Uh, Calories? What's That?

 Happy 4th of July!!!!!!  Happy Birthday America!!

 Let's have peace and not Hillary!

Yes, bacon paste.

First you take 6 slices of RAW bacon.  Add smoked paprika, garlic powder, pepper, salt.  Zun it in the food processor.  Yes, Zun is a good word.  Zun it to a paste!  Add BBQ sauce, i use Sweet Baby Ray's, and 1/4 cup bourbon.

Slather it on the skewered chicken breast strips and slap it on the barbie.

Oh yeah baby!  Not as good as the ribs.......but right up there on the second shelf!

I bought peach wine while at the Farmer's Market on Saturday and I mixed it with peach nectar, a good ginger ale and some sweet cherries in a dark syrup.  It sunk to the bottom and made a nice layer effect.  top that off with some chunks of peaches from the Farmer's Market.  Oh yes!  Disappeared right away.

And later the watermelon.  Ah. The watermelon!

After everyone was on their way to other places or their homes to feed their dogs, we were left with the 3 bassets and a grand dog.  And Hugeaux and McGee got their acepromazine pills just before dark.  Everyone is sleeping calmly.

I am still stuffed, so we had a salad for dinner.  

I have plans to spend some time at the Quilt Haus this week and sort out what I have to work on for the show season coming up.

4th of July Weekend

The weekend has barely only just begun and I have to line up the social engagements!

Meeting the architect and contractor at noon today.

Dinner party at Ichiban on Saturday.

Picnic on Sunday and my amazing BBQ ribs at my house on Monday.

And all through that, I am dieting!  When we were at Diane's I had a single forkful taste of her amazing fig cake.  I hope I can make it through this long weekend!

And I have a quilt due to a customer next week!  I really need to finish it for her.

Not sure my binding person is working out.  I may need to rethink that avenue.   I am not sure she wants to do any work.  I was thinking she could earn some money she doesn't have doing something fairly easy.  Sigh......I guess a leopard will never change his spots.

My Roomba is getting quite a workout.  This is full shedding season for Bad Bassets.  Couple that with the bath they all received on Sunday last, and you have a  DSE.  Double Shed Event!

And the maringouin!  With all the rain, those pesky West Nile/Zika carriers are in full force.  So being outside you need to be covered with DEET.  I  can't even sit on the back patio without getting buzzed and bitten.

BTW, that is pronounced Mara-gwin.

Question is......will there be time for quilting in there?