You know that poem "When I am old I shall wear purple..."? Well, I think that when I get old I'm going to officially become a hippie, join an eco-community and just make crafts, garden and practice herbalism! Probably in the mountains of western North Carolina.
I can't wait.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Dinner and a link
I can't wait for dinner tonight; I'm making poached salmon in a dill sauce with steamed veggies and red potatos. Yumm! This will give me leftover salmon to have in a salad tomorrow for lunch!
Here's a good link (other than the food network) in case you're interested in learning how to poach salmon: http://www.great-salmon-recipes.com/PoachedSalmon.html
I first had poached salmon at the Women's Herbal conference two years ago in New Hampshire. I saw it on the buffet, and only took the teensiest bit. After tasting it I had to run back to get another whole plate of it to eat with my veggie plate - it is fantastic, hot or cold!
Make sure it's Alaskan Salmon, it's far better for the environment and you than Atlantic Salmon!
Have a happy, healthy day!
~S
Here's a good link (other than the food network) in case you're interested in learning how to poach salmon: http://www.great-salmon-recipes.com/PoachedSalmon.html
I first had poached salmon at the Women's Herbal conference two years ago in New Hampshire. I saw it on the buffet, and only took the teensiest bit. After tasting it I had to run back to get another whole plate of it to eat with my veggie plate - it is fantastic, hot or cold!
Make sure it's Alaskan Salmon, it's far better for the environment and you than Atlantic Salmon!
Have a happy, healthy day!
~S
Monday, February 11, 2008
about the two cats....
....just realized those who know me might become alarmed at the phrase "I'm adopting April's two cats..." but I don't mean my Port Richey friend April, I mean my new friend from Tampa April. Didn't want to cause any panics here....
It's Valentine's week!
Well, it's been a while since I posted last - been sick, hurt my back, etc. - but I'm better now so it's back to work again! I had hoped to have my valentine wall-hanging ready by now, but it's still not done. I am hoping to have pics up before the V day gets here at the least! So keep your eyes peeled for them.
Tomorrow we get to meet our two new arrivals - April's two cats are being adopted by us! This will bring us to five, a number we've been comfortable - nay prosperous and happy - with before. I will be sure to post photos of the new kitties meeting our kitties and hopefully becoming a family.
Since my last posting, we've decided to cancel our trip to Mississippi next month. Too many things pointed towards it being a bad idea, and we've decided to listen and cancelled our plans. Two days after we did this, the dishwasher started working again just fine! Isn't that amazing?! :)
So now I have plenty of time to finish old projects and work on the new ones, no pressures. Good thing, since it seems like the colds we caught are darned tough to get rid of and we're still a little under the weather. We hear about killer flu bugs, etc. and if this cold is any indication - I don't ever want to meet one of those! I also hear lots of people getting sick, so take care everyone - and I highly recommend (if you do get sick) that you take Mucinex, breathe Vick's Vapo-Steam, and try not to sprain any back muscles while you're coughing!!!
Stay healthy everyone!
hugs,
~S
Tomorrow we get to meet our two new arrivals - April's two cats are being adopted by us! This will bring us to five, a number we've been comfortable - nay prosperous and happy - with before. I will be sure to post photos of the new kitties meeting our kitties and hopefully becoming a family.
Since my last posting, we've decided to cancel our trip to Mississippi next month. Too many things pointed towards it being a bad idea, and we've decided to listen and cancelled our plans. Two days after we did this, the dishwasher started working again just fine! Isn't that amazing?! :)
So now I have plenty of time to finish old projects and work on the new ones, no pressures. Good thing, since it seems like the colds we caught are darned tough to get rid of and we're still a little under the weather. We hear about killer flu bugs, etc. and if this cold is any indication - I don't ever want to meet one of those! I also hear lots of people getting sick, so take care everyone - and I highly recommend (if you do get sick) that you take Mucinex, breathe Vick's Vapo-Steam, and try not to sprain any back muscles while you're coughing!!!
