Adoption Quilts for San Antonio Child Protective Services

This post is a little different.  I am involved with a group of people who make quilts for National Adoption Month (November), to give to kids being adopted in San Antonio, TX.  We are making over 100 quilts.  Each child will choose which one they want to bring to their new home.  The ages range from infant to 17 years old.  So we're making lots and lots of them.

If you're interested in joining us, we need all the help we can get at any skill level! Please contact me for more information.

Here's some of the ones I've made...

How to Make Easy Old-Fashioned Refrigerator Pickles

If you're old enough to remember drug store barrel pickles, or like me and have never eaten them, you will absolutely fall in LOVE with these easy to make, long lasting, homemade, refrigerator pickles...

How to Make Squash Puppies

With my garden exploding with squash on a daily basis, I have had to find inventive ways to cook them.

I had found a hush puppy recipe a while back, but it was a bit dry.  Knowing that squash is full of liquid and it makes quick bread (like zucchini bread) very moist, I decided to try it out in the hush puppies.  The result: moist, yet crispy, squash puppies!

How to Make Mouthwatering Tequila Lime Ribs

Ever wondered what the secret to good ribs is? Just in time for Memorial Day, I'll share with you how to get tender, juicy ribs that will make you unable to order them at a restaurant because you'll just be disappointed.

Hubby's Favorite Meatloaf Recipe

As part of Becky's Cooking Lessons series, here's my husband's favorite meatloaf recipe.  It also uses ingredients from my garden...

Pallet Garden Growth

I thought it would be more effective to see my pallet garden grow before your eyes.  Here's some pics from beginning to present.  I'll update this post with new pictures as the garden matures...

Review of the Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta

I went to the 2013 Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta in Seguin, TX recently...

Pick'em and Preserve'm Strawberries

I finally made it to the U-Pick strawberry place in New Braunfels, TX, just outside San Antonio, with my elder companion...

Holy Pallet Garden, Batman!

Now that we had a good soaking rain last week, the pallet garden is getting into the swing of things...

Online Tour of Bob Ross Senior Services Center - San Antonio

I checked out the Bob Ross Senior Services Center and decided it was so nice that it needs its own blog post...

Activities and Resources for Senior Citizens in San Antonio

I've got a new job!  I am going to be an elder companion for a lady here in San Antonio.  Since I already do a lot of fun schtuff that seniors do, this will be perfect for me.

My first task is to find some interesting and fun schtuff for us to do together.  I thought I'd share what I found.  Most of this is in North San Antonio, but I've got links if you want to delve into other parts of town...

Scooby Doo Dog Themed Quilt

Dog Themed Quilt

I've been working on some quilts for National Adoption month.  In November, a quilt will be given to each child adopted through Child Protective Services in San Antonio, TX.  This design of mine is a Scooby Doo dog quilt...

San Antonio Edible Weeds - What's in My Backyard

Salad from all wild plants in my yard

It's weed season in San Antonio, aka wildflower season.  So which ones in my backyard are edible?...

How to Dye Eggs on the Cheap with Koolaid

Dying eggs with Koolaid is super cheap and easy...

Pallet Garden Update Mar 29

potatoes and carrots - 3 pallets deep

Here's how my pallet garden grows...

How to Knit a Super Dog Sweater

It's a bird, it's a dog, it's...Super Spec!
Find out how to make your own Super Dog Sweater in this blog post...

Panang Tofu Curry Recipe (Don't Fear the Tofu!)

Don't be afraid of the tofu!  For another of Becky's Cooking Lessons, this recipe is creamy, spicy, and delicious...

Pallet Garden Update Mar 13, 2013

Here's another pallet garden update.  Things are going well...

How to Make a Cheap, and Easy Bird House in 15 minutes

Last year a wren built a nest on a shelf on our back porch.  In the past couple of days, with the weather warming up, we have seen a couple of wrens.  We have since moved that shelf and taken down the nest.

So, I made a simple, easy, cheap bird house...

Advanced - How to Knit a Hairnet / Snood

So, it turns out my How to Knit a Hairnet / Snood post is one of my most popular.  I know I reposted the actual pattern from another blog, so I figured I'd enhance my own post by offering different knitting stitches to make fancier hairnets / snoods...