I’m joining LeeAnna and friends late today! Check LeeAnna’s post for I Like Thursday and visit other bloggers.
I. meant to write a post! I hoped to get some photos to share. Neither thing happened! On Friday I posted about my Project Quilting entry. If interested you can read the post Here.
Saturday we invited friends over to watch the wild card game streaming only on Peacock. My friend Connie is a KC fan. They don’t have a Peacock subscription. I invited them for supper too, but she already had supper in her crockpot. As it turned out, it’s a good thing they didn’t accept. My potato soup was a fail. I used a recipe I found on line, decided to make the one marked creamy. Evidently my potato to cream cheese ratio was off. You definitely could taste the cream cheese, Mr Busy said it tasted sour! He usually doesn’t comment! So…..guess I’ll have to dust off my recipe box and find my old recipe! 😕 So no photos!
I finished my first book of 2024. Loving Frank by Nancy Horan. As you might suspect from the cover it’s about Frank Lloyd Wright!
I enjoyed it right up to the last four chapters. The story took a definite turn. One I did not expect and I won’t share. It was a well researched story, but a novel. Historical fiction!
I gave it 4/5 stars on Goodreads!
Oh, and I decided on my center block for SAHRR hosted by Gail at Quilting Gail. You should join the fun. Read all about it here. SAHRR stands for Stay At Home Round Robin!
Finally, my Christmas cactus is blooming. That always makes me happy! She’s an old plant, a cutting from a friend of my sister’s. The mother plant is almost 100 years old and mine is 25 years old according to what my sister told me.
LeeAnna’s prompt for this week:
January 18 2024
An event that had a big impact on you this year.... and how did you handle it?
An event that had a big impact on you this year.... and how did you handle it?
I cannot think of a single impactful event this year that I am willing to share. I’m trying to be mindful of the privacy of others, so I won’t share. But as Diann pointed out, sometimes the only way to handle difficult things is one step at a time. My mother always said to us, “ one day at a time!” My father was killed in a car accident when I was 23, my sister was 20 and in college, my two brothers still at home, 17 and 14. I think that’s how she navigated that terrible time in her life.
And I say that to myself almost daily!
When I read Loving Frank, I though his life was so interesting. Somewhere in the middle I decided to Google him just to learn a little and see some images. Ugh! That's when I discovered what was to come! Yikes! As I continued the book, I turned each page in dread of what might happen next.
ReplyDeleteToo bad about your soup! Potato soup with cream cheese sounds like it has potential. I read that book, and liked it, but now I don't remember the ending! Your cactus is so pretty! One day at a time is always good advice - sometimes even just one step at a time is all we can do, right?!
ReplyDeleteThose words of your Mom are very wise. She sounds like a great lady.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to watch that game but Hubs didn't like being forced to pay for it - lol. Sorry about your soup, hope you find one you like!
I love potato soup! Sorry that recipe didn't work out but there are many out there to try instead. I have noted that book to take a look at. Love the cover. Yes, certainly one step at a time even while ugly crying as the younger folks say!
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