Almost another year!! 
They go so fast now!!

HOLLY thanks for the recipe, I make one pretty much the same, I use Greek Feta, I am not a big goats cheese fan, some brands are good, had a couple that smelt like goats, tuned me right off LOL

It's been another cool day here today, had the heat on again for a bit, but just turned it off. I'll be complaining about the heat soon enough

INDY sounds like a lovely day was had by all, Andrew is very organised isn't he, hope the neighbours enjoy their gift.

Sandra too funny, those last ones I do enjoy them it must take you a long time to get them all typed up, THANK YOU. You have another visit to enjoy soon, have fun!

STRINGS so sorry you ave been so sick, not fun, and missing out on things as well I'm glad that D is getting some help, hopefully it will make a difference

THERESA ouch on the fall, glad you weren't injured, hope no lasting effects, your boy will look after you, he will snuggle up to make mum better

DEVONNE John would go, but he works part time, and doesn't want to give up his shifts at work, he needs the money to keep going out with friends, LOL - he is content looking after the dogs, and no doubt staying up till the early hours, he knows he can come here for food, or I will drop it around, being so close they feel safe him being by himself, we are just a few minutes away. I did need =19.5pxto love at least 12lb, so 1/2 way there, and it's slow, I do feel better though. So proud of Megan, since she started training she has lost over 35lb, took a while to start losing it, she was getting discouraged, but now she can see the difference, her clothes are all too loose. So a shopping spree when she gets home.

​CHERYL I love the idea of giving out the leftovers, I did leave some with =19.5pxMegan and she took them away to share them - makes it =19.5pxeasy not to have temptation around!! 
 
I did nothing much today, started cleaning, and worked only puzzle for a good while, it's to an easy one, but going together better now sometimes you just need to keep browsing through the pieces and then they seem to jump out at you LOL

I need to get some ironing done, I don't do much, but I washed a few things that are linen and they need pressing, I usually can get away with hanging things and they don't need it, but linen is different.

We had an easy dinner of lamb steaks and salad, mash for them  and the last of the potato salad for me, cleaning out the leftovers from Christmas, we still have Christmas Crack, and most of the ham, plus meringues and nibbles. It will all go, the meringues are sealed in packing so they will last. The ham I will cut up during the week and cryovac. That little machine comes in handy, I have kept ham in the fridge for a few months successfully. You get sick of it after a bit, and there is only 3 of us. 
 

MANGLED MODIFIERS.......
1.  MR. BERRA HAD DRIVEN OVER WITH HIS WIFE, CARMEN, FROM THEIR HOME IN A MERCEDES FOR THE SOFTBALL GAME.
2.  NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE BLAST, WHICH WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A BUILDUP OF GAS BY ONE TOWN OFFICIAL.

I THINK THIS IS THE COLDEST DEC. WE'VE HAD IN YEARS.  THE ONLY THING I NEED TO DO OUTSIDE IS TAKE OUT MY TRASH BUT I WILL BUNDLE UP.

TRISH.....THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVELY CARD.  IT CAME YESTERDAY.  I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

TODAY IS MY DAY OF REST AND THE ONLY THING I WILL BE DOING IS MAKING SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS WITH MEAT SAUCE.  ITS A FAVORITE.  MADE STEAK IN BROWN BUTTER GRAVY WITH MASHED POTATOES LAST NITE.  MMMM GOOD.  I LOVE MY SIRLOIN STEAKS.

TV IS CALLING ME.  I HAVE SHOWS I'VE RECORDED AND STILL NEED TO CATCH UP ALONG WITH A GOOD MYSTERY BESIDE ME.  THAT WILL BE A NICE AFTERNOON FOR ME.
HUGS FOR YOU ALL MY DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS.  HUGS, QB S 

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Janet, I had a gem that I used for classes, but I gave it to Julianna when she wanted to start sewing. You should be able to find the manual online.

We met our cookie swap friends at 3 at Olive Garden, had a lovely meal and visited. 

It’s supposed to be 57 tomorrow, then 31 on Tuesday! Yikes!

I told Steph she’s a bad influence. She was telling me about the planners she got- one for journaling, one for travel, one for work, and I forget the 4th. I ordered one to track my crafting. I remember, her 4th was to track the books she reads. I already have a little notebook, volume 2, where I’ve tracked books since 1989. 

JANET I think if you just want to see the stitches the designs will be on the machine, from memory my old Janome had a slide out bit that showed the stitch and the number, if you need a manual yes as HOLLY  says  they would be available online,e, buy probably just as easy to get yours out, why not take the bigger Pfaff, I usually take mine to retreat, yes it's a lot heavier, but only need to set it up one LOL

SANDRA sounds like a good time to catch up on TV, I have been catching up on reading, and still dong the jigsaw puzzle, I do love doing them, keeps my mind active, but not so good sitting around LOL We have also had the coolest days on December for a while, but we also had the hottest. It's cool again tonight have my dressing gown on to keep warm.

HOLLY I doubt I would ever keep a journal, I have lots of my books on Kindle, and the library has an app, so I can check books there. I'm too lazy to keep a journal, my 'to do' list for sewing is so long I don't want to write it down, I will get moving on finishing this year.

I have been moderately busy today, got some housework done, yoga and puzzle. Nothing exciting, we had take away tonight, fish & chips for them, and I had the seafood salad, they do a fabulous one at our new local.

