Interesting facts

So, I did some small calculations today regarding hours spent on filling in my border pattern.  Each diamond takes about 10 minutes to complete, on one set of sides there are 25 diamonds (approximately 4 hours, minus tying in threads and finishing threads), on the other set of sides there are 31 (approximately 5 hours, minus tying in threads and finishing threads).  So, on a good interrupted day, it would take me about 18 hours solid work to finish all the filling in design.  To complete the pair, it would take me 36 hours.  Considering that I am doing this at work in between patients, it has taken me almost a month to get three sides finished, and I have not been pushing as hard as I could be.  Just thought that was kinda interesting.

On another side note, I brought the pie to that potluck and it was a smashing hit.  I saved one piece so my husband could try it, but other then that it was gone quickly.  Two thumbs up for Chocolate Nut Pie......

Pie Tests

So I got an itch to do a bit of baking today and so I pulled out my cookbook.  Figured I would make some cookies because they sounded good, but the cookbook I had pulled out didn't have sugar cookies or anything similar that sounded good.  Feeling adventurous I decided to make a pie.  A note of caution, I have never made a pie before, this could be scary.  The recipe that sounded the best was the Chocolate Nut Pie, looked incredibly easy, so I went to the store and got all the supplies necessary to make it.  This is the final product.......

This looked kinda like a pecan pie, which I assume is good because those are the nuts I decided on for it.  I deviated from the recipe a little because I thought a dark chocolate syrup glaze would taste good on it, because more chocolate is always a good thing.  I have done a bit of googling and found out that this type of pie is sometimes called Derby Pie or Kentucky Pie.
At this point I have two problems-
1.  I am not a pie person so I have no clue how this pie is supposed to taste.  Never had pecan pie in my life and from what I can tell, this is supposed to be kinda like that too.
2.  Due to recent dental work, I cannot eat crunchy foods.  This has lots and lots of nuts..........

So at this point I need a test subject to try this out on.  On Wednesday there is a potluck at my workplace which is a good/bad place to test food out on people.  If it goes well, everyone remembers me; if it goes badly, everyone remembers me.  Lol sounds like quite a conundrum......

As for other stitching matters.......  I have finished the filling on one whole side of a single napkin, lol, only seven more sides to go.  I have discovered that this specific pattern is starting to get tedious.  Here is a picture of the second napkin that I am working on (the one with the unfinished edges) that shows the filling pattern.