red pinwheels, Cookie & Elsie

Sunday (1/20) was another cold morning , so we hunkered down with buckwheat pancakes and fried potatoes for breakfast.  I got to head down to the studio while Michael cleaned up from breakfast.  I finished up 8 simple blocks for my Christmas quilt (I did these samples at home to make sure I was cutting the correctly sized strips):

and cut a bunch more strips and squares to sew on when we do small groups next month at quilting.  Once that was put away, I got out fabric to start a secret project…..no moans….this one should be done within a month….so you won’t have that long to wait.  I worked on creating a pattern for several hours, then went for a walk with Michael and Cookie.  When we got home, it was time to get cleaned up while our ‘babies’ snuggled in the bedroom:

 Joanne and Larry picked us up at 4:30 for dinner out a MICKEY & MOOCH’s.  What a FABULOUS dinner it was…..for appetizers, there were 3 she crab soups, and one crab fritters.  Dinner was 3 filet mignons and one grouper (on a bed of spinach and sun dried tomatoes, with a lemon/butter/wine/caper sauce…..outstanding!)  For our sides, there were 3 pasta alfredos and 1 mashed potatoes.  Dessert was 3 pieces of SEVEN layer chocolate cake and 1 piece of carrot cake.  Joanne and Larry stopped in on the way home to try some dessert wine we had picked up at the Biltmore; and we just sat around and talked for a bit.  The dinner and company were truly heavenly.