I Like Thursday #98

Welcome to my 98th I Like Thursday post.  Thank you LeeAnna of Not Afraid of Color for encouraging us to find things we like, or love during the week and share with others.

I like that it is Shamrock Shake season at McDonalds.  I don't eat there often, but I love their filet o'fish sandwiches and the Shamrock Shakes. 

I like that I have a sewing room again, and so to celebrate I opened my new Panasonic iron that I bought during Christmas at a stuff your stocking event.

I like the small wooden tv tray that I purchased that I can sit by my ironing board, and sewing table to hold my iron, some gum, perhaps  pincushion within easy reach.  You can see the table under the iron.

I like Paczki.  You can read about it here.  Paczki.  But being a baker the last few weeks have been a bit more strenuous making a couple of dozen extra pastries a day, until Sunday where things really ramped up.

Four Paczki go into a box.  The flavors that I had were Raspberry, Lemon, Bavarian Cream (Custard), Cherry, Apple, Blueberry, Strawberry, Cheese, Prune.  Then there are the mini Raspberry, and mini Bavarian Cream which have 8 to a box.  I like to mix mine up and they are either glazed,  or have powdered sugar, and some boxes have both.  Fat Tuesday in my neck of the woods is Paczki Day, and it has been crazy insane the past 3 days.  To boot the normal donut girl took vacation so I had 8 days in a row of working during this very busy time. 

Here is a small sample of the front table that has just a few of the boxes I made.  I filled this table 2 times Monday, and 4 times on Tuesday.

I like my friends at work.  This was awaiting me Wednesday morning.

At home I had a package from my mom.

A pillowcase with different places throughout Oregon.  I was told it is for my travel pillow that lug all over when I am traveling.

I got flowers from my oldest daughter.

They are gorgeous with lovely purple delphinium, asters, some lilies and the gorgeous yellow roses.

I received  best friend necklace from the youngest daughter.

One part goes on Bobbin's collar.  The other part is mine. 

I love this little card that came in the package. 

I received this awesome package from Dawn.

 A book called Setting Solutions by Sharyn Craig, just flipping through it got my creative juices flowing and some ideas for finishing up some quilts.

 A sweet hand towel, and a green homespun (which will be going into a Halloween quilt kit).

Then there is the great card.  Every single birthday girl needs a big hunk (of cake) for her birthday.

I bought myself a few little gifts too.  

I saw this pattern and of course had to have it being the super sexy chicken lady.  LOL

I bought it from a shop on Etsy, and thought that the receipt that was sent along with the pattern was very cute too.

After traveling through Glacier National Park this summer I had to have the newest panel by Riley Blake.

I also saw a nice bundle of orange and yellow batik fabrics.

I needed a new shirt and this one from Badass Quilter's Society is awesome.

Working 8 days in a row there hasn't been a lot of sewing going on, but I did manage to get the Ribbon Star table runner sewn together.  Now to just find a backing, sandwich, and quilt. 

The book I am reading this week is Stiff Competition by Annelise Ryan.  Book 7 in the Mattie Winston mysteries.

Mattie Winston's had an awesome life.  An ER Nurse at the local hospital and married to Dr. David Winston, the perfect life, until she catches Dr. David dallying with another nurse.  Dr. David has Mattie blacklisted from the hospital so she is getting divorced, has no where to live and no job.  Mattie is offered a job working with the local Medical Examiner's office. This is several stories into the series and Mattie's life seems to be one uncontrollable situation after another interspersed with murder investigations. 

Now head over to LeeAnna's and check out the other I Like Thursday posts.