I want to read a bit before bed, I got my newest book on Christmas Eve and now I need to re-read it, read it so fast the first time I need to REALLY read it this time. Not just fast read.




 

STUDENTS' FRACTURED ENGLISH......
1.  WHEN THERE ARE NO FRESH VEGETABLES, YOU CAN ALWAYS GET CANNED.
2.  IT IS BAD MANNERS TO BREAK YOUR BREAD AND ROLL IN YOUR SOUP.

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET SNOW BUT THE TEMPS ROSE SO WE ARE GETTING ICY RAIN.  AS THE TEMPS RISE TO THE MID 30S, THAT ICY RAIN IS JUST TURNING TO GOOD OLD RAIN.

WE ARE COUNTING DOWN TO THE WIRE AND A NEW YEAR WILL BEGIN.  BOY, TIME FLIES EVER SO FAST THE OLDER I GET.

I MADE SHELLS WITH MEAT SAUCE AND MEATBALLS LAST NITE AND THEY WERE GOOD.  ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEALS.  I THINK I WILL MAKE A SMALL MEATBALL SUB FOR MY BRUNCH TODAY.
I FINISHED UP THE REST OF THE WALNUT CLUSTERS LAST NITE WHICH IS A GOOD THING.  I STEPPED ON THE SCALE THIS MORNING AND EVEN AFTER SCUBBING OFF THE OLD SKIN, AND REMOVING THE LINT IN MY BELLY BUTTON, I GAINED BACK 3 LBS THIS WEEK.  I WAS SOOO BADDDD.
NOW I WILL START BEING GOOD AGAIN WITH SMALLER PORTIONS AND LIMITED SNACKING IN THE EVENINGS.  TO TELL THE TRUTH, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE MYSELF A BATCH OF WALNUT OR CASHEW CLUSTERS, BUT I WON'T.  THEY ARE MY DOWNFALL WHEN IT COMES TO LOSING WEIGHT.
NOTHING SPECIAL HAPPENING HERE LADIES.  I HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GOOD DAY.
HUGS FOR YOU ALL, QB S 

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It’s 53 and raining here, tomorrow the high will be 31! So we did our errands today, bank and library. 

Today is Heather’s 51st birthday, yikes! I gave her her birthday money on Xmas, so she could shop the sales. 

Trish, I keep my planner beside where I sit, and after dinner every night I update the temps, for Boone’s temp snake, and write what errands we did and what we had for dinner. I’ll keep the new one in the same place.

I got back on the treadmill today, I’d slacked off around Christmas. I’ve been up and down the same 2 pounds for a month. 

Dinner tonight is Olive Garden leftovers.

It is cold, snowing and VERY windy today.  The temps went form 60 to 25 overnight with the strong wind.  I felt like my windows were getting blown out at 3 a.m. this morning!  But miracles do happen as we did not lose power!!  Many around us did.

It was a lazy day (another one) for me.  I did a load of laundry, put some Christmas boxes and bags away, played on my phone and read on my tablet.  I did manage to watch a game show or two on TV.  I did fix a supper for us, just fried potatoes, eggs and left over Christmas ham.  Now I am on the computer. 

Sandra, Dean just said the same thing about time passing faster as we age.  It is so true.

I think I am going to work on making blocks for a while.  I, too, am tired of making scrap quilts for donations.  I have a couple of books with some interesting blocks and will give them a try.

Holly, Happy Birthday to Heather.

I kept a journal years ago.  I am not a stick with it kind of girl, and I got bored easily, so I did not do it for long.  I was a stay at home mom with two kids and it did help me with my mental health back then.

The sun is trying to fool me today. It looks like a warm Spring day, but it's only 27. Gracie decided not to stay outside very long. I'll wait until Friday when it's 67 to take my returns to the UPS store.

I took the Christmas wreath off the front door. That's the only decoration I have taken down. Not too many to do, but no hurry.

Yesterday I had a followup dr. visit. I left early so I could go shopping beforehand. I get a call they need to change my appt. to today. I was already in Carrollton. I was going to cancel, but will go since I've met my deductible for the year. It's only a 20 minute drive.

I was so surprised when I got on the scale Monday and had lost .6 lb. I was sure it was a 3 lb. gain. I think it will catch up with me next week. My downfall was the peanut butter fudge. I cheated and had McD's on the way home yesterday. If it helps me any, I didn't eat the top part of the bun. 

Greg has the most beautiful Christmas tree. His lights change colors or he can make it stay one color. It makes me want to get a bigger tree, but I doubt I will. 

Linda, take your time. No hurry to get your decorations down, enjoy them! I normally put decorations up after Thanksgiving and leave them up until the 1st. 

I have a big grocery order coming at 5:00 from Walmart. I need to organize my fridge before it gets here. 

Greg and I were both surprised Carter didn't want the Ipad Greg got for him for Christmas. He said he rather use his phone to play games. I like his honesty so Greg returned it and saved $380.

Trish, good idea to have it delivered! I am trying not to buy anything else that has to be put together. I do have a ladder shelf still in the box, but it will wait until the flooring is installed. 

Good Morning to everyone!!  It is such a foggy morning, can barely see the houses across the street!  And so still!!  I'm sure it will brighten up as the day progresses.  I really don't have a thing to say this morning, so will sign off, wishing you all well.  Have a happy day, BJ.