Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:6-7



Thursday, October 02, 2014

{10/2}...streaming


Happy feast of the Guardian Angels! Thank you Guardian Angels, for keeping us safe and helping us remain on the path of righteousness.


"For he commands his angels with regard to you,
to guard you wherever you go.
With their hands they shall support you,
lest you strike your foot against a stone." Psalms 91:11-12 

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So what's happening with you today? Anything special?

Right now there's a whole lot of nothing special going on, but I actually prefer things that way. I catered lunch for the teachers at the dance studio today and that was enough of something special to last until next week. Now I'd like to sit down and knit a while, but it's really time to make supper. So, I'm blogging. What the heck.


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Well, I'm back. I had to make dinner. We had potato cheddar soup, which, because it's soup is not a family favorite, but I love soup and it's cheap and easy. This recipe was good, if your family will eat celery and onions. I admit  I made a roux with 3 tablespoons of butter and used nothing low-fat. I also added a couple dashes of Tabasco. Yum.

I think I mentioned the other day that I bought a tortilla press, and we had some leftover from Tuesday's dinner. They were delicious -- much better than store bought. The flour tortillas (I used that recipe), however, don't get quite thin enough in the press. They initially get thin, but then the dough shrinks back and they thicken, so I had to roll them a little after I pressed them.

It's been a busy week in the kitchen, but I planned it that way on purpose. Last night I made homemade pasta, and baked cupcakes for St. Therese. Today I catered the dance teacher lunch (I really just made ham and egg salad and bought a meat and cheese tray, bread, chips, and fruit). 

I have been "testing" the nerve pain in my leg because I had the spinal injection two weeks ago and the doctor said in two weeks I would know if it worked. Unfortunately, the nerve pain is the same, so after all that nothing has changed. It was my last choice of treatment, so I guess from now on the poor souls in purgatory will get my sacrifice.






St. Therese cupcakes -- the little yellow roses are butter mints from a local candy shop. They may or may not have been the only thing Faith and I picked up from there.



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I mentioned last week that we painted the family room in anticipation of a new sofa. The sofa did arrive on Saturday -- yay! And I love it because it's nice and firm, and the kids don't like it because it's nice and firm, which means it might last a little longer. 

The walls are now a pretty blue (not the blue I really wanted but a blue they are staying) and Doug put up crown molding. The end tables are new and the sofa is new. It's really the same color as the former sofa, and I realized today that our homes say a lot about us. One might think I like things plain, but I actually like things calm. Too much pattern makes too much stimulation for me.
















The lovely print in this photo is by Kim Fry. It's the side door of Notre Dame. The handsome stein belonged to my husband's grandfather.


A lot of the decisions I made about the room have to do with the quilt on the back of the sofa. This quilt was made for my father-in-law when he was being treated for and succumbing to cancer. You probably can't see the photo above the sofa but it's the last family photo taken. We all wore different colors for the photo and they just happen to be the same colors in the quilt. And my mother-in-law just happened to know I would treasure that quilt.


My red and blue pillows look nice with it, and the Sacred Heart painting over the fireplace looks so nice with the blue and red. It's so nice to have a fresh new room.






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I had a mad knitting project going a few weeks ago. I was a test knitter for this darling sweater, called Sister Wren, and it's available now for purchase (the pattern). It was a really quick knit and I like it heaps. My yarn notes, etc. are here. I think I'll knit it again in the next size up.

I finished that big project and have yet to block it, but I'm glad I finished it as quickly as I did. Now I'm onto a shawl for myself. Another easy knit -- with nice neat rows of knitting. It's too dark to get a photo now but I have lots more rows left to knit.






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This project has been finished for a while, but I didn't want to reveal it until the recipient had received it. This quilt is for baby Felicity, who you may remember is waiting in China for her new mama and daddy to come and get her. I chose the colors hoping that they would be cheerful and happy and the quilt would be a help for Felicity to bond with her new family. She will be wrapped in the love of our Church's extended family.





Well, I know I had lots more to say, but it's past 9 p.m. and my thoughts are all gone. If I think of them, I'll try to remember them for another day.









13 comments:

  1. Your projects are beautiful as always, and your home is so inviting. These days I am never able to remember what I wanted to blog about when I actually have time to blog. Instead I just veg out with my hubby in front of show with yarn and hook in hand.

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  2. I usually don't blog in the evening for just that reason. But I started before dinner and it took a while to get the photos uploaded, and then Noah was doing homework. I wish it was easier to blog on the iPad.

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  3. The family room looks lovely. Good job, Barb!

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    1. Thanks. ;-) Your son did a good job on the molding.

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  4. Everything looks great, Barbara...the cupcakes, your new furniture and family room, Faith's sweater (turned out beautifully!) I have to ask you, what shade of blue did you originally want? Paint colors always seem to look different than the sample chips!

    I'm so sorry the shot didn't work and that you're still in pain. Will keep you in my prayers that somehow you find some relief as it must be wearing on you. I'm always amazed at how much you accomplish in spite of it. Especially all that yummy cooking and baking!

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    1. I wanted a richer shade of blue. Something more neutral, although that's kind if hard to do with blue. I debated at the store, and stupidly asked advice of the paint guy. That was my mistake -- thinking someone else knew more than I did. Our family room is dark all the time. It has a northern exposure and the yard has thick tall trees, so we get very little natural light. I was afraid if I chose a darker color it would look like a tomb. But now I have sky blue -- the opposite of what I wanted. I so agree about chips -- the chip is the color I want, though the wall is the color of the chip it just doesn't look the way I thought it would.

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    2. I hear ya, boy do I ever. I chickened out and got beige everything...walls and carpeting...and I hate it! But can't afford to have it re-done. Even though you wanted a different shade, the family room looks lovely, as does the rest of your home. Very comfortable. Don't ever feel bad, Barbara. I'm the queen of mistakes, large and small.

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  5. Oh my goodness, I always like catching up here! LOVELY room re-do!!! Lovely knitting.....not so lovely pain update, sorry about that....I have fibromyalgia, I get it. I’m going to look up that pretty knit pattern...and oh my, the quilt!!! :)

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    1. Thanks, Diane. And I'm sorry you have fibromyalgia. I don't know much about that. Is it nerve pain?

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  6. Thanks for showing your new fun projects. Our projects are outside right now trying to get the chicken coop fixed up so they dont freeze this year like last year! Winter here in Minnesota can be tough on feathered creatures.

    Peaches hair is just so pretty. Tell her I pay a lot of money to have my hair look like that. All those natural highlights!

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  7. I love that blue! I am always afraid of blue, thinking it will be too cold in our dark house. Yours looks so lovely!

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  8. Love the blue, love the couch and I totally LOVE that quilt and the story with it, the portrait above it, how special!!

    The quilt you sewed, in the last picture, beautiful, as all of yours are!

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  9. I LOVE your living room! I love that blue color!!

    I especially love quilt at the very bottom ;-)

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I appreciate your comments -- sometimes I feel like I'm talking to myself!