2008 February « Beckle Speckle’s Zany World

Someone’s in the kitchen….

February 28, 2008 at 9:53 pm | In Baby, baking, bellydance, knitting | Leave a Comment

Baking has always been a comforting activity, and now Bug is sharing this with me…

Chocolate cheesecake for Bug’s babysitter (this is the best cheesecake recipe!, I found it more than 15 years ago)

chocolate chip cookies for Leap Day…

I’ve also been finishing a few things and making progress on others….

Bug’s socks on the recipient…

Maizy socks for DH (sock 1) Queen Kahuna’s Crazy Toes and Heels

nearly complete Fetching out of alapaca that was overdyed red (from an alpaca farmer)

We’ve been going to the Discovery Center to visit “spotted dog” quite a bit and dancing, too.

I’ve also been listening to/downloading lots of new podcasts: Arlene Tats and Knits (very good) and Diva Knitting (very good). I haven’t yet gotten to Faery Knitting, Z knits, Knitting Rose, or Y Knit. I’ve been feeling itchiness to crochet something, too…

I hope spring comes soon, it was excrutiatingly cold in my office today.

A lot of anxiety…

February 17, 2008 at 9:50 pm | In bellydance, knitting | 1 Comment

I’m still here. I’ve been working on my lace scarf and have managed to mess it up. I don’t have a life-line anywhere near, so I’m stalled/frightened/angry about ripping out and worried I will not be able to get the correct rows and loops back on the needles.

Here is Bug’s new hat – a simple one from Ann Budd’s “Everything” Pattern book in Rio de la Platos.

I’ve been feeling very frumpy/unattractive/sad here lately. I’ve been wearing clothes that don’t really fit because I can’t stand anything that is fitted. Also, I really only wear about 3 pairs of pants and 5-6 shirts. So, I packed up about 5 garbage bags of clothes that I no longer wear to give to Goodwill and vowed to find something that fit. I bought a few things that do fit (and are actually comfortable) that were on sale this weekend at Kohl’s and New York and Company.

I danced with the new group (Gypsy Sistars) at the hafla on Saturday at the Bohemian Sanctuary. Bug didn’t get to go because she was feeling bad. It was fun. There were some really nice dances.

A sick little Bug

February 10, 2008 at 10:06 pm | In Baby, family, knitting | Leave a Comment

I’ve been knitting. I finished the Belle Beret and a little hat for Bug, but no pictures yet. Bug was sick on Friday night in Paducah (at Nana and Pappaw T’s) – her first time being “throw up” sick that she can remember. It was so pitiful! After the second time of changing her clothes and our clothes and washing her hair, we got smarter and put her hair up and gave her a “bucket.” She threw up several more times (8!) and always cried at the mention of her “bucket.” She is doing much better. I don’t know if she ate something bad or had one of the ga-jillion versions of illness going around lately.

so cold…

February 2, 2008 at 10:25 am | In knitting | Leave a Comment

It is so cold. I must knit some hats. I think I’ll start with a beret. Either Crazy Aunt Purl’s or the Belle Beret that Stash and Burn keep talking about, maybe both. Brrrrr!