Basset Hounds and Sub-Degree Weather

Eleanor the basset hound waiting for it not to be -37 degrees with the wind chill.

White Lily Flour

I was reading an article about how to make light fluffy biscuits in the New York Times.
Bear in mind that I have made biscuits multiple times to literally throw all of them out.
They were not light and fluffy. I have recipes that tell me that they will be but indeed they aren't.
My recipes call for White Lily Flour and in my ignorance just used what I had on hand. 

Then I read the article.....all flour is not created equally! 

I need White Lily!

It's available in many places or should I say used to be available until the eye-opening article came out in the Times.  I can order it online but it would cost slightly less than my mortgage payment. 
I was thinking of asking my friend in South Carolina to send me some. 
I was thinking of getting it hopefully when I was in Florida but it probably wouldn't make it thru security. 

~~Sigh~~

I'm not giving up tho. 

I hesitate to tell Dear Husband we have to go on a road trip to buy flour to make biscuits

.....and he really doesn't even like biscuits. 

Flamingo Fiestaware

My DIL finds the best stuff! 

She purchased this for resale then decided I should have it.

Thank you!!!!

So of course I said yes tho I literally have no where to put it but I simply couldn't say no.

I love the flamingo color and they are pieces I don't have and will use. 

I can see French bread on the yellow plate and the bowl holds the perfect amount of everything.

The small bowls are just too adorable for words. 

                                                 

Quilt Fabric~~Future Quilts

I am still cleaning 

I am still getting rid of alot of things I no longer need or want

I am finding things that...

well, I didn't forget I had them 

but I haven't thought about them for a long time.

Like this fabulous quilt fabric. 

Golden Books Fabric!

The Pokey Little Puppy was always my favorite.

I want to make a baby quilt with the vintage-look fabric

I fell in love with this one.

?Do kiddos even play this anymore?

Ok...not a clue....

but it's Paris fabric so I had to have it. 

Trust me I have more......

2018 Went by so Fast!

!!!2018 went by so quickly!!!

This was the mantra at work for the entire year...old and young alike and I was one of them.

However the last 2 months were a blur for me.

All in all it was a good year with some bumps in the road that we weathered well.

We had lot of family time which for me was the highlight of 2018. 

My dear sister came to visit from Denver. 

We were able to go to South Korea to visit our son and family.

I'm still employed....there has been ALOT of "consolidating of jobs" at my company so grateful is an understatement.

So thank you to dear husband, my family and wonderful friends far and wide. 

I love you all more than you could ever know.

Life is good.