Title of this post compliments of my son, Matthew. We had such a lovely afternoon in addition to flush yesterday. The kids arrived early on because Erik wanted to spotter the Rose Bowl game without having to interrupt to drive to our house. That was exactly perfect for me because I've actually been missing the kids this past times fall. It was thence overnice to acquire to pass the whole afternoon in addition to flush amongst them.
Matthew in addition to I aren't also much into football, in addition to thence nosotros went out for a walk belatedly inwards the day. Along the way, nosotros passed past times our neighbor's friendly mule.
Sharing his pasture is a horse, in addition to these 2 are skillful buddies. We're told the Equus caballus gets really upset when the mule is taken off every bit a pack beast on hunting trips. Now they accept the Equus caballus along also although she isn't a really skillful pack animal. She looks every bit if she's been rolling inwards the mud inwards this picture.
They receive got closed to other pasture close our mailboxes. I behave a purse of horsey treats inwards my car, in addition to I ofttimes give them treats when I halt to alternative upward the mail. Because of that, they e'er come upward up to the debate when they encounter me. I was distressing I didn't receive got whatsoever treats for them yesterday.
Also, nosotros saw a few other piddling things along the way. Pine cones.
Holly berries.
We were on our way to this spot where paragliders similar to play on warmer days. They boundary off the cliff hither in addition to canvass around. It was getting belatedly when I took this film in addition to the low-cal was a piddling strange, but it was a overnice thought standing there.
Zooming in, I similar this piddling farm in addition to its carmine barns.
Also, nosotros passed past times this rusted out erstwhile tractor.
When nosotros got dorsum home, dinner was exactly nearly an hr away. Mike was experimenting amongst smoking a turkey inwards his Traeger smoker/barbecue. It was starting fourth dimension brined for 24 hours inwards a brine made from salts, herbs in addition to a loving cup of bourbon. Then it had a rub applied that included herbs, butter, in addition to Grand Marnier. (Yeah, yous read that right. I'd receive got used triple sec, but it was exclusively a small-scale amount.) Then it was smoked over closed to special woods pellets...I forget the make-up of the pellets, but rosemary was included. After it smoked for a span of hours, it was but roasted for closed to other span of hours, in addition to voila!
And that was such a flavorful in addition to moist turkey. Mike hasn't taken much involvement inwards cooking before the Traeger came into our lives, but somehow the smoker/barbecue has ignited his involvement (pun totally intended) . Fine past times me. I've loved everything he's done amongst his novel toy. You tin flaming read the recipe for the turkey inwards item right here.
We've learned inwards the procedure of getting familiar amongst the Traeger that things sometimes accept longer than nosotros expected. With practice, it's acquire less of a problem. Still, amongst that inwards mind, nosotros had a Flame Craft ham from our local grocery store inwards illustration the turkey was going to accept all night. Not a employment to receive got both since nosotros enjoyed all of it immensely. Nobody went habitation hungry final night, in addition to that's for for certain in addition to certain.
Sides included Dill Potato Salad, 7-Layer Salad, closed to leftover wild rice stuffing, in addition to Maple Baked Beans. The beans are 1 of Ina Garten's recipes. They're supposed to endure slow-roasted inwards a 225°F oven for most of the day. I decided to do them inwards my ho-hum cooker on high heat, in addition to that worked out great.
Pile it all on your plate, in addition to you've got 1 tasty repast to celebrate the starting fourth dimension twenty-four hours of 2019.
There was apple tree crisp for dessert, in addition to and thence nosotros sat at the tabular array throbbing in addition to considering who could acquire to the telephone to telephone band Food 911 for a rescue.
Food in addition to household unit of measurement weren't the exclusively things I did yesterday. Also, I finished upward the final of the quilt store names in addition to places for the Shop Hop quilt. I'll endure finishing upward these blocks in addition to sewing them into a flimsy before month's end...at least, that's the plan.
And in addition to thence I got busy tracing out Dress #10 of 12 for the Sundress quilt.
Looking at the film of this dress, do yous encounter what I encounter at the bottom of the dress? It's the dreaded bullion stitch.
I've given upward in addition to stitched something else for all the other blocks, but no excuses this time. I learned how to do this from Meg Hawkey a span of months ago, thence I'm going to give it closed to other show this fourth dimension around.
Also, I spent closed to fourth dimension considering the quilts I desire to start for this year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I'm actually committed to paring downward a lot of my scraps this year, in addition to thence I'm making 2 quilts for the Rainbow challenge. First, this 1 called Charm Stars...
from this book.
This month's coloring is red. I banking concern complaint that this quilt has 20 blocks, in addition to thence I'll attempt to do 2 blocks per calendar month to tumble out upward through the year.
The minute 1 I desire to do is this 1 called Pinwheel Pizzazz...
from this book.
The quilt has 42 blocks. If I add together 1 to a greater extent than row on the left side of that picture, I tin flaming convey it upward to 48 blocks. That volition hateful six blocks per calendar month to accept me through the terminate of the year. They don't facial expression also difficult, in addition to thence I'll give it a try. I tin flaming e'er modify my hear later.
Finally, it's fourth dimension to select a Jan OMG. I mentioned inwards an before post that I'd created 2 lists for myself using the cast from All People Quilt. In their challenge, they select a discover from the listing each month, in addition to I'm non actually doing that. I exactly desire to show to acquire through all of them, but non inwards whatsoever especial order. Nevertheless, I looked at my lists for this month's #3. On the listing of quilts for quilting is Flamingles...or Fanciful Flamingos...I haven't decided what its shout out is yet. Anyway...I receive got my oculus on closed to other quilts from that list, thence never mind.
But when I facial expression at #3 on the piecing list, It's Raining Cats in addition to Dogs comes up. I was going to build the final block for that quilt every bit my adjacent project, thence what the heck?
Here's what the finished quilt volition facial expression like:
I receive got exactly the block inwards the lower right-hand corner left to do, in addition to thence my Jan OMG volition endure to complete the final block in addition to run upward it into a flimsy. That is adjacent on my list, in addition to I'm going to link upward over at Elm Street Quilts amongst this build novel shiny goal for a whole novel twelvemonth of quilting.
Today I'm getting my monthly pedicure, but otherwise, I'm costless in addition to clear to receive got an NBS form of day. My twelvemonth is off to a skillful start. How's your twelvemonth going thence far?