Not a lot happening here. I got all my fabric sorted, scraps in a big tote, and more crazy blocks finished. Total 78 now. That's about all I accomplished yesterday. Then I made that meatloaf. I have to say it was the best meatloaf ever ate. I'm not a big meatloaf person, but I had two helpings! There is quite a bit of hot sauce and cayenne in it and I cut that by 1/3, but otherwise, I made it exact to recipe. We'll be eating meatloaf for a while now. We had baked potatoes last night - we may have them again tonite if Bill wishes. And the fresh veggies are gone so it will be canned green beans or corn, or frozen peas . .
IRISH - so good to hear from you. You are really settling into your new home and making it yours. And those last boxes can wait. They aren't going to run off! The masks are never ending. We have a friend who is a doctor and teaches at a medical college and even HE couldn't get masks! Since the school is all on line now, and not in a clinical setting, they wouldn't issue him a mask so he asked for two of my cotton masks for him and his wife. But, like you, I didn't use pipe cleaners. Some people were using floral wire, but I would worry about the ends poking through and that's close to the eyes! And speaking of eyes, they are also a portal for this virus, so if you are out and about, wearing a mask, I personally think we should also be wearing glasses or eye protection of some kind. So sad to hear about Tim's sister. I don't know him, but I'm sending cyber hugs to him anyway.
LORI - I suppose that was risky talk yesterday regarding Mother Nature. But the joke would be on her - I love snow! lol! If your son is in AZ, who's taking care of your grand-dogs?? Hope he stays safe! Every day for the last 3 days I've been planning to work in the yard in the afternoon, and every day I find a good excuse to not do it. But I really should today. I fed my roses over the weekend so I'm good there for a bit, but the few flowerbeds I have are pretty bad and need some TLC.
BECCA - You've reminded me that I probably should change our dental cleaning appts. They are for May 5th which seemed safe enough at the time, but now I'm wondering if I should make them for August. Mmmm... Beth's Baguettes - sounds yummy!
JANA - 3 extra bags of groceries?! Lucky! My luck, I would be the one who arrived home to find I was MISSING 3 bags of groceries!
Glad your oven got fixed - but that repair cost more than my whole stove did (in 2008)! Glad the power co. is going to pay for it.Chickie texted me yesterday. She is still making bonnets and masks as fast as she can. I think she is outfitting the entire staff of a small rural hospital. 60 bonnets and 100 masks. The nurses provided the fabric. Plus, she has another bottle baby in a pen under her porch - a sweet little black bull calf. He was a tiny twin that his mama rejected. He now knows who his REAL mama is!
So she is busy, busy, busy. She said she took time yesterday morning to make a big pot of taco soup that should feed Doyle for a few days so she won't have to cook.I know Tina's dad came home from the hospital and it was a new med for A-fib that was causing his problems. Other than that, I haven't heard any updates from her.
So, supper tonite - leftover meatloaf, and everything else to be decided later. We're down to our last few slices of bread so I'll be baking bread today or tomorrow. I stocked up on flour at the beginning of March, knowing we wouldn't be running to the store for anything any time soon. We have a bag of frozen sirloin burgers, too, and I have Judi's recipe for hamburger buns so I'll be baking those soon, too.
How's the larder looking at your house?
