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I think I may have started a new tradition. Squirrel Cookies! 

Well Holy Poopies!

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/felted-dog-bone


Who knew? :)

Today

is for making cookies. :)

It is supposed to storm here. So I'm staying inside and baking cookies. And maybe doing some knitting and sewing. Because that is how I roll. :)

Veggie Style. Day 2.

The Quinoa was pretty good. Except I burned the nuts. And my son wouldn't touch it. But he's 2 so what does he know? :) the boy and I had Mac n cheese for lunch, and for supper we made Chickpea Burgers, Smashed Taters and Garlicky Greens. The Chickpea burgers were fine in the taste department, but were really mushy. My hubby said it was like eating mashed potatoes on a bun. Which I totally agree with. If I were to make them again, I would make smaller patties, with more bread crumbs to firm them up. The taters were good and the greens surprisingly were yummy. Of course it could have been the 5 cloves of garlic in them. :)

Yesterday I did some sewing. Worked on some projects for my Modern Swap Partner, and some small gifts for the girls at work. I also worked on quilting a little baby quilt I'm going to throw up on etsy, because I know no one birthing a girl child.

Today my Mom has the day off, so she's on her way to visit. I think we're going shopping. :) So I'm not sure how lunch is going to work today. We'll see how it goes.

Going Veggie. Day 1

So, for supper last night we made nachos, which really wasn't something new. We've made it before. Blue Corn Chips, layered with rice and black and pinto beans, cheese, pico de galo, (which I have no idea how to spell) and homemade guacamole. (which, surprisingly I can spell.) There was a moment where everything was not okay, as one of the avocados was a little on the hard side, and so the guacamole was not as smooth as it should have been. But it was fine. I mean, not super great or anything, but as long as you picked out those harder pieces, it was fine.

For breakfast I'm making Quinoa which is a new experience. Did you know if you turned your back on it for a second it boils all over your stove? Yea. Guess I'm cleaning the stove today. Awesome. :P I bought raspberries instead of blackberries. Only because the raspberries were cheaper. So, I'll let you know how this turns out.

An Experment of sorts.

So my husband and I have talked about trying this for a long long time, and it's never happened. Well, I finally put my foot down, and starting tonight at supper time we are going veggie for one week. The rules are, if we cook it at home, it's veggie. Going over to grandmas house, or having to grab lunch because you forgot to pack yours, is fine to cheat. But, if it's made at home it's veggie. We're still doing eggs and milk.

I'm super excited to try a bunch of new recipes that I normally overlook. To try some new veggies, or to learn ways to make old standbys new again. We're trying to eat and live healthier, and this is a good way to go. I don't know how long we'll stick to it after a week, but maybe we can do many more veggie dishes per week than we have in the past. That will make me happy at least.

I'll let you know how it goes, and any new recipes I love.

Halloween

So now that I finished (just in time) our Halloween costumes, it's time to get serious about quilting again. I have a baby quilt that's only partly cut out. That baby is due in a couple of months. I better get cracking. :)

Happy Birthday to Me!!

And Happy Day to Leah from Quilted Delights and CorgiMom! Leah will be getting the fat quarter pack and Corgimom is the happy new owner of the yarn. Contact me via kelly at 50footrobot.com and I'll get those prizes out to you. :)

Thank you all to those that entered. I feel very loved now with all the comments and followers. :)

Today I got my hair did, laid around, ate a huge meal with some good friends and drank some martinis, ate cake, and now am on my couch watching Dexter. It's a good day.

Thank you to all who are entering my give away! I'm having a great time reading new blogs. Ya'll rock. :)

Quilts!

So, last night I sewed up a quilt top. Now I understand the draw of charm packs. Seriously. Amazing fast. This is the Dream On charm pack that I won this summer in the Hex A Long. I added some Kona snow and done! I think it's a perfect crib quilt size. Now I just have to find a backing and decide what color to bind it with.

I also finally finished my Monster Quilt.

Check out those lines! I did just a simple straight line quilting along the borders, so that at the corners they make a checkerboard pattern.

So fun. Seriously. I love this.

In the center I quilted 5 free form wonky stars. I think it was just right. It doesn't take away from the monsters, but still looks great.

Overall I'm super happy with how this turned out. It's up in my shop if you're needing a quilt.

Also, don't forget about the drawing I'm having. :)

October

October has always been a favorite month for me. It's my birthday month. Fall. Sweater weather, hand knit socks. Snuggling under a blanket. Also, I started my blog in Oct. This October marks my 33rd birthday, and my blogs 5th. Wow! Holy crappers!

So, in celebration for that, I'm gong to give away some goodies. 1 for my quilting friends a kona fat quarter pack in Flying Purple People Eater. (image totally grabbed from the Kaufman page.)

I picked Flying Purple People Eater for 2 reasons, I love the name and, well, I love the name. :)

And 1 for my knitters, a skein of Merino/Nylon Sock fron the Knit Drink and be Merry sock yarn club from Yarntini in the Mint Fizz color. Check the link for the color.

To be entered? Follow my blog, and then post a comment on which you'd like. The quarters, yarn, or both! Don't want to follow me? Just post a comment as to what you'd make, and which you want. Do both and get 2 entries. Post this on your blog, and then comment and you'll get another entry! woot! It's crazy over here. :)

On my birthday (Oct 17th) I'll draw 2 names. Make sure I can get ahold of you! Leave an email with your posts.

When I'm not hiding under a blanket watching the food network I'll post pictures of the goodies. I'm just cold and lazy today. Hence the links. :)

Quilting and Knitting up a storm

But no pictures. Because I am lazy. And my son never sleeps. I've got the weekend off, so I'm thinking that I should be able to snap some pictures of my finished things for blog fodder next week.

