have my computer this morning! Hooray! Using the park wifi. It's been a good drive so far, and I-10 through west Texas is a good road. Not so much traffic as in years past. Fuel prices must be keeping all the smart people at home. Today's run will be less than 200 miles where we'll stay in a city park (for free!) on a river. In a big pecan grove. Along the Llano River. And the town decorates the park with tons of lights in the trees this time of year so there will be a pretty light show waiting for us. Businesses in the town each sponsor a tree and decorate it = or at least pay for the decorations. All this is why we cut the last 350 miles into two days - so we can enjoy this park.
To those who were worried we were freezing - we have plenty of propane. It was just our first (of three) tanks that ran out in the middle of the night. All that got cold was my nose. We just switched the valve and we were soon cookin' and baskin'! Bill could leave the valve open and the tanks would switch automatically, but then he has no way to tell when the tanks empty. Usually, when they run out, it's in the middle of cooking supper. lol!
CAROL - glad you are keeping that green quilt! It's lovely! And yes, I find when using blocks from different people 1/4" seams can differ. We've done quilting for one person in our local life (who isn't on this forum) whose seams range from a couple fraying threads to 1/2".
BECCA - you got a lot done to be home by 11:00! It does feel good. Maybe one of your family can bring your tree up for you this weekend, and after the holidays, is there some place you could store it so it wouldn't be downstairs? Or could you get a smaller one? I'm all for the biggest trees possible, but small is better than none.
LORI - yes, I think my embroidery will look a lot better with the fused backing. I saw a similar pattern yesterday on my phone for "Winter Wonderland". I like that even better! Wish I'd seen it first.
JANA - I'm sure you were busy cooking something tasty yesterday. Has Thanksgiving figured itself out at your house yet?
TINA - how is Dad's dental work? Will he be able to eat some turkey?
We didn't eat our spaghetti last night after all. It seemed too heavy a meal when all we're doing is sitting all afternoon. So we had a can of minestrone soup. I added extra broth and some orzo and it was pretty good. I would love to have added some more kidney beans, too, but then we'd have been caught in that leftover trap - leftovers from leftovers. We might have the spaghetti tonite for early supper since it will be a short day, and we'll skip lunch.
How about you?
