Relaxing Saturday

I finally had a little time to do some stuff instead of work:

I made the world's Ugliest Lemon Meringue Pie:

The recipe is from Mark Bittman's "How To Cook Everything". I'll let you know how it tastes tomorrow! Doesn't it look like a huge hamburger bun??!!

Here are some shots of the blackberries growing at the edges of my yard (wild):

Unfortunately, I don't care for blackberries. I tried one, but it didn't have a very strong flavor at all. I don't know if it's the particular variety, or lack of cultivation , or what, but it was pretty tasteless. The photo with the mail box is just a pix of my front yard looking towards Main Street, without the fence. You can tell where the fence was though. I burned two CD's of my Ireland photos, one for Mom. There was a TV show on that I taped to DVD caled "The Edge of Europe". It was about the Christian monestaries in the part of Ireland that we visited- Borus Head, Ballinskelligs, Valencia Island. Extremely interesting, and pertinent to our travels. My Mom & I want to go back again.

For supper tonight I made pizza on the grill. I totally didn't even think to take pictures! It came out SO good!

S & B Progress pix...

Here's Bittersweet Moon:

I added a couple of the leaves & infilled stem vein, plus started the alphabet, and added one of the stars.

Here's Thoughts of Baby:

Sorry it's dark- I scanned it & it's rolled on the strtcher bars so it's not in contact with the platen. It's coming along nicely though.

Here's Red House Sampler:

I finished the red of the house & the bush & started the windows.
Here's that WDW Cadet color discrepancy I mentioned a couple of posts ago:I hope it's more apparent on a newer monitor- mine here at home is dying and displays colors too dark. The full skein is much greener that the used one. The used one is what I stitched the house in on Bittersweet Moon.

I'm SO Bummed Out!

I filled out a survey the other day: I'm now in the next group of ages: 45-54!!!

I've been wanting to stitch but weekends are pretty much shot, and I had a Walmart run last night and install the window air conditioner. Tonight's project is 3 months of bank account reconciliation. Oh what fun!!

Have a photo:

Those are the Skellig Islands in the distance. This was that spectacular Saturday we had.

Here's inside a little art gallery we found just outside Ballinskellig: The fish's scales & fins are knives, forks and/or spoons.

Here is a castle ruin on the way past Kilorgin. It was close to the little replica village we toured.

I'm becoming VERY jealous of Jane. I desperately want to go back.

TTFN

07-07-07-07...

Just being superstitious (or >SNORT< -super-stitches!!!) and wanting to post today.

I'm so funny- NOT.

Bob was here when I got home from the barn (relatively early). We had hot dogs & burgers. We also went to Cirelli's for more burgers, beer- and OO- I just remembered I bought a bottle of Blackstone Merlot.

I was going to mow the lawn- today is supposed to be the coolest of the next week, but he talked me out of it. Now I don't have the ambition to do it at all. Maybe all the heat will burn it off?

Here's all my fabric for the quilt(s) cut into 4" squares:

Sorry- the darks at the top left are TOO dark- the most upper left is a purple-y green pailsley.

Here's Chicklet saying "Thanks for the burger Mom!"

Um...oops?

So I forgot to take a photo before I went to S&B- so sue me!!
Here's one after:

I won't show you what the "undo" portion looks like on the back; let's suffice it to say that it will probably involve Fray-Check to make it permanent. I bought a replacement skein of WDW Cadet, which is the body color of the house (as in pale blue). The new skein is drastically different than the old. the new is much more green-ish blue. I should take another picture with both colors side-by-side to show you.

Here's little Chicken: she's jonesing for a hot dog:

She said she noticed that she was overlooked yesterday at cheeseburger time; she thought she had waited long enough thank you, so could she have her burger now please?

Well, well, well

SOOOoooooooo.........
Didn't get to the picture of Bittersweet moon (yet). I'll be sure to take one when I get home before S&B tonight. I did get 4" squares cut from all my fabric for the baby quilt(s) Tuesday afternoon. I had quite a lot of fabric to iron & cut. Then yesterday morning I got caught up in cleaning my baking cupboard- at soem point a bottle of those silver dragees (is that right??) you know- those little silver sugar balls for cake decorating- spilled and collected at the bottom of the cabinet (wall hung). I've been seeing a few ants while & since Mom was here, and after a bit of investigation, it seems they've been attracted to this sweet sticky mess. At first I was only seeing 3 ants pig-piling, but Tuesday night I saw a pig-pile of ants pig-piling over it, so I knew I had to take action. DONE!
I wanted to make a lemon meringue pie for the 4th, but Bob came as I was airing the cleaning agent-smell from the cabinet, so I ran out of time.
We did hot dogs & potato salad for lunch, then burgers around supper.
She-who-shall-not-be-named (for now) made herself Velveeta with hamburger. She really needs to clean up her greasy mess afterwards. I'm starting to feel sorry for her former roomate.
I did get her car's inspection sticker with no problems, other than that they didn't give me the report that it had passed. Bob had gotten a letter from the registry to return the plates because it had failed the emissions, even though my 60-day re-test period hadn't passed. I hope I won't need that report.
I will REALLY try to post later.

Progress...

Here's my progress on Red House Sampler- I've managed a couple of days of stitching at lunch at work. I'm pleased with the variagation in the tree.
Here's my new start: "Thoughts of Baby" by Erica Michaels on 28 ct jobelan "Raspberry Lite"- the haze of pink is just that- clouds of pink across a white field. I'm using Crescent Colors "Prickly Pear". This represents 2 hours of work. I will be taking a photo of Bittersweet Moon's progress when I get home today & post. The people on the 15th floor are leaving early today, while those on the third floor are kiss-asses and are staying until 4:00. ME- I'm leaving by noon.
I washed all my fabric, and supplemented with stash, and have to iron it all. I want to start cutting out 4" squares today. Greg's daughter is having her baby any minute; I think I'll have enough fabric for two quilts. Tomorrow I'm off, and I'm NOT going to work at the barn. I need to sleep until I wake up. The weather has been glorious the past few days- nice & cool and perfect for sleeping in. Then I hope to be up and stitching something- either cross stitch or quilts.
See you this afternoon.