Holy cow…. The weekend is already over and I can hardly move!! We raked and used the leaf blower all day Saturday
– allllll day!!
Raking, bagging and then crushing the bags with my
knees to get more leaves in – my whole body aches. Scott
carried that blower around all day – after about 10 minutes it seems to
weigh a ton so he is in the same sore boat!! It was cold out too … 38…
and even with all the work my little digits were froze!! We had to stop
halfway through and have a cheese and cracker
counter picnic!! Brie with fig jelly, green chili cheddar, peppadew
Havarti – mmmmmm. My new favorite thing is a cracker with some walnuts and
honey on it – delicious!!
Anyway, I’m glad the raking done – and that
was the last time this year we will be doing
it!! A deer went running by the back yard while we were out there – I
didn’t get a picture because I sure didn’t expect it!! After we got it
done we had to run to Bloomington to do some errands – plus go to the
craft store!! We went to dinner at Scotty’s Brewhouse – nothing like burning 1000 calories and then eating 2000
calories! I got a crazy burger called The Shrewman – it has bacon,
cheddar, jalapenos and peanut butter – yep you read that right! It was
really good – the peanut butter does not make or break
it though. It would have been just as good without it. I had their
homemade chips –not as good as I wanted them to be. I didn’t take any
pictures – darn it!! They have Sprechers Root Beer on tap – my absolute
favorite root beer!! Only place you can buy it
here – other than restaurants - is a store called Menards. The cream
soda is pretty good too!! Scott got the Philly Burger – mushrooms,
onions and Swiss. Scott also had Two Lucys Blackberry Wheat beer, a local brew. He
liked it. We took a piece of peanut butter pie home
to share – it’s so rich that one slice is enough for two. Here is a
link to the recipe I use (same thing) – delicious!! Peanut Butter Pie.
Sunday
morning we had 3 ricks delivered – that is a stack of wood 4 feet high
by 2 feet wide by 8 feet long not 3 guys named Rick – I didn’t know any
of that information until this weekend. They dumped it in the
drive and we had to
stack it. That is a lot of wood – more sore!!
Scott had cut some trees
off the property but not enough for the winter and they are all wet even
though we had covered them.
We also filled this box in the garage with
wood – so it can dry out before coming in
the house!!
The best part of that was when Scott built a lovely fire
and just a few hours after we finished out outdoor chores – it started
to snow!!
I finally got to spend a few hours stitching, with my cat and
some tea – ahhhh cozy.
I got a new issue of
Cross Stitch and Needlework (January 2015 already!!). There is a new
pattern by Barbara Ana. It started in the September 2014 issue and I
didn’t think I liked it very much, but this issue has the whole picture
and I just love it!!
So I tea-dyed a piece of
fabric for it – machine-stitched the edge and I am ready.
Oh wait, I
have to finish the things I’m working on grrrr. Not enough time!!
Scott
framed a picture this weekend – Victoria Sampler Pumpkin Farm. I
finished it in 2012. I changed all the non-variegated
threads to DMC.
Scott found the frame in Colorado at a thrift store
for $1.25. He had to cut it down – re-paint it and distress it. It looks
marvelous!! He does such a good job on my pictures!!
Being sore and the snow made getting up to go to the gym this morning a real
treat – NOT!! I need a weekend of stitching and bon bons!! I hope you
had a restful weekend – thanks for stopping by!
