ginger margarita

Ever since I hurt my foot, my hips and knees have hurt more.  Especially on the left side.  I know it is because I am not walking correctly.  My figure skating coach (who is much more than that) says drink more, especially when I am trouble with something like a sit camel.  It is an old time move that nobody does anymore that has high levels of difficulty.

He knows I like margaritas and came across this recipe.  It combines the my like of margaritas and ginger.  It also helps that "drink more" statement.  I made my life a bit easier then the original recipe in the Houston Chronicle.  I went with what was in the house.

Which is a good thing.  Especially with a complete fail making a dress (I think the fabric is really wrong) and my foot swollen and hips hurting during my lesson.

ginger margarita

1 1/2 ounces tequila

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

1/2 ounce Cointreau

1/4 ounce to 1 ounce (or taste) ginger simple syrup

ice

Sparkling wine, I used Cinzano moscato asti (it was what was in house)

Mix everything together but the wine. Put ice in a ten ounce cup.  Pour the margarita mixture over it.  Top with sparkling wine.  Stir.  Taste if there is enough ginger for you and adjust.

Very yummy.

We are off for the next week and half doing business and having family celebrations.  I probably will not be able to blog until we get back.  It is that bit of having no internet or cell phone access.  Hopefully, I will come back with much inspiration!

The Paloma

I came home to five pounds of grapefruit yesterday.  Before yesterday, I would have said that I really do not care for grapefruit.  Now, that I have been taught how to eat them and if they are Texas grapefruit, I can say I like them.  My Beloved had a customer teach him and give him the grapefruit.  The funny thing was that I had come across a recipe for an adult beverage using grapefruit early in the day that I wanted to try.  Life is interesting.

I find I actually like grapefruit better then orange.  Who knew?  

To make the grapefruit syrup that this recipe calls for, I used a cup of grapefruit pulp and juice in my normal syrup recipe (1 cup water and 1 cup sugar).  

the paloma

2 ounces tequila

1/2 ounce lime juice

2 ounces grapefruit syrup

ice

soda water

Mix the tequila, lime juice, and grapefruit syrup together.  In a glass (about 12 ounces), put ice.  Pour the mixture over.  Fill the rest of the way to the top with soda water.

The recipe I say called for salt and grapefruit soda.  I do not care for salt with my tequila.  I made my own soda, really.

I started another quilt while I have been working on Baby Nacho's.  This is actually for an adult friend.  I am very excited about it.  I wanted to send her a hug but Connecticut is a little far for my arms.  A quilt will just have to do.

baby nacho's quilt is laid out

While I was making the twins' quilts, I was also working on nine squares for Baby Nacho's quilt.

I have started stitching all of these together.  But I admit that I will be away for a week and a bit.  That will slow the process down!  Soon hopefully soon!  

Mr Gray's quilt is done too!

Mr Gray's quilt is done too!  I really wanted the twins quilts to be delivered at the same time and I accomplished that.

I actually used the same fabrics in the tops and part of the backs.  For Miss Ellie, I put the pinks and light colors in the middle.  For Mr.  Gray, I put the blues and greens in the middle.  

Their Momma liked the quilts so much she brought us fresh out of the oven brownies.  Yum!  I got a hug from their Poppa.  They are afraid to use them but I make them to use them.  The Tall Short Person's is still being used twenty six years later, machine washed and dried.  Yes, some of the quilting threads have broken but that is not surprising.

By the way, our oven works!  My Beloved and the Small Mister fixed today after I found the parts yesterday.  Life is good.  There is a cake I wish to try.  

Miss Ellie's quilt

Miss Ellie's quilt is done!

Small Mister and I delivered her's and her brother's on Saturday.  It was the first Saturday in ever so long that I had some quiet time.  My Beloved was doing a demo at the Houston Area Blacksmith Association.  That took all day.  I sat, stitched, and watched movies.  It is easier to get the hand stitching done when there is no one who needs anything.  Saturdays have been chaos theory in action around here.

We lost the bake element in our oven yesterday.  Fairly spectacularly.  I put more energy into finding that part then I ever did in getting the hard drive fixed on the computer.  I guess that tells you what is important in our lives.  I had to laugh at myself hard.  

I also have the materials to fix my boat.  My Beloved, a skateboard, and my boat.  Not good.  But that is life.  I am trying to be better about not feeling devastated when things I love to use get broken.