It's Inauguration Day! May God continue to bless our wonderful country!
We are 23*, feels like 13* this morning. Brrrr!! 60% chance of snow tomorrow. Warming up by Wed night.
LORI - I love your quilt! That is one of my favorite blocks (54/40 or fight) and set on point like you did makes it even more beautiful! At home, I almost always use fresh everything, chicken included, except in a cooking emergency, but when we're in the trailer, cans and boxes are my friends.
JANA - Your chicken recipe sounds tasty. I used to make a similar dish but used fresh chicken breasts and onion soup mix. I haven't made it in years, but you brought it back to my mind.
LYN - I think I won't be buying canned chicken in Canada! Thanks for the warning. lol! Is your painter coming back today to fix the error of his way? How is Garry? I've been thinking about quesadillas. I also make them with refried beans, diced chilies, a few red pepper flakes. A great travelin' meal! Thanks again!
VAL - Sounds like your quilt was giving you a little sass yesterday. In fact, it must have been a lot of sass if, for a break, you chose to clean your kitchen! I think you said you were going to work on your DD's quilt but I've forgotten which quilt that is. Remind me I Googled your Windsong BOM. I'd forgotten what it looks like. Holy cats!! How old will you be when you finish that beast? Will yours be 107"x107"? I saw one finished for sale on Etsy for more than $1,000. That was probably a bargain. Should have been priced over $3,000. And don't count yo yo's out yet! You have a big trip planned and they are a great way to take quilting on the road without a lot of fuss or supplies . . . . Just sayin' . . .
JUDI - Aut said she plans to put my yo yo quilt on her office wall. Not sure how she is going to do that - it's a small office and one wall is all windows out into the library. They don't have a couch at home, but just a few chairs. But not my problem! She really liked it and actually asked for it. She is also getting the finished Valentine tablerunner I made as a finished example for my class. So two things I don't have to squeeze back into our trailer!
TINA - what is wrong with your hands? We've used the Snappers for years. Bill says after you use them a while they 'break in' (kind of like breaking in shoes) and are easier to put on but still can be difficult when snapping them over bulky seams. There are videos that show how to use them. You might watch them and see if they look difficult for you. Do you know if Cindy uses hers? If not, maybe she'd sell them for a "used" price. Your chicken recipe sounds good, too. Mine is sort of a cross between yours and Jana's. Now I'm hungry for chicken and rice!! We watched the Rams game yesterday. To be honest, I didn't care who won, but I was kind of rooting for the Rams because I thought L.A. could use an emotional boost.
MARY Q - sorry about all the frogging, But I hope you didn't have to remove the entire length of the borders but just where they attached at the bad row. I forgot to buy chicken yesterday so no chicken and rice for us for a while.
CHRISS - what's cookin' at your house today? Has Dad been coming as often as he was? Thursday is only 3 days away again!

I talked to Sharona. She has been busy with holidays, guests, and not feeling too well. She has her cardiac ablation Jan 22nd. She says hi to all and hopes to be back with us again after her procedure.
We are going to Amara's today. Autumn is off for the holiday but according to Antonio, still feeling 'crappy' and would love for us to come take over Amara. Not sure what is wrong but my guess is a combo of her stressful job, her finger injury, and stress over her first colonoscopy tomorrow all has something to do with it. She has always reacted to stress with nausea/vomiting even when she was little. Antonio says he is exhausted and sleep deprived. I could tell him that women all over the world handle multiple kids, cooking, cleaning, shopping, gardening, holidays, sewing Halloween and play costumes, AND jobs, often when they or their kids are sick, but I don't think he wants to hear it right now. Or ever.


Since I finished all my machine sewing projects - oh, I could get my BeWitched blocks out and sew those together if I wanted - I'm back to just my embroidery project so I pulled it out again last night. It's kind of hard to do because there is a big long-haired black cat that wants to sit on my lap when I try to stitch. He and my white fabric don't mix well. So stitching times vary according to my cat's moods. And I think tonite's supper is going to be goulash. Like my Mom used to make with hamburger, tomatoes, macaroni, cheese, etc. Half for tonite and half for the freezer. My freezer is getting kind of full. A good thing.
Happy today! Make it a good one!
mary z
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