All Work and No Play

If you were rooting for me to get caught up on my housework yesterday, your efforts were appreciated. I won't say the whole house is clean, but the main level is. That's the only part anyone ever sees, and so I'm satisfied until the next chore comes up on the calendar...which won't be until Wednesday. Between now and then...all play. Except for Tuesday when it stops raining, and I can get out and pull some weeds. Somehow weeding manages to be less detestable than housework.

While I was writing yesterday's post, Smitty was sitting across the room considering different strategies for murdering his tail.

Admittedly, it looked at him funny.

The only sewing I did yesterday was to finish up the little Bee Brave stitchery. These are words to live by in these COVID times, don't you think?

I'll finish this off by adding a couple of borders to it. There are some perfect fabrics in my stash, and then I'll turn it into a little wall-hanging. And this being Sunday, I'll be linking up to:

For our first day of Spring at the Three Cats Ranch, we had a mixture of rain and sunshine, which is pretty typical at this time of the year.

Taking advantage of some of the sunshine, I filled the birdfeeders. While I was out, I took a couple of pictures. We have three HUGE heather plants, all in bloom now.

Also, I noticed green shoots on the clematis planted last year. This was very encouraging. I worried the winter ice storm might have killed it off. They are sensitive to extreme cold.

Back inside, I baked the Lemon Meringue Tart for Two I've been talking about. This was supposed to be done for Pi Day, but then...I don't know...I think I sewed all day instead.

Asparagus was 99 cents per pound. We love asparagus, and so I tried a new recipe for Parmesan Roasted Asparagus. This was super simple and delicious. I did it in my toaster oven.

While we were traveling, we came across a new cut of meat we'd never seen before. This was one of our expeditions when we were buying up the meat counter in an attempt to get our total over $200 in order to use a $20 off coupon. So if you think about it, we exchanged the coupon for this cut known as a tomahawk steak. It's basically a prime rib roast with just one rib left long. Kind of like the handle for a steak popsicle. Mike roasted and seared it and it was very tasty.

We had all of that with some Colcannon left over from our St. Patrick's Day dinner. I like the steak with some of my homemade hot cherry pepper jelly. Mike likes his with horseradish sauce.

Our bellies full, Smitty decided it was a good time to take a nap, especially after his many hours of hunting his tail. The problem with his tail is when he bites it, it bites him back. Weird, huh?

Okay, so there probably won't be much sewing today, or much of anything else. Erik and Mae will be here around 1:00 p.m., and then we have reservations for wine tasting at 1:30. We haven't seen Erik and Mae since early December...the day I broke my shoulder, and we parked our truck in their driveway for that fateful ride. It'll be good to see them again. Now we just need to get Matthew vaccinated. He'll be eligible on May 1st, and then we can all get together again.

Next, I'll be making our Sunday morning blueberry oatmeal pancakes. Mike drove into town yesterday and found some buttermilk, unavailable on our last shopping trip. Yes, I know you can make buttermilk with regular milk and lemon juice, but it isn't as good as the real thing.

With my Bee Brave stitchery finished, I'll get a start on the 10th block for Dancing Chickens and Flying Pigs. It shouldn't take long to stitch.

When that one is finished, I'll be tracing out a new project. Yay! Next up in the sewing room, though, is my challenge piece. I really need to get going on that. So there's plenty to do. What's going on in your sewing room these days?