Hotel Mulherin

It's going to be hotter than Hades these next few days so yesterday I made some Jasmine-Honey Sherbet. It's everything you would think a green tea sherbet would be, light and refreshing. I am so pleased! And it went over very well with our dinner guest last night. Jeffery, however, "In all love and honesty, darling" didn't like it at all. I won't hold it against him. He doesn't like jasmine green tea anyway (too jasminey) so I am not surprised. I am seriously loving my Kitchen Aid ice cream attachment. It's one of the best gifts I have ever received. Thanks Carrie! Up next is a Nectarine Sorbet I think. I love nectarine. Sunset has two recipes, a Nectarine-Gewurztraminer and a White Nectarine, I can't decided which one to try.

I've been trolling the Craftster.org forums recently. After the Get Crafty boards went bust I sort of lost interest, but I should check these out more often. I got a REALLY good book suggestion from there: Dorothy Moore's Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking.

I have been having "issues" with my sloper, (which I am sure you are all aware by now) and this is the first book I found that makes the scary art of pattern drafting seem not that scary at all. I feel pretty confident that I can now figure it all out.

We are about to do some serious entertaining. J has a friend from Santa Cruz coming to visit this weekend, then as soon as he leaves my parents arrive. Busy, busy.

Also, just a note, my hosting site has been having technical issues, especiallyy in regards to email. I haven't been able to send or receive this past week except for a little bit yesterday and today. It seems to be "hit or miss", sometimes it works and then it doesn't, so hopefully it will be up and running soon.