Cooking

DH's parents were in town this weekend and I had been reading The Pioneer Woman's blog and just had to try her Braised Beef Short Ribs. They were wonderful. I didn't have any wine so just used broth. I would like to try it with wine, too. We will be making this again and again.

Blessings,

No snow for us

Nope and I'm not sorry at all. LOL I am so ready for spring. We normally have winters with on again off again cold. This year has been pretty much consistant. Cold! Today was pretty nice, though. I was at quilt club. I cooked lunch for everybody. Spaghetti, garlic bread, salad, and chocolate pudding. We are quilting the purple 4 patch stacked posies that I made for Mickey. She wanted it bigger and added borders and marked it very nicely with hand quilting stencils. She did a wonderful job. I will try to find a picture and post it.

I have been piecing more string blocks and crumb blocks with pieces trimmed from the strings. I work on them an hour every morning and then in the evenings sometimes. These are for C.A.S.A.  I will post pictures soon. Sorry, I am busy right now.

The baby is doing great. She is gaining weight.

Blessings,

Checking In

I have guild meeting this morning. I have been machine quilting lately so I'm busy with that. We went Monday night to visit DS#2 and fanmily. Read that--hold the baby. We took pork chops cooked in the slow cooker and enjoyed some family time. We hope to repeat this process over the weekend. LOL

We still had some patches of snow in the shade and anywhere the kids built big snowmen yesterday. But with the warm weather we have had it won't stick around.  We are forecast for more snow on Tuesday. Can you believe it?

Gotta go get ready for the meeting.
Blessings everyone,

More Snow!

I measured with my trusty Omnigrid Fons & Porter ruler. It read ten iches in the front yard and 10.5 in the back yard. The news is saying that they got 12 inches in the city.  We've lost some limbs in our pine trees due to the weight of the snow.

If you haven't visited in a few days be sure and scroll down to the post about our new ARRIVAL.

Blessings,

Worst Snowstorm in 30 years

Yes, that is what the news people are saying. I let the dogs out at 6am and the grass was covered with snow. Then at 8am I looked out and it was really coming down and it has snowed all day without stopping. 9 inches!

Ya'll be sure and check the post below for our big news! Oh, did you realize that DGD Paisley was born on 2-10-2010? Pretty cool, huh? Her brother has 7-7-07 for his birthdate.

Blessings,

And here she is!

DGD Paisley was born today! Mother and baby are fine. She weighed 6 lbs. 8oz. and came on the 36th week. She is just perfect.

Thank you for all your prayers for our family.

Blessings,

Brrr! It's cold.

I was really liking the 60 degree weather we were having. 60 degrees has temporarily been replaced by the 20s. We did have some rain first and then the temps fell. We had a few snow flurries but no accumulation. Snow is no longer a novelty. Our temps are supposed to be back in the 50s early in the week.

Update: For those checking on my DDIL--she made it to the 34 week milestone. Yay! The baby weighs over 5 pounds now. Yay! She will remain in the hospital until delivery. Poor DDIL. The plan is -- wait and see what happens. Sounds like pregnancy, right?

I was waiting for a black ink cartridge to come in (thank you, DS#1) so I could print the paper foundations for the ribbon border for the next border on the Star BOM. While waiting I felt the urge to do some string quilting. I had pulled some strings and grouped colors. To make a long story short I got sixteen made and sewed them together into a C.A.S.A. quilt top. I got the backing fabric from our quilt room at Kraz-z Quilters this past Wednesday along with some other fabric. I quickly sewed up another little C.A.S.A. quilt with a novelty print for the center square and some coordinating borders. So now it is time to do some machine quilting and I will post pictures soon.

The ink cartridge came in yesterday so now it is time to switch gears and thread color and piece some ribbon border. Yay!

Oh, I almost forgot. I found a neat blog with lots of links to tutorials. Please check it out. Who can resist free? Freebies for Crafters is great.


Blessings,

Retreat & Progress I made on Star BOM

We had a good time. There were a total of seven.  I'm sorry I didn't think to get someone to take a group picture. Again LOTS of food. I told the ladies--please rethink the amount of food you bring next time. We ate like queens.
Yes, Patsy, there is always lots of talking, too! We call it fellowship. But lots of sewing, too. LOL

I got all the sashing strips, blocks, and setting triangles sewn together and started sewing inner borders before time to go.  I did some sewing and unsewing. LOL It helps to read the instructions correctly. Late night sewing is not good when there are detailed instructions. LOL That's DH holding the quilt top. I will sew the red top and bottom inner border on hopefully tonight and then cut the other inner border that is the same color as the background in the blocks. Then I will start working on the ribbon border as I have time.

Blessings,

Retreat!

Yes, I am going on retreat again! I wasn't quite sure if this was going to work with DDIL in the hospital but I won't be far away. She is in her 32nd week. We went to see her last Wednesday evening and took a crockpot of food for her to have some homemade eats.
I will be working on the Star BOM. Yes, it has become a UFO. I have all my blocks done and I am smack dab in the middle of making sashing. I hope to get a lot done on it. I had to re-read the instructions. It doesn't seem possible that a year has passed. Margo, I think I may have figured out the ribbon border paper piecing. I will let you know; if I get that far and I so hope that I do.

I will post pictures when I get back.

Happy quilting and blessings,