Little
pitter-patters of rain turning to sleet peppered the windows of my office this
afternoon, as I received a phone call from the President of the University
saying the campus would be closing at 3:30 today due to in-climate weather moving
in our direction. It’s supposed to be nasty through the weekend…Ugh! Sounds like a good weekend to catch up on all
the DVR shows waiting to be viewed that we never seem to have time to watch.
As I left the office some of my co-workers
were working on trying to clear their windows of a good ¼ inch of ice. I
remember being in high school and having to drive up a hill with my head
hanging out the window to be able to see as I could not clear the half inch of
ice on my windows. I was barely able to
get the door opened to squeeze in and drive the old ‘50 Ford stick shift
home. Mind you, I lived less than a half
mile from the school, but it felt like ten miles that day.
We had our
Thanksgiving luncheon today at the office.
I love dressing but since I have
gone to eating a Paleo diet I had to come up with something different. What I ended up bringing was a wonderful dish
of Turkey bacon, Turkey sausage, celery, onions, mushrooms ,dried cranberries,
chopped pecans, diced yams, chicken broth, white wine vinegar(no alcohol), eggs,
salt and pepper. The recipe calls
for pork sausage and bacon but there are
some people in our office who have dietary restrictions so I subbed in
turkey. It was yummy. It’s one of those
dishes that you could add a fried egg to in the morning for breakfast.
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| Sunset as we were driving to OKC |
I had to make a quick trip this week to the
north side of Oklahoma City to have my sewing machine looked at again. I had gotten it back last Saturday after it was
in the shop for a week being repaired. It had a much needed tune-up and the
controller foot peddle had no slow speed so it had to be fixed as well and then
on Sunday it quit. As it turned out it
was due to operator error. L However I did learn a valuable
lesson, make sure your needle is in all the way or the thread will not get
picked up by the shuttle. It turned out
to not be a wasted trip as my Bernina
man, John Ramsey, said the person who
worked on my machine was allergic to a special lubricant therefore my machine had not been treated
with it…so John lubed up my machine and I was good to go. I have had my Bernina 830 for 30 years and it
is one little workhorse and sews like a dream.
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| Christmas Towels |
I’m working
on Christmas gifts for the family this year. Here
are some of the towels I’m making and some of the pieces of the sports quilt
made out of sports T’s for one of the girls.
Do I
worry about them finding out what I am doing? No, as they never read my blog. Also on the list are matching kitchen aprons
for the whole family in Texas. Somewhere
in there I also have head scarves to make from my circular knitting looms, so lots
to do…all of this by Christmas.
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| Quilt Blocks for Sports Quilt |
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| Sumi and Cory |
One of the
girls in our office got married recently. For a wedding gift I said I would
shoot a picture of her and her new husband.
I think it turned out rather well considering that it was very dark as the flash did not fire, but after a quick edit in Picasa 3, they both loved it. I have another
shoot this coming spring with the son of another co-worker. So I am looking forward to that.
We went truck
shopping the other night…still looking.
I’m hoping to find our truck by the end of December if not before.
396 days and
counting...Boy time is flying!
Good blog post, Susie. My family doesn't read my blog either, so I know what you mean. I had a 930 Bernina before we went on the road but it was so heave. I sold it and got a small Bernina that I carry with me. Don't use it much, but I have it.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blog post. You are right about old man Winter blowing in! Burrrr!!! Have you decided what pickup you want?
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