Stay healthy everyone!
hugs,
~S
Thursday, January 24, 2008
New beginnings
I began this page on my birthday, because with a new year stretching out before me, full of possibilities, I once again vowed to grab onto as many of those possibilities as I could. My life is rich with friends and hobbies, but there is always attrition and change and I feel I must be open to new directions, new paths I might like to follow.
I had a wonderful birthday, with the office holding a wonderful birthday breakfast for me, and some of my closest friends joining me for dinner at Bennigans after work. We had a lot of laughs and it was so nice to see them after more than a month! I now have a new wine rack/table in my living room, with my new case of NC wine in it and space for 13 more bottles to boot! Guess I'll be looking out for wine-tastings, eh? :)
Over the Christmas holiday I visited family in NC, and got a lot of work done on my first hand-quilting piece. I received several books on both hand-quilting and machine quilting, and was very inspired by them. One book I have to say has inspired me a lot is "Quilting with Carol Armstrong" - filled with both hand-quilting patterns and applique patterns. The other very inspirational find for me this month was Linda M. Poole's website and listserv, the "Fairie Goddess Mothers" which I highly recommend you check out. This group recommended starting a blog on this site, so here I am!
In addition to my quilting, I'm trying to get ready for the big medieval convention we usually go to every March in Mississippi during spring break. Not that the weather resembles anything like spring usually, being cold and very rainy most of the time. We will be purchasing a 10' x 20' white enclosed party-type tent to camp in for the week. My job will be to affix velcro around the entire bottom edge, and the corresponding half of the velcro to the edge of a tarp which will then mate to become the 'bathtub' floor for the tent. Then I'll throw down rugs, hang drapes, and we can set up our 15th century four-poster wooden bed. This year I'm making it a canopy bed, which should hold in more of the heat while we're sleeping. That's the plan, anyway!
Projects currently working on: this weekend I hope to finish the Valentine wall-hanging for my office,
and work a little more on a present for a friend, and my Fairy quilt and story.
Until next time - remember this:
the best thing you can do is the right thing,
the next best thing is the wrong thing,
and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
(Theodore Roosevelt)
I had a wonderful birthday, with the office holding a wonderful birthday breakfast for me, and some of my closest friends joining me for dinner at Bennigans after work. We had a lot of laughs and it was so nice to see them after more than a month! I now have a new wine rack/table in my living room, with my new case of NC wine in it and space for 13 more bottles to boot! Guess I'll be looking out for wine-tastings, eh? :)
Over the Christmas holiday I visited family in NC, and got a lot of work done on my first hand-quilting piece. I received several books on both hand-quilting and machine quilting, and was very inspired by them. One book I have to say has inspired me a lot is "Quilting with Carol Armstrong" - filled with both hand-quilting patterns and applique patterns. The other very inspirational find for me this month was Linda M. Poole's website and listserv, the "Fairie Goddess Mothers" which I highly recommend you check out. This group recommended starting a blog on this site, so here I am!
In addition to my quilting, I'm trying to get ready for the big medieval convention we usually go to every March in Mississippi during spring break. Not that the weather resembles anything like spring usually, being cold and very rainy most of the time. We will be purchasing a 10' x 20' white enclosed party-type tent to camp in for the week. My job will be to affix velcro around the entire bottom edge, and the corresponding half of the velcro to the edge of a tarp which will then mate to become the 'bathtub' floor for the tent. Then I'll throw down rugs, hang drapes, and we can set up our 15th century four-poster wooden bed. This year I'm making it a canopy bed, which should hold in more of the heat while we're sleeping. That's the plan, anyway!
Projects currently working on: this weekend I hope to finish the Valentine wall-hanging for my office,
and work a little more on a present for a friend, and my Fairy quilt and story.
Until next time - remember this:
the best thing you can do is the right thing,
the next best thing is the wrong thing,
and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
(Theodore Roosevelt)
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