There was a petty progress made on my electrical flow embroidery piece spell nosotros were at the river in conclusion weekend. I didn't larn equally far along equally I'd hoped, but since we've been home, I've picked upwards the pace. Now I'm working on the in conclusion ii quilt shops for the Shop Hop embroidery.
After I took that picture, I was able to larn only a petty to a greater extent than done on the Fort Bragg shop. If I don't waste materials also much fourth dimension this morning, I should live on able to larn them all finished. And, only inward representative I practise waste materials also much time, there's ever tomorrow. If it weren't for tomorrow, nil would ever larn done. Thank most that for a minute.
After that, I went exterior to H2O the bloom pots. While I was out, I noticed Himself gazing off toward the field. What's he looking at?
It's Sadie, plainly stalking something.
She's quite a petty hunter. Smitty likes it. She does all the operate of hunting, stalking, in addition to catching. He only waits for her to convey her critters dorsum to the house, in addition to so he eats them. It's a expert bargain for him.
So allow us review: Hunter...
Gatherer.
When I'd finished watering in addition to filling the aeroplane feeders, I was able to larn to operate on the flamingos. There was supposed to live on some housework inward the mix, but Mike did that. Unasked. Wow. That was something. So I was costless to sew together away.
When I finished the side yesteryear side department in addition to pinned it upwards to the mis-matched department above, it covered the offending portions without pain the design. I scream upwards this is going to operate out only fine without me making whatsoever changes to it. As I've mentioned to a couplet of you lot already, I scream upwards at that topographic point are a lot of seams meeting at the indicate of the pinkish bird's beak, in addition to that is what I'm seeing when I await at the mis-matched seams. The pieces are frequently elongated triangles, in addition to when I cutting unopen to the freezer newspaper template, I frequently cease upwards amongst a indicate that stretches out, seemingly for miles. I ever larn out them equally is because if I cutting them off, I could cease upwards amongst an unwanted hole. The trimming tin ever hold off until the whole affair is sewn together. (I promise that makes sense.)
While I was gazing at my work, the inspector came in. She was ready for treats.
And when I had her taken help of, I finished the side yesteryear side section. Here's where I left it yesterday.
It was most 4:15 yesteryear that time. Have you lot ever noticed how much fourth dimension flies when you're engaged inward quilting? It didn't seem possible, but I'd been inward the sewing room for unopen to v hours without taking a break. It was hard to walk away amongst only ane department left, but I knew I'd live on at that topographic point yesteryear dinner fourth dimension if I didn't stop.
As for dinner...I haven't said much most the diet lately, but we're all the same making progress. I've been on a plateau weight-loss wise, ever since nosotros got dorsum from our trip. I lose, so gain, so lose again, the same couplet of pounds. Finally, I scream upwards I'm dorsum on a losing streak. Yay! I love that most dieting. You tin celebrate beingness a loser. But this verbalize of dieting brings me to my point, which was in conclusion night's dinner.
Our CSA farmers tin challenge us to attempt brassicas in addition to other greens nosotros aren't fond of. Among our non favorites are kale (which I plow over to like, but Mike doesn't) in addition to bok choy...or apparently you lot tin telephone phone it pak choi if you're hip to those sorts of things. So bok choy has a texture I'm non fond of...and I don't similar cooked celery...or fifty-fifty raw celery. It's the texture I dislike, non the taste. Bok choy frequently makes an appearance inward our CSA shares, in addition to I tell something along the lines of bok choy...oh boy...because I similar beingness a poet, but I tell it inward my most unenthusiastic musical note of voice. Nevertheless, I attempt unlike recipes to larn inward palatable because I'm a expert sport that way. Now, fennel...that's a completely unlike story. I totally dislike fennel, in addition to I reject to fifty-fifty attempt eating it whatsoever more. Do non attempt to modify my mind. Consider yourself warned.
But to push clit my tangential encephalon dorsum to the bok choy, I tried this recipe yesterday for Grilled Honey-Sesame Bok Choy, in addition to it wasn't bad at all. The recipe is for infant bok choy, which is easier to like, because, you lot know, who doesn't similar babies? But nosotros ever larn the big man child bok choy inward our CSA shares. I cutting the root cease from the plant, so separated in addition to washed the leaves. Then I cutting the stems from the leaves. From there, I sliced the stems inward one-half the long way, so cutting them cross-wise into most two-inch lengths. Then I stacked the leaves in addition to cutting them cross-wise into most inch-wide strips. From there, I stir fried them, adding the remaining ingredients when it was cooked to crisp tender. We left off the sesame seeds because nosotros only tell "no" to sesame seeds hither at the Three Cats Ranch. It would live on prettier amongst them.
And on its correct at that topographic point is a hunk 'o salmon prepared the way I was told on our Cooking Light Diet meal plan. The link to their recipe for Easy Sesame-Hoisin Salmon tin live on constitute right here. And that was super good...and super easy. Hands on fourth dimension was most v minutes, in addition to so it baked itself inward the oven for most xv minutes. I'd definitely practise that again. We're all the same loving the diet. You barely know you're dieting.
While nosotros were eating our dinner, Smitty was relaxing inward the warmth of the setting sun. His life is impossibly difficult, equally you lot tin plainly see.
After I took that picture, he stretched in addition to changed positions.
Stressed. To. The. Max.
Today I'm making the Spicy Dilled Carrot Spears inward an endeavor to defeat the carrots piling upwards from our CSA shares. It's a challenge every year, in addition to the country of war is exclusively only right away getting started. Fortunately, this is quick in addition to slowly to do. My jars are washed in addition to waiting downstairs. Then, I'll larn dorsum at the flamingos. For certain I'll goal the in conclusion department today, in addition to so I'm hoping I tin larn all the sections sewn together earlier it's fourth dimension to stop.