Category: Pet Friends

Miracle Whip, Nutella & Alpaca

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I’ve been working from home this afternoon and have seriously got alot done. I know it’s really wintery where you live, but it’s been unusually cold and wet here in Central Texas this January.

The progress of Twist . . . almost finished with the back. Somehow I added an extra twist in one of the repeats, but at least I did it on both sides. I’ve been very good about fixing any errors so probably just misjudged which row I was on after I’d ripped back. This mistake is now cleverly disguised a feature.

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Dont you just love this colorway? These socks are yet to be restarted.
The yarn? Plucky Knitter Merino Wool Handpainted Superwash Yarn Fingering Weight, Colorway Reece

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The real reason I bother to make a meatloaf…. leftovers! cold meatloaf sandwich on crusty sourdough with Miracle Whip (yep, that’s right), ketchup and salt and pepper. Mmmmm.

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What now…

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I mean really… do you know any better way to eat Nutella than with a spoon?

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A cup of peppermint tea in my grandmother’s china

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What better way to warm some chilly digits than casting on for this with
Henry’s Attic Prime Alpaca (Silver Grey)?

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Texas Toasty

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Okay, so it was 89 degrees when I snuck out at lunch Wednesday to buy some yarn to get me through the long weekend. By the time we woke up Thanksgiving the temperature had dropped 51 degrees, I’m serious. I was so thrilled to have a gray, rainy, chilly weekend!

We had about 13 people for dinner and had the chiminea stoked out back and a DVD of this crackling fire inside. . . Texas toasty.

I did get quite a bit gift knitting done.

Brought to you by the Letters M,S,& W

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This past weekend I removed all CDs from their Jewel cases and inserted into 3 huge binders. I discovered we love artists or bands that begin with these 3 letters ALOT.  So neat and tidy, been meaning to do this for a thousand years. Which leads me to the huge list of other things I keep meaning to do or have only started…

  • visit sisters
  • finish painting kitchen cabinets
  • plant the 3 freaking Turk’s Cap that are still in plastic pots
  • paint last two walls of trim in Living Room
  • file file file all the important papers and toss the rest in the fire
  • finish quilted pot holder
  • organize closet
  • family cookbook, okay now I am going on three years here…
  • train Maisy on Gentle Leader
  • Take pics of stash for Ravelry (they may be FOs by then)
  • Update Husbands website
  • Design my website, oh and logo
  • learn to crochet
  • Start end-of year tax organization for husbands business BEFORE the end-of year
  • make a big batch of granola
  • Christmas gift knitting
  • Watch the netflix disks that are on top of TV
  • Vacum cobwebs that are  way up high in kitchen
  • I’m sure there’s more, it’s just all I will cop to right now.