yoghurt, 4th patriotic, shrimp scampi tutorial, another fleece blanket

***  Sorry there was no blog entry yesterday.  I had this complete in draft mode, but forgot to push "PUBLISH" before NOON, so it didn't go out  :~(  ***

 ----------------------------------------
 Michael and I had breakfast together again Tuesday morning (7/19).  I had made yoghurt in the crockpot overnight for him, so I made up grab-and-go containers out of the yoghurt after we were done eating:  

fruit on the bottom

then the yoghurt

a little jam for sweetness, then I popped on the lids and put them in the fridge

After that he left to run errands and I headed downstairs.  Pat W and Andi came over to pick up Andi’s quilt (which of course I forgot to take a picture of....hope to have one in a couple of days), and since I haven’t seen Pat in DAYS and DAYS, I had about a hundred things to talk about :~).  When Pat & Andi eventually headed off to Lowe’s, I finally settled down to made up the design for my 4^th (this year) patriotic quilt, got it basted down, and actually started quilting:

I love how the quilting shows on polar fleece

I quilted through the day, while I was also working on a binding and label for one of the quilts I just finished.  By 6:30 I had the quilting done, and loaded up the 5^th patriotic quilt right behind it:  

note inch of space between 1st and 2nd quilt

and had sewed about 9 inches of the binding to my hidden wells quilt:

before heading upstairs for dinner.  While Michael cooked 2 servings of pasta in the microwave, I did my 7 minute shrimp scampi for both of us:   

saute mushrooms & garlic in butter/olive oil

add in 1/2 & 1/2, and boil to reduce

peeled shrimp ready to go

turn down heat and gently lay in shrimp

turn over after about 1-1/2 minutes

shrimp done

add a little parmesan

voila...with some sliced tomatoes

Since Tuesday is Michael’s normal movie night, but since Larry is out of town, we decided to make popcorn and watch the 2^nd STAR TREK movie, so we are all ready for the premiere of the 3^rd one later this week.  When I was done with my popcorn, I started to tie another polar fleece blanket, and got it done before the movie ended.   

It was 10:30 by the time the movie was over and we both headed for bed.