Iris 9 patch, SHQ Show & Tell, Pam R

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Michael headed out super early to the Ford dealership on Tuesday morning (1/13) for an oil change and other basic maintenance, while I continued quilting.  Iris came over for a quilting lesson:

She has already finished all of her applique heart blocks, now we are working on the 9 patch blocks. 

Around 1 PM we headed to Ballentyne for her mammogram, then stopped for lunch at the new Miami Café on the way home:

We were supposed to have THAI food, but her mammogram took extra long…and when we headed there, we found out they are closed from 2:30 PM to 5 PM….BIG BUMMER!!! 

Michael headed out to his usual TV night movies, and I knit and watched a NETFLIX movie THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY….worth a look for a feel good/bittersweet (thanks for the word Laura!!) , true to how life sometimes is, movie.

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I video chatted with Janice Wednesday morning (1/14) while my honey was out golfing….I can’t believe how long he stayed out there as it was around 40 degrees and misting….he finally came home before 11 AM and took a hot shower as he was cold and wet!  I had a bite to eat before leaving for my massage.  It’s been a long time since I had one and it was heaven. 

By the time I stopped at the bank and got caught up a bit on blog entries….it was after 3 PM before I got back to doing anything crafty.  I got my 4 patch quilt trimmed and on the to-be-bound pile (I have the binding already made):

and also finished sewing together the bottom 4 rows of the QoV:

Michael and Larry headed out for yet another movie (that's THREE this week!)...a re-showing of an old one...THE OUTSIDERS...and Pam came over for a nice, long chat.

About a year ago, Pam announced that she was going to be moving back to Wisconsin, to be near her only remaining family....a cousin she is close to. When Michael and I were on our trip up to see the kids last June, we went to a craft fair,...I think in Connecticut...and I found these gorgeous hand woven towels that I thought would be an appropriate going away gift to show Pam how much I would miss her. She subsequently decided to stay here (yay!!!), and I decided to give her the towels anyway. She loved them and I think I picked the perfect colors....see how the gold matches the shirt she has on? I can't wait to see her using them in her kitchen.

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Thursday (1/15) was all about quilting, with another new member joining us (that only leaves 1 on the waiting list).  I got to show my 2 QoV’s and I think both were well received, and we had a bit more show and tell:

I finished off the inside of a dialysis quilt at quilting…just have to add borders, and everyone really liked how cheerful it looked: 

I had a hearing aid appointment afterwards, so didn’t get to my studio until 5 PM. 

I got the backing and batting loaded on for the first of Sandy’s quilts…but that was as far as I got before I collapsed.

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I had breakfast Friday morning (1/16) with Sally.  I headed to SUMO donuts and picked up 2 egg/bacon/cheese sandwiches on brioche buns and took them over to her house, where she had a lovely fruit salad.  I got to hear all about her trip to Italy and it sounded magical.  We talked and talked and I didn’t get home until 12:30 PM! 

By then, Michael was out to lunch with Ed to celebrate his birthday.  I started right in on making Susie’s raspberry/chocolate tart for dessert, with a few changes.  I decided that a cookie crust would be too sweet for me…so made a graham cracker crust instead.  Let me tell you….ground up graham crackers with melted butter on them smell like HEAVEN!  I had baked it for 10 minutes by the time Michael came home…and he agreed.  Then I didn’t have any raspberry jam, but I did have raspberry pie filling, so I cooked that down and decided to use it as a garnish instead of in the pie.  I used a little bit less whipping cream than it called for, and the MERKENS chocolate left over from my Christmas candy making. 

Everyone who ate a piece seemed to really enjoy it:

After that, Michael and put together a chicken pot pie…and cornbread muffins on the side.  Laura & Dave and Diane & Mark showed up at 6 PM, and we had dinner and decided to play TRIPOLI in the evening: 

I think everyone had a good time, and Michael and I read our books for about an hour after everyone left.

And 10 years ago....

-https://foodandfiberfloozie.blogspot.com/2016/01/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html

-Food and Fiber Floozie: Elsie & Cookie a trois, quilting on 4 patch finished

-Food and Fiber Floozie: crockpots, started feather bargello, Quilt of Valor, champagne & puffy things

*** What do you call the soft tissue between a shark's teeth? The slowest swimmer. ***

*** I saw an audiologist today, but I think I'll get a second opinion. Why on earth would I need a heron egg? ***

*** It's hard to believe that bears made porridge....and the only thing wrong was the temperature. ***