• Blog - Kitchen

    Treats, treats and more treats

    December 15, 2013 - By 

    spritz treatsIt feels as if it’s been non-stop production this weekend. In realty, it wasn’t. I was taken out by a toothache. It had started early in the week but hit the pinnacle of painful yesterday evening.

    Today it seems to be better…quickly knocking on wood…but I’m sure a visit to the dentist is in order.

    Under the piles if bugle bells and peanut butter on ritz dipped treats are white chocolate dipped pretzels.

    Needless to say…I won’t be indulging on these sweet treats. But seriously…I didn’t need a bum tooth to make me stop…or did I?

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    T Tuesday: handmade edition

    October 29, 2013 - By 

    Thanks for joining me for another edition of T stands for Tuesday brought to us by Elizabeth at Altered book lover.

    Today is my typical kind of Tuesday…busy, busy, busy. I always make time for a good breakfast though. Poached egg on toast is my favorite. With coffee, of course.

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    Today though I have a bit of a different schedule. I have my job orientation! I’m very excited to be starting this new phase of my life.

    Over the past week I’ve been very domestic. I cooked a pie pumpkin that yielded 7 cups of pumpkin puree. I’ve made 2 pies, 2 large loaves of pumpkin bread and a batch of pumpkin chia pudding.

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    I’ve also been sewing quite a bit. I’ve been upcycling some stained or torn vintage linens. As well as using up scraps for additional projects. More on all that in a later post.

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    Miss Gracie has been keeping me company, that is when she isn’t busy watching for critters out the window.

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    I’m off to start my day now but I’ll be back later to visit all my blogging friends.

    What are you doing today?

     

  • Blog - Kitchen

    Pattern challenged

    May 2, 2013 - By 

    Ok…it took me three rounds to to notice my mistake.  Do you see it?

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    Here’s a clue…

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    We all learned in school that hex means 6, correct?!

    And now lets count together…

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     Like I’ve said many times…I’m pattern challenged.

    I think watching TV while crocheting isn’t the best idea to begin with but I can’t blame it all on that. Maybe next time I’ll try and easier pattern…and learn to count more accurately.

    I’m not giving up and starting over. I’ll just have a pentagonal dishcloth. There’s nothing wrong with that. If a Pentagon is good enough for the U.S. Military…it’s good enough for me and my dishes.