Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Hearts to You!
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Sock It To Me!
Laugh- In! A super oldie but goldie TV hit! There was a bit of comedy that said "Sock It To Me"! Oh yes! what a laugh! Sorry to say, that sock it to me has been in my life lately!
Yes, I'm addicted
to sock knitting now! Having so much fun with different yarns, patterns, designs--My pattern for February is of course, hearts in Fucsia
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Now, For Something completely different!
We were always Monty Python fans back in the day—loved when they made this announcement! Our ears perked up to learn what was “completely different”!
I definitely don't have anything different, though! Sorry! It's the same old, same old. Oh, we did have a winter event that forced us to stay indoors--that's unusual for us Southerners! !Of course, if you are forced to stay indoors, you just WANT to get out! This forced me to do some chores I haven't done in the past few weeks. There was a quilt that needed to be bound--first, needed to cut binding and make it ready to sew on the quilt. Thank goodness, the evenings will still be quite cool and the quilt will be a super cover to my legs as I sit stitching the binding!
Deciding on dinner is first on the agenda--what will it be? It seems when it’s cold weather, you want to cook more and eat more! Decisions? Pizza and salad? Cioppino? Cottage pie? Stuffed peppers? OR I just might go with my first thought--"MustGo"! There is plenty in refrig to make a good Mustgo. The start of fresh baked bread is in the rising period--last week, I made an attempt at King Cake-- it was okay--we did eat it! So couldn't be too bad.
Okay, back to recipe for Mustgo==actually, there is no recipe for Mustgo--Just take any leftover food from frig and repurpose it for another meal and hopefully, fingers crossed, you will not have any more leftovers! I love this recipe--(Mustgovian)a fabulous name for a simple meal.
Having read the book, "Kitchen Front" by Jennifer Ryan--Oh the joy of cooking during WWII with rations. These women were quite ingenious with their menus--today, we'd have a terrible time working with such shortages,
Here is your wartime food rations for one adult for one week
- meat in value 2 lbs mincemeat (hamburger) or one lb steak
- 2 oz cheese
- 4 oz margarine
- 2 oz butter
- 1 pt milk
- 8 oz sugar
- 2 oz jam
- 2 oz loose leaf tea
- 1 fresh egg plus 1 pkg dried egg powder, making 12 eggs, every month
- 3 oz sweets or candy
Saturday, February 3, 2024
To DO LIST!
Here comes another month--a short month too! The month of love, according to advertisements. We will celebrate Mardi Gras most of the month, then Fat Tuesday leading into Lent and here comes the best thing to do during Lent, especially if you knit.presented by Victoria Methodist Bristol Knitalongs--join their facebook group to receive the directions along with reflections as you knit along.
I just returned from a whirl wind trip to Japan and the Far East—and I didn’t even leave my comfy chair! Blogs will do that to you—catch ahold of one and off you go! We sailed through cake baking, doryaki making, sock knitting techniques, whiskey making, and this Swedish Noir
I seem to be on a food craze lately—love reading books that Circle food with people’s lives. After finishing “Kitchen Front” by Jennifer Ryan, I found other books along food lines. One tells the history of Chinese foods—history, myth, and legends of your favorite foods.
Sunday, January 28, 2024
The Weekend
Love me THE WEEKEND! Even though we are retired, there seems to be many events that take place only on the weekend. in our community, we have eleven (yes 11) high schools and during January and February, the fine arts department present their play productions. Fine performances each and every one of these presentations! We have only so much time to devote to seeing these interesting and entertaining events. The price is right! The locations are close! The high schoolers are outstanding! We can't believe we are watching 16-17 year olds on stage--they have such talent, poise, ability! It makes one proud to see our future.
We were fortunate to see three of these plays--One night we attened "Bright Star" a musical--we do love these plays the best! WE are amazed at the singing voices of these "kids"!
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Hear ye! Hear ye!
Couple of things that should be noticed.
First, hearts galore! It’s time to stitch up hearts!
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Not feeling IT!
Just not feeling IT! I’ve not been to the sewing machine for weeks. There are blocks to be made—a start on Bonnie’s new mystery was abandoned after the second week—collecting the steps though as the pattern will soon disappear from her site. Of course, many other quilt ideas lay neglected.
A friend gave me a journal for my birthday—with really nice blank pages. I can’t motivate myself to write on those pages—such a brand new start lies there in front of my eyes.
Here I sit sipping my tea and munching on biscotti
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