I finished quilting my monster quilt, and I'm super happy with the way it turned out. I just have to attach the binding and wash and it's done. Yea! I think I'm going to try Red Pepper Quilts binding method. I've been trying to figure out a nice way to machine stitch the binding down, and I like the way she's done it.

On the knitting front, I finished my brother's sweater. And he promptly left the state. So, I've put off weaving in the gazillion ends for awhile. I should finish it and block it so that when he comes back he can wear it.

Other than that, not much going on. I joined ANOTHER bee. Yes. I may be crazy. This one is focusing on the string method, which I've always wanted to try. This month we're doing spiderweb blocks. I can't wait to start.

And, a little heads up for my peeps, October is a big month for me. Stay tuned. You may get some free stuff out of me. :)

Solid Bee Block. Oct

October is my month for the Solid Bee Block. And these are the fabrics I picked. Totally out of my normal range of color. Which is good! I'm asking for a wonky log cabin. I think this will be fun!

The Worlds Best Sandwich

Or, Why I May Die from a Heart Attack before I'm 35.

This sandwich was dreamed up by my husband. It is seriously the best. thing. ever.

First, fry up bacon. Lots of bacon. We use No Name Thick Cut Pepper. Then spread butter over bread and toast it. Just enough to make it crispy. I always get one of those short fat french loaves in the bakery section.

Next, tell your 2 yr old not to eat the stick of butter.

While the bread is toasting mix up the sauce. Which is equal parts Mayo and Famous Dave's Rich and Sassy (chipotle) BBQ sauce.

When Bacon is done, drain most of the grease out of the pan, but not all. Then throw 1 pound of deli turkey in the pan and heat it up. When it's good and warm, I split it into half and then throw on provolone cheese to melt. Slice up an avocado, add a little lime juice and salt. Then put it all together. turkey with melty cheese, bacon, avocados and drizzle sauce. Super yum. This makes enough for 4 people for one meal, or 2.5 people to eat twice.

Thursday

Today is my third day off in a row. Which is pretty refreshing after the pissy weekend I had. The house isn't any cleaner, there has been no sewing done, some knitting, baking and playing with play-doh. The lawn didn't get mowed. But you know what? I don't care. It's nice to just do whatever it is I've been doing these last three days.

I'm going to go back to rolling little balls of play-doh for my son. But first I thought I'd share this picture with you. I was quilting and J grabbed his notebook and color pencils and sat down to work while I was sewing. Thankfully the camera was close by.

Solid Bee Block. Sept Edition

So we were sent some pink, yellow and white fabric and told to make pin wheels. I had a ton of fun searching out a pin wheel to make. I wanted something really different. Then I found the Amish Pinwheel and I knew I found the one. I added a couple frames around the edge to get it to the right size, and because I wanted to use up as much of the fabric as I could. I still have to snip threads on this one. :)

And, because I had a wee bit of fabric left, and I love tiny little things, I added some white from my stash and made a MinPin block. :) Yes. Bad pun. I'm sorry. It's just too cute! Tiny! I luv it. :)

Quilt Top Done and some Knitting!

So I finished the quilt top for our bedroom. It's Swirly Girls Design pattern called "Equal Rights" There are eleventy billion triangles. Holy crap that was work. But I"m super happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to save up to get it quilted. I know a lady that rents her machine out and teaches you how to quilt. So, that's what I"m going to do. The backing is the light colored one with dots. I love that one. I'm not sure what I'm going to bind it in yet, but that's a ways off. I tried really hard with this one to just 'let go'. I tossed all the printed triangles in a bag, and just pulled them out and stitched them up. I would put one back if it was the same one I had just pulled out, but other than that, I just sewed. When I sewed the rows together, I tried to just do it. I wiggled a couple around, if there were too many pieces that we close, but again, I just tried to go with it.

On the knitting front, Sock Knitters Anonymous is back for a 4th year in a row! This months' challenge is hard for me. Black or white is the color of the month. Which I thought would be easy, but I can't find a patten I want to knit! WTF? So I'm going to do a patten by the chosen designer instead of the color challenge.

I think I'm going to go toss a load of laundry in, do the dishes and then skein up my yarn. I've got a sick kid at home, so it's just been a lazy day. If I have to watch Thomas one more time, I'm going to lose it. :)

Using up stash

So I've been working on some various projects to clean out my stash. This makes me happy on

several levels. Being creative and using what I've collected.

This one was inspired and made using Cluck.Cluck.Sew. tutorial. I loved the little offset boxes, so I had to make my own. I built this quilt around the dark pink bird fabric. It's hopscotch by red rooster. After I got my blocks finished I threw them up on my design wall. For like a month. I moved them around and then I moved them around some more. I finally came up with an arrangement that I was happy with. But I was just not feeling the sashing. I just thought white would be the color. But it was boring. It didn't pop. I just happened to have some brown left over from a different project, and I threw that up on the wall.

Totally different. That makes me really happy. So I went with the brown. I"m pretty sure the color is "Coffee" by Kona. I've got it all sewn together, but didn't take a picture of that. So you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see that. Now I'm just stuck on the backing. Do I piece it together? I've got the light pink and some birds left over that would work, but I'm not sold on that yet. It's hanging on my wall, so I can stare at it for a week or so. :)

1 week old

My nephew Mason!

Quilt By me. Photo and Baby by my SIL. :)

Fixing...Messing with...

Whatever you call it. Tweaking maybe? I don't know. I'm playing with my blog layout, so if you notice anything really crazy, I'm sorry. I'm working on having that fixed. My old set up was weird for posting pictures. They could only be super tiny. So I grabbed this template so I could post them a little larger. Easier on the eyes I think. Now I'm just tryign to make it my own, with my very limited html know how. :)