OMG - my husband made bacon jam and it is our new favourite thing! It is amazing. It goes perfectly with corn fritters, and with some sour cream, looks just like jam and cream on pancakes. He got the recipe from a Matt Preston cookbook and it is just amazing - if you haven't tried it before, I can highly recommend it.
We are back home again now so I'll be back to the Enchanted Ornament stocking soon, but yesterday, I did the B and J on the Elephant ABC. Only C, D and E to go now!
It's a pity I couldn't get this finished this time, but it should only take me 2-3 days to get it done so I need to think about what I can take down for my next holiday project.
Book Review: Eden / Candice Fox - I almost didn't bother to finish this one. There's dog fighting (which puts me off straight away, even though it's only for 1 little bit) and the 'good' guys who kill 'bad' guys like serial killers - not my idea of fun. I got through it but did skip quite a bit.
Happy Stitching,Kerrie
I only got the 'I' done yesterday - too busy reading. I finished my second book and today I've started "Eden' by Candice Fox. Who doesn't love summer holidays where there's nothing to do but read and stitch! The weather's looking a little better here today - yesterday was rain and clouds all day.
Book Review: Hunter Killer / Chris Ryan - the story line and action wasn't too bad, but I didn't like the ending, no real conclusion and lots left hanging unfinished. Plus it was set in Britain mostly, and the language used by some of the characters was a bit off-putting at times (most of the action books I read are from America).
Book Review: Burn / James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge - this was a good one and this is demonstrated in that I couldn't put it down and finished it within about 7 hours. It is another of the series featuring Detective Michael Bennett and was action-packed, and even got a few laughs out of me at times. This series is worth reading if you like action-packed police drama.
Tonight my husband is making something we've never had before for dinner - bacon jam. I'm not exactly sure what it is but it's going with some corn fritters and other stuff so it sounds yummy. The satay he made last night was not bad, but it could have been a bit more peanutty. Just means he has to make it again and again until he gets it right - and I have to taste test of course!
Have a great day,
Happy Stitching,Kerrie
Merry Christmas Eve Everyone...
So far, my holidays have consisted of reading books and stitching - perfect!
I've read 3 books so far:
1. The Spy / James Phelan - character similar to Lee Child's Jack Reacher - could be another good series
2. Con Law / Mark Gimenez - quite like this new character - a law professor at a University gets letters from people requesting help and he selects a case and goes off to solve it. I can see many more books with him.
3. The Reluctant Hero / Michael Dobbs - another good character, like Mitch Rapp from author Vince Flynn (who sadly passed away earlier this year)
I've got 3 more to go and then I'll have to find some more supplies!
On the stitching front, I've almost finished another block - F... just the border to go.
Happy Stitching,
Kerrie
