Our Last QOV presentation of 2025

 Was a super different one!!

I got a call from a Veterans Group who wanted to have a Quilt of Valor awarded to a particular gentleman. I said of course, and we got to planning. and then!!!

I got a call that this would be in front of a crowd, in front of the county commissioners, and maybe a few local important folks.

And I said - Okay! sounds good.  

I think they thought I would be nervous... little do they know haha!

When I got there - they had a speech all planned, with parts that each of us were supposed to read. I agreed, and then said - but I need 3 -5 minutes for my presentation part . ( No on told me this was a group event)

They said sure and then pencilled me in a a spot. We all did our parts, and then when we got to my *Presentation* part - he started to skip over me.....

I think it was because he was very nervous - these were people he needed to impress. Not me, I just needed to show the Love to the Vet....

So - me , being me, Just headed to the lectern and took over!! It was sort of funny. My husband was just smiling in the back.

I did my presentation that I LOVE to do, and gave the Vet a hug, and..... made him cry!!!

Oh ya - my job was complete!!

It was a great day , and a great honor to be able to recognize him, not only for his Military service, but for his continued service to Veterans when he got out of the military.

Have a Very Merry Christmas - and see you on Friday - for Finished ( or not) Friday!!

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Monday Monday....

 Clue 5 of Lupine and Laughter ( Quiltville.blogpsot.com) came out and I just had to try one!!! and Maybe!!

I should have had my Dr Pepper first haha!!

Super easy fix... but seriously 😉

Then I was off!!! We had one of our Winter shoots - and it was supposed to be 50 degrees and sun. But!! we all woke up to snow, and cold , and wind.... No matter --- We went anyways!!

Ms Ms - telling me the what!! I had just given her water and cookies and she wanted more. Since it was so wet outside we all tied inside, and its funny, horses get warmer than humans -so she was a little more thirsty than normal. 

Me getting ready to go - but I am waiting for the Rangemaster to give me the go ahead... and my horse is breathing smoke... she's like  a dragon!!!

It was a fun weekend, I ran the fastest I have ever run before and it was great. I am loving learning this sport...

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Finished ( or not) Friday!!! and Donuts!

 Whoot Whoot !! Another Friday has come around and it was a great, busy week!!!

All the Quilts for Christmas are now quilted and returned to their makers!!! Yay!!

(PS - I am opening my 2026 books up, and taking Mail in Quilts... just message me if your interested) 

I made a batch of the Fried Cakes - and guess what? We will have to make another batch - for some reason these disappeared!! I am not sure how that happened haha!!

And now - I am going to try to make fudge. I am not a huge fan of fudge, so never really learned when my Mom made it. But my husband is - so wish me luck!!

What all have you been up to this week??

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Well  - Before we get to that.... I watched the Grinch, and laughed so hard when I pictured the Pound Puppy as Max!!! Doesn't she fit the bill??

I am forever calling her Max!!!

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Jelly Roll Plus Quilt, Churn Dash and a QOV!!

 Happy Wednesday!!!

First Up!!! A Jelly Roll Plus Quilt!! my QOV sew group made these for National Jelly Roll Day and this one was made by Vickie!! I got to do the Quilting on it.

Free Pattern here : Jelly Roll Plus

At our last sew day we all made these Churn Dash Blocks!! All made out of 5 inc squares. I was the one to prep all the squares for each block kit. My goal was to use up my 5 inch square bin, and guess what?

It did not... but!! All i really had to cut for these blocks - was the white!

Go figure!!

This is the Pattern we used.... 

Fast and easy!!!

We also got to present a Quilt to an amazing Veteran!! He is so super sweet, and!! He was a little shocked.   He was expecting a quilt - he just wasn't expecting a QUILT!!! He was overwhelmed, and amazed at how beautiful it was... made my heart happy!!

Just cuz I wanted to prove I do get up early - haha - this was our sunrise the other day - Holee Cow!! What a beauty - so glad I Was up to see it ( and outside)  God is a master painter!

And my girls - they wanted to know why they couldn't control the remote! I had a little day of being under the weather, so they were my companions, and they think they would have liked to taste tea!!!

Goof balls!!!

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Lupine and Laughter progress

My progress on Lupine and Laughter is amazing even me! 

I am no means caught up, or even keeping up.. but I am not as behind as I usually get - so that is a total WIN in my book!!

Part 1 ( Above!!)

Part 2 ( Below)  Its actually all finished now.. and!! get this - even trimmed up!!! oh ya!

We are calling this - Part 3 A

but I am working on the rest of Part 3... I know - Part 4 is out - but!! Let's just be happy with where I am haha!!

I am having fun digging thru my scraps for each clue and seeing what I can find. I had pulled yardage for it, but then I decided - these pieces are always so small... I wonder if I could go all scraps.... and ( fingers crossed) get those scraps under control.

Maybe too much to ask for - but!! its fun to dig!!

