Wait.....WAITING....and anticipate

Well here I am again. I hope you can sit with me a while so I can babble.

Before I go any further I must let you in on the surprise I received this morning when I checked my phone ...this was playing with a message.

 Rod Stewart- Have I told you lately that I love you. Oh my!  Imagine my joy. So throughout the day I went back and played it over and over. I hope I did this right when I added it here so you could listen to it as well.....enjoy!  Oh! You want to know who it came from? Well....I think I'll keep you guessing....you can let me know what your guess is. Hehehe.

Waiting! 

I don't know about you but it seems  that's what my life is about. Start off waiting for my first cup of coffee. Wait for the news hoping that there are no skyrocketing cases of the virus. That's not happening. So now we wait for news regarding the vaccine..... and wait till we can receive it. Its such a waiting game.

Oh wait! Today we were able to sign up for the vaccine....yippee! Of course here comes another waiting period but with positive outlook. We anxiously wait.

Actually at times there are exciting things to wait for. Like little Ellie sitting by the door waiting for her friends to come back in so they can hug and kiss 💋 her and cuddle with her. Well I am doing the same...waiting for when my Son and Daughter with grandkids can be with us so I can shower them with hugs. Its been so long since we've been together. I tell you this Covid shit is getting real old!  Oops, Excuse my French. Lol!

Being in the "Chat" room texting with my friends someone was baking bread.

You know how I am about that so I thumbed through recipes and came up with another recipe for  Anadama Bread..this one sounded wonderful.

 I knew we were having beans on Saturday so what's better  than Anadama bread to go along with. Waiting you ask?...yes waiting as the smell permeates through the house. Waiting till I can slice into it and slather it with butter or honey butter. Actually my newest taste pleaser is raw unfiltered honey. If you have not tried it nby all means do so.

Its a shame you can't  smell this.

As I come to the end of this post remember to check your snail mailbox for happy mail...no telling who may received one next. I was pleasantly surprised with a happy mail package from a very generous friend...some lovely watercolor cards. 

Beautiful and Thank You again Ms SB.

Now I bid you Adieu and hope your time with me was relaxing.

Looking forward to your comments....till the next time.

Donna

Secrets and Words

Sunday January 10th, 2021

SHhhhh! That's right....come on in and join me. I've got something to tell you.

As I begin this post I realize it's Happy Hour so go ahead and grab a drink and I'll join you. 

Let me start off by wishing you all Happy New Year! I am confident that  2021 will be a much better year. I am feeling positive about it. My SECRET?... When I woke on New Year's morning my attitude had changed drastically and I had a much better outlook and felt happy...why? I'm not sure I just know that I was much happier and it felt good for a change. I sympathize with those who suffer from depression...my heart goes out to them. Missing the people you love but can't spend time with is so difficult. I know you all understand and are going through the same...so with that said I hope you'll agree that this year things WILL be better and happier days are ahead.

About WORDS.....also on New Year's day my husband and I decided to have a game of scrabble. I think the last time we played was about 5 years ago when we lost power for about 4 days. We enjoyed it so much we play every afternoon and now it's become a fun competition. That's right I beat him by nearly 100 points ONCE and now we are tied...a fun way to spend time.

 Monday, January 11th. 

What's cooking?

Hot Honey Oatmeal bread.

After seeing what Acornhollow.blogspot.com was up to I had to take matters into my own hands. You know she is my inspiration. I found this recipe on pinterest. Happyhooligansblog.com and it turned out so good. A very easy recipe with the aid of my bread machine. There is nothing like the smell of fresh baked bread in your house. For sure ill be making this again.

Oh my what happiness and smiles. I received my very own Happy Mail this week. Roomie sent me a package with this enclosed and a lovely note.

An article on hand written notes or letters. Snail mail or Happy Mail. Some of you know or have received some from me and I hope it gave you as much joy as this did for me. When was the last time you wrote someone a note just to let them know how much they mean to you or that they are in your thoughts?

Kindness and thoughtfulness 

are what we could all use a little of right now.

Knitting..I finished up a couple more hats..the blue one for my son and the white for myself.

Now ill let you in on another little secret...I have a new "Grand dog"......I have not officially met her yet and oh gosh I can't wait. 

Is she not the picture of cuteness I ask. Oh my I want to nuzzle her nose. Hope to meet her soon.

Well my friends that's it for today...I hope I brought you a smile and a little inspiration. I know that someone out there would love to receive a little note from you. Add a little sticker or a cut out of flowers or a little tag...it will mean a lot.

I bid you A Bientot and thanks for joining me. 

Donna

Procrastination....

Procrastination Is the name of this post!

Welcome and thanks for joining me. Yes today is New Year's day...so if you'd enjoy a drink I will join you. Eggnog is my drink of choice today..but more about that later.  

Why Procrastination? Well because I started this post after Thanksgiving but never completed it. I was not really in the mood....I am not normally a Debbie Downer so I thought I'd let it drop and come back to it later...later is now.

 Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving. Ours like a lot of you was very quiet..."table for 2" was set. We enjoyed a nice meal together and even sat at the dining room table. That's not something we ever do unless we're having dinner guests and lord knows that's not happening anytime soon. Ugh!

Remember in a previous post " Its about Ewe and Me" I talked about Nash Island off the coast of Maine....and Nash Island yarn?  Well I was gifted a hank of this beautiful yarn.  A wonderfully giving friend passed some on to me. Miss T, she also added some lovely glitter yarn  I believe is silk and linen.  It feels heavenly. Not sure what I'll make with it but it will be "special". Thank you so much Miss LT. (I thought I took a photo but can't find it.)

 Playing with paints and paper I've been exploring different techniques.

Coffee or tea....on watercolor paper. I just love the texture it creates. The first one is watered down paper with loose tea...the second is wet paper with coffee and rice. The third one is coffee and loose fabric and strands of yarn. I am excited to start creating g with them. I have many more but won't bore you with it all. And speaking of paper...you got it...I 4houfht that making paper would be fun...and it was. One way to clean out the shredder. Yup, my husband thinks I'm nuts....but then he looked at my mold and deckle  and decided he could make it a bit sturdier. I just purchased a couple of art canvas frames and put them together and added some screening. Worked like a charm. 

I really like how they came out.  When dried completely they are much lighter in color. I will be making more. I used some on gift tags and on cards after painting on them.

Cooking and baking...oh yes...loose exercise clothes are my friend...NO not for exercising! For comfort! Just a few items from my kitchen:

In December I made my son a couple of tourtiere for his birthday. He loves pork pies.

My BFF "Roomie" posted that she had made some cinnamon rolls....well that planted the seed! I've never made them so I searched a few recipes and came up with these! A bit thick for my liking so the next time I will slice them thinner.

Next was a recipe for Eggnog bread that I believe came from Doreen Frost. (?)

That was yummy. 

Enough sweets for now.....hope you're still here and have not fallen asleep yet.

Keeping myself busy knitting up a storm...making art for "happymail" and whatever else strikes me. Who knows...you, who read my words here, may find Happy New Year happy mail in your snail box. Be sure to drop me a comment in the comment box so I know you were here.

I do wish all of you a very Happy Healthy and safe NEW YEAR 2021. Let us pray that life gets back to our old normal. I so miss hugging my family and friends.

Thank you again.

A Bientot!