Can you believe it - Sept is already 1/3 gone! Becca's and my half-birthdays will be here before you know it!! (that's Sept 22 and 23 for those of you keeping track.
)Bill said Ernie was possibly, maybe, a teensy, tiny little bit improved yesterday. Or else they caught him in a good moment. He's going to be transferred to an extended care facility near our house very soon. Will be a relief not to have to make that 90-mile round trip twice a week!
My Alaskan SIL was discharged from Fairbanks Hospital yesterday after 6 weeks. Her Alz is so advanced that she couldn't remember how to talk on the phone last week. There is no money for a facility, yet they don't qualify for Medicaid. So she has gone to my niece's tiny little house. It took a team of several people on 3 shifts to care for Marge in the hospital. Now my niece has to do it 24/7 while babysitting her little grandson before and after school and trying to hold down a job managing 7 rental properties. This won't be good. Marge has her days and nights flipped so there will be no sleeping in niece, Laurie's house from now on.
Yesterday I made a small wall-hanging out of the stitched part of a pillow I cross-stitched for my mom more than 35 years ago. Now to find wall space in my sewing room for it. It's about 15" square and will hang on the diagonal. I also got a good start on that cross-stitched quilt label. Today - maybe clean that linen closet that is nagging at me. And the catch-all drawer in the main bathroom needs a good purge. But Bill gave me an early Christmas present yesterday that I want to play with - Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage II. He forgot he ordered it (he is definitely NOT a last-minute shopper!) and when it arrived yesterday we opened up this 'mystery box'. Surprise!! I love it!
JANA - thank you for your kind words. Sometimes we lose patience and then I feel so guilty. Sometimes we get so frustrated. Well, I'm thinking this next Bridezilla wedding might not be too big a production if they only have 10 weeks to pull it together . . . But we'll sit back and enjoy the antics with you! Recipes! Several years ago I spent months carefully hand-writing all our favorite family recipes out for all my kids. I chose a special box and cards that reflected each one's personality. Later, I realized I'd lost one of my most treasured recipes and when I asked the kids if I could get a copy of it from them, not one of them had saved the box or even the recipes.
IRISH - sounds like you might need that summer furniture out a little longer! Lucky you! I'm starting to bring in all my yard art. In a few weeks, the cushions and quilts will come in off the covered deck. Winter, she is a-comin'! Thank you for the Shoo Fly Cake recipe! I made it yesterday and Bill pronounced it a keeper. I tried to text you a photo of it, but it wouldn't 'go'. But know it was tasty! Funny molasses story - when my kids were little, we stirred a few teaspoons of molasses into a glass of milk and called it Bunny Milk for the bunny on the Brer Rabbit Molasses label. Well, some years ago Brer Rabbit decided to take the bunny off the label. This seemed outrageous to me and to my friend, Carol. So we started a writing campaign, told them about "bunny milk", and said they were Brer RABBIT, for gosh sakes! They not only brought the bunny back, but he's big and prominent on the label now! You're welcome.
BECCA - I think I'm busy, but your days exhaust me! Your house must be the most sparkly in all of NC! I wouldn't mind if you came and visited me! You might have to make it a looong visit, but that's OK. I have LOTS of chores - er, I mean opportunities for entertainment . . .
We should invite Jana, too. She seems to like "opportunities for entertainment", too! The more the merrier, right?MARY ROSE - oh no!! You had to make a trip to the LQS! I should have been there with you - you know - for support. I could have helped you. Helped you spend! lol! Keeping faith that all your medical tests and exams come out A-OK.
Supper last night was soup, but it ended up being chicken enchilada soup. I didn't know that was a ''thing", yet I found I had 3 recipes for it!
Now I have only one. Bill really liked it. Not sure if we're going to have leftovers of that or pork chops and mashed potatoes tonite. I'm kind of tired of Mexican. And what can I get for you?
