Hi guys!
Spring Break and today was just beautiful! My schedule got changed around this week to accommodate those who were going out of town and I got Friday off. I haven't had Friday off in over a year, and I gotta say, I really enjoyed this one. (to clarify, I got of Christmas and New Year's, but those weren't really typical Fridays). Friday is Pizza Day. It has been for about 11 years or so. Back in the day, I always made everything from scratch and we would put whatever we had in the fridge or pantry on our pizzas. We have had some really interesting treats. But when I started working Friday's, I had to start buying pizzas because there just wasn't time between getting home from work and bed time to make dough from scratch and really enjoy the process. But not today...today we are having homemade pizza, and they smell quite yummy.
Also on my lovely day, I planted some potatoes and broccoli/cabbage/cauliflower and fenced the chickens out of the asparagus bed. They think it's quite tasty as well, but I'm just not willing to give up 6 weeks of garden fresh, home grown organic asparagus to them. Not this year. I bound an afghan (I know, right?) for a client who thought it needed a more "finished" look. That was a little weird, but there was a paycheck involved, so I did it. I baked a couple of loaves of Italian Herb Bread and made a failed batch of Mozzarella cheese. I know this sounds sad, but a failed batch of mozzarella is a delightful batch of ricotta. So all is well.
Plus, I met a wonderful lady at the shop yesterday. A kindred spirit! Her name is Debbie too and she told me that the name "Debbie" means busy bee. I always knew the bee part, but never occurred to me the ramifications of that. She teaches homesteading classes so of course we hit it off really well and went off on a rambling conversation involving goats, chickens and cheese making. She has invited me over to see what I'm doing wrong in my cheese endeavors so hopefully by this time next week, I'll be an official cheese maker. Wish me luck.
The pizza is done and C is getting plates out and DH is wandering around with a hungry look on his face so I better skedaddle.
Peace,
Deb
Friday, March 19, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Quick Note
Hi all,
here's a quick update on what's been happening. Well, it's been really cold and wet and snowy this winter. We had the first White Christmas in 82 years AND we had a record setting snow fall a few weeks ago. 9 inches of snow in North Texas. Never before recorded. So that was pretty cool. Of course, that's made my gardening pretty difficult. I was off of work today and the sun was shining so I got outside and started my fall clean up chores. I cleared all the dead vines of the side of the garage and the fence, weeded one of the front beds and started clearing out all of the wood splitting debris. I'm taking it to the west side of the property where the ground is lower and starting to fill in holes. Maybe I'll get enough over there so it won't flood when it rains. I guess that's a few years worth of wood chips. One of my good friend's husband is a landscape architect and he came over and measured the front and side yard and is drawing me up an edible landscape design. I told him lots of heirlooms and edibles, and I wanted it to look very cottage-y. I traded for it by altering a few of their daughter's dresses (prom, etc) so it was a good deal. I'm hoping for several berry bushes and quite a few dwarf fruit trees. It's all so exciting! After they left, I headed back outside and finished up clearing off the back patio. Over the winter it just becomes a catch all and gets pretty cluttered. It is somewhat presentable now. I'll need to get new chair cushions and an umbrella for the table this year.
I've been looking at truck that's for sale up at the local gas station. It's a wicked cool 1973 Ford F100 pickup. It's an awesome green that matches my eyes. A girl's gotta have a truck that matches her eyes. I'm meeting the owner at it on Monday to look it over, start her up and maybe discuss his asking price. He said it was negiotiable, and that's good, because we think it's pretty high. I've been praying about it and feel like if it's the plan, than things will work out. This will be MY truck and then C can take the Kia Rio back to school with her in the fall. It's been a difficult year with her not having one. I've only seen her 3 times since August, parent's weekend, thanksgiving and Christmas. Spring break starts next friday. She always has to bum a ride with someone, and so far, her friends have been quite good about hauling her around, but she's not able to get a job or visit home or any of those things and I can't afford to take off of work to go down and get her. Hopefully, this truck thing will work out and we can all have a vehicle. And she could even get a job over the summer. I guess we'll see what happens. Cross your fingers for me.
Other than that, I'm just sewing like a maniac both on shop samples (I have 5 of them right now) and also on repairs AND on machine quilting jobs. It's a busy life these days.
I guess that's about it. I suppose I should get back to the sewing room. DH wpn't be home til after 10, so I have a few more hours of sewing time. Or maybe I'll just go read. It's so very tempting.
:)
here's a quick update on what's been happening. Well, it's been really cold and wet and snowy this winter. We had the first White Christmas in 82 years AND we had a record setting snow fall a few weeks ago. 9 inches of snow in North Texas. Never before recorded. So that was pretty cool. Of course, that's made my gardening pretty difficult. I was off of work today and the sun was shining so I got outside and started my fall clean up chores. I cleared all the dead vines of the side of the garage and the fence, weeded one of the front beds and started clearing out all of the wood splitting debris. I'm taking it to the west side of the property where the ground is lower and starting to fill in holes. Maybe I'll get enough over there so it won't flood when it rains. I guess that's a few years worth of wood chips. One of my good friend's husband is a landscape architect and he came over and measured the front and side yard and is drawing me up an edible landscape design. I told him lots of heirlooms and edibles, and I wanted it to look very cottage-y. I traded for it by altering a few of their daughter's dresses (prom, etc) so it was a good deal. I'm hoping for several berry bushes and quite a few dwarf fruit trees. It's all so exciting! After they left, I headed back outside and finished up clearing off the back patio. Over the winter it just becomes a catch all and gets pretty cluttered. It is somewhat presentable now. I'll need to get new chair cushions and an umbrella for the table this year.
I've been looking at truck that's for sale up at the local gas station. It's a wicked cool 1973 Ford F100 pickup. It's an awesome green that matches my eyes. A girl's gotta have a truck that matches her eyes. I'm meeting the owner at it on Monday to look it over, start her up and maybe discuss his asking price. He said it was negiotiable, and that's good, because we think it's pretty high. I've been praying about it and feel like if it's the plan, than things will work out. This will be MY truck and then C can take the Kia Rio back to school with her in the fall. It's been a difficult year with her not having one. I've only seen her 3 times since August, parent's weekend, thanksgiving and Christmas. Spring break starts next friday. She always has to bum a ride with someone, and so far, her friends have been quite good about hauling her around, but she's not able to get a job or visit home or any of those things and I can't afford to take off of work to go down and get her. Hopefully, this truck thing will work out and we can all have a vehicle. And she could even get a job over the summer. I guess we'll see what happens. Cross your fingers for me.
Other than that, I'm just sewing like a maniac both on shop samples (I have 5 of them right now) and also on repairs AND on machine quilting jobs. It's a busy life these days.
I guess that's about it. I suppose I should get back to the sewing room. DH wpn't be home til after 10, so I have a few more hours of sewing time. Or maybe I'll just go read. It's so very tempting.
:)
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