It is winter again

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We finished off the leftovers tonight but still have some turkey.
We had new windows put in on Monday and they are so nice and different than the old ones. The old ones were 26 years old so things have really improved.

This is the mini quilt I received from Ely on HGTV the other day. It is so pretty in all 1930's fabrics.
I mailed out my ornaments on Wednesday and they should be receiving them by tomorrow.  Pa. and DC aren't that far away.
We haven't started shopping yet but since we only buy for DD it won't take too long. I don't enjoy shopping at all. I got burned out a long time ago. Thanks for reading

A cold and dreary Saturday.....

For the past two days it has been cloudy and sometimes foggy. 
I have bought the turkey and most of the vittles for the big day Thursday. I am making an apple-cranberry pie. I also will have 5 cup salad, dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and rolls.  I really do not mind fixing this meal but this time I am using a bag to bake the turkey. It cooks much faster in one and very evenly. I will let you know how it goes.
I finished making 12 hexagon blocks but can't figure out how to put the quilt together. Part of the problem is that I removed the paper and they are floppy. 
DD was here today for lunch the time really flies because she only stays around 2 hours. She is coming Thursday too.
I am working on an embroidery thing I bought years ago and didn't finish. It is printed and also has colored in areas; the theme is cats and I will make a pillow for DD.
My ornaments for the swaps are finished but I haven't photographed them yet.  They turned out well and I have to mail them this coming week.
Have a great weekend and Thanksgiving.

Darlene

 

It's a cold but sunny morning...

I can't believe this is the second week of November. My DD's birthday was yesterday she is 44 now. She was due in January way back then but showed up pretty early.
I have been working on a bazillion hexagons but it is a lot of fun. I am doing the blocks in florals then last round is black. It is a small quilt though.

I received my pin cushion from Jean on Block Central he is the cutest thing and quite large. She put in a lot of work on this and I really appreciate it.
I am also making ornaments for other swaps and then have the big one for December at QIAD which is a Secret Santa. It's fun to do these.
We had snow flurries last Friday morning but nothing significant. My DH did put the snow blower in the garage though just in case. LOL
Keep on quilting

Darlene

Cloudy, rainy and windy Tuesday....

They warned us it would rain but also said we would have a lot of wind didn't happen thanks to you know who.

I finally finished the mini quilt for the swap at HGTV and am glad. I will be mailing it out tomorrow. I also finished the pumpkin pin cushion last week and will mail it out too.
Last Saturday we went to the Heart of Ohio antique mall. I found 3 cross stitch magazines from the 90's for $1 each. My DH bought some 1956 Ohio license plates for our 56 Chevy. He is allowed to put them on the car after paying $4.50 to register them. I think that is so neat.
They are celebrating Halloween this Thursday as Beggar's Night instead of the 31st like most places.  I loved going Trick or Treating when I was a kid.

Darlene

Chilly Friday

A little rain and now sunshine.  We need the rain so badly.
I haven't done much in the way of sewing I did make a pumpkin pin cushion but I think I will try something else. They don't take very long to make and I have a lot of patterns from the Web.
I also finished a book by Peter Perelli called Francesca's Kitchen and it is such a good well written book.  I had read another book of his awhile ago.
I am now reading The Birthdays and it's an easy read too.
My Ohio friends from HGTV are having a get together on Tuesday but I chose not to attend and I probably won't go to another quilt show either. It's a long story but I wish them well.
Maggie our dog is getting groomed today I was almost ashamed to take her in there; she was in bad shape since July was her last one.
 She always does well for these gals but not for me. LOL

What a beautiful day

It is 66° right now, sunny and just a pretty day; we even had rain yesterday.
I want to share this brownie recipe with you from an old cookbook I got in 1965 during the Vietnam war. It is called Salute to Cooking and I bought it from a woman I worked with. Her husband was in the service.


                                      BROWNIES
Grease bottom only of a 8" square pan.
2/3 cup flour, 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/3 cup butter or stk. margarine, 2 squares unsweetened chocolate, 2 eggs beaten, 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 cup broken nuts (opt.)
Melt in a small bowl in the microwave the butter and chocolate squares, then stir well.
In a larger bowl mix together flour, salt and baking powder. Add chocolate mixture, eggs, sugar and vanilla. Stir until well blended.  Add nuts if desired.


Bake at 350° for 18 minutes. Do not overbake. Cool cut and frost if desired.

Cooler weather ahead....

It is a sunny morning and nice and cool. We had 90's all week, whew!
Yesterday I bought two cans of pumpkin for a pie and Coolwhip. But I forgot the evaporated milk. So this morning I hurry down to the little corner store and it's not open (this is 7:15 am). So I thought I will run to Walmart I know it's open.  I got two cans of Carnation because I will be making another pie soon. I run back home watch Fons and Porter on PBS. Jump up and start the pie dough I always use a 10" pie dish for these because it makes a lot of filling.
Of course I have trouble with it sticking but manage to get it rolled out and start to make my filling. I use cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice and no cloves which I can't stand. The spice contains a little but not much.
I get it in the oven and watch Sewing with Nancy and it is good about Amish quilts.
I have the dishes washed, the pie done and cooling and it is only 8:45am how great is that?
 I always let the pie cool on the counter and then refrigerate to get cold I love cold pumpkin pie.
I have picked out my pattern for the mini quilt swap at HGTV and it is so cute of a Santa with buttons for a beard. I can't wait to start it. It's not due until the middle of November.
I am doing well on my Xstitch picture and I hope to have it framed when I am done. They have coupons to have it done professionally at Joann's or Hobby Lobby.
My DH is doing well and I have been cleared of doing drops for my eyes. I graduated so to speak. LOL I don't even have to get new glasses if I want. Yeah!
Have a wonderful weekend     Darlene