May 2010

Memorial Day Quilting

May 31, 2010

My big plans for the day — get the purple/yellow top sewn together; get the Memorial Day Challenge quilted and bound. Vince’s big plans for the day — go to Pittsburg, KS, eat at the Chinese restaurant I don’t like; go to Big Lots while I wait in the car because I refuse to go [...]

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Homemade Mayonnaise

May 31, 2010

Don’t anyone ask me if it’s better than storebought!    Yes, homemade mayo tastes so totally different from storebought mayonnaise . . you wouldn’t believe it.  Even Chad, who was a devoted name brand mayonnaise addict, prefers homemade mayo. Before I start the recipe, I’ll tell you right off . . I use raw eggs.  [...]

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Design Wall Monday – May 31, 2010

May 31, 2010

I took the purple and yellow blocks down to finish the Memorial Day Challenge but have now put the purple and yellow blocks back up so my wall picture from last week is the same as this week.  I hope by the end of today, this top is finished. What’s on your design wall?

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Stash Report – May 30, 2010

May 30, 2010

In order to keep up with the Memorial Day Challenge, I knew it would be a tough week.  What I didn’t know when I started was that Vince was going to take off work half a day Thursday and all day Friday . . or that he would want me to go to Joplin on [...]

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Always Someone Dropping By

May 29, 2010

It’s a wonder my chickens can find time to lay eggs.  They’re always having company.  They get daily visits from the bunnies and the squirrels but here are a few visitors they also receive from time to time. Look at the chickens looking at the turtles.  They don’t have a clue what to think about [...]

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Our First Broody Chicken

May 28, 2010

Poor Matilda.  She thinks she’s going to hatch some babies.  She is not.  It isn’t for her lack of trying though.  For the past week or so, she’s been trying to sit on the eggs.  We have no roosters.  There will be no babies! Somehow, Matilda must have communicated her plan to the other hens [...]

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