SUPPER CLUB - Fourth of July
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 5:48 am
Good morning and Happy Fourth! Aren't we blessed to be living here in the United States of America! I am so grateful for this huge blessing!
Yesterday we spent all day in the yard - 9am to 3pm. Did some cleaning, digging, trimming, planting. Ran to HD for flowers (shasta daisies) and planted them in a barren area. I love daisies. The happiest of all flowers. I also got two 1/2 gal pots of pinks (dianthus). I planted them in some pots and put them on the deck. They smell so wonderfully spicy though I planted them in mulchy compost soil - the kind that really stinks for a few days. it makes for quite a mixture of scents wafting around the deck.
Today's plan is to hopefully finish the yard work. We have lots of company coming in their RV's in the next few weeks and in summer, most of our entertaining is in the yard, so it's like cleaning house before company. Jay & Jackie from Bend, OR and Bob & Betsy from La Grande, OR will both be here JULY 19 for few nights. It's a fluke they are coming at same time, but they are all friends, too, so it will be a good chance to catch up with everyone. Then my sis and DBIL from CO are coming first week of August for two weeks. And Autumn mentioned that she and Antonio MAY make a trip home in early Aug, too, though I haven't heard any more about that, so I'm guessing it won't happen.
I haven't been in my sewing room since Thursday. Maybe tomorrow . . . I'm still trying to make a sample Christmas block and see how it turns out. I'm combining parts from two different patterns. Trying to see if it will work. I've set my GD3 project to the side of my work table for the time being while I figure out my swap block. My Star Bright is at the other side of my work table.
And my living room floor is now littered with piles of donated blocks for the comfort quilts that Tina sent me. I will be trimming them all and sewing them together into tops so we are ready when we need them for any of our group to finish them up. So, while I had nothing going at all a month ago, now I am happily swamped with sewing projects!
LORI - I think it took me a week to cut out my GD3. But it was too hot to turn on the iron to sew anyway, so I just put on my audio book and started cutting. Slow going but I kind of got into a zen state. It was really enjoyable. Ya can't hurry Jen Kingwell!
JANA - well, did they get there???
Yesterday we ended up with the alfredo for supper. It seemed easiest. We were both tired. I just used a jar'd sauce and didn't even doctor it up. Tonite, I think we'll go with a classic Fourth of July supper - BBQ'd burgers and potato salad. We're to get to 77* and sunny today so it will be purrfect out on the deck this evening.
I hope your Fourth is purrfect, too
Yesterday we spent all day in the yard - 9am to 3pm. Did some cleaning, digging, trimming, planting. Ran to HD for flowers (shasta daisies) and planted them in a barren area. I love daisies. The happiest of all flowers. I also got two 1/2 gal pots of pinks (dianthus). I planted them in some pots and put them on the deck. They smell so wonderfully spicy though I planted them in mulchy compost soil - the kind that really stinks for a few days. it makes for quite a mixture of scents wafting around the deck.
Today's plan is to hopefully finish the yard work. We have lots of company coming in their RV's in the next few weeks and in summer, most of our entertaining is in the yard, so it's like cleaning house before company. Jay & Jackie from Bend, OR and Bob & Betsy from La Grande, OR will both be here JULY 19 for few nights. It's a fluke they are coming at same time, but they are all friends, too, so it will be a good chance to catch up with everyone. Then my sis and DBIL from CO are coming first week of August for two weeks. And Autumn mentioned that she and Antonio MAY make a trip home in early Aug, too, though I haven't heard any more about that, so I'm guessing it won't happen.
I haven't been in my sewing room since Thursday. Maybe tomorrow . . . I'm still trying to make a sample Christmas block and see how it turns out. I'm combining parts from two different patterns. Trying to see if it will work. I've set my GD3 project to the side of my work table for the time being while I figure out my swap block. My Star Bright is at the other side of my work table.
And my living room floor is now littered with piles of donated blocks for the comfort quilts that Tina sent me. I will be trimming them all and sewing them together into tops so we are ready when we need them for any of our group to finish them up. So, while I had nothing going at all a month ago, now I am happily swamped with sewing projects!LORI - I think it took me a week to cut out my GD3. But it was too hot to turn on the iron to sew anyway, so I just put on my audio book and started cutting. Slow going but I kind of got into a zen state. It was really enjoyable. Ya can't hurry Jen Kingwell!
JANA - well, did they get there???
Yesterday we ended up with the alfredo for supper. It seemed easiest. We were both tired. I just used a jar'd sauce and didn't even doctor it up. Tonite, I think we'll go with a classic Fourth of July supper - BBQ'd burgers and potato salad. We're to get to 77* and sunny today so it will be purrfect out on the deck this evening.
I hope your Fourth is purrfect, too
