SUPPER CLUB - Thursday, June 22nd

[purrfect-lady]

Good morning,

No sleeping tonite. Bill had his phone by the bed for the alarm. He had to get up at 0345 to finish his test prep and Antonio sent us a batch of baby pictures which set the phone off about 0100. And now I'm awake and up. The dog is barking at something - probably another critter going through the yard - and the cat is meowing because he wants me to go watch him eat (yes, that's what cat's do. They like someone to watch them eat.) I'm sure later today Bill will want a nap and maybe I'll join him.

Yesterday I cleaned my sewing room and as I went, I gathered up a few small projects I want to get done: two grocery totes, a wall hanging, my HSH swap blocks, and that ding dang shirt. These should keep me busy and off the streets for a while. Today, while sitting in the waiting room for two hours, I will do some hand embroidery on my OWL blocks. The weather is turning nice, starting today so it's time to get back to the yard work and also to wash bedding and dry the sheets on the line which I think I'll do tomorrow. So I have plenty to keep me from sitting for the rest of the week and weekend.

CAROL - your soups all sound delicious. We both love homemade soups here. People consider them a winter dish, but I like them all year long. Soups are a nice light meal, just right for summer evenings in my opinion. Your farro garden veggie salad also sounds interesting and tasty. Beets and zucchini aside, I love veggies. And even pickled beets are good and zucchini, too, if left raw or just diced and lightly saute'd.

BECCA - I guess 40' isn't too far to go with a light load of laundry. I hope your machines aren't coin-operated, but more like a homey laundry room. Nice to have supper with Alex & family. How far away are they from you? And what did you have?

JANA - Ooooh.... let me know when the next gnocchi/gorgonzola night is - I'll be there! But hold the pinkies!!

TINA - What other projects are you working on right now besides OWL? I've forgotten. Naughty Duncan, eating the walls! Has he always done this? And you know, if that room is the coolest in the house - the 'downstairs', right? - I think I'd make that my sewing room! Or is your sewing room comfy now since you got A/C? And with the temps you are having, aren't you glad you got that A/C!

Well, since I'm up, my boys think they should be eating breakfast and have been pestering me. But if I cave in and feed them, it only takes once and they'll be expecting midnight snacks every night plus wanting to eat again at 0500. We walk a fine line here with these two.

Bill will be looking forward to a nice supper tonite so we'll have our leftover chicken with rice pilaf and a salad. I've missed salads. We usually have them at least 5 nights a week and I start to crave green things after a day or two.

What are you having tonite?

[gershwin64]

Good morning all
Mary, I'd love soup all year long too if I had your summer temps, your summer temps are a lot like our Fall temps and that's when I get back into soups. We had a skunk on our front camera last night about 9 and we saw either the big cat or a dog on our back camera. Kevin and his family are stopping by this morning on their way to Scottsdale and I'm going to see if he can help me hook the camera up to either a tablet, laptop or the tv so we can see a bigger picture and see if we can tell what it was.
Mary, I'm still working on my king size bee quilt LOL I'm very slow and some days I'm too exhausted from cleaning to sew or too hurting to, but I'm still plugging along....I tell ya my brain works faster that my body, I have a list of things I want/ need to get done but I'm not stashing this away and end up forgetting about it so I do what I can.
Becca, 40' is probably nothing to you as much as you walk, I hope anyway.
Carol, I think it was you who asked anyways...Duncan is one of my cocker spaniels, he started eating sheet rock a few years ago and we covered it with a board and he didn't for a long time but he also started eating cardboard, he's lacking something in his diet but we don't know what or why, he's well fed and gets vitamins.
Lori, we're twins! That's exactly how my mind works too
Mary for Bill that all goes easy and the results are all good.
Jana, I've never had that sauce, I'll need to look it up.
Supper, hmmmmmm we're out of a lot of things here, no salad fixings and with temps over 100° salad is all I care to eat. I sure don't want to turn the oven on either. Maybe we have something to grill, I do have pasta I can make.....
Tina

[Becca]

Hello all Been a dreary day with rain coming mostly I went up to mall about 1/2 mile They have a Joanne’s I discovered
Maryz Yes the laundry room is no coin one chair & washers and dryers Alex’s son is about 3 miles from here We had turkey meatloaf wrapped in bacon fruit salad and corn creamed
Tina I have never heard of a dog eating sheet rock Sure hope that cat isn’t back
Carol I’m a soup lover In fact I checked cream of potato for tonite
Yours always sounds good
I choose for tonight potato soup a croissant filled with egg salad and fruit salad
I had to go to eye appointment Now I can’t see to do handwork or paint but got good report
Becca

[zfatcat]

Mary, I bet you are tired. You'll definitely need a nap. Hope all is well with Bill. I actually finish up small projects pretty fast. It's the bigger ones I put off. I think I they take too long and I get bored.

Tina, we had a skunk somewhere close the other night. We've had the windows open at night and I could smell it. It wasn't too bad, so it wasn't in our yard.

Becca, seems like there's no shortage of good food there. Do you miss cooking?

I finished up my flower wall hanging and posted a picture. It came our really nice. I'll put it up in my sewing room. I need to finish up a binding and make labels for the quilts going to the fair. I drop them off tomorrow.

Dinner will be chicken and potatoes on the grill.

Have a lovely day.

[Quilter7]

Good Evening,

Tina - Hope you got the help you needed to hook camera feed to a larger screen. The other day there was a raccoon in the yard during day light hours. I cannot imagine having a large cat out in the yard.

Maryz - Hope Bill's procedure went well today.

Jana - Glad to hear that Kari is buying furniture and getting it moved. I assume they are taking it directly to the new house. They will be moved before moving day!

Becca - Sounds like the weather is restricting your walking. Is there a workout room where you could use an elliptical or bike? I didn't make it to the gym today, because I had too much to do.

Lori - How many quilts have you entered into the fair?

Today I had a hair appointment then went to CostCo for a few things. I washed about half of the kitchen cabinets today too. Dinner this evening was a nice green salad and soup for me and chili for DH.

Carol