The Birds...Sheet Pan Pancakes and The Brazos River

Good Morning Friends...Figured I'd best do a little check-in!  Again, I've been absent for longer than I'd meant to be.... Keeping busy with Larry's Dad's estate...selling the shop buildings...shopping for Larry a new truck...planning to get the house painted...working on another quilt for our daughter, Crystal...getting Sloane's quilt top back from the longarm lady, hopefully soon...church...hunting down a good landscaper to get new hedges in the front yard in February...We are just too old to get out in the yard and dig those deep holes!  At least five of them?!  I'm thinking Sage.  They bloom and you can get the compact size.

Sami and Everett took the greatgrans to the Fair & Rodeo.  Took Sloane by the Parakeet enclosure... Sloane is a country girl...but I seriously doubt she's ever been this up-close and personal with one...Lol...bless my sweet Babygirl.

She did calm down and ended up having a fun time.

I don't think Lottie cared...lol

Yep...happens often! lol

Well...after 50 years...we get a completely new road in front of the house!  We were really tired of all the drainage problems and potholes.

Working on putting together the quilt for daughter Crystal...

This is a trend on TikTok.  Know what?  It actually worked!  And it was delicious...Sheet pan Pancakes.  Recipe 

I always add powdered sugar and lemon juice!  We learned about this years ago in Germany.  Delicious.

Larry made Shepard's Pie...seriously good.

After church, we ate at The Brazos Landing on the Brazos River.  Pricey but delicious.

It was a bit too chilly to sit outside...we've been getting rain...that and being windy doesn't really do it for me...lol

Larry had Jambalaya and I played it safe with Chicken Frien Steak. 

We could only eat half of what they brought out, on our plates!  It's going to be our lunch again today.  

I made a Cornish hen sometime last week...

And made a meal of Rice & Tomatoes with Butter.

We love this!

Finally...lol...We had several meetings to attend so once again, we ate out.  Fish and shrimp...broccoli casserole with mashed potatoes did the trick.

Well...I guess you need a serious break after all that!  And I suppose the sewing machine is calling my name.

Be safe out there...be aware of your surroundings.  For my American friends, I don't know how much longer this shutdown is going to go on so I hope you are all prepared.  

So...until next time...

Got it Done!

Good Morning Friends... Sorry that it's been a little longer than usual, but I have been trying to finish up Greatgran Sloane's quilt! 

 Larry's Dads house sold...the shop buildings have sold...and we are finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, as far as his estate goes.

Went to town a few times...mainly to hunt for fabric for the quilt.  We ate out twice...I've started to clean up my sewing room and areas to get ready for my next one for my daughter, Crystal.  She loved the one I made for baby Sydney...the flowered material and pastel colors so...I'm on the hunt.

The quilt Crystal liked...

Then, we went to the antique store, and I bought an old lamp.  I love the three-way light!

Larry finished putting up my new bathroom cabinet and painted the one on the left, white to match.  I like the smaller mirror...with the storage on both sides.  Also had to change out the light fixture!  I couldn't change light bulbs because the cabinet came up too high!  Love the new fixture though...

Our sweet Sloane...

and sister Lottie Lynn...

I worked 7 to 9 hours a day just to wrap this quilt top up!  My back is still sore!  I'd get up around 2:30, 3:00 am and get started then try to rest in the afternoons...but it's done...in the sack...with the backing and binding, ready for my Longarm lady to quilt.

Binding...

An AI video showing the quilt to....NOT my arm! lolol

Grandsons Tylar and William playing around with the Spock Mind Meld! ...I love these sweet babies of ours!

I made chicken thighs with asparagus and pasta.

Wonderful!

I've always wondered why when we order fish from a Mexican restaurant it always comes out wonderfully fried?!!

Then we stopped in at our local cafe for burgers.  I ordered onion rings and they were fantastic!  SO light!

Finally, one day I made Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches.  Really good!!

Well, that's about all the catching up I've got...

Hope you've had a good week...are feeling well and happy.  So, until next time...

Fifty-Three Years...and Everyone is Finally Home!

53 three years...feels like a blink of an eye! No computers, no cell phones, no high-speed trains...Vietnam, our song, "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress," "American Pie," The Stones, The Godfather...Bell bottoms, Pong, my team—the undefeated Miami Dolphins—lol...Watergate, Nixon in China, rotary phones. Hamburger Helper, TV dinners, casseroles, and Jello salads. McDonalds and Burger King, drive-in theaters, Leslie's Fried Chicken in Bellmead...Chatham's, the 1974 Ali vs. Foreman fight—now that was a fight!  

Fifty-three years later, here we are with two kids, five grandkids, three great-grandkids—and each other. Still standing through sickness and health, so many bygone eras, countless memories. Friends and family we've lost, our lives winding down. Remember when I asked you all those years ago what you thought life would look like in 50 years? Well, now we know...  

Forever devoted, I love you. 

These flowers were given to me by my 
Granddaughter in Law, Sara, when they arrived here last Saturday!  She said they were in appreciation for the quilt I'd made their newborn, Sydney.  She said the day it arrived she'd had an awful day.  But then Tylar walked in holding the package...she opened it and just cried!  I think she liked it...lolol  She and our grandson, Tylar, were the ones stationed in Hungary.  Tylar has now been stationed at an airbase in Arkansas!  Everyone made it to our house Saturday, and we had a ton of fun.  

The quilt I made for GreatGran Sydney...

Miss Sydney...

Tylar and Sara...

Lottie, Crystal and William...

Tim (Pops) and Sloane talking things over about her cowgirl hat...lol

This is a bookstore where William lives in Cabot, Arkansas.  What a fun place to visit!  I'd go broke!

While cleaning out Larry's Dad's house, we found these old trading cards!  Also, these old buttons.

They came in bread wrappers back in the 1930's here at a bakery in Waco.  A fun find!  If you bought so many loaves of bread, you could get into a movie at the local theater.

Would you believe that the door on my medicine cabinet fell off???  I couldn't!  I just went to open the right side, like always, and down it came!  Didn't break, thank God!  But Larry couldn't fix it.  The hinge was twisted.

So I ordered a new one.  Why is it that everything that comes from stores these days, you have to end up putting things together?!  What a pain!  Larry is always so sweet about it though...We're going to our Anniversary breakfast then to a huge warehouse mall, full of antiques, this morning.  Should be fun.

Breakfast last week at The Yolk in town...really good.

I made a pumpkin pie for our Saturday dessert...I put crumbles on top.  Loved it!

Should have added a layer of sweetened cream cheese to it but didn't think about it until it was baked!

I reheated the leftover KFC chicken in the air fryer.  Crisped it right up!

If you have left over rice, add butter, Poblano pepper, onion and tomatoes (sautéed)...add a little chicken stock and heat up.  A wonderful lunch! 

I also made Banana Pudding cookies for the girls.

Then yesterday's lunch was pork boneless ribs with a brown sugar and mustard glaze...oh my!

Well, I suppose that's about it for me this week.  I'm praying that you all are well and safe...Have a great and happy weekend!  

So, until next time...