Battle of the Wills - the Cat Won!

The computer screen is behind the cat and the cat, as usual, has plans to bathe and sleep in front of said screen . . . even if I can't see the screen to do my work. After all . . . what is more important. Frustrated, as I did have letters to write and other work to do, I warned the cat that if she didn't move, I was going to get the camera and take her picture. Guess my threat fell on deaf cat ears and she didn't move but I got a couple of really great pictures of the cat.

Strawberry Poke Cake - Gluten-Free Style!

I'm a terrible mother. I have children with December birthdays within two days of each other and I just realized that we were so busy finishing off my daughter's December Birthday Cake that I forgot to make another one for my son . . . two days later. I have been much forgiven as we had fun having a very, very late birthday dinner and cake for him over the weekend. He is a good-natured kid and didn't even realize the omission himself! Strawberry Poke Cake was his choice and I even found a gluten-free cake recipe that turned out great even without the gluten.  It was topped off with homemade whipped cream and my son managed to get two large slices down without a problem! Anyone was a recipe for an easy but very good gluten-free cake, let me know.

How to Build a Pope - Embroidery Machine Style!

 As I mentioned before, I discovered a great photo stitch design of the Pope for my embroidery machine. It takes six changes of thread color to complete and over two hours. Thought I'd show you the start to finish of what the process looks like. The first time I used this pattern, I was sort of worried by the fourth frame and wondered if it would, in fact, turn out to look anything like our Holy Father. As you can see, trust the pattern and the machine as it turns out with a very good likeness.