The Sewing Mom

I’m late with this, but I have a VIP in my house this week (my mom!) and we’ve been super busy. I have a project almost finished that I can’t wait to share with you, but for now, I’m going to post my favorite meme, Four Foods on Friday, hosted by Valmg.

This week’s questions and my answers:

1. What do you do with turkey leftovers? This year, my husband make a big pot of turkey soup and I made a turkey pot pie. Of course, we always have turkey sandwiches!

2. How do you make split pea soup? I don’t care for split pea soup so I don’t make it.

3. What do you like on top of your pie? Most pie flavors I eat by themselves, I don’t care for ala mode, but pumpkin pie has to have a good whip cream!

4. What kind of turkey do you usually buy? I buy whatever is on sale. This year I had a Jenny-O brand and it was quite tasty.

Woke up this morning to snow in North Texas. Once again, the weatherman was completely wrong. Snow was NOT supposed to be in our area and yet, here is the proof!

Mind you, coming from Chicago, we’re accustomed to snow, but the biggest reason we moved to Texas was because my husband wanted to get away from snow! Seriously, it was over 70 here on Friday, now it’s in the 30’s. My daughter is scheduled to play in a softball tournament this weekend too, I sure hope it warms up!

Wanted to post this earlier, but time got away from me. I ran a couple of errands this morning after dropping my daughter off at school and before working my morning shift. When I got off work at noon I headed to the grocery store to pick up a few items and just got home and ate some lunch. So, I’m finally sitting down to write my favorite post of the week, Four Foods on Friday.

Without further ado, here are this weeks questions and my answers:

1. How do you make mashed potatoes? I peel and cut up potatoes and boil them until they are soft. I add milk, butter and salt and beat with my mixer until all the lumps are gone and they are creamy in texture.

2. What do you wash pots and pans with? Some pots I put in the dishwasher, others I was in hot water with Palmolive dish soap and a soft dishrag.

3. Name something red in your refrigerator right now. Strawberry jam.

4. Do you prefer to use boullion cubes or the boullion powder mix? I prefer powder, I can never seem to get the cubes to dissolve all the way!

If you’re looking for a beautiful new purse, this is the give away for you!

The Etsy shop Kreated by Karen has some of the most beautiful hand crafted fabric bags and she is giving one special one away, this Black on Black Boutique Purse:

To enter the contest and for all the rules and details, be sure to visit I Audrey’s Country Crafts and who knows, you may be the very lucky winner!  Don’t wait, this winner will be chosen on September 28!

Just a quick note to apologize for my recent absences.  It has been crazy busy this week with doctor appointments (routine), school functions, softball and last but not least, our homeowner’s nightmare, a hot water tank that burst in our attic.

Between working, having plumbing work done (a new eco-friendly water tank installed) and my daughter’s school and softball obligations, I haven’t had very much time to be on the computer.  I’ve been dropping EC when I can, but it’s been somewhat sporadic this week.  The coming week will hopefully be calmer, although, I’m still trying to get a ceiling and wall repaired from the water damage.

Please bear with me.  I’m hoping my life will return to its somewhat mundane normalcy soon!

In the mean time, I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying a relaxing Labor Day weekend.