Tomorrow is father's day and my son in law's birthday. Since two of my sons are traveling tomorrow we are getting together today.
Even though it's a father's day barbecue, the men decided they were going to do the barbecue!
My sons's specialty is beer can chicken so that's what they are making. Three guys working on getting it ready. Did I mention that the first batch burned? Luckily there was enough time to do a second batch.
My daughter is making a "carne asada" a big favorite! We are also having rice and beans and salad with "tres leches" cake for desert.
I think it's going to be a great day! Hope every dad has a wonderful day with their families.
Until next time . . .
Keep on quilting!
Aveli
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Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Family Barbecue
My Sister-in-Law and her husband and her husband's sister are coming over today. They are visiting from California. They come every year around this time for the chili and the chicos.
In New Mexico, the green chili crop is harvested around this time and continues through September. New Mexico green chili is some of the tastiest, hottest chili pepper around . . .so I've heard! I have never cared for the green variety. I really like the red.
My sister-in-law and my husband were born and raised in New Mexico with all the typical hispanic foods. Green and Red chili is part of that food tradition. So, every year, they come to buy and dry or freeze green chili pods and take back to California. Usually they take enough for the whole year.
Today, they are coming for 2 reasons, to visit the grave of a brother and to visit us. We are planning to have a barbecue. Nothing fancy, just hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni salad, watermelon, ice tea and cokes. Oh, my husband has invited his cousin and wife to also attend and she is bringing a chocolate cake! YUM! YUM! I invited the two neighbor ladies and they are coming also.
It seems like we will be having a pretty good group. I really enjoy having company here in Guadalupita, especially for a barbecue in the summer! Even if it means I can't sew today, LOL!
I have been cutting an order for 3 inch fabric circles. So, I haven't done much sewing the past couple of days. Tomorrow I will finish the order and ship it out in the morning mail on Friday. Saturday we are going to a local benefit dance and dinner and Sunday is the Cleveland Mill Fest, which occurs every Labor Day weekend. I am not participating this year but we are going to go and check out the other craft vendors.
It seems the next 4 or 5 days are going to be pretty busy. Hopefully I will be able to get some sewing done!
Maybe if I get up at 4 A.m.!!! LOL!
Meanwhile, everyone keep on quilting!
Aveli
In New Mexico, the green chili crop is harvested around this time and continues through September. New Mexico green chili is some of the tastiest, hottest chili pepper around . . .so I've heard! I have never cared for the green variety. I really like the red.
My sister-in-law and my husband were born and raised in New Mexico with all the typical hispanic foods. Green and Red chili is part of that food tradition. So, every year, they come to buy and dry or freeze green chili pods and take back to California. Usually they take enough for the whole year.
Today, they are coming for 2 reasons, to visit the grave of a brother and to visit us. We are planning to have a barbecue. Nothing fancy, just hamburgers, hot dogs, macaroni salad, watermelon, ice tea and cokes. Oh, my husband has invited his cousin and wife to also attend and she is bringing a chocolate cake! YUM! YUM! I invited the two neighbor ladies and they are coming also.
It seems like we will be having a pretty good group. I really enjoy having company here in Guadalupita, especially for a barbecue in the summer! Even if it means I can't sew today, LOL!
I have been cutting an order for 3 inch fabric circles. So, I haven't done much sewing the past couple of days. Tomorrow I will finish the order and ship it out in the morning mail on Friday. Saturday we are going to a local benefit dance and dinner and Sunday is the Cleveland Mill Fest, which occurs every Labor Day weekend. I am not participating this year but we are going to go and check out the other craft vendors.
It seems the next 4 or 5 days are going to be pretty busy. Hopefully I will be able to get some sewing done!
Maybe if I get up at 4 A.m.!!! LOL!
Meanwhile, everyone keep on quilting!
Aveli
Saturday, July 13, 2013
A visit from our Youngest
This past week our youngest son has been visiting us while he was on vacation from work. What a treat!
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
It is always great to have him come to visit us. Even though he only lives 3 hours away, it is difficult to get our schedules on the same track.
So the first thing he says when he gets here is that he is going to barbecue. Even though it wasn't until yesterday that he got an opportunity to do so, it was nice to hear. He always makes a great meal!
This time he barbecued 2 whole chickens. They were scrumptious! And today we get to enjoy more of the leftover chicken. Makes for great sandwiches. . .especially when combined with the indian pueblo bread made by the Santo Domingo indians. Yum Yum!
Sadly, he had to leave today. He goes back to work tonight. :(
While he was here, I was working on my string quilt. Making the blocks that is. I started thinking about making a little doll sized quilt for my granddaughter. They are scheduled to visit some time in August, so I bought my granddaughter a small baby doll. That way she could have a "baby" to play with while she was here. Now I am thinking she would have more fun if she could wrap the doll in a blanket. And of course, a simple receiving blanket type would not do. . .it has to be a quilt!!!
So I started sewing the feeder blocks that I make while working on a project. You know, a little piece of paper with leftover pieces of fabric on it. I am using strips of 8 1/2" x 2 or 2 1/2". I mainly want to conserve the amount of trash I throw out so I recycle my printer paper and print on both sides of the paper. Especially when I am trying out new layouts for my quilts. After printing on both sides, I cut some into fourths for note paper, i.e., grocery lists, notes to self or husband and so forth. Some of the printer paper goes into providing foundation paper for the feeder blocks. I cut the printer paper in half to make two 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 pieces and then take those pieces and cut them in half again and end up with the 8 1/2 x 2 1/2 strips.
I layed out the feeder strips into a size that would enable my granddaughter to wrap the doll. I didn't like the layout. So now, I have added white strips between each feeder strip. It made the blanket larger and looks nicer I think.
I will finish sewing it up and take pictures tomorrow and post them here.
Thursday, July 4, 2013
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!!
Hope everyone has a safe and sober Fourth of July! Enjoy the fireworks, have a great barbecue, play with your kids, your family and take lots of pictures! Have lots of fun! It's the greatest day to play or relax and do nothing! Love it!!
We will be driving up to Eagle Nest to enjoy the fireworks display provided by the town every year. Since it has been so dry here in New Mexico, they banned private fireworks this year. But the show in Eagle Nest is spectacular!
We will be driving up to Eagle Nest to enjoy the fireworks display provided by the town every year. Since it has been so dry here in New Mexico, they banned private fireworks this year. But the show in Eagle Nest is spectacular!
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