It's only 55* this morning, but still fine for deck sitting so that's where I am with all y'all and my coffee. And my cat. I took my shower early because I have two early appts this morning - chiro and eye right after and it takes my hair a few hours to dry. When I get home, I'll be getting into the pickle business. Dills and bread & butter. I'll be using wide mouth quarts because I have 28 wide mouth lids and only 5 regular. And can't find any more lids. I could order some I guess but they wouldn't get here in time.
Yesterday I finished making all the blocks for my Spell Dancer quilt. Whew! 78 blocks in all - various patterns and sizes. Now to assemble it, which will take about a week. But I'll be finishing up my Halloween swap blocks first before I get back to the quilt.
Our Boondockers for tonite had to cancel - their RV is in for repairs. But we still have another couple booked for Thurs & Fri and yet another couple asking for Saturday night. We may become much busier than we'd anticipated . . .
We really enjoyed our evening with Bill's friends from exercise class. We are all so different yet click well together. Supper was BBQ'd ribs - tasty, but I always think of ribs as more of an activity rather than a meal. So much effort for so little reward.
TINA - How is your aunt doing? And Iris? I hope I can remember to talk to our vet about Parvo when our kids go in for their shots and exams in Oct. They are immunized but I know it's more prevalent in some areas than others. Those pictures are so cute! Especially the one of her as a puppy looking over Kevin's shoulder.
JANA - hope you found everything you needed at Joann's. a year or two ago we ordered a pack of 100 regular sewing machine needles and I'm slowly working my way through it. I do have specialty needles in the smaller 5-paks. What book did you order?
BECCA - Was the storm you had Fred? And Grace is coming up soon - will that hit you? Hard to keep track here on our coast. What did CA have done at the dentist? Bill's mouth is good now. He was still a little sore yesterday. He goes back after 4 months for the next step in his implant. I didn't realize your family had in-laws so close to me. Oly is about 45 miles.
I think we'll grill chicken tonite. We have potato salad leftover from last night that I took to our friends. Just enough for two. And I'll add a green salad. I think I'll be tired after a day in the kitchen doing pickles. So this will be a no-cook (for me!) meal.
How's things looking in your kitchen?
I told Kevin that she wants a steak from Texas Roadhouse. Parvo is soooooo contagious and can spread so fast and is so deadly. They have to keep their other dog; Calla away from Iris for a month and poor Calla is so sad to not have her partner in crime. Thankfully Calla didn't get it but still possibly could even though she's vaccinated too.