Like I said on Monday -
Before the New Year begins -
I have a bunch of year-end cleaning up to do -
Business stuff -
And blog stuff -
Some posts that I never got around to posting -
So I probably should post this one -
And get on with it -
So I can PLAY some more - ;))
I still have the Business Stuff to do -
But that will have to wait until January - ;))
Here are the posts that I never got around to posting - ;))
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1. BRUCE & SPRUCE -
I don’t remember whether or not -
I told you guys that BRUCE died -
But I got a new fish -
And I was going to tell you all about him -
But he only lasted a week - ;((
Poor thing died before I had a chance to tell you -
That I had named him SPRUCE -
Because it rhymed with BRUCE -
And because he was BLUE - ;))
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2. MATCHING THE STITCH -
I like the “blind-hem stitch” on my Husvarna Lily 555 -
But I have that sewing machine all set up with the walking foot -
And I REALLY don’t like switching out feet -
Every time I want to stitch something -
And because I have all of my sewing machines already set up -
It’s easier for me to just switch to a different sewing machine - ;))
So anyway -
I was trying to find a “match” on SuzieQ -
And I think that I found it - ;))
Hopefully that will make it easier to stitch down -
The letters on my Turkey Day wall hanging -
And the O Happy Christmas one - ;))
But you all know how S-L-O-W I am -
So don’t hold your breath - ;))
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3. “WRAPPING” THE SCARVES -
I forgot to tell you my “plan” for “wrapping” the scarves - ;))
I had wanted to stuff them inside Mason Jars -
And give them out that way -
But I didn’t get to Walmart until AFTER -
I had given them away -
So that didn’t work - ;))
But it would have been really cool -
Because they FIT really well - ;))
Maybe next year -
If I make some more - ;))
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4. HOLIDAY BAKING -
And I was going to tell you about my Christmas baking - ;))
Would you believe that -
My pumpkin loaves didn’t stick to the pan -
The PAN stuck to the loaves?!?!? -
Needless to say -
That batch hit the trash -
Along with the pan -
But not before I showed family and friends - ;))
NONE of us had EVER seen this happen before -
And we have been baking for a LONG time - ;))
I’m thinking that the pan just got old and tired -
I have had it for MANY years -
So it was/is time to replace it anyway -
No big deal - ;))
The next batch I made was pumpkin muffins -
Made in my muffin tins -
With PAPER liners - ;))
(Sorry - no photo)
And the next batch was pumpkin cookies - ;))
And then I made a Cherry Cream Cheese Pie -
Just because it’s pretty -
And it’s RED - ;))
And then I found a new recipe for -
Overnight Blueberry French Toast Casserole - HERE - ;))
I made it for company -
And they loved it - ;))
Then I had left-over bread and blueberries -
So I made it again last night -
To sit in the refrigerator overnight -
And I tweaked it a bit -
I used a larger casserole dish - 8 x 13 -
I only used one loaf of French Bread -
I doubled the cream cheese/powdered sugar mixture -
And made it “spreadable” with 6 tablespoons of milk -
And I added an extra egg to the egg/milk mixture -
Because I like my French Toast a little “eggier” -
And I was out of blueberries by that time -
So I used store-bought Boysenberry syrup -
To top it off when it was done baking -
YUMMMY!! - ;))
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And LAST -
But NOT LEAST -
5. 2015 RESOLUTIONS/WORDS/PHRASE/MOTTO -
Some bloggers have posted their New Year Resolutions -
Or Words -
Or Phrase -
Or Motto -
Or whatever you want to call it - ;))
I’m not very good at keeping Resolutions -
Good intentions and all of that -
So I don’t bother to make them -
But I think my WORDS for 2015 are going to be -
LIGHTEN UP - ;))
It’s on one of my favorite Christmas t-shirts -
The lighting makes It look like the shirt is orange -
But it really is a very nice CHRISTMAS RED - ;))
And as long as I’m showing you my favorite Christmas t-shirt -
I may as well show you BOB’s favorite as well -
She wore it to Walmart once -
And got some dirty looks -
So now she only wears it around the house - ;))
If you can’t read it -
It says -
Yeah.
Ho.
Whatever.
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OK - so that’s it -
I’m all caught up for the year -
Except for some Business stuff -
And some Quilt Journal entries -
That will have to wait until next year -
Because right now it’s time to post this one -
So I can PLAY some more - ;))
HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE!!
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -