We had such a nice evening! Good friends, good food, good conversation, and good wine. I got out my Valentine things - 1 wreath, 1 quilt, 1 table topper, 2 hot pads, and 1 mug rug - and wore my best red sweater. Bill even wore a red shirt. And supper all turned out great, too. Claudia brought a lemon pavlova for dessert. We were STUFFED!
Thank you all for the anniversary wishes. Time is a funny thing. Looking at 28 years from the starting point it seems forever, but from the other end it seems to have gone by in a flash. There is a quilt show today up in Kitsap Co Fairgrounds, 30 miles north of us. I really would like to go so we just might do that. Bill is always willing, if not exactly eager.
JANA - glad you had a nice birthday. I actually prefer to stretch my celebrating out over a few days so that's the plan I was going with when I sent your wishes a day late. You didn't think I really forgot, did you??
You'll have a great party with Sarah (happy belated birthday to your wonderful DD, too!) and the little ones. And please don't call yourself old, because I'm pretty certain you are younger than I (who will be 69 soon)! Chocolate pie is my son-in-law, Lee's, favorite, too. Mine is sour cream lemon, then raspberry, then cherry. OH, and pumpkin! Love pumpkin, too. And ahh - the wait to see if the kindergarten slot you get will coincide with the rest of your life. That seems like yesterday, too.
BECCA - I'm so glad you found a PC nurse that you like. She sounds much more 'with it' and thoughtful. Now if she could just figure out how to get all those routine blood draws done at home . . .
LORI - One whole cupboard down! How many to go?
My dishes and glasses and stemware are in glass-fronted cabinets. I designed my cupboards myself, and I love those cabinets. If it weren't for Scottie (and Duchess & Lori from across the road) I might not get out every morning, walking. Do you walk trails, streets, park? We live semi-rural and have a wonderful fenced bark park in the woods - about 20 acres - with one big open area to play frizbee and chase - but the rest is all trails through woods, bridges over cricks, hills & valleys. Lots of squirrels to chase. Scott loves that because then he can go off leash. But it also can be muddy, so we don't go there much in the winter. Then we have several paved trails within walking distance of the house, plus 5 different housing developments to sniff our way through. So we walk somewhere different every day. BTW, if you didn't know, and ever need to, choc chip cookies with walnuts are MY favorite, too!CAROL - you really thought it through, food-wise, for the weekend! Your quilt show sounds like the purrfect size. I'm curious to see what the one here is like. I've never been, I don't think. How many people are in your guild? Sometimes I think I'd like to belong to a guild. And I did join one once that turned out to be a misc. craft group instead. They fought and gossiped a lot, and eventually splintered apart into two groups while we were south for the winter one year. Now I'm gun-shy! So I just do my own thing at home and have all my wonderful QIAD peeps as my 'guild'.
Tonite's supper is going to be veggie beef soup. I'll be using the leftover swiss steak and broth, add a diced potato, some veggies, and let it simmer in the crockpot while we go to the quilt show. Yum! We also have two French rolls left.
What's on your menu for tonite?
