A Better Day

After the kitchen calamity of the solar daytime earlier , I was jump to receive got a improve solar daytime , right? It's only fair. And I'm happy to study that yesterday institute me bathed inwards success. My get-go chore was to churn the watermelon sorbet. Once I had the H2O ice cream maker laid upward , I poured inwards the liquid sorbet as well as churned away.

After virtually twenty minutes , it was frozen plenty to seat it into a container as well as and hence into the freezer. It takes a twosome of hours inwards the freezer earlier it's ready to eat. We had some of this for dessert finally night. So yummy.

While that was churning , I opened upward all the jars of watermelon jelly , added the ease of the pectin from an opened upward box , as well as and hence boiled it some more. The images as well as instructions I posted yesterday were rattling helpful inwards determining when this would live done. When I did the spoon exam , it was get-go dripping from the spoon inwards 1 drop. Eventually it separated into ii drops as well as and hence ran together as well as slipped from the spoon to a greater extent than similar honey.

I was feeling pretty confident at that dot , as well as hence I tried the saucer test. It was supposed to wrinkle rather than run. Look carefully to a greater extent than or less the perimeter of my finger , as well as you tin encounter the wrinkle. (Try non to live dazzled yesteryear my lovely manicure. Difficult , I know.)

When I did this exam on the jelly the solar daytime earlier , it was nada similar this. Since I'm non a jelly aficionado , I wasn't actually for certain what I was looking for. Now , I was for certain it was ready to become dorsum inwards the jar. Not surprisingly , my yield was five 1/2 one-half pints this fourth dimension to a greater extent than or less , every bit opposed to the 8 one-half pints from the previous day. I didn't aid virtually the yield. I but wanted jelly , rather than syrup. And accept a human face at that. This is the jounce I refrigerated to cool it faster.

When I checked the other jars this morn , they also were good set. I was a trivial worried I'd overshot the grade yesteryear adding to a greater extent than pectin. We had some on our toast this morn , though , as well as it was perfectly spreadable.

With that inwards heed , I'm sharing the link to this recipe for Watermelon Jelly from Marisa McClellan. I intend inwards the hereafter , I would add together only the master copy amount of five tablespoons of powdered pectin , rather than adding more. However , I would prepare it long plenty as well as live for certain it passed the tests for doneness earlier putting it into jars. Be for certain to read her entire weblog ship service because at that spot are some helpful hints virtually it. Finally , at that spot was some speak on Facebook virtually watermelon (indeed , all melon) non existence high plenty inwards acid to live prophylactic for H2O bathroom canning. I checked inwards with Marisa McClellan virtually this , as well as she said she'd tested the pH when she developed the recipe. The one-half loving cup of bottled lemon juice puts it into the "safe" category , hence no worries. Just follow prophylactic canning procedures , every bit always.

So , finally , I was able to brand my means into the sewing room. While I was at that spot , I caught upward on the eighth clue for the Welcome Home Small Quilt Mystery. I was to brand 8 foursquare inwards a foursquare blocks. These complete at 3 1/2 inches.

When I had those finished , I turned to a greater extent than or less to honor I was no longer lonely inwards the sewing room.

It was my drug-seeking truthful cat , looking for his ready of nip. After snorting upward the trivial fleck I gave him inwards a bowl , he was gone again.

For some argue , I developed an ear worm but then. If you grew upward inwards the 60's you mightiness recognize these lyrics:

Humans , huh , yeah
What are they skillful for
Absolutely nothing
Humans , huh , yeah
What are they skillful for
Absolutely nothing
Say it in 1 lawsuit again , why'all

Yeah , it's skillful to live valued for oneself rather than the services 1 tin provide. I wonder what that feels like.

So anyway...I continued on with the ninth clue for the mystery quilt , which was to add together a border to a greater extent than or less the outside.

And similar a shot I'm caught upward on my challenges. After that , I took a human face at my white board listing of to-do's. They're broken upward into sections. Try non to notice my spelling errors.

So , yes , "Challengs" are all caught up.

It seems every bit if the Welcome Home quilt ought to live coming to a closed soon. It's a modest quilt , as well as it's moving into lap sized territory if it gets much larger. I believe the Marvelous Mini's volition live finished subsequently 12 weeks , but I could live incorrect virtually that. If I'm correct , I should receive got all the blocks finished earlier nosotros go out on our trip. 

