Adult Bibs

I will be delivering 50 adult bibs made from terry cloth towels this afternoon. These were made by the St. Matthew "Cut & Sew" group; the towels were donated by the congregation.  They will be used by adults and children with disabilities.
A couple of us were sorting quilting material by color and straightening out the storage area for Cut and Sew and the Chemo hat group. Now to find some plastic boxes on sale to keep the colors together.
Thought I would share this quilt, I really like the colors.

My Birthday!

We celebrated my birthday at the Lone Star Steak House in Bolingbrook and because it was my birthday, they gave me this gigantic chocolate sundae. No, I didn't eat it all.

   Friday was my niece Samantha's 30th birthday and we celebrated on Saturday and my sister made and decorated the cake. These were her favorite childhood characters. Big bird, Rainbow Brite, Cheer bear, Sailor Moon and lying down is Jem and Shera. The characters were made out of candy clay, all edible.

Lee has always made the decorated cakes for the kids in the family, I never had to bake and decorate a cake for Karrie.

Another Corn Recipe

I posted another corn recipe on  the Mom whats cooking blog {link on this page}. I tried it yesterday using only one ear of corn and it was absolutely excellent, like nothing I've ever tasted. Give it a try, I did use fresh corn.
I still have to make an appetizer for my sister's party today. It's called Italian antipasto and I haven't made this in a long time. It's made with giardeniera, tuna, olives and you put it on fresh Italian bread. Good for hot weather because it does not contain mayo.

Mirai Corn

You can check which farmer's market is selling Mirai corn by checking Twin Garden farms on the internet. I think they listed New Lenox and Tinley.

I must be Crazy

I went out today in the blistering heat to the Burr Ridge Farmer's Market. I wanted to get some more Mirai corn for the corn salad I will be taking to my niece's birthday. It's funny they charge 50 cents more in Burr Ridge than in Lemont. I guess they figure the folks from Burr Ridge can afford it. I also went to the Brookhaven store in Burr Ridge to buy some vegetables that I needed and was really surprised that they did not have jicama and yet they specialize in a lot of Mexican stuff. So after dropping off Stephanie(our intern's wife), I ran to Jewel to get the jicama. After unpacking all of the stuff I bought I seemed to be missing a clove of garlic, so it will be back to a store for that tomorrow, as I plan on keeping cool the rest of the day. I wasn't charged for the garlic so I don't know what happened to it after I put it in my cart.

New Recipe

I just posted a new recipe on the Mom Whats Cooking blog. Its a very refreshing salad made with fresh sweet corn, jicama and lime. Its great to make now when sweet corn is at it's peak.

I have to get out and water the pots on the deck. Those plants get very thirsty in this heat.

Another Hot One!

Yep, its hot out there. I went to the farmer's market and didn't dawdle. Had my list and I was out of there. The Mirai corn is in. I had to pick up some for my sister and I got six for myself.  They come packed six in  a bag. I'll give a couple away and have some for my supper tonight. Yummy!
I also ran to Walmart to pick up some small bottles of water and some Krylon Matte finish lacquer.

Saturday

I've been busy all week but nothing to exciting. Went to see my surgeon on Tuesday and he said everything looks A-ok, see him in a year. We also had Cut and Sew, we've completed 45 adult bibs made out of a towel with a hole cut in it to slip over the head. These will be donated to a couple of places that service people with developmental disabilities. That same day I went to the Lemont S.A.L.T. [Seniors and Law Enforcement Together] meeting and they had a police woman showing us how to defend ourselves and it wasn't all about a kick to the crotch.
I've tried to get some carving done and prefer to do it outside, but some of these days have been just too hot.

WOW!

That was some storm that just blew through. Radar looks like the worst is past, but maybe more this afternoon. The lights keep blinking and I just hope that the power doesn't go out. It is to be another hot day.

Yard work

Yesterday morning was perfect for pulling weeds and cutting back the mulberry branches that keep popping up in places they shouldn't be. I think they just grow inches as you watch them. Wish I had something that would kill them. I was pulling weeds around the area where I planted tiger lillies that Suz gave me. It seems some critter likes them, eaten right down to the root. I have two survivors that I hope will be ok.
Yesterday I visited my friend Dan at the Lemont Center. He is there for therapy and will be there another week. He did say that he is walking better than when I last saw him. He seemed in pretty good spirits.

Yesterday

I went to a lovely wedding yesterday at the Lighthouse Restaurant in Cedar Lake Indiana. My cousin Marty's daughter got married in the gazebo overlooking the lake. The reception was immediately following in their upstairs banquet hall. There was a wonderful assortment of hors douvres and dinner consisted of filet mignon or salmon. Very good. The couple knew each other in high school and reconnected on Facebook two years ago. I think they are in their late 30's so their first dance was to Etta James At Last.
Today I'm just hanging around cooking ribs and working on decorations for our new intern's welcome party next Sunday.

Heat?

Yesterday the weather guy blew it again. The temp was supposed to be in the 90's with the heat index in the 100's. So I planned on just hunkering down in the air conditioning. For most of the day the temp stayed in the mid 70's and I just tinkered around carving and cutting out wood blanks for future carving. It feels a little steamy this morning, so it could get nasty by afternoon.

Our Church is getting a new DCE Intern [Director of Christian Education] who will be starting on July 10th. I am on the welcome committee and spent one day last week running around to dollar stores looking for decorations. The theme is welcome wagon with a western touch. So I did find a purple cowboy hat[LWML color is purple]  for his wife, and a ravelled straw farmers hat for Ben. Then I found these little baskets that I could put wheels on and flowers in the basket for table  centerpieces. I sliced the wheels from a wooden closet rod and drew in the spokes.

I have to get back to that $ store to pick up more baskets.  I think we will need about 10, so that means I have to make 40 wheels for the cart.