I Like Thursdays: October 8, 2026

 

Hello and Happy Thursday!  It's time to express gratitude for all the things that make life better.  Want more positive posts?  Visit our hostess LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color!

I feel like I'm finally getting things done.  I've been cooking for weeks and freezing meals for hubby to heat up after my surgery (in 11 days).  I did not caregive on Tuesday and stayed at home and fall cleaned the first floor.  I was beat afterwards and didn't even stay at my guild meeting.  I went home and Lucky and I were asleep by 9!

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I'm grateful for Youtube these days.  There isn't much on the regular channels now that the Phillies are done for the year.  I think my favorite channel is "From Small Things" hosted by Sue in Southwest PA.  She doesn't live that far from me and I like her style of quilting (scrappy and also traditional).  

I Like Thursdays: October 1, 2026

 

Hello!  I'm finally getting back to normal and happy to participate in "I like Thursdays" sponsored by LeeAnna!

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The first good thing to celebrate is that my husband's cluster headaches have subsided for now!

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Thanks to the Nor'easter...our area is no longer showing up as drought or even abnormally dry!

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Funny:  This meme from a fashion show

Does she not remind you of Angry Birds?

LeeAnna's prompt this week is: "What is your favorite thing about the shift from summer to fall?"

1-Longer walks because the weather is cooler.

2-Being able to work in the sewing room because the attic is not an oven.

3-By this time of year, I'm pretty tired of working in the garden so I'm glad to say adios to that.

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: September 3, 2026

 

Happy September!

Today is "I like Thursdays" and time to celebrate good things.  Please visit our hostess at Not Afraid of Color for more posts!

Our prompt this week is, "You know it's the end of summer when..."  

Here it is when the kids go back to school.  The neighborhood is quieter in the mornings now but livens up after 3 pm.  We love hearing the kids playing outside.  It's good music!

Other things to celebrate:  

We had two big storms late last night and it dumped a bunch of much needed rain.  We are so grateful!

Lucky was glad because the rain came down in the middle of the night and he was safe and sound in the house.  He hates going out in the rain!

My husband is sick with cluster headaches.  He has been in the ER a few times this past week.  I'm still grateful because the hospital is taking it seriously and we have visiting nurses now.  He's stable but when he is in pain it is awful 😟

I hope you and yours are doing well and wish you a happy weekend!

I like Thursdays: August 27, 2026

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" sponsored by Lee Anna of Not Afraid of Color.

I like that we had rain over the weekend!

Today is my Dad's birthday.  I really miss him and think of him everyday.  He would have been 90 today.  Love and miss you Dad!

My surgery was cancelled due to a broken sterilizer yesterday.  I guess I'll do some sewing and gardening.  I was worried last night that the tomatoes might need to be tied again.

I love watching youtube (especially quilters on youtube) and one of my favorite channels is Country Farmhouse Quilting.  Marnae is a double amputee and a real inspiration.  Her quilts are amazing and her husband Jim is super supportive.  You will love their latest video, "I Married A Quilter" and you can find it here.

LeeAnna's prompt is did we look forward to returning to school?  Not really.  Most of our summers we spent at our grandmother's house and it was always disappointing to have to leave to go back to school.  Things were different with college.  I enjoyed college a lot and always looked forward to returning!

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!

I Like Thursdays: August 13, 2026

 

Good morning and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" sponsored by Lee Anna of Not Afraid of Color .

This week our family is happy to hear that Tony, one of our family's dogs, is responding very well to treatment of his lymphoma.  Apparently he has the more treatable form of the disease and is already perking up!  Yeah Tony!

I have 4 more blocks to make for my "Twinkle" quilt and I can't wait to start piecing it together!

Family members are taking my mother to the beach for 6 days.  She leaves on Sunday and we've been getting her ready to go.  The family decided my brother and I needed a break...and we do!

Every day I go over for the morning rotation to care for her.  My brother does afternoon and see seems to be okay for the evening (sometimes not and then I go back).  

So next week I should actually be able to piece my quilt and get some things ready before my hand surgery later this month.

This week's prompt is do we read magazines or books in the summer?  I tend to read magazines (mostly quilting) that friends send over.  When I read books or even sometimes watching tv, I fall asleep so I try to keep moving until everything is done.  What do you do in the summer?

Stay safe and...

I Like Thursdays: July 30, 2026

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays" hosted by LeeAnna of Not Afraid of Color!

I like that I had good weather last week!  I spent most of the week in the garden and even forgot to post last Thursday.  There's still lots of work to complete but I am giving my body a break this week!

Like any gardener, I keep an eye on the weather.  I make sure to put all my tools and things away before the weather is predicted to storm.  And then...nothing happens.  We have whole days of thunder and not a drop falls.  So this week, I thought, the heck with it.  My shovel was outside.  So was the wooden bench that I keep covered during inclement weather.  I left a ton of stuff outside...and true to Murphy's Law, we finally got rain.  

I like rain!

LeeAnna's prompt this week is a favorite family vacation.

Years ago, my husband and I rented a house at Dewey Beach for a week or two.  Family/friends were all welcome and often visited.  We always rented the same house as it allowed dogs and we took ours.  Dewey Beach is a beach that also allows dogs on the beach after 5 pm.  So the pups had a great time every evening not only playing in the sand and barking at the waves but playing with the other dogs!

Wishing you a safe and happy week!

I Like Thursdays: July 16, 2026

 

Welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays"!

Hosted by LeeAnna, you can find more positive posts by visiting her blog at Not Afraid of Color!

What do you like this week?  I like anything that cools me off!

   

I like having youtube on my tv.  I've spent a lot of this heatwave watching quilting videos.  Even if it is too hot to be sewing in the attic, I can at least derive some inspiration from vloggers.  My favorite include Jessica Dayon, From Small Things, and Bits and Pieces , although to be honest, I watch a lot more.

This week our prompt is our favorite flowers.  I love most flowers but my favorite are hydrangeas.  

What is your favorite flower?

Have a safe and happy weekend!

I like Thursdays: July 9, 2026

 

Hello and welcome to "I like Thursdays" hosted by LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color!

After the heatwave, we finally had some good rain.  We were lucky during the storms.  We didn't have much damage but some areas in our valley had to declare a state of emergency.  

During the rain storm, I spent some time in the kitchen!

I like my new stove/oven.  Ours died back in May and the new one came in about 2 weeks.  This week I baked spinach pie and a peach crisp.  My husband loved both!

The spinach pie recipe is here.  After I make it, I freeze a bunch of slices because it nicely heats up later! 

 

                                  

Speaking of food, Lana's prompt this week is:  "How do you make potato salad?  What do you put in it?"

BACON!!!  

Our family doesn't have a specific recipe.  I have no idea where it orignated.  A lot of Pennsylvania Dutch use a warm sweet/sour bacon dressing on their potato salad.  It's the only way my one neighbor likes it.  

We don't use the sweet sour dressing.  My trick is that I finish boiling the potatoes, drain, and place in a big bowl.  You place the warm crumbled bacon on top of the potatoes and put a towel on top of the bowl.  The steam from the potato softens the bacon a little.  Cool and add mayo, celery, onion, hard boiled egg.  I season ours with paprika, pepper and celery seed.  That's it.  It's the thing my family and friends request the most from me.  Yes, lots of boys who want their bacon.

I can't wait to hear about the other bloggers potato salad.  How about your recipe?

Have a safe and happy day!

I Like Thursdays: July 2, 2024

 

Hi and welcome to another edition of "I like Thursdays!"  Today we celebrate all that is good in our world and fill the internet with positive energy.  Visit LeeAnna our hostess for more posts!

This week's likes:  

A nice trip to the fabric store with my husband.  I don't go fabric shopping much and to be honest, I didn't really need anything.  BUT, we needed to put on a certain amount of miles before our mechanic could click off our "check engine" light.  So we went to the fabric store.  Afterwards we went out to lunch and it was so nice to just have a get away!

Like most of you, we are dealing with a heatwave (this morning is particularly brutal as the humidity is already 87 %).  Yesterday we had a mid-afternoon rain shower and it was really nice to get some extra water in the garden.  

I like rainbows and rarely get to see them.  But on Sunday we had one after a brief rain and it was lovely to see!

Lucky is a wonderful dog and so many people love him.  He never stays home alone because my mother or brother insist he visits while we go away.  This kind of heat is tough on the dogs.  Yesterday my brother picked him up and took him to the pet store for a while.  It was a great activity for him and Uncle Jim let him pick out a toy!  He's ready for shark week!

LeeAnna's prompt this week is to recall a memorable July 4th celebration.  My Dad's family used to have the family reunion on July 4th.  It was my Pop-Pop's birthday and also his and Nana's anniversary.  We used to meet at Willow Park in Bethlehem, PA.  We'd have a picnic in the pavilion and then the kids were set loose in the park (we could do that back then).

The park closed in 1969.  I still think about that park!

We are doing absolutely nothing on the Fourth this year.  The vote is that the family does not want to do anything.  I'm relieved.  I'll still be caring for Mom that day but other than that, we will be just hanging out in the airconditioning.

Wishing you a safe and happy weekend!