Prayers for Carol.  My SIL lives to the east of Houston in Luftkin and they got hit pretty hard too.  Lots of trees down, no power, etc, but all are OK so that is what matters.

I am not one to go on a shop hop either.  Just not my thing.  Like, Holly, I have too much fabric now and am determined not to buy any until this is used up.  I have been doing pretty good with that for the last year.  I am having some issues finding enough fabric for backings though.  I know I can piece them but that is not my favorite thing to do.  I have been looking at sheet sets to buy but those things are really expensive, so I will make do with what I have.  Last time I was in an actual quilt shop, I was with Kelli.

 

Thank you SANDRA for letting us know CAROL is OK, that is a big storm, takes some big power to uproot those trees. They have strong roots YIKES, So glad CAROL & Glen are OK.

I am so glad that Matt does these things for you, I envy him with his wish to live in Italy, it's a gorgeous country, it's actually quite cheap to buy a nice property in some of the small villages, the Amalfi coast is not so cheap, but I'm sure places could  be found just near the coast. 

INDY I forgot about the Hot  Milk Cake, so I looked it up after I read your post, it sounds easy enough, might try it out! Thanks for the reminder. I agree that having the other half stay home is sometimes better, if they don't enjoy it, you have a better time. 

Those quilt hops are not something we do here, I remember seeing the pattern and THERESA doing one when we were in the USA - it was in Portsmouth, cute pattern, and they had some very unique fabric in that store, all sea type things, light houses etc. Very nice, I made Ruari a quilt out of it. 

I go to our LQS  at least twice a month - usually - our lessons are there LOL There used to be so many more, but many have closed down, a big one I used to love went bust, we can still use our Spotlight (like Joanns I guess) 

I had the car detailed today, it's amazing, what a great job they did, some little scratches are now gone, people opening doors on me, and sometimes me with my keys in hand, near the door, tiny little ones, but they aren't there now, it looks brand new, I was impressed, and only 1 hour, I got back from training, got everything out of the car, I had some shopping bags, my yoga gear and boxing gloves in there.Then dropped it off, there is a cafe right near it, so I had a brunch there, it was really good too, picked up my protein powder from the Fitness studio above the cafe and then picked the car up. I was going to go to the car dealer as well, but will do that tomorrow.

Warwick hasn't noticed the car, wonder when (or if LOL ) he will. 

One of our girls has been away for a while, so messaged her today, she gets a little down at times, so wanted to let her know I was there if she wanted company. 

Like most of you, I need fabric like I need a monsoon above me !! I doubt I'll buy anything on our trip, the fabric and notions are quite expensive in England, but we will visit Pandora, and maybe get a charm in a few places for a souvenir, AND I want to get a thimble in Edinburgh, they have a cute one at the Tattoo store. We also found a place in Edinburgh that makes small purses/clutches, you do it in a class, you select the tartan you want, and they have it all cut out, so basically just put it together with those big stud type things, looks cute, and if we have time a few of us would like that. Not cheap, think it was about 65 pound ( A$130)
  I can't find the pound sign LOL 

It's cold again now, it was quite a warm night last night, I had to get up and  walk around the house to cool off. Temp is now dropping, W's friend rang him last night, he and his wife just got back from UK and Ireland, he said it was cold there, and he only had one jacket, honestly, didn't he check the weather before they left, at the moment it's a bit like our winter days and nights, I can't understand people who don't research or prepare for a trip. 

And someone said it, YEP it's me who does all the ground work, gets the insurance, pays and makes sure we have things like ponchos, cash, camera, chargers for everything  etc., he would have to if I wasn't here, but he takes advantage, THEN says to someone it's lot of work preparing to go away !!!!!! I think he means telling Pete - again - what fuel goes in the mower, and seeing that  the lawn is done before we leave LOL 

I draw the line at packing for him, I may make  suggestions on what he should take, but won't pack LOL 

I was up around 8, and we went to IHOP for breakfast. I got this huge special- eggs, hash browns, sausage, bacon, ham, French toast and pancakes. It will feed me for 3 days! Ralph got an enormous omelet that he’ll get a few meals from. When we came out it was so humid that our glasses fogged up! 

