What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

After last week's decluttering, I surveyed this office this morning, and YIKES!!!! I had better get my act together. Actually, I have a pile of books in boxes that were supposed to be picked up in September, but that didn't happen, and now the new date is in November. Then, as I did at my aunt's, I should just start at one side and work my way around. 

I have several bags of books to deal with, a lamp to assemble, and a box for my stick vacuum to recycle. It's amazing how quickly we "unsee ...

I accomplished everything I set out to do yesterday! Did I have high expectations? Not exactly, but I'm trying to get at least three things done. Three somewhat significant things, but that doesn't always work, so I'll take three minor things. 

The biggest issue is that DH and I have been out THREE nights in a row. OK -- that could be taxing on conversation for some couples, but not for us! I keep the chatter going, and I'm sure there are times when he wishes that I would just be quiet. But the conversation is just ...

I get spam in the blog comments all the time, and I try to delete it every day. They still come back, and it's amazing what triggers the comments. 

But yesterday I got spammed differently. And I "almost" got scammed. I received an email from an acquaintance, but she was also part of an organization I belong to. Since the information was vague, I asked for more details. The response came back with legitimate information, although still somewhat vague, and I will say that it crossed my mind why this person would contact me. 

Then I got an email ...

Yes -- someone mentioned that I took the time to clean up as I went and that Studio B will be waiting for me when I get home. Well, it would be waiting for me under any circumstances, but it will be waiting for me with open arms! I don't know why I took the time to put things away, or found a corner of the table to set aside the things that needed to be put away, and then I did it before I left, except for a few things. 

That didn't take that long, and since everything ...

Today I was going to start canning pumpkin.  I have all those sugar pie pumpkins in Puddin Pop's Pumpkin Patch....

I went out for my morning garden stroll with the Hubs.  There was an ear of corn on the ground.  I asked Hubs if he had shucked one of the ears there the night before when he was harvesting for dinner and he said 'no'.  *sigh*  I'm not going to be that gardener who loses all their corn to deer and raccoons.  Hubs changed out plans.  He got the four-wheeler and trailer and we started harvesting.  We planted ...

I have always been frugal.  My Momma was frugal.  As a single parent (remember, my 'real' father committed suicide a month before I turned 3 and my brother was 6 months old), she scrimped and save where she could.  I'm a member of a couple groups online that are for us frugal friends.  I don't garden to be frugal.  I garden to give me joy.....I need to start with that disclaimer.

I have been in the foodservice industry since 1987.  I have been a broker, sales rep, credit manager, buyer....I have seen all facets.  This is ...

I have some Amish friends in Berlin, Ohio.  When the kids were younger, we used to take a weekend and camp on their farm.  There were 3 farm ponds for them to play in and it was a great getaway for us.  Sometimes my sister and her 3 kids would go with us.  Sometimes my almost brother and his 3 kids would go with us.  Sometimes it was both.  (Alvin even asked us once when it was ALL of us if my almost brother was Mormon to have 3 wives and 9 kids.  LOL)  We were awakened in the mornings ...

Bear with me, I have a LOT of photos today, but the sun was shining during my little morning walk.

As I was pulling the pics off, these were still on from Monday.  Two of the grands came to see the baby bunnies - Stella and Luciano.  Visitation is done in the garage on a moving blanket to keep them from escaping and becoming wild bunnies.  LOL

I would be fibbing if I said we don't think about the grandkids when we consider adding new animals to the farm.  That is why I want some of these:

Thank you Google for the pic

When Life Give Us Lemons...

Some have heard these stories, or at least parts of them but some haven’t. Bernina Back in about 1981, I was just starting to do machine piecing but I was also making smocked children’s clothes. I had an old Singer Golden Touch & Sew that I had gotten while in high school so . ....

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Yesterday the horehound I had picked was ready to take out of the freeze dryer. Three quarts and two pints. What I plan to do with it is make tea. I’m not giving medical advice and before using anything like this, please check with your doctor. I almost always taste everything that comes out of...

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Vince and I have been researching herbs, wild plants and weeds, and sometimes one plant fits into all three of those categories, at least in my opinion. Horehound was one of the plants we have growing in abundance but the main crop of it is growing in the middle of weeds that are getting tall...

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For those who are curious about a ginger bug, you can read about it here at Wellness Mama, who has great information on many topics, by the way. We really believe in consuming lots of fermented foods – sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir, miso, kimchi, etc. We made kombucha for years but Vince stopped drinking it and...

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...but I'm close!

By request, I’ll share a few more details about the sprouting process. But, first, there are some risks with sprouts because they are eaten raw and because they grow best in a damp, warm environment, there’s always the risk of e-coli or other bacterial issues. Please keep everything clean and wash your hands and containers...

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Here are before and after pictures – before Vince started keto about this time last year. We stayed on it through June and he lost probably 80 pounds. We got off in June because of the frequent trips to MO and it was hard being on the diet eating out. We’ve solved that issue with...

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Over a decade ago, Vince and I were killing time in Kansas City and wandered into a spice store. I had never even realized such places existed but as we browsed through all the herbs and spices, stopping to smell the varieties they had open, we stopped in our tracks at the Vietnamese Cinnamon display....

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