I hope everyone is 'weathering' the deep freeze OK. We are cozy here inside our trailer. It's insulated for four seasons. But outside - BRRRRRR!!!
JANA - poor Ethan! I saw on the news that whooping cough is on the rise all over. I hope his abx kick in quickly. What new Lori Holt book did Sarah buy? QIAD had one on sale last week.
FLO - nope! I don't think it's bad at all to wish your DDIL doesn't find her zipper-needing something. But until she does, and as long as you're not busy, my hubby has a leather jacket with a broken zipper and I know right where it's at . . . .
LYN - which suburb of Austin were you in yesterday for Garry's retinologist's appt? We are parked in Hudson Bend, south of Cedar Park and just north of Lakeway at Sun Outdoors RV Resort. Hope his eyes are OK. And you are adjusting to your new glasses. And how is little Minnie. Scott's stools turn "soft serve" if he gets anything spicy or strongly flavored. I carry pumpkin with us when we travel just in case. Did you get that dry-waller lined up?
CHRISS - So nice to have a guy like your neighbor who just wants to help other people. Did you get your binding on your quilt yesterday? Elliott's a lucky little boy! Yes, sometimes we make chili dogs. We're not big hot dog fans, but sometimes you just gotta have one. I like to split the dog most, but not all the way through, spread it open and grill it. Then into the bun it goes, chili on top, with grilled onions, shredded cheddar, and sour cream. I think of chili as winter food, but chili dogs as summer food. Go figure.
TINA - happy birthday to your dad. I bet he loved his supper! Sorry your foot is still bugging you. Are you wearing shoes? My friend, Susie, is having terrible foot problems since her back surgery and is seeing a podiatrist. She had to get special shoes and then she got some special sox on-line. Expensive so she only bought one pair to start. But she said they are wonderful so she's ordering a second pair of sox. Valentine placemats will be cool. I saw our living/dining room yesterday on our security cameras. I put out my Valentine table topper and one and only V quilt before we left. It was fun to see that I'm all set for Valentine's at home. One of these days I want to make another V quilt so I have one for our downstairs family room, too.
MARY Q - I'd be going for that omelet, too! We don't have many Perkins in WA but I've been to them in other parts of the country. Kind of like a Denny's but better. And yes, hopefully we're all good now and will be able to leave here on time. Our hitch is enroute via truck and should be here Friday. It cost $3,300 with another $300 or so to install it. Add this to the $6,400 turbo we had to buy in CO and this has turned into a very expensive trip! Our savings is really taking a hit. At least insurance will reimburse us for the hitch. We learned yesterday from a friend back home that was in the insurance business that in Texas, anyway, AAA is only a broker for other insurances. They don't really have AAA insurance down here. This may be part of their problem. But now it's off our hands and we'll let our own insurance deal with them.
VALERIE - my sewing is also spread over two rooms - my sewing room with the machine, cutting table, fabric, etc. and across the hall is the long arm and under it are totes with backing fabrics, my wools, and batting. I would love to have one huge room for it all but this works well. When does your new machine arrive?
LORI - I hope Dad is doing better soon. I'm glad you are enjoying your line dancing. I had an entire binder full of choreographies but made the mistake of loaning it to a friend who never returned it. She is now deceased and it's her husband who is the hard core hoarder so I know our binder is gone forever.
JUDI - glad you got into your sewing room yesterday. That had to feel good! When do you leave for FL? And how long will you be gone? I'm getting excited for you!
IRISH - what's the floor report?
Yesterday was a quiet day in the trailer. I sewed most of the day and got more 4" blocks finished. Only 92 left to go! Sounds like a lot but when you compare it to the 347 this quilt takes, maybe it's not so many.
We babysit 3, sometimes 4 days a week. We have to have rest days. It's not the babysitting that tires us out so much as the 45 mi RT commute through awful traffic! We keep wishing for an RV park closer to the kids, but there just isn't one. Today, it's back to Amara's. We'll be taking our laundry with us today. Talk around the trailer this morning is maybe salad and nachos for supper.
Happy Hump Day!
mary z
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no snow yet but we still have a chance.... I'm sure hoping we get it.
