Beau

Today I finally got a shot at Beau. Just wanted to share. Beau is a labradoodle and is just precious. He enjoys running after our big lab, Jack.

Mystery Quilt

Mysteries 1-5 completed. The mystery quilt is a bit clearer. This has been so much fun. I like the idea of choosing fabric before seeing the pattern. I usually work the other way and then I copy the colors of the particular quilt.

Ellen's Cookbook

Our niece, Ellen, has published her own cookbook with great, low-fat recipes. You can find recipes and lots of useful information on her website http://www.cookingwithellen.com.

Prayer Quilt

Just wanted to share the prayer quilt we have just finished. We are a prayer quilt ministry of three people. This was given to our pastor. His last day was Sunday, January 25. We will miss him so much. He was a wonderful pastor, teacher, and friend to all.

Sharing

My daughter-in-law, Jaime, is so talented. She can paint, sing, act and is a great mother. She is working on a new room for my 2-year old grandson, Jase. He needs to make room for his new sister, Josie Clare, who will be here in June. Here are two pictures Jaime has painted on a wall in Jase's bedroom. She is installing a new floor also as you can see from the mop handle.

Mystery Quilt #2

Here is the second block for the Mystery Quilt. It sure looks like a tie to me. Hope it improves after it is added to the quilt. I have made 16 of these pieces.

Mystery Quilt #1

Here is the first block in the mystery quilt. This is fun!

Wednesday Morning

Here's my material for the Summer Mystery Quilt. Is it summery enough? I loved the diagonal stripe and could not resist.

Monday

Well, I have been retired for 7 months and still have not gotten myself organized. Well, today I planned to do differently and try to tackle my house and get organized. I am using http://www.flylady.com/ to help me organize. You tackle the task of decluttering by completing a little at a time--work for 10 minutes. This week's goal it to work on the kitchen. If I post this info, maybe I will follow the plan. I did clean my stove top. Tomorrow I will need to dust the tops of cabinets, refrigerator, and clean light fixtures. Let's see how that goes.

I was a little distracted because I checked on my new puppy, Beau, every few minutes. I just had to give him a hug every so often. He is so cute sitting on my porch like he owns the world. He even barked at a car on the road which is 1/4 mile away.

I did my grocery shopping for the week with a planned week's menu (part of organizing). Tonight I fixed Tortilla Soup. It was so good. Sonny really enjoyed it.

4 chicken breasts
4 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can Rotel
1/2 C chicken broth
1 Tlbs. fajita seasonings
Monterey jack cheese
Tortilla chips

Boil four chicken breasts about 45 minutes. Cool and cut into bite-size pieces. Reserve 1/2 cup broth. In saucepan, combine four cans cream of chicken soup. Add one can Ro-Tel tomatoes and 1 Tbls. fajita seasoning. Stir in 1/2 cup chicken broth (I added a little more). Heat thoroughly. To serve, put tortilla chips and grated cheese in the bottom of bowl and pour in hot soup.

Must go finish my Nightime routine of by picking up and putting away of items like shoes, newspapers, quilting books :-), then make sure kitchen is clean leaving with a clean, dry sink. Also--check on Beau.

This is Big Day Friday

Today we travel to meet our new addition to the family. His name is Beau and he is a labradoodle. I will post a picture later when we get him home with Jack and Coco. Hope he likes his new home. It is a bit cooler here than in Houston, TX; however, I have blooms on some of my plants while my son in Michigan will fit cold weather for a while.

Big Day

First, let me catch up. We had a busy Thanksgiving and Christmas season and posting to a blog was at the bottom of the list.

I would like to show a couple of my projects. I love my Christmas quilt and do not want to put in up for a year but must. Want I be thrilled next year when I can get it out?

The quilt with the gathered sashing turned out so lovely but my camera just would not do it justice so I am showing only a portion of the quilt. I made this quilt for my niece, Mary Hogan.

The pink, pink quilt is for my new granddaughter, Maggie Elizabeth, who is a month old. I plan to quilt it next week.

I am going to pick out my fabrics for the new mystery quilt posted on the right in my sidebar. I will post those fabrics later.