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Pumpkin Alfredo Pasta

 I tried a new Pasta idea... 

are you ready?

Pumpkin Alfredo Pasta

• *12 oz pasta ( I used Gluten free Barilla Pasta)
• *1 Cup Pumpkin Puree ( from my Pumpkins!! - and it was FRESH - I made it that morning)
• *1 Cup Cream
• *1/2 cup parmesan

Cook the pasta according to the package

In a pan - Stir the Pumpkin and Cream, I cooked just to a boil - stirring it over medium heat until that boil started.  Then !! 

Tossed in the Parmesan cheese to melt in the mix - and poured it over the pasta!!

Ta da!!!  it was yummy and of course, I ate it as is, my guys added a steak to the side

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Fun Four Patch QOV and!! Finished!! ( or not) Friday

We are at less than Two Weeks until Christmas!!! we don't do a lot of Christmas Baking, cuz we will just eat it all - but!!! This weekend... I think we will be making my family Fried Cakes ( they are donuts - but they are called Fried cakes for some reason)

I got this Fun Four Patch quilt quilted this week.

i think this one turned out pretty great - it is off to be bound - and then.... to a Veteran!! Yay!! I like working on group projects like this.

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Ouray, Grand Junction and then home....

 it was time to take a little walking tour of Ouray. Check out the street.... the photo is level!!!

This is the Ouray County Courthouse - What a setting right? 

This is the Wright Opera House. I found it so cool that all these little towns have opera houses. When we went to Leadville we saw the Tabor Opera House. Can you imagine the sophistication back in the 1800's to attend an opera?  

The Wright was built around 1881 and was built to *Offset the influence of the Dance halls, Saloons, andGambling Dens"

This ( above ) is the Beaumont. There is a mine by that name too. and at one time this place was painted bright pink. it was built in 1886 and in its hey day - Theodore Roosevelt Stayed there. It is open today - well - it was closed for Thanksgiving - but it is open as a hotel today. 

I think that would be fun to stay there next time. 

We then headed north to Grand Junction. We decided to take the interstate home - so had to get to it!!

This is a car that was parked by the store we went to:

Some of my Kids went to college in Grand Junction - so early on we became a fan of this place!!

Gelato Junction!!!! I had Chocolate and Toasted Marshmellow and it was sooooo yummy!!!

We also hit the Loki Store. Loki is one of our most favorite brand of jackets - they have built in gloves and face masks , venting systems and draw cords too. They are the best for hiking, and then I got one this time in a heavier canvas for chores and ranch work... but!! I got Purple... I love it!  (I don't have to save it for chores!!)

Saying goodbye.... and heading home.

We got home in the dark, but woke  up to this!!!

And finding out the Roads we had just come over one were snowy, ice packed, and full of accidents. The canyon we drove thru had a 50 car pileup, and car had gone over the side on the Million Dollar Highway..

I would like to say that I timed it perfectly and knew what was going to happen... but I didn't - it just worked out so well for us!

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The Million Dollar Highway... to Silverton

 the next day was a nice dry but cold day so we attempted the Million Dollar Highway from Ouray to Silverton.

There are NO guardrails.

There a Lot of Steep downhills to see from the passenger seat.

I might have screamed once ( or twice)

You can google more about it  - but the sign said in 1883 it cost $10K per mile to build it - so that is one of the reasons it got its name... Oh my!

Ready?

They also call this area the Switzerland of of America - Its quite beautiful!!

K grew up listening to this song called Black Bear Road by CW McCall - so we had to find the road... and then we had to play the song - we all laughed ...

This was the road....

My son drove, K held on the Hand holds, i took photos....

 You can see the road to the left of the photo... No Guard Rails you all... None...

We found a lot of old abandoned mines... The Idarado Mining company is restoring some of them - I hope that means you can tour then at some time ;-)

WE made it over to Silverton - what a cute little town.

The main road is very Old Timey - I think we got there a little late in the season, not a lot was open.

And then we had to drive back. K was much more relaxed as he was on the Mountain Side.... so he couldn't see the drop offs as easy.../

On the way back we stopped at this Box Canyon - it was really cool. Ouray is known for ice climbing, so they had water spraying to help create ice for the Ice climbers, but while they are waiting for the ice to grow - you could hike into the box Canyon... it was super cool. ( and really cool... cold in fact!)

There is still some mining equipment in the river that has been abandoned. I think it was also to original location of the hot springs, but now the water is piped out to the Hot springs in town.

It was a nice sightseeing trip. I was surprised tho - the other two days there were almost no people in town. This time when we got back, the restaurants had waiting lines... so we went to the Saloon!

The Full Tilt Saloon - it was a cool little joint. We walked in and were 3 of the 6 people in the joint.... got our food, and by the time it had arrived.... the place was full. With One Waiter - I felt so bad for him, but he did a great job.. and we were full!!

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