Key – Finished!
Yesterday I said I was going to finish Love is the Key. I'm sure we all had a busy day yesterday (Thanksgiving) and we were all tired! I sat down to start cross stitching about 10 p.m. and fell asleep with my needle in my hand. I can never sleep on the sofa or in the chair but any time . . day or night, I can crawl in bed and sleep for hours. I was so surprised when I woke up and didn't even know ...
The Rolls
Several of you asked about the jailhouse rolls. I have made these rolls probably 100+ times but it's been 30 years since I made them so I was a bit nervous. I remembered that the texture of the dough was different from most bread I make but I couldn't remember exactly how it was supposed to feel. Was my dough too wet? Too dry? I wasn't sure so I was thinking maybe I should not have tried them for ...
Funny Things
I don't believe these things are any kind of divine signs but I think it's weird in a funny way when they happen. When I was making my pumpkin pie yesterday, this picture popped up on my FB memories reminder from four years ago. I made this pie the first Thanksgiving we were here. We had not moved in full time yet. I came when the movers made the first load in October and stayed to get things ...
Thanksgiving Meal Prep
Last year, I did way too much on Thanksgiving Day and was so tired by the time the day was over so I started early this year. Yesterday I did the following: For the dressing, I chopped all the celery, green onions and garlic, measured the cranberries and pecans, baked and crumbled the cornbread, I already had bread cubes in the freezer from leftover bread last week. I mixed all the ...
Almost Another Finish
Last night I was so sure I was going to finish Love is the Key but I didn't. I have four or five little flowers in the border to finish, the center of the white flowers to stitch (left of the girl's legs), the 8, 9 and 0 to the right of the boy bunny's head and a heart just below those numbers, and outline the two little red flowers on the big green/red flower on the right and lastly, rip ...