dreary March day

  oh crap it's May -- I forgot. 

  so on a dreary day what's an overbooked hard working Diva to do.  I came to the office and I'm knocking out the projects.  Busy busy week ahead so the more that I get down now .... the less crabby I'll be later.

  Jean and I volunteered to make Vatican Funeral Hotdish for a funeral on Monday ... so tomorrow is devoted to chopping celery & onions, browning 25lbs of hamburger and a test run of one 50 serving batch.  The Church of Saint Peter's Hotdish is the stuff of legends.  Enough said. 

 I'm guessing there may be a bit of crafting happening too.  Lots of bonding.  In case you need to make Vatican Hotdish for 50 ...

8 lbs of browned hamburger
1 package frozen pearl onions
2 bunchs of chopped celery
8 small cans of cream of mushroom soup
8 small cans of chicken rice soup
8 cups of water
16 ounces of soy sauce
2 lbs of rice

stir it all together and bake at 350 for 2 + hours.

hummmmm

Diva

t g i f

   although I'm still in "backload" mode so Friday's don't have much meaning -- hoping to not be here on Sunday so a couple of busy days ahead.  the "catch-up" game can get me cranky/crabby/stressed out.

  3 treks to the pool this week - finally had the heaters turned on last night and my teeth weren't chattering from the cold for the entire hour.  it was pretty toasty (and nice) last night ... 3 nights -- 5 hours of missing work time ... see paragraph #1.

  next week promises to be equally crazy.  really looking forward to July and the vacation. 

 Diva ....


ps.  family members who read this, we lost Dick (Joanne's husband) yesterday .. no arrangements or details yet.  84.  kind of puts all the work etc (see paragraph #1) into perspective -- time for some quality family bonding!

blessings

praise the Lord ... it snowed somewhere else!

oh no more snow

no shit.  6 - 9 more inches.  will it ever end? 
I'm not shoveling -- the peeps will have to slog thru it.

M

the cleaning has begun

works in process bins and some scrapbooking stuff

this needs my attention

oh no, more work needed

parts of the fabric collection ... collection sounds much better than stash.

bessie !!  (the sewing machine not the naked dress form)

okay, small steps and the cleaning will get done. 

monday !! (insert grin)

  yep, meetings, food shelf and the usual Monday clutter.  Not sure where the morning went but whoosh ... it was gone.  I had my monthly commitment at the local food shelf this afternoon.  Today we served 11 families and 877 lbs of food.  Busy afternoon ... all of the families were large and 2 were brand new clients.  According to Jan, we now serve 151 families on a monthly basis.  Peeps, that's a lot of families.

  Spent two hours tidying my sewing space last night.  Way to many unfinished projects.  I think the scrapbooking divas and I are going to need a fall craft sale.  I need to finish all these projects and turn them into cash. 

  Planting the farm acreage today.  Kevin, the renter, is one busy guy!  Too cold for the patch.  Another week or two (hopefully).

Marie

let the farming begin

kevin spreading the fertilizer

dad and the big green machine -- digging it in ... next up is th planter.

who's digging holes in the road ... like dog sized holes. 

fox?  coyote?

damn animals.