Shaking things up

After blogging here for several years...and a few long absences...I've decided to move my quilt blogging here.  If quilting is what you love, then come on by for a visit.  I think this little space will stay on hiatus for the time being. 

Cheers!

Andrea

Have sunglasses...will travel

Husbando is finished with his grad school program (Wahoooooooo!) and so we're heading off for a little va-cay with the familia. I'll be scarce around these parts for a while. Hope you are getting in some good-time summer fun yourself.

¡Ciao!

p.s. Fear not Ms. V...the Pixie Dust block is all planned and will be sewn up lickety-split upon my return. I haven't forgotten you!!!

Tagged...about a decade ago!

I felt like I got initiated to the blogging "cool crowd" when I was tagged by two different people within days of each other, oh...about 2 months ago. I know not everyone feels this way about tagging, and maybe after doing it once or twice you're done forever, but it made me happy.

In spite of said happiness, it did take me months to respond. If you want to read my response, carry on. If not, check back tomorrow for a recipe or craft or some other musings. Without further ado.....

Great 8 Tag......

8 Relatively Recent Reads (no T.V., so no fave shows)

1. The Book Thief
2. Esther's Inheritance
3. The Secret Life of Bees
4. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
5. The Road
6. The Richest Man of Babylon (and The Small Investor)
7. The Brothers K
8. First Things First

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Performed!!! :)
2. Slept in.
3. Folded laundry and did dishes.
4. Complained about having to do mundane things like laundry and dishes on a Saturday.
5. Visited a friend whose daughter is in the hospital.
6. Ate the soup I made Friday.
7. Prayed....more than once. (See No. 1)
8. Ate a MASSIVE bowl of dulce de leche ice cream before I went to bed.

8 Things to Look Forward To

1. Going home for Women's Conference in May!!! It is a serious female reconnecting time in my family.
2. Next steps toward becoming a mother.
3. Lunch with Jessi, a friend who returned to the city after being away for many years!
4. Finishing my quilt guild project, my Birds in Flight quilt and my nine-patch quilt.
5. Making breakfast with hubby tomorrow morning...eggs, hashbrowns, bacon...the works!
6. Chocolate chip cookies later tonight.
7. Performing again this spring in a project I am very excited about.
8. Tuesday's inauguration!!!

8 Favorite NYC Restaurants or Food Places

1. LaVain Bakery. Oh my goodness! Can you say chocolate chip COOKIE???
2. Boca Chica. Pan-Latino. Yummy black bean dip & plantain chips, pureed sweet potatoes, chicken, beans and rice.
3. Hummus Place. Well, hummus of course! But it's the pita's that sold me.
4. Grimaldi's Pizza. Still has the best pizza in the city in my book.
5. Pure Dark. Dark, and only dark chocolate. And they give samples of anything you'd like to try!
6. Flor de Mayo. Sort-of greasy spoon Peruvian/Chinese place. Go figure. Best rotisserie chicken ever!
7. Cupcake places (Batch -- salted caramel cupcake, Buttercup Bakery (east side) -- Red Velvet, Magnolia -- chocolate and vanilla)
8. Pomodoro's. Italian on the UWS.

8 Things on My Wishlist

1. More casual pants. Jeans are great, but.....
2. Deep colored, solid fabric for a heart quilt.
3. A NEW SEWING MACHINE!!!
4. A copy of the cook book "The Bread Bible: 300 Favorite Recipes"
5. A bit more enthusiasm and discipline for my day-to-day work.
6. Beautifully knit sweaters out of luxurious yarn.
7. More time everyday for the things I love.
8. MY SISTER TO LIVE CLOSE BY!!!!

Don't know who's already been tagged about a billion times, hates tagging, has already done this etc., but I can't help but invite these fun folks to join. Know I was thinking of you, consider you part of the cool crowd and haven't seen a "tag" or "list" etc. on your blog recently. If you don't wanna play this game, I raise a cookie in your honor anyway.

1. J.J.
2. Turkeycookies
3. Southern Fried Homies
4. Knot Sew Crafty
5. Commonplace
6. Bumblebeans
7. mayiwrite
8. chikaustin

Romance isn't dead...

Hubby: Ready to go to bed yet?

Me: (nursing herbal tea for my scratchy throat) Just need to finish my tea.

(pause)

Me: (flirting, just a bit) Maybe if you whispered sweet nothings in my ear it would encourage me to drink my tea faster?

Hubby: (snuggling up close, whispered softly) Wanna drink your tea faster?

Yeah!!!!

It's SNOWING in NYC....big, beautiful, nearly snow-ball sized snowflakes! Hooray! Must make hot coccoa, watch it all for a minute, then back to work....smiling! I love magical days!

Feeling Lazy...

...and just a bit under the weather. (This was really helped by my pot-smoking neighbors deciding that 3:45 a.m. - 5:30 a.m. was a great time to have a gathering, including loud laughter and piano playing. Once I finally got back to sleep I dreamt about inter-apartment wars between hubby and I and an illegal cabaret next door.)
All creative and financial posts on hold. Today is just grocery shopping, errands, cleaning, maybe a tiny bit of crafting and then games with friends. Although what I feel like is a movie in my pj's, a nap....and games with friends. Oh well.

Go sign up for this quilt giveaway today! It is an adorable quilt!

Have a lovely day! Be back in better form soon...

Be back soon...

Raspberry jam is made! Will be back to blogging soon..... :) Thanks Amawalk Farm!

(Note: They are supposed to be posting a totally kick-butt Raspberry Crumble recipe soon! I'll let you know if I make it!)

I'm Back!

I've been away from home quite a bit the past little bit...family reunion...girls camp...and therefore away from the blog. It's been a crazy and wonderful, but also reflective time and I find myself unsure of what I want to write about. Anyway, I am just dropping this little post to say, "I'm back" and shall write more soon.

Hope your summers are winding down in a lovely way and a wish for blessing to you.

Vacation!!!

I am officially on vacation with the family in the Northwest, but promise to return the end of next week with descriptions of beautiful places to visit and yummy foods to eat.

Have a lovely week!!!

ps. Just had the YUMMIEST cupcake ever...wanna meet "Caramella"? :)

Beginning the little collection...

After reading myself silly on other people's blogs . . . . admiring lovely quilts (like this one or this little one or these), reading musings on chickens and creativity and life, staying up way to late consuming epic stories of falling in love, making delicious recipes (like this one for flax seed crackers . . . Who knew you could make crackers!) . . . I've decided to jump into the blog-o-sphere!

Inspired by all the creativity out there, I am sure my blog will contain projects and favorite recipes, but only time will tell what other thoughts and things end up in this little collection. Welcome!