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| You know I had to have this one. From MMD Embroidery, on Etsy. |
Yum. Made a huge pot of ‘ham
beans’ – basically red beans cooked with a meaty ham bone and stuff like garlic
and onions for two hours or so – yesterday. While I meant to make a double
batch, I really didn’t mean to make so much, though. Forgot the beans were 16oz
bags, not the all-too-familiar 12oz, and didn’t realize it ‘til I went to check
their soaking and over half the water had been absorbed, and the beans were
peeking over the pot. Ended up cooking them in two pots and combining them
after some got eaten. Still delicious, and I swear, they taste better the next
day. While Dearest Son and Beloved Hubby will eat them fresh, all the leftovers
become mine. And I’m just soooo upset about that, too ! (grin)
We also made a cake, Dearest
and I, and I’m reminded of why I rarely make them – I can’t frost to save my
soul. Not that he cared ! We tried to do a simple two-layer cake, and while it
looked fine from the top, the sides were just terrible. Glad it tasted much
better, ya can’t go wrong with whipped cream cheese frosting no matter how bad
it looks.
Awoke to a light dusting of
snow at 5am, and woke back up at 8 to a full-on snowstorm. Well, about a two to
three inch accumulation may not seem like a storm to areas used to measuring by
feet and yards, but to me, it was like living in a stirred-up snowglobe for
several hours. So beautiful. About 3pm, it started to melt, but it was gorgeous
while it lasted. Wheeled the trash cans back around, tossed a few handfuls of
snow back and forth with Dearest. If it’s gone tomorrow, we’re going to Dollar
Tree ! Hopefully the more ruthless bargain hunters have bagged their limit by
now and moved along.
Decided to spent my most
recent PineCone funds on new embroidery designs – big surprise ! – but I wanted
to get the most for the money, so only bought the ones on sale. A mere $12.68
got me a load of designs totaling $26. without the discounts, and I got some nice
freebies, too ! There’s still several more I want, but they’ll have to wait a
week or so. That $17. worth isn’t on sale anywhere right now. You know I
checked. And subscribed to mailing lists, just in case. So don’t be surprised
if you start seeing more embroidered doll clothes in ’15. I gotta justify
spendin’ all this cash, ya know…
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