Hope everyone's Christmas day was all they hoped it would be...and then some.
There are only 2 of us here....but there was food for 10...and it was not my idea. LOL
Smoked ham and smoked turkey, green bean casserole, cornbread stuffing, gravy, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pecan pie. and we ate some of all of it...groan!!
Jim ready to dig in.
Even Suzy the dog got a few bites of everything.
She rejected the cranberry sauce. how can this dog lick this bowl clean and leave the cranberry bites there like that. LOL
It was a day for napping and jigsaw puzzles and making crumb blocks.
I put together some crumb blocks off and on during the day. so far i have 26 of them. hopefully by the end of 2013 i will have 500...enough to make another crumb quilt.
One of them got a recycled little embroidered candy cane
And the first of 6 fairy blocks got all fused together. this is Miss Daisy. i added a bit of embellishment with some markers on the flowers and her hair. not sure yet whether they will become a quilt or separate wall hangings.
Also played with the dehydrator.
Some apples...i did 3 Honey Crisp apples. dried them for 10 hours the first day and put them in a quart jar. tried one the next day and they were kind of stuck together. still had moisture in them. were soft and chewy and tasty yummy. so dried them another 8 hours. still bendable. i would like them to be crispy and dry...like chips. but got tired of hearing the dehydrator running so took them out. hubby did some research and it said to wrap them in brown paper for a week. so i tried that with half of them. will let you know what happens. they are rolled in a grocery sack and then vacuum sealed. will open in a week and check.
Also dried 3 bananas. i think i like my bananas fresh. these just look so wrong. LOL i vacuum sealed them and put them in the pantry. am going to try them in a banana bread recipe and see how they are. they, too, are still soft and not crispy...after 8 hours in dehydrator and then 8 hours more the next day. i am not the queen of dehydration....yet. LOL
Today is back to the regularly scheduled program. got up this morning and went to the gym. no one there but me. perhaps gym use doesn't kick in until the new year's resolutions start. hahahaha but i am starting now. got to start on christmas dinner leftovers now for a day or two. was a slug all christmas day....even took a nap....so back to quilting. talk to you..
tomorrow
There are only 2 of us here....but there was food for 10...and it was not my idea. LOL
Smoked ham and smoked turkey, green bean casserole, cornbread stuffing, gravy, deviled eggs, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pecan pie. and we ate some of all of it...groan!!
Jim ready to dig in.
Even Suzy the dog got a few bites of everything.
She rejected the cranberry sauce. how can this dog lick this bowl clean and leave the cranberry bites there like that. LOL
It was a day for napping and jigsaw puzzles and making crumb blocks.
I put together some crumb blocks off and on during the day. so far i have 26 of them. hopefully by the end of 2013 i will have 500...enough to make another crumb quilt.
One of them got a recycled little embroidered candy cane
And the first of 6 fairy blocks got all fused together. this is Miss Daisy. i added a bit of embellishment with some markers on the flowers and her hair. not sure yet whether they will become a quilt or separate wall hangings.
Also played with the dehydrator.
Some apples...i did 3 Honey Crisp apples. dried them for 10 hours the first day and put them in a quart jar. tried one the next day and they were kind of stuck together. still had moisture in them. were soft and chewy and tasty yummy. so dried them another 8 hours. still bendable. i would like them to be crispy and dry...like chips. but got tired of hearing the dehydrator running so took them out. hubby did some research and it said to wrap them in brown paper for a week. so i tried that with half of them. will let you know what happens. they are rolled in a grocery sack and then vacuum sealed. will open in a week and check.
Also dried 3 bananas. i think i like my bananas fresh. these just look so wrong. LOL i vacuum sealed them and put them in the pantry. am going to try them in a banana bread recipe and see how they are. they, too, are still soft and not crispy...after 8 hours in dehydrator and then 8 hours more the next day. i am not the queen of dehydration....yet. LOL
Today is back to the regularly scheduled program. got up this morning and went to the gym. no one there but me. perhaps gym use doesn't kick in until the new year's resolutions start. hahahaha but i am starting now. got to start on christmas dinner leftovers now for a day or two. was a slug all christmas day....even took a nap....so back to quilting. talk to you..
tomorrow
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