WHY CAN'T I FIND IT?

 Saint Anthony Saint Anthony ... please come around.  Something's been lost and can't be found.  

Ever heard of that one?  Saint Anthony and I have become VERY good friends lately.  I consider myself very lucky that he always answers my prayers ... except one.

So here we are in the "couch" position, snuggling up, when I realized I had not washed the white tuxedo shirt that was laying on the floor in the laundry room.  Funny how those things just pop into your mind.  I went in search of a load of whites, only to find there was NO shirt by the washer.  I KNOW it's here somewhere!  Saint Anthony .... HELP!

Well it took a few minutes to realize I had gone through a cupboard full of really old, stained towels and washcloths.  Once a big pile was accumulated, I threw them in the garbage can.  NO ... NOOOO Nancy, you did NOT throw that fancy shirt away, did you?  Outside I ran, threw open the lid and there on the bottom was my USED TO BE white shirt.  OH the pain!!  Luckily I think it can be resurrected!  

In the meantime, it gets worse!  While Kitters slept on the OTHER chair, I went to look for the quilt tablet email.  Somehow, some way, all my saved emails got deleted.  THERE'S NO WAY!  They MUST be here somewhere.  Saint Anthony ... Saint Anthony .... HELP!!

This time however, there was no help forthcoming.  No matter what I did or how many times I hit the RESTORE EMAIL button, they were gone forever!  I'm sad ... they had important information in them I was saving.  I'm praying it's not a sign of things to come!!

Unfortunately, praying to Saint Anthony did absolutely NOTHING for my coffee predicament.  Maxwell house is out of business and not making it any more.  So here's my substitution that's on the chopping block today.  I'm trying the White Chocolate Caramel.  Let me just say actual COFFEE is about #10 on the list of ingredients.  What's first?  Why sugar of course.

I'm thinking this one won't be around long, even if it is only $4-something for a 16 oz can.  The taste test ... it doesn't even have ANY coffee flavor.  In fact, it tastes like warm milk with sugar.  Yucky Poo!!  Hopefully the English Toffee one will be a little better.

Or maybe I just need to drink it while eating THESE!  Ever walk down an aisle and say ... I think I'll try THAT one!  The batter was like glue and hard to get in the muffin tin, but I was not to be deterred.

I even whipped up some brown sugar butter topping that was NOT in the recipe.  Here's the test ... you fill the cups to the top, bake at 425 for 7 minutes, then turn it down to 350 for the remaining 11 minutes in order to get that beautiful Costco-Muffin top.  

Unfortunately for me, I forgot the all important let-it-rest for 15 minutes part.  They actually did come out quite well for an experiment ... and they taste AMAZING.  I mean really, anything Kursteaz always turns out good!!  I'll be buying more of these!

While waiting for the football games to begin, I decided to test out the shelf theory before spending money on the actual shelf.  Here's a piece of wood from the garage, 47 inches long.  I measured the shelf area and need a piece 51 inches.  

You can see the problem ... Instead of building the shelf even with the fridge, they built it back against the wall.  The fridge is a built-in .. so there's no moving it out of the way ... and no way a board will swing wide enough to get in the cupboard.  SO ... I guess I'm going to get more metal shelves in order to double the space.  What a let down!!  

If I was real ambitious, which I'm not, I could cut it in two and add heavy leg supports in the middle, but you know that is not going to happen.

On to football!  I have no dog in these fights for either game, though it was fun to watch them play in the snow.  Both games were excellent and hard fought.  I guess the Patriots are going to play the Seahawks in the Super Bowl.  I might even skip it altogether this year.  On the other hand, my popcorn and Dots Pretzels were yummy!!

In between games, I sewed here and there.  Green is just not my color, nor has it ever been, but I thought this was a cute Christmas quilt.  I finally figured out which way to turn the blocks so the folded ribbon looked right.  I still have to stitch the blocks together and add borders.  It does look better in person.

And so another weekend disappears as Funday Monday arrives.  Outside this morning I'm sure I saw a beautiful star in the sky.  YAY ... no fog today!  

Oh wait ... it was moving.  DARN ... a low flying airplane!  The forecast does say Mostly Sunny, so maybe we'll see the sun for a few minutes!  Hopefully I will be able to find THAT!!