Tea Luncheon

Today I went to lunch at a fairly new Tullahoma eatery, Tullahoma Teapot, with Vicki, Carolyn, and Marie. We had a very nice lunch and lots of good visiting and catching up with each other. Fun to try out a new restaurant. Before going for lunch, I worked some more on the Sunday School lesson. Mid morning I ran a quick errand. I was close to finishing the lesson before I left for lunch, and have it ready to print and proof read and decide if it is really completed or if I need to tweak, delete, add, or change the order of anything that I have typed into my outline...in other words see if what I have written down in my notes makes sense! I will do that proofing tomorrow. Tonight I'm ready to just sit and stitch and watch TV.

Tiring Thursday

Tonight's photo shows one of the plants that Melany brought me when she came to work in the garden this week. Such a pretty color...almost neon! I have had a busy day at home today. Like yesterday, I ate breakfast and then got busy on the Sunday School lesson. I quit a little before lunch time. I still have one more study help to incorporate...so a little more work before it is ready to be printed out. This afternoon I spent making enchiladas. I made the two sauces that I use for them...I combine a red enchilada sauce and then pan gravy. This time I hadn't cooked a roast prior to making them so I didn't have the gravy...so I had to improvise...I sauted chopped onion, carrots, celery and garlic until soft and golden...oh, and added some of my shredded pork. After I made the gravy, I used the immersion blender to make it all smooth. Turned out quite tasty and worked well when combined with the enchilada sauce that I had made before the gravy. After I got the sauce made, I was ready to rest...I was both tired and my back was protesting. So I turned on the heating pad and then took a nap. After the nap, I was ready to assemble the enchiladas. I no longer roll the enchiladas. I layer the tortillas, sauce, black olives, shredded pork, and cheese, repeat and end with the sauce on top. I made two small pans today...one with corn tortillas and one with flour tortillas. I froze one of the pans without cooking it. The other I cooked and had a narrow (looks like an enchilada) slice for supper. When the enchiladas have baked and are hot through, I top them with more cheese and slide them back in the oven to melt the cheese. I enjoyed my repast tonight...but I will admit that this is a tiring recipe to make...and making is only the start...then there is the clean up. The dishwasher is loaded. I have already washed some of the dishes by hand, but still have more to wash. Then I will wipe down the counter tops and stove and close the kitchen down for today! But I admitt to being quite tired tonight. I have been working on my wash, too. The dryer is spinning now and I plan to get another load going in the washer shortly. I doubt that these clothes will get put away tonight...but maybe. I'll at least get them hung up or folded and leave them on the couch till I have more energy to get them upstairs. This afternoon, I went out to empty my rain gauge...in the 48 hours since I had emptied it there was 1.1 inch more. It rained this morning, but cleared up later in the afternoon. It was quite pleasant out when I went out. I hope to be able to keep awake long enough to put in a few more stitches in the Christmas ornament I am working on presently. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Mid Week and a Little Past Mid Month

This photo was taken many years ago. It popped up on my iPad today and I decided I wanted to use it again...one of my golden-oldie favorites. Today has been a slow-paced day. After I ate breakfast, I worked on the Sunday School lesson most of the rest of the morning. I did make some headway on it...still a ways to go, but a good start. I did finish the Patterson book. And, I have done a little stitching, but very little. I managed to carve out some napping time. And, other than that, I guess, I have just done a little of this and a little of that. My outdoor activities consisted of taking the garbage can back to the back of the house...and picking up a few sticks in the front yard. From that activity, I can report it was rather warm--mid 80s and the humidity was noticible. That's my weather report for the day! I plan to stitch and watch some TV this evening. so...a rather ho-hum day!

Terrific Tuesday

This morning I spent with Jo and Carolyn. We met for breakfast and enjoyed the food, but mainly enjoyed being together catching up with each other and also chasing rabbits...our conversation went in all directions...when we are together, we are never at a loss for words! Last night Donna and I decided that we would put the library on hold for this week as we didn't have anything pressing to do there. I took advantage of the afternoon to get underway with the Sunday School lesson for this coming Sunday and I have made a little headway. I think that I will let what I read and listened to settle into my brain and do something else this evening...a little stitching and a little reading. I have made good progress on my James Patterson book, it is the latest in his Women's Murder Club series, 25 Alive. It is a very fast read so I should be through it quickly and get back to another book that will be whisked away in a few days. The Patterson book is what Libby calls a "skip-the-line" book so they only let you have it for 7 days. So that one takes priority and then I will go back to the one that is due the soonest. I'm not sure that I will get through with it in the time allowed...so it will be whisked away and I will get myself back on the list and eventually get it on down the line. We had another good rain shower this afternoon. I poured about a half inch out of the rain gauge when I got home from breakfast and when I looked out, it looks like there is about that much more in it now. I just got notification that we should expect rain tomorrow. We are definitely in a rainy cycle. We'll take it and pray that we won't get into a drought time this year...but summer hasn't arrived yet...I'm sure that we will have plenty of hot and dry days ahead of us. But for the moment the gardens are enjoying all the rain. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

It Has Been a Year

Today marks the anniversary of Woody's death. In some ways it seems much longer than a year and in others much shorter. I feel that I really have two days that get me looking back to that day, as I have the date he died (16th) and I have the day (Father's Day) that he died--one and the same last year! But yesterday really had memories flooding in. Today Melany came and did more gardening for me...so we spent part of the morning and afternoon together...so that kept me busy and kept me from "looking back" too much. She got a lot more done on that side garden...but it is going to take her one more visit to complete that garden. I didn't garden, but did garden related activities. Melany and family had given me a new bird bath and a rooster solar light and some other solar lights. And, I got those ready to put in the gardens. Marie also asked me to teach Sunday School this coming Sunday, so after getting the garden items ready, I sat on the front porch and started making a rough outline for the lesson...at least it is a start! This evening I went to Monday Night Furnace Room Prayer meeting. So my day has been pretty full of activity. Melany brought a couple of new plants to put in the garden near the road. I needed to water them this evening and was going to water after coming home from prayer meeting, but I decided to water before going. Well, I should have waited, as a pretty heavy rain shower/thunderstorm rolled through while I was at prayer meeting. We have really been getting the rain lately! It was a pretty good day for Melany's gardening...it was overcast for most of the time she was working and there was a pleasant breeze and the humidity wasn't too bad. So she didn't get too hot during her gardening chores. We had a good lunch. She brought some pork chops that they grilled out yesterday and some homemade peach barbecue sauce (pretty good!) and I provided the marinated salad. Then she also brought some cheesecake from their Father's Day meal along with blueberry sauce. All was yummy! And. not much work on anyone's part today. Melany is home safely. I am home safely. She and Wade were out in their yard looking at their gardens...and their chickens (which, by the way, have started gifting them with eggs...the last couple of days each of three hens have provided them with an egg). I am now torn as to whether I am going to read or stitch. I am well underway with my next Christmas ornament, but I also had an e-book delivered that I had been waiting for...a James Patterson book...so that is hard for me to resist. We'll see as the evening progresses...maybe I have time for a little of both! To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!

Happy First Anniversary, Payton and Abigail!

Flag Day 2025

This morning I decided that I wanted to finish stitching the Christmas ornament I was currently working on...and, I did. This afternoon I made a marinated veggie salad...lots of slicing and dicing. It is in the refrigerator letting the flavors meld before it can be enjoyed. I just got the dishes loaded and the dishwasher running. I still have a few dishes to do by hand, but for the most part I am through in the kitchrn for today. I did do a Saturday vacuum spiffing in a couple of rooms. I filed the papers that were in a stack on my sewing cutting table...so the table is just about cleared of non-sewing items. I serged the edges of some linen for some more cross stitch ornaments. I am planning on putting a strip of linen on a small cross stitch stand I have...it holds a small roller frame...that way the fabric will be taut as I stitch and I can stitch with "two hands." I can have my dominant a hand on each side of the frame and can stitch a little easier than when I stitch holding the fabric in my hand...perhaps it will speed up the process...which should help me finish the number of ornaments that I have to finish. I would like to stitch other things than Christmas at some point during the rest of the year! I am going to baste the linen to the scroll bars this evening. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious! Oh, yesterday my rain gauge measured 2.2 inches of rain! We have "only" had a little rain today!