SUPPER CLUB - Monday, Feb 24
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 6:51 am
Good morning,
Hope everyone had a good weekend! We had Sue and Kenn here on Saturday and as always, they are such fun! Yesterday was a stormy day - we even had thunder and lightening! Lots of wind. Trees fell over houses, and across roads and cars. One critical injury when a big fir fell and sliced a house in half. We had no damage here other than now we have to rake again, but we were keeping our eyes open for sure! I worked on my second ding dang orphan quilt top and got it finished. Then I laid out more blocks and units for a third. My living room floor is covered in mis-matched blocks of all sizes! And I still have a stack of unused blocks! This is turning into a much bigger project than I'd anticipated! But a fun one. I have a chiro appt this morning and I'll ride along to Bill's dr appt this afternoon, but I'll sew in between. I've already got a stack of Civil War fabrics pulled in anticipation of Mary Q's Underground RailRoad swap coming up in a few weeks. I'm excited about this one. I love the history behind this quilt, I love the fabrics, I love using QIAD's patterns, and I love supporting our forum and our swap hostesses. Oh, and I love sewing! lol! I think my mom would be proud and I love that, too!
JANA - I wondered if that was the case with your cake pan. I've made angel food cakes from scratch, but not for many, many years. I haven't even made one from a mix for many years! I had two pans, but finally got rid of one of them - it was square and I couldn't get the cake out of it because it STUCK TO THE SIDES. LOL! And yes, about the tree, we know we can cut any branches on our sides. The tree is so big that all the branches are WAAY up there with no way to reach them. So if that tree fell, there are no branches to break it's fall, and it would slice our house in two like a knife. And it leans our way. Actually, I like the tree - it shades our side yard where we congregate in summertime. But it's a dangerous bugger. If it fell, it would go right down the length of our house. With conditions like we had yesterday, we try to stay in the other end of the house where there might not be so much damage if it fell. Happily, that's where the sewing room is! After three registered letters, one from our attorney, plus written reports from two arborists, I can't believe the owner still ignores this tree. The renters tell us he's a landlord from heck. Only they didn't say heck. And on the other side of us we have the lovely Vicki! And such is our life!
TINA - how was the birthday party? I can't believe how old our kids are getting! Is your ear better this morning?
LORI - saw your grandpuppies on FB. What a fun looking crew! I love big dogs and German shepherds are at the top of the list along with goldens, labs, and collies. You've got a good gig going there for your visit! Hope you are getting out to the quilt shops! And nope, no tree to deal with yesterday. But with the ground so saturated, and that tree so rotten (a man can stand inside the rotten trunk) we were concerned and "be'd ware" all day long with the wind.
BECCA - sorry your post went *POOF*. I have a tendency to not pick my fingertips up completely from the keyboard and that happens to me, too, sometimes. It's frustrating!
IRISH - are you home yet??
We are still eating tetrazzini here. Enough left for two small servings tonite so I'll make a big salad to go with. And maybe a French roll each. I have a package in the freezer leftover from some dinner a few weeks ago.
How are your supper prospects looking?
Hope everyone had a good weekend! We had Sue and Kenn here on Saturday and as always, they are such fun! Yesterday was a stormy day - we even had thunder and lightening! Lots of wind. Trees fell over houses, and across roads and cars. One critical injury when a big fir fell and sliced a house in half. We had no damage here other than now we have to rake again, but we were keeping our eyes open for sure! I worked on my second ding dang orphan quilt top and got it finished. Then I laid out more blocks and units for a third. My living room floor is covered in mis-matched blocks of all sizes! And I still have a stack of unused blocks! This is turning into a much bigger project than I'd anticipated! But a fun one. I have a chiro appt this morning and I'll ride along to Bill's dr appt this afternoon, but I'll sew in between. I've already got a stack of Civil War fabrics pulled in anticipation of Mary Q's Underground RailRoad swap coming up in a few weeks. I'm excited about this one. I love the history behind this quilt, I love the fabrics, I love using QIAD's patterns, and I love supporting our forum and our swap hostesses. Oh, and I love sewing! lol! I think my mom would be proud and I love that, too!
JANA - I wondered if that was the case with your cake pan. I've made angel food cakes from scratch, but not for many, many years. I haven't even made one from a mix for many years! I had two pans, but finally got rid of one of them - it was square and I couldn't get the cake out of it because it STUCK TO THE SIDES. LOL! And yes, about the tree, we know we can cut any branches on our sides. The tree is so big that all the branches are WAAY up there with no way to reach them. So if that tree fell, there are no branches to break it's fall, and it would slice our house in two like a knife. And it leans our way. Actually, I like the tree - it shades our side yard where we congregate in summertime. But it's a dangerous bugger. If it fell, it would go right down the length of our house. With conditions like we had yesterday, we try to stay in the other end of the house where there might not be so much damage if it fell. Happily, that's where the sewing room is! After three registered letters, one from our attorney, plus written reports from two arborists, I can't believe the owner still ignores this tree. The renters tell us he's a landlord from heck. Only they didn't say heck. And on the other side of us we have the lovely Vicki! And such is our life!
TINA - how was the birthday party? I can't believe how old our kids are getting! Is your ear better this morning?
LORI - saw your grandpuppies on FB. What a fun looking crew! I love big dogs and German shepherds are at the top of the list along with goldens, labs, and collies. You've got a good gig going there for your visit! Hope you are getting out to the quilt shops! And nope, no tree to deal with yesterday. But with the ground so saturated, and that tree so rotten (a man can stand inside the rotten trunk) we were concerned and "be'd ware" all day long with the wind.
BECCA - sorry your post went *POOF*. I have a tendency to not pick my fingertips up completely from the keyboard and that happens to me, too, sometimes. It's frustrating!
IRISH - are you home yet??
We are still eating tetrazzini here. Enough left for two small servings tonite so I'll make a big salad to go with. And maybe a French roll each. I have a package in the freezer leftover from some dinner a few weeks ago.
How are your supper prospects looking?