We often eat okra & tomatoes. The other day a reader sent me a link to The Mediterranean Dish's okra & tomato recipe. I get her recipes in my email but have not been looking at them much lately so I appreciated that a reader noticed the okra recipe and sent it to me. I had just cut okra so I tried the recipe. The spices were a bit different from what I normally use but it was ...
Itatiaia Cocoon Started
Since I love starting new patterns, I couldn't help it . . I started the Itatiaia Cocoon last week. The pattern can be purchased here. The recommended yarn is Miss Babs Yowza and, since I had some in my stash, that's what I'm using. The Pattern: I'm still not exactly sure how this pattern turns into a cocoon but I'm following the pattern, knowing it will work. The pattern is very easy ...
Winter
Yesterday was the first day of Fall. I drove the RTV down to the mail box to take something to mail and then to get the mail. Both times I was wishing I'd put on a light jacket. The wind and the cool weather felt so good though. I came back to the house and told Vince that it was chilly out there. He laughed and said . . tell me 70 degrees is chilly when there's ice on the ground in Missouri. I ...
The Stove
Vince and I had a heart to heart discussion today. He knows I want a gas stove. He sees the value in it for several reasons. First, I thought I would just pick up where I left off because it's only been 9 years since I used a glass top stove and I had used one in various forms for about 14 years. Piece of cake, right? Not so much. I do not like it. In fact, I've been using my induction hot plates ...
Electric Bill
When we bought the new house, the seller told us that he only pays the customer fee for about seven or eight months out of the year. Everything he had told us was true and we never asked to see his electric bills. When Vince went to the electric company there to sign the solar contract, he was surprised to learn that we would be paying 13 cents per kwh for power but they were only paying us ...
More Progress
Vince has been working so hard getting things packed. I'm working too but what I'm doing doesn't compare to what Vince is doing. He gets it done where I mostly seem to shuffle things around and make no real progress. The 8 x 8 closet in the sewing room is pretty much full - packed floor to ceiling. Vince has had to leave a bit of room in the 8 x 16 closet because the freeze dryer is ...