Rainy Day Cookfest

I meant to quilt today, but thought I’d first make the angel food cake I’d promised Pop…

and since I was there, I should cook some chicken to make bbq sandwiches for this week’s lunches,

We’ll eat half, then freeze the rest to enjoy later

and hey, wouldn’t that chicken taste good in the Medieval Times tomato bisque soup (here) that I have almost all the ingredients for (hubby trudges off to Von’s…)

anddddd as long as the oven is hot, I should make that quiche recipe my sister sent me. (Here)

Sweetie Pie deep dish pie plate

Without the girls here everyday to keep me busy entertained, I’ve really gotten back into cooking (not just baking.) Hubby’s loving it, so much so that he agreed to buy me a fancy schmancy deep pie dish (here) so I can try my hand at pies (and more quiches…) Win, win! The fact it was 50% off didn’t hurt either…. 😂

Speaking of rainy days - our super scientific giant orange bucket rain gauge shows we’ve had 8”!!! of rain in the last 4 days. Since our yearly average is about 15”, that’s a lot! Forecast says no rain tomorrow but there are two more storms headed our way before the weekend. 

Bits and Bobs

Bits and bobs to get caught up . . .

We were curious how much rain we’d get in last week’s series of storms, so Pop set out our expensive, high tech, scientific rain gauge.

First storm was 1.25”, second was 2.25” and this last one, that was supposed to be “milder” but ended up hitting our area directly, was 3.25”. Grand total - 6.5” over 4 (5?) days. Hooray!

Asked hubby for help recovering my sad, ripped ironing board, thinking it would be a quick job. Not when there’s a woodworker glue involved! 

So happy with my new full-length wool pad and shiny new cover. 

Such a helper. Of course, she made herself comfy on the part I’d already ironed . . . But it also reminded me that maybe I wanted to wash that red before it had a chance to bleed all over a quilt . . .

Added a 4” border to the Tula quilt’s long sides, to make sure it’s really and truly big enough to sleep under. And maybe because I love that purple.

And finally, this made me literally laugh out loud. Happy January, y’all!