I thought I’d try to post a little more. Mostly, I am a photo-inspired blogger, so I’m participating in the post-a-week “thing” at wordpress. One of the topics for yesterday was about concentration. I can be very focused and actually work better that way. Multi-tasking dilutes my concentration and I am especially distracted by sound. [...]
Lots of working going on around here, so there is little of most everything else. I did try a few new recipes – the winners of the bunch were Grilled turkey with apple chutney and candied garlic green beans. DH picked up the recipe card from Publix – where he tasted the dishes. It is [...]
Things are the same here – work, cook, sleep, etc, etc. The butternut squash soup from the Sheepish Little Blog (Knitscape) has been THE SOUP for a few weeks now – sad to see they are giving it up. Pumpkin Cheesecake and Banana Cheesecake were some of the cheesecake experiments here – both were a [...]
Well, that title describes what I’ve been doing with my “free” time lately. I’ve been working on finding a good pound cake recipe since the horrible disaster a few weeks ago. I tried the Pound cake recipe (with fresh blackberries) from the next to latest Martha Stewart Living – it was HORRIBLE! too salty! I [...]
The Bug and I helped Uncle G make hamburgers from scratch (grind meat, bake buns, make ketchup, relish, and mustard) as inspired by an article in Gourmet magazine. They were very good, especially those that were more coursely ground. I’ve also made a few dishcloths… This last one didn’t handle the ‘up-sizing’ as well as [...]
My last class for the summer was today – whew! It has been a whirlwind of classes… only grades left to assign and calculate. We’ve gotten some green beans out of the garden and the squash are doing some serious blooming. The blackberries are formed their nice little green orbs. The CSA boxes are started [...]
Many of our family have been in winter storm areas with horrible ice and snow in various states west of the Mississippi. Several were without power for days, but thankfully are all ok. MIL sent pictures of Paducah, KY with inches of ice and my mom and brother sent pictures of Ripley, OH where you [...]
School has started and the cold has let up a bit, but it supposed to be back tonight. I have had a fierce need to make stuff, WARM stuff… KNITTING – FO: Emerald Hug A scarf for my Grandma (a knitted, fuzzy green hug) Yarn: Riot eyelash from Yarn Bee, color seamist Pattern: simple garter [...]
Lots of things going on here. I finished the clogs for DH. Here is a pre-felt picture… and an after-felt picture… I also made several batches of peanut brittle. It is a wonderful treat to give away. Peanut Brittle (a la the “old” Fisher peanut bag) 1/3 cup water 1 c corn syrup 2 c [...]
Tomorrow is Bug’s first field trip, the pumpkin patch! She has been mentioning it for about a week now. We’re going with the daycare with essentially one-two parents per child. I wonder what kind of chaos there will be with a large gathering of children from the “2 plus”, 3, 4, and 5 year rooms. [...]
