I have never had one before so I was thrilled to use my self-cleaning oven this past weekend, but wondering what to do with the cremains of meat loafs, pies and frozen pizzas. kinda gross, but far better than sticking my head in an oven full of noxious fumes.
Hunkering down for a chilly weekend and my first attempt at a baby quilt…hmmm. I bought the sweetest bunch of cottons in reds, yellows and greens. The mom to be may be one of the few I’ve known to not want to know the sex of her baby. I think it’s cool, but does pose some color choice questions.

Could this sweater be any prettier?! I’m pretty stoked about the raglan sleeves since I’m not a big fan of attaching them… sad but true. This sweater designed by Stephanie Japel is from the Spring issue of IK. I was hoping for a non-bulky cable pattern and this looks perfect…I’m pretty busty so here’s hoping it has directions I don’t have to do much cyphering.

This morning I baked a sour cream coffee cake for a coworker’s birthday… I baked it this morning so it would still be warm. I brought in a vintage table cloth and cake pedestal because gestures like this always loose their lustre in the presentation. DH is due back from Mexico tomorrow….I’ve missed him but I think his second wife (Callie, our Catahoula) may have missed him more.

I am so excited to see the sun this morning, it’s been well over aweek since the sun has been out for more than an couple hours. This is truly freakish in Texas. DH is still surfing in Mexico despite an ordeal with the weather and flights leaving San Antonio. I do love my time alone, well with 3 dogs and a cat.
Yesterday I…..

• stitched up my first project from Denyse Schmidt’s book. It’s a cool oven mitt with flames and pom poms. I do need to finish the cuff by hand…a bit unwieldy for my machine.

• rigged up and started adding to a compost bin

• prepared chicken orzo soup

• baked brownies

• knit Roscoe a new sweater

• knit some more on my Moderne Log Cabin Blanket

• frosted the lower window in my bathroom so I no longer need to hang curtains and will always have the daylight streaming in.

• Watched in this order…”The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, “Monster Thursday” and “Lords of Dogtown”. Note that the first two have subtitles so the fact that I did knit without many errors is pretty amazing.

Well, the sun is just too much to ignore any longer, though it is 40º, so I will have another cup of coffee, take the dogs for a walk, and think about what to do with the rest of my day.