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A Little More Stuff

It was a cold and mostly gray day today, so Belvedere spent a lot of the day in his bed. There have been a few snowflakes. DH and I went to Target, Books-A-Million, and Martin's clothing store this morning and when we got home around midday and let Belv in, he went straight to bed.

I made Crock-Pot Chicken Enchilada Soup a week or so ago. It was good.

The Valentine's cactus have been blooming in my office. They haven't been blooming at Christmas, and I always forget to put them in darkness, so they bloom when they feel like it.

I went to Burke's Outlet in Jacksonville, AL,  to get a pair of jeans, and I found this top on 95% off clearance for 75 cents. It is a Gloria Vanderbilt cotton/rayon shirt.

I found some Meyer lemons at the grocery store. My tree has not produced its crop of one or two lately. Then I found a recipe in Weight Watchers Magazine for Meyer Lemon Chicken.  The recipe used two of them.

In knitting news, I have finished one of the Susie Rogers' Reading Mitts in the burgundy Ultra Alpaca yarn.

 

Some More Stuff

I went walking last week when it was cooler, and kept having to take my gloves off to mess with my smartphone in its armband, because the WBHM app kept crashing while I was trying to listen to All Things Considered on NPR. The reason I wore the gloves is because I have Raynaud's Syndrome, and it can be painful if my fingers get cold. Anyway, I researched sports gloves that work with touchscreens. I kept finding boring gray and black ones. (I have gray and black ones already, with fingers that are 2 or 3 inches too long.) I also kept finding colorful women's sports gloves at Zappo's. So when I went to the Zappo's site to reset my password, after their hacking incident, I ordered these Manzella gloves that have conductive fabric on the index fingers and thumbs. The fingers fit, too!

 

 After I ordered these, I discovered conductive thread, thanks to a post on Plurk. Then I discovered gloves with the conductve thread knit in, like this Knitty pattern. I now have this thread, and have ordered pink and turquoise too.

 

Then I had to open a Pinterest account to keep up with the links for conductive thread, etc., after my nephew's wife and great-niece both sent me invitations. That and recipes.

I made a New Year's resolution to exercise, so I started off with my new Leslie Sansone DVD, Walk Slim Five Big Miles. (I got it with a $3 off coupon.) So I did a different LS DVD for 5 days in a row, then walked outside on the weekend.  Now my doctor says I have tight hamstrings and irritated tendons behind my knees, sigh.

So I have been knitting on my Susie's Reading Mitts instead of exercising. These are knit in the Reynolds Ultra Alpaca Light that did not want to be boot cuffs.

 

 

Today, there is Chicken Enchilada Soup in the Crock-Pot. I now think I need a 5-quart Crock-Pot because I don't have a stainless steel one, or 5 qt.

 

Heading South

Or at least getting ready to head south. My knitting has not changed much, because I have not done much of it lately. (The i key on my laptop sticks or something-I can spell.)  I have been waiting to get more Rowan Calmer yarn for Sedona. I got some on eBay and it was even the same dye lot.

I made pumpkin spice granola today. I had not found canned pumpkin, but had to get a pie punkin and cook it to make puree. I misread the recipe and added less brown sugar, but it tastes good anyway.

So I thought I would distract you with hummingbirds. (Not only shiny, but iridescent. )  I bought a 10 pound bag of sugar today. I have been canning and DH has been feeding hummies.

We are covered up in tiny, twittering brids zooming by our heads. They perch on plants, the basketball goal, the pecan tree beside the house and the wires for the antenna. No longer on the TV antenna, however, which fell over during