just stuff

Well, I have no finishes - no new framing - no changed furniture to show. Why am I here? I have FOOD!! and some other little things to chat about. This may be a short post - noooo, I do not have a fever! First stitching stuff - always first!! I am working away at Little House Needlwworks Orchard Valley Quilting Bee. There are some boring stretches - lots of houses and HAVE YOU SEEN THE BORDER - sheesh. Marly provided me a solution - the 2nd link is to her July 12th post where she posted a link to another blog that has a video of the sewing method of cross stitch. It takes some getting used to and I can only use it on long borders and blocks of color (because it's too much thinking on small parts and I end up taking longer) It is so much faster - or at least it seems like it. There are a few things that you have to watch for. First thing is for some reason one strand always bunches a little so you have to watch that you don't have little loops. Also, I am so focused on stitching fast that I have -1. stitched my thread tail into the stitching and had to backtrack and 2. ended up with so little thread on the needle that I had to backtrack just to be able to anchor.  HA! I like it though and it gets you through the boring parts a little quicker! I am really wanting to make some the the Victoria Sampler pieces -the church and needlework shop so I am trying to get this one done - quick.
Know how my cat is always where I am? Well right now he has squeezed his 20 pound body behind my (considerably larger) body on the chair as I type. I had to scoot forward to not squash him and so my legs are starting to tingle - does he look concerned?

When I get up to switch laundry he will take over the whole chair - chair hog.
About the food - Scott was watching Polkabration (don't ask me why - side effect of pain meds?) and they had pierogies (of course) So we decided we needed to make some. It was fun! I used this recipe from the blog Life As A Strawberry  (love that blog - the recipes look fabulous!!) They are a bit of work but it was fun to do and they were delicious!!

Scott rolling out dough

boiling then frying in butter

fabulous!! 

We froze quite a few of them before boiling - so I have some meals for later!! I had bought a plastic pierogie press at an estate sale but ended up just using a fork to seal the edges- not one popped open!! Next time we might roll the dough a little thinner. Scott used a bisquit cutter to get a uniform size.  mmmmm
We have had a cotton tail bunny hanging around in the backyard.

I know it looks like a jack rabbit but there are none of those in Indiana and they are nocturnal. This guy can eat a pound of vegetation a day - which is good since Scott can't mow yet  - it needs to bring some friends over and help us out!!
I have another obsession - yes, another!! It's Noosa yogurt. The drawbacks are it's expensive and fattening but it is the best creamiest yogurt EVER!! I am not a lemon fan and their lemon is one of my favorites - also pumpkin, coconut, pineapple, tart cherry and now they have cranberry apple which tastes like Fall!!  (I guess it's a short time only but they said that about pumpkin and now it's a regular) Those are my favorites - they have a few other flavors too. Target usually has the most flavors - so they are also a pain in the rear to find. That is the beauty of an obsession - all of the negative things don't matter - you just have. to. have. that. yogurt!!! I did just find a huge new Meijer that had a bunch of the flavors too.

One more food thing - I like to make flavored waters and I started making individual ones!! Scott hates cantaloupe so I made one for me and lime for him - brilliant!! Maybe not brilliant but a good idea haha!

aaaand I'm done - see, shorter than usual! Hope you are all having an wonderful August - WHAT? August? yikes!!! Another  year whizzing right by. Even though June is halfway through the year - August always feels like a tipping point. I am ready for Fall colors and flavors but not raking! I have family visiting in October - so excited!! ok I really am done - Have a lovely day!!