I’ve been wanting to sew for a few weeks now. I finally sat down the other day and made a cover for my serger (ironically, I didn’t make it with my serger). It’s just a box shape, nothing intricate.
While I had my iron out, I ironed a Tweety patch on Mom’s new bright blue messenger bag she scored at WalMart for $5!
I didn’t do a complete job on my serger cover though. I didn’t iron out my final seams……I just didn’t have the heart to move Arty. He’s lucky the iron wasn’t turned on!
So, I’m home alone, working, in the middle of a call with a Verizon store rep. Important stuff. Some lady I don’t know comes to my front door, and knocks. Knocks again. I’m on a call, in the middle of a situation, and frankly, I could care less who’s at the door and what she’s selling, or what religion she’s pedaling. Unless you’re the mailman bringing me goodies, I’m not going to jack my call stats up for you to yack about you crap. She knocked for 4 mins straight, louder each time. On my break I checked, and there was no “buy our new enema bulb” or “convert to our religion or your hair will all fall out” flyers. Cripes lady, take the hint.
I LOVE garlic. I put it in everything I make. The more the better. Roasted garlic is divine to put in pasta dishes, as a go-along with meat, or by itself. Here’s a super duper easy way to make your own yummy roasted garlic.
First, start with a good solid garlic bulb. Make sure it’s fresh, with it’s skin intact. Leaving the head whole (ie – don’t separate the cloves), slice the top off, about half an inch or so down, to expose the cloves. Set onto a piece of tinfoil, and drizzle with a little olive oil.
Fold the foil up, encasing the garlic completely. Roast at 350 degrees F for 45 mins. This is what you’ll have:
Let the garlic cool so you can handle it with your hands. Pull the cloves apart, and squeeze the garlic out into a dish. The skin stays hard/papery, while the garlic inside is soft. It’s kind of like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube.
And Voila! You can use in recipes (try it in alfredo with sundried tomatoes and sausage), mix with butter to make garlic butter, or my fave, eat as is on tasted baguette. YUM!
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For my birthday last year, Rob got me “I am Not a Paper Cup”. It looks like a paper cup, but it’s ceramic, and the lid is silicone rubber. Super cool! The first couple of times I used it though, I had to remind myself not to throw it out when my coffee was done. hehe
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Luna and Arty, all snuggled up amongst the folded laundry on the bed. So cute! <3
I’ve been going and going for a few weeks now. From my renos to cleaning the carage, to the yard sale, then I put gran’s laminate floor down, then helped mom with creating a playroom for the kids. We finished and unveiled that to Sherry and Jason on Friday morning. Since then, I’ve been doing a whole lot of nothing. Friday I went to the Red Pepper and then to teh Candy Chameleon for gilatto (<3) with my bud Carole, then I went to visit Gran for a bit, then I went to Michael’s, and then to Sherry’s for a little crafty time. Yesterday I worked, and the most strenuous thing I did outside of work was boil some ribs. Now today, I’ve crafted and played bingo on facebook. Maybe this week I’ll take it easy. I’m going blueberry picking tomorrow, weather permitting, and Friday a bunch of us may be going to bingo! hehe
