Tuesday, April 17, 2007

"What do you DO?" she asks a SAHM ...

Yeah, what do I do?? All day long?? While the boys and DH are away?? Today, I've done some laundry ... dusting ... walked the dogs [many times] ... cleaned the litter pan ... started to read a new book ... and tried to make corn bread.

OK .... a side-by-side comparison of a MIX vs
cornbread from scratch. Yes, we already know what the Jiffy mix will taste like. The other pan -- well, it is HEAVY. Doesn't taste bad. Did I mix it enough? Too much? Why does it have that sink in look in the corner of the pan???

I think I need a different recipe. I don't bake. Mainly, because I'm not very good at it. But, this cornbread is very very heavy. Maybe I should invest in some new Baking Powder -- this can is dated Feb 87.

Anybody have a decent recipe??? I've already tried the one on the corn meal pkg.



She said to me: "you haven't read Jennifer Chiaverini?". OK, I've heard of her ... but, no, haven't READ any of the Elm Creek series. YESTERDAY, I looked up the web site & in the afternoon, I went to the public library & found the books [with the help of Alex].

I checked out this one -- which starts "Chapter One 1849".

Maybe I should have read them in the order they were published???

I like what I've read this a.m. It has interesting characters. The new schoolmaster is described between girlfriends: "He's handsome in a bookish way, but I suppose that suits his profession." The novel seems easy to read & I am enjoying reading about this party in honour of the new schoolmaster!

Queen Stitch

 I've got a photo to share with you of some stitch samples I made up a couple years ago. I was practicing the queen stitches & was using strawberry motifs I found in sampler books. IMO - using ONE strand of silk or perle cotton creates a more even stitch than cotton floss. I like using silk. The coverage is very good!



Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Morning ...

with snow on the trees, slush on the ground, and currently--freezing rain.

sigh

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Another batch of flowers from the gardens



Delightful blooms!

The temperature had dropped to 31 degrees with 45 mph winds ... leaving the wind chill readings at 12 degrees. Brrr .... it is really nippy outdoors. Lots of the spring flowers are taking a wind beating.

We may even see some snow flurries AGAIN. What is with that????

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