Frog Fact # 6 and Food Facts

Horned Frog fact #6: "The typical horned lizard is 3 to 5 inches long." And yet they look so fierce!!!  Wait until I get to the "defensive moves" fact!



Today we are going to go to a swim meet to see Kathleen be marvelous with her High School swim team.  Then Dick and I are going into Fort Worth to get our H1N1 vaccination.  The hospital where he volunteers once a week is giving shots to vols and family members.  Then I think we will stop by Mimi's cafe for lunch.  I was on line at their website to get the recipe for Buttermilk Spice muffins, and while there...I signed up to be a member of their e-club.  So as a newly signed member, I rec'd a coupon for a free breakfast entree...which they serve all day.

I have become quite the restaurant coupon person...most of them will send out coupons either monthly or at least for special occassions like birthdays and anniversary and I am all for free food!!  Some of my favorites are Blue Mesa, Red-Hot-and Blue BBQ, Cold Stone Creamery, Rockfish, and now Mimi's.

Yesterday, my quilting friends came and we cut out 900 four inch squares and made up 150 kits with instructions to hand out at the guilt meeting next week.  Hopefully, the kits will all get signed out and then sewn together and turned back in  by the February meeting.  I "paid" my workers  for all their hard work by feeding them broccoli-cheese soup and muffins.....tasted pretty good on such a cold day!!!

Still cold....Fact # 5

Horned Frog fact #5: "Breaking down the scientific name: In Greek, "Phrynos" means toad and "soma" means body.  In Latin, "cornutus" means horned"...thus the mascot name Horned Toad!

Did you know there were so many pictures out there of Horned Frogs???

We didn't go to the "Y" yesterday...just too darn cold to get out.  The wind was just terrible out of the North.  I talked to my brother in Illinois and they are having snow and expecting more.  Dick talked to his mom and the same in Missouri. At least we are dry, after that little spat yesterday morning.

I have my committee of fabric cutters coming in today to cut up squares and make up the kits for the Donation Quilt 2010.  Then next week, we will have guild members sign them out, make the blocks and returh them by the February meeting.  Our guild meetings are always the third Friday of each month but it seems early this month because the first day of January was on a Friday.

Fact # Three

Horned Frog fact # 3: "Although commonly called a horned toad, horny toad and horned frog, the animal is not a frog or a toad...it is a lizard".

Here's looking atcha, kid!!  Isn't he impressive? 

A quiet day around here...getting ready to have my volunteers out Friday to help cut fabric for the 2010 Donation quilt....yes, I did volunteer to design and organize the quilt for the show again this year.  We are going to have kits for all the members to check out and make blocks, then will return to me to put together.  I haven't decided on the final design yet until  I get all the blocks back and "play" around with them on my design board.

Then tomorrow night, the bottom is supposed to drop out here and get REALLY cold!!!  But I guess it is everywhere.