The Quilt Book

Well, it's in! My deadline was November 1st and I made it. The manuscript has been received by AQS (American Quilt Society) in Paducah, Kentucky and I'm told it's time to just wait now. They will be looking it over and deciding on a release date and will let me know. I have no idea how long that will take. Eventually, they will want the quilts. They say they are to be sent overnight mail. There are 20 quilts! Can you imagine the postage?? Well.... after mentioning this to my quilt group (the Nobody's Perfect Quilt Group, or NPQG - 6 of us who meet weekly in my basement), it was quickly decided that when the time comes to deliver the quilt, it will be a prime opportunity to take a road trip to Paducah to deliver them in person and see the quilting sights to be seen there.
In the meantime, I thought I'd post a picture of me with one of the quilts.

Homemade Ice Cream

Well, I'm going to follow my friend, Renna's, good example at "Finding my Knitch" and post my recipe for homemade ice cream. I had been thinking of making some, ever since receiving a bunch of wonderfully delicious fresh peaches. There are still some in my refrigerator, and 25 pints canned up on my shelves. We also enjoyed a peach cobbler and a peach pie. But I'm getting off track here. After much searching for a good peach ice cream recipe, I settled on one that looked good and easy and did not involve cooking anything. Then I concocted my own recipe that didn't use peaches at all but was so yummy, my husband and I have been thoroughly enjoying it!
Here's the recipe:

1 pint half and half
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk (I used fat-free, 'cause it's what I had)
2 T vanilla
1 can coconut pecan frosting (I used Pillsbury, but I expect any brand will do)
a bunch of Whopper chocolate ice cream syrup (I didn't measure, but would guess about 1/4 cup -- taste it and see if if suits you)

Freeze in your ice cream freezer and enjoy! I didn't have enough ice (or maybe it was patience that I was lacking) but mine didn't freeze up all the way in the ice cream freezer. It was like soft-serve ice cream. After spending the next 24 hours in the freezer, it was perfect. Easy to scoop -- just like store-bought ice cream -- not hard as a rock as some of mine have been in the past. Really yummy too.

Alas, no photo of it, but it looks like light brown ice cream with flecks of coconut and pecans in it. Bet you could have figured that one out for yourself, huh?

Cactus Flowers

Our cacti are blooming!

And so is our garden!

Baby Bunnies!

Here are the bunnies in their nest. The momma covers is over with bunny fur and grass. We cover them back up with the blankie she makes when we're done looking at them and holding them.

Here is my husband holding some of the bunnies. Aren't they CUTE!!! I love to hold them and want to snuggle them up to my face. Being wild and not knowing how safe it might be, I restrain myself from nuzzling, but love to hold them. I limit myself to checking on them only twice a day.

They're about twice the size they were when we found them last week. Their little eyes were still closed and their tiny ears were flat against their head and just little round ears. Now they are longer and stand up. They still seem to prefer being in their nest. If we sit one down on the ground, he tries to burrow into the grass, or , if he's close enough to the nest, he gets right back in.

Did I mention that they are just SO CUTE!!!!

My first blog entry

I really have nothing to say. I just stumbled upon this site and went ahead and created this blog. I ought to be doing something more productive, but here I sit.