Need motivation to read

Lately I've been doing a lot of sewing. Made myself a skirt and pajama pants last week, plus finished up a quilt. So I haven't been doing much reading. I finished a Short History of Women. It was ok, a bit depressing how all of the women were searching for something, feeling depressed about their lives.

Book Six: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
I'm not too far into it, but it's entertaining so far. I have not read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, but I think I will after this book. I'm curious to see how similar it is,but I'm told it's very close, the only thing added are the zombies.

Been slacking a bit

Recipe Twelve: Beer Battered Fish

I'm observing Lent this year, like any good Catholic, and have given up pop and of course meat on Friday. Two weeks ago I made Beer battered Cod, using a recipe on foodnetwork.com. It was ok. The cod we bought is a bit thin, I think it would work better with thicker pieces of cod.

Recipe Thirteen: Spicy Bakes Macaroni
Very tasty! I think it would have been good to add some Tabasco though before baking, but it's good! And there's so much of it, we'll be eating it all week!

This week I am going to attempt to make cherry scones, hope they turn out good!

Recipe Ten: Stuffed Cabbage from the Biggest Loser Family Cookbook.
Delicious! Jon even liked it. This recipe was not in the traditional rolls, but in a casserole style. The recipe called for ground chicken, but I had ground beef so I used that. Very tasty, but I forgot to add salt and pepper so it needed a bit of salt.

Recipe Eleven: Paczkis!



I used this recipe and it is good. My dough did not rise though because our apartment is quite cool. The first one in the frying pan did not cook thoroughly, but the next four I put in the microwave to make rise and they were good! We tried one and the others will be eaten tomorrow, Fat Tuesday! Yay for Paczkis on Fat Tuesday!

Finally, a new book to read

Book Five: A Short History of Women: A Novel

I'm through the first two chapters, which were ok. Each has a point of view from a different generation of female in a family. Will be interesting to see how they all tie together.

I'm so happy to be done with Living Bibilcally. That book was a bit dull for me.

Bag Completed

The bag I completed last night! I love it! Took about 4 hours to make and I learned a lot from the experience. I am really pumped to make another, just need to see what fabric I have to do so. The main fabric I used (blakc with poppies) I think I will use to make a skirt out of too in the sewing class I am starting Feb 13. I have two yards left of it, will probably have some left over to make a small purse out of once I make a skirt.

Month Two

Recipes: 67 left to go.

Books: 31.5 to go.
I having 132 pages left in Living Biblically . It's an ok book. I am learning some interesting facts about what it says in the Bible, and every now and then while reading I think "Maybe I should read the Bible", but it's not an interesting enough book that I can't put it down.

Quilts: 6 to go.
I have started cutting up some fabric for a baby quilt and have t-shirts cut up to make my KD quilt. Just need to start sewing.

Last night I took a bag making class at SF Quilting and loved it! I'm so thrilled about what I learned, especially making handles. I'm really excited to finish the bag tonight and start a new one. After what Iu learned last night I feel like I could easily replicate some of my Vera bags.

Cooking

Recipe Nine: Buffalo Chicken-Blue Cheese Meat Loaf from the Biggest Loser Family Cookbook.

Pretty good, I wish I would have added more hot sauce, but you can do that when you eat it.