As for the ease of my listing , I receive got 3 quilts that are sandwiched , but non quilted. August's OMG goal is going to live finishing upward the Bee Lovely quilt. The other ii volition in all probability sit down until side yesteryear side outflow when nosotros render home.

The Solstice Challenge is the only 1 on the "tops to finish" listing , but at that spot mightiness live to a greater extent than earlier nosotros leave. Those are going to live kitted upward as well as carted along. If I receive got fourth dimension to sew together acre we're traveling , I'll operate on those.

This 1 is finished , but non sandwiched. It's unlikely anything volition scope on that until spring. Usually , I sandwich several quilts at once. Right similar a shot , this is the only one.

As for the embroidery projects , I accept these inwards a rotation. Hocuspocusville has but 1 to a greater extent than block to complete , as well as I human face to kit that upward for finishing the quilt acre we're traveling. Wine Country has further to go. I'm hoping to complete Mumm's the Word earlier the terminate of July , as well as Summer Holiday is closing inwards on a complete every bit well. The Bag Ladies...well , those are a monthly given until the finally 1 is finished inwards December.

And , finally , my WIP's. These are non far plenty along to human face to complete whatever of them earlier nosotros leave. I'll maintain plugging away at them either a block , department , or row at a fourth dimension for every bit long every bit I tin , as well as and hence they'll live on concur until nosotros render habitation side yesteryear side spring.

With that inwards heed , I'm dorsum to the top of the listing as well as the side yesteryear side Chicken Buffet block , Hawaiian Chicken.

I'm hoping to larn some operate done on that today , but our ability is off. No persuasion why. It's sort of weird on a sunny as well as not-too-hot July day. I'd blame air-conditioning , but it's non that hot. We sort of human face this during a wintertime tempest , but no clue what's going on today. I but know we're non alone. I'm typing this weblog ship service on my laptop , which the Resident Engineer has helpfully hooked upward to a generator. The ability has been off for several hours already , hence I'm hoping it won't live much longer.

That was all I did inwards the sewing room yesterday , as well as and hence I went exterior to accept some pictures. I noticed that the ruby-red sunflower had bloomed.

It's smaller yellowish cousin was nearly fully opened every bit well.

Also the echinacea are putting on quite a show. I was thrilled when these survived the wintertime , as well as it's fifty-fifty to a greater extent than thrilling to encounter them blooming now.

As I walked with the herb garden , I noticed that finally year's parsley had seeded itself as well as is similar a shot growing along the border of the sidewalk. It's growing inwards plenty abundance that I'm fully stocked with parsley for whatever cooking I desire to exercise the ease of the season.

Finally , the wisteria is looking rattling pretty to a higher identify the front end door porch. It was piece of cake to blooming this twelvemonth because it was inwards the shade of 1 of the trees that needed planting. Now that it's getting some sunshine , it's blooming inwards profusion.

So , I nevertheless had some fourth dimension left earlier I needed to go out for my haircut , as well as I stitched to a greater extent than or less the tertiary corner of Wheel Estate.

When I got habitation , I finished the finally of it , as well as similar a shot Wheel Estate is inwards the finished column. Yay!

Here's how it looks from the back.

This was my 2016 Rainbow Scrap quilt. I didn't start 1 for 2017 , but I'll live linking upward today to exhibit off my finish. Also , this is my OMG quilt for July , as well as hence I'll live linking upward at the finishing political party when it's time.

This morn , I had some fourth dimension to exercise some hand-quilting on Mumm's the Word. I've nearly turned the 4th corner on the outer borders.

I but necessitate to stitch to the left as well as and hence downward to the complete trouble indicated below , as well as and hence this...my oldest UFO...will live ready for binding. I actually can't wait to larn this into the finished category.

And since the ability is nevertheless off...it's virtually the only matter I tin exercise for now. Sadly , I can't run the vacuum. As I'm for certain you tin imagine , this is a tragedy. It mightiness live worth calling inwards the National Guard but for that. So , powerless to exercise whatever housework , there's nada but mitt quilting on the agenda for a while.