Love...Food, Sewing and a Hunt.

  

Good morning, Friends...

 Another week, come and gone.  Valentine's Day is almost upon us.  Any plans?  I'll probably make Larry some cookies...or something...not sure yet.  Update...I made Chocolate Chip Walnut & Caramel cookies...this morning! lol

My eye is healing nicely...although, they say things should continue to heal over the next few months.  I was told not to get new glasses (if I thought I still needed them...which I, at this point, don't think I'll need), for at least three months. 

 The eye is still healing, and glasses are too expensive to not be accurate in the prescription.

Remember on my last post I showed you the before photo of Larry's latest project?  Well, he finished it.  I think it turned out so very pretty.

I made an Instant Pot Spaghetti recipe...and it turned out so yummy!  Click Here for recipe.

Larry had made up a huge pot of spaghetti sauce about a month ago and we froze it in pint size plastic baggies.  So instead of a store-bought jar of sauce, I just grabbed a bag from the freezer.  But use store bought sauce like Preggo or Ragu if you don't have fresh made.

I also like to mix in Ranch Buttermilk salad dressing at the table (Larry doesn't like it).  The kids showed me this trick years ago and I love it.  Try a little on your plate next time you make spaghetti!  Doesn't have to be ranch buttermilk...Ranch will do.  

I made a small quilting sandwich so I could practice free motion quilting...LOL...omword!  It's going to take a lot of practice for me to free motion on my first quilt!  SO...I'll just do a straight or wavy line of quilting...

Finally got the top, batting and backing together!  Had to lay it out on our king bed.  Since doing it on the floor...is totally out of the question, the bed had to do.  It worked.  I then spray basted and pinned it together.

This is the backing...I had to sew it together since it wasn't wide enough for my quilt.

Our great-granddaughter Sloane and Mom, Samantha, spending fun time together.

Shopping with Mommy and her grandmother, Lolli...and yes, they bought the doll for her...Once you hug something...it's yours...lolol

I was hungry for a pork roast...

Larry carried me to lunch in McGregor, Texas, at a place called The Coffee Shop Cafe.

We had to take our taxes to our CPA so we just ate lunch out.

$25 for the buffet, for two...with drinks and dessert!  Nice! 

That price for two people, these days, is getting harder and harder to find.  The dessert was lemon cake and vanilla ice cream.

Lolol...could you imagine?

I was working on finishing up on our tax packet when I heard a snuffling behind me.  Turning around, I saw Libby hunting for something under her bed!  I lifted it up but saw nothing.  She backed up, gave me a side-eyed look and marched back into the playroom, looking for Larry.  I never did find what she was looking for...

Sam thought it might help if she told me how the daycare put Sloane down for a nap...lol...Sloane never got that nap...lolol...too busy playing.

We got to keep Sloane Friday.  We always love keeping her...so fun!  She keeps us hopping! lol

Here, Samantha (our granddaughter) is trying to teach Larry how to use Venmo.  It's a payment app.  When he sells a wood project, it would just make life easier for him.

I found a recipe for dressing that sounded good, so I made it.  It was super moist...

I baked it for 45 minutes in a 350* F oven.  Check it to see how done you want it to be.  The recipe wasn't a big help in that area. But I must say, it was really good.

Here's the cookies I just made...Larry loves them...soft insides and crispy outside edges...

Of course, I made breakfast before I let him eat cookies! lol 

This is a card from my sweet friend, Ann!  The mail was late last night but Larry found it in the box, this morning!  I love the little designs she creates for the cards...Thank you so much Miz Ann!  I Love getting mail!!

Well, I suppose that's about all for me.  I hope you all are doing well and staying warm or cool wherever you are. 

Until next time...