Fueling Up

Took the leap of faith and will be fueling everything that runs this weekend. My caddy yesterday, Steve's little run about truck, big Blue Dodge truck, and topping off Jus Chillin. About $750 dollars in the tanks and then stay home most of the time, sort of silly don't you think. We will be going to Dallas next Saturday for Ron's 80th birthday party  . My trip to Branson at the end of March, Rally in Texas in April and my flight to Sisters Oregon in July, October in Georgia, and December in Texas. Now that is what I call staying home. For us that is a shortened schedule.

Tomorrow is our 47th anniversity, whohoo who know it would last???? Not doing anything special , he and I are going to dinner tonight at our favorite restaurant near by. No gifts we have everything we want or need except a million dollars and I am working on that each week and Steve is working again  for a while.(Part Time 43 hours last week) Who Knew???

I am finished cutting quilts for retreat in fact I am sewing a Christmas one now, packets really cute and simple, that is what I like now sweet and simple, no stress.

Have a great day!

Hugs Patticake

Really Early Start

Good morning, went to bed at 9pm and woke up at 2am and was

Up and At Um!

Up at 4:45am and walked early, need to fit a lot in my day today. Starting off doing an office job for Big Hank and then cutting more Christmas fabric for ITS A WRAP Quilt.(Christmas Packages). I have an idea for a new Doll Pattern, may design that this afternoon, who knows!

Little Hank came for a visit before he went back to LSU yesterday, I just love that young man to pieces, what a great kid he has been since I first rocked him when he came home from the hospital. He is so smart and will make a great doctor. Hope I am still around to see that graduation.

Steve is off to work, yes he is working at the present time for a friend who is moving his business to a warehouse down the street from us. The extra money is sweet! No I am not buying fabric with it, banking it for fuel for the motorhome. We may want to go somewhere in thye spring.

Love my new Pressure Cooker, did cabbage in 4 minutes yesterday, navy beans in 35 minutes and beef stew in 36 minutes, love the digital electric orange PC. Now we have food for a week! More time to sew.

have a great day

Hugs patticake

We Pulled Up The Rope

We had to cut the tie rope so we could stay afloat. What a terrible day, wind , rain,lightning, thunder more sideways rain, trees swaying and a tornado warning all day long. Water blew in under the side door as the yard flooded. My doorstop MOOSE got really wet and when I picked him up water ran everywhere. He wsa not happy, so I draped him over the bathtub to drain and this morning he when to thedryer spa. It is cloudy today and a lot cooler and we have a busy day away from the house.

Did I tell you how much I love my digital electric pressure cooker, well if I didn't let me tell you now, I LOVE IT !!!!! I used it to make beef stew yesterday 36 minutes and we were done. The best is I went to amazon to look for a nice cookbook and I had enough points to get a $23 dollar order for $2.80, whoohoo is what I said. It is arriving on the 27th.

Cut some of the Christmas Quilt yesterday will finish it tomorrow. This week I will spend in the cottage gathering up stuff for retreat give aways. The quilt is packages and so cute, comes from a magazine, thats like free almost.

I cooked for Mike for next week, navy beans and brown rice, ham steaks, beef stew with potatoes and carrots. Tomorrow I will do baking potatoes over stuffed and wrapped with a slice of turkey bacon, this is a WW recipe and is the best. I will do enough to send Hank a couple also. Mike supplied the potatoes and we all get to eat.

Hank has started to cook for himself and he doesn't eat the veggies we all eat so I don't cook for him , I just shop with him.

Have a great day and remember to bt greatful for your blessings.

Hugs patticake

Hay girls out west, whats going on with you guys?

I am Back and Up and Running

Maybe not running but walking for sure, walked at 6am this morning and had breakfast by 7am. Thats what I call a great start! I will be taking Ms. Dixie Doddle in for a spa day, she really smells awful. She had a bad cold last week with fever, cough and sneezing. She also has a rash on her belly, but she was still sweet. I don't think I will ever find another sweet dog like her.

I will be layering my camping quilt today and cutting the Christmas Quilt ,also using my new digital electric pressure cooker for the first time. I am doing navy beans in 20 minutes from dry beans. Talk about saving time. I have a hair and nail appointment at 12:30pm, so I would say I have a busy schedule. Tonight is the mardi gras parade in our area so I don't want to miss that.

Now I am taking the dog in and coming back and cleaning a little, just need the floor vacumned and the toilets cleaned.

Sooooooo have a great day and be thankful for something or someone in your life.

HUgs Patticake

What a Wonderful Day

The weather is crisp and frozen and a great day to quilt and read. So that is what we will be doing, I will quilt and he will read. Nice day would you say or agree. The sun is bright and the wind is blowing and the wood stove is cranked up. The turkey pot pie is make and ready to bake, and the stuff for chocolate chip peanut butter cookies is sitting on the counter.
Think I will have a nap first, then bake cookies.

Dixie is sick, respiratory infection, coughing and sneezing and running fever, she is on several meds which she loves as she takes them with peanut butter. Hope she feels better as the week go on, she is so sweet even when she is sick.

Hugs patticake