F and C are doing a Baltimore to Greenland cruise next month. 8 sea days! We’re not ready to cruise yet. 

I did a new blog post with pix of the xs, now 94.5% done, qsnap moved for the final time.

Hope Carol's power comes on soon, knowing how hot Houston gets. My power went out for 2 hours this morning. No storms, just an incident. I always get quick texts about what happened & after it's restored. 

Holly, there is an IHOP in Carrollton. I never think about going there. I do love their pancakes and they have good coffee. They were breaking ground for one here, but didn't follow through with it. Same happened with Long Horn. The guy went up on his land price & they backed out.
 

100* on our outside thermometer in the shade. And 58% humidity. 
We have 3 bunnies in our yard.  One is very friendly. I talk to him and he doesn’t run. He’s a better listener than DH. 🤣. He looked so hot today even though he was laying on his side. I got the water sprayer and sprayed him.. he seemed to enjoy it. Even tried to catch some of the water in his mouth.  lol.  Made my day!

Almost midnight and 90*:

JANET........THAT'S NICE YOU HAVE A BUNNY FRIEND.  TREAT IT NICELY.

HOLLY......YOUR XSTITCH IS LOVELY.  I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT FINISHED.  WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT WHEN ITS FINISHED?  FRAME IT OR HANG IT?

ITS BINGO NIGHT SO I HOPE TO COME HOME WINNING A LITTLE.  I KNOW I WILL ENJOY IT REGARDLESS.  I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW TIRING IT CAN BE 'CALLING' BINGO.  NOW I RELAX AND ENJOY IT AND NO ACHES AND PAINS WHEN I COME HOME AFTERWARDS.
TODAY I PLAN TO MAKE SOME POTATO SALAD.  I HAD A BIG VEGGIE SALAD YESTERDAY AND SOME LINK SAUSAGE.  MMMMM SO GOOD.  I HAD A CRAVING.  TONITE I HOPE TO MAKE A PEPPER STEAK SANDWICH AFTER BINGO.  I USE N Y SIRLOIN SO ITS ALWAYS VERY TASTY AND TENDER.  WITH SWEET PEPPERS AND ONIONS.  I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE PEPPERS, BUT ALWAYS HAVE ONIONS.

ITS ANOTHER NICE DAY HERE AFTER THE RAIN SHOWERS YESTERDAY.  ITS IN THE MID 80S TODAY WHICH IS MUCH NICER THAN THE 90S.  I STAY IN MOST OF THE TIME SO IT MAKES LITTLE DIFFERNCE TO ME WITH MY A/C GOING.  WE ARE BLESSED WITH THAT WONDERFUL INVENTION.
I KEEP LOOKING AT MY SEWING MACHINE WHEN I GO PAST IT AND THINK ABOUT SEWING.  MAYBE I WILL SEW SOON.  CROSSING MY FINGERS.  I HAVE A COUPLE OF DOORHANGINGS TO FINISH.

NOTHING ELSE OF NOTE LADIES.  SAME OLD, SAME OLD.  HUGS FOR ALL.  QB S

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Holly it's beautiful and even more so in person, I know.    Carol and Albert like McAlister's because they are perpetually on the keto diet  so they always split a salad.  For me, it'll probably be the stuffed potato when we go again.

Trish, glad you looked up the hot milk cake recipe.  That's what I recommend for the rest of you if you're interested.  It's a bit like a sponge cake, with fewer eggs and easier.  It was me who mentioned you (and ML) doing it all for a trip.  She also packs for Bill, but it doesn't irritate her.  Wouldn't work here.  I'd surely never get what he wants.  Learned that early on when he traveled for work for ten years.  

We need to take the Honda to the repair shop this afternoon.  It most likely needs new brakes Then I get to launch myself up into the pickup for the trip back home after stopping, inevitably at W-M.   Oh boy!   So off I go...
Indy
 

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There are actually 3 bunnies. A large jack that hangs out in the backyard, this once who is appropriately named Bub-Bun, we’ve watched him grow for months now and he is still small and a very small one I’ve named Nugget. He is a bit leery but doesn’t take off on a tear when I come out. I say “he” because I don’t know.
100* now. Wish it would rain. We cancelled our weekend trip.

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