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[susandennis]

I finally got around to testing out the freezing of Trader Joe's hollandaise. Works PERFECTLY! I spooned it out into golf ball sized blobs onto waxed paper and then froze the blobs. Today I pulled out a blob and nuked it at level 3 for 50 seconds. Outstanding results. Now I have to get myself back there to get more before they run out. I think I'm going to time tomorrow's swim so that I'm done when TJ's (across the street from the gym) opens at 8.

Other than that, just sewing some dolls and cutting out more. The sewing room is the warmest part of the house so these days, the dolls are my excuse to warm up. It is cold out there and, so, in here. Whoever invented fleece is my hero.

I'm not feeling very inspired or thoughtful today and I'm not sure why. I'm not bummed about anything or particularly cranky. Just not engaged. In the 70's biorhythms were all the rage and people assigned colors to their days. My day, today is olive drab. On the up side, I have the next episode of Bad Behavior waiting on TiVo. EDIT: My days are all out of whack. Bad Behavior is on tonight... Oh well, I still have a Crown to watch.

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[mermaidnihilist.livejournal.com]

Again, I love your dolls!

[susandennis]

Thank you. They perk me up, too!

[meowmensteen]

You could use an ice tray to efficiently freeze your blobs. I love freezing things with ice trays.

[susandennis]

Actually just blobs in a bag is better for my freezer real estate. But, I did think about ice trays.

[meowmensteen]

Freezers were an awesome invention.

[sweetmeow]

I now have visions of your Trader Joes being out of Hollandais Sauce for the season after you get to it tomorrow! :) Glad you figured out just how best to freeze it in small amounts so you can enjoy it after it's "gone"!

I haven't said this yet, but I do enjoy seeing your dolls. They are incredibly cute. I don't sew. The extent of it for me is repairing a hem, or sewing on a button. But - I can imagine how much fun it must be to choose the materials for each doll and how to decorate them.

[susandennis]

Yeah, I might not leave any hollandaise there... maybe...

And thanks about the dolls. They really are tremendous fun to make.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

I was saying just yesterday that after all the years I worshiped cotton and wool and other natural fibers, fleece has become such a wonderful thing! It's warm and cozy, washes and dries like a dream and if the pants of your PJs are too long, you can just cut them off and not have to hem them!

Here in Maine, I have fleece for three seasons. :-)

[susandennis]

And it's so light weight. AND CHEAP. Last time I ordered fabric, I got a few yards of fleece because it was just too cheap to pass up. And such great colors. Seriously, I don't know who invented it but I worship whoever it was!

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

While visiting my friend in Massachusetts once, she took me to the Malden Mills Factory store. I bought a BIG bagful of ends and remnants for cheap and have treated it like gold ever since.

[susandennis]

OMG I would lose my mind in a place like that!

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I love your stripy doll - the way you have matched all the colours on her is amazing. I wish my sewing room were that warm. I like to do hand sewing in bed so I can cuddle under a big duvet.

[susandennis]

Oh no matching... the fabric came that way and it's it cool? It was a pillowcase and it a used one so it's also extremely soft.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I figured it might be from a pillowcase, but you worked the pattern vs strip vs plain pieces very cleverly. Maybe matching is the wrong word, but it took some careful planning and impressed me.

[susandennis]

thank you so much. matching up the different fabrics is great fun. and I do love the feedback!

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of assigning colours to my days. I think yesterday was a muddy brown, today is maybe a dull green

[rsc.livejournal.com]

The color of your day may be drab, but the dolls sure aren't! As I was scanning down, I thought how bright and colorful the first one was, and then I saw the third one. Wow!

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Have you continued to make use of your air fryer?

[susandennis]

yep use it nearly every day sometimes twice