Spike Blue

 We have a small garden in our yard that is mostly just tomato plants and pepper plants with a few herbs on the side. We've been getting a pretty decent yield of tomatoes. Not too many though, we've somehow been able to eat most of them. But, my husband's co-worker gave us more. These new tomatoes were very ripe so I had to make something today. I walked to garden and picked more tomatoes, peppers, oregano, parsley, and thyme. It was a beautiful yield! And from there decided to make tomato soup, which I love! I use this recipe from allrecipes and adapt to my current ingredients https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/39544/garden-fresh-tomato-soup/ . The recipe calls for onions and cloves, which I didn't have, so I used peppers and garlic cloves instead.. And I always add more than just salt. I chopped four cups of tomatoes, 2 small peppers, and 3 garlic cloves. This went into a large pot with the chicken broth. I added 4 sprigs of parsley, then threw in some oregano a...

That was pretty intimate yesterday, whew! Now for something a bit more lighthearted. I got my free motion quilting foot yesterday in the mail!  This machine didn't come with any of the quilting foots. But I'm not complaining because it was an awesome deal at a yard sale this summer. I bought this machine for $50. It's very easy to use and the multiple stitches have been fun to play around with.  I've made a throw size quilt top and finished two baby quilts with this already since I've gotten it. Not to mention the small quilt you'll see in a second. I'm pretty happy with it so far.  Last night my son took a nap after dinner and I used my free time playing around with free motion quilting. I didn't follow a pattern and I'm definitely not great at it yet, but boy was it fun!  You lower the feed dogs during quilting and your hands are the only thing guiding the fabric. Just felt pretty powerful. The quilt I was working on is pretty tiny and pr...

I took way too long of a break writing. I can fill you in with what happened during the two year span though. Maybe it can count as an excuse. So in October 2016 we decided to try to conceive. It worked. I was an emotional wreck the first month or so, and was also easily irritated. I called my mom a lot to talk about my feelings and ended up just bawling into the phone. She's an awesome mom! I was also very tired and was still working at the dental office as an assistant. I wanted to work through the whole pregnancy but ended up leaving at the beginning of June 2017. I was walking from 15,000 to 20,000 steps a day and I was empty of energy each night. So I had a whole month to myself before my son would be due. It was very freeing but also weird to get adjusted too. I am always on the move and I often need to be doing something so I had made myself feel pretty awful at times for having nothing specific to do. The best part was taking time to read God's word. July 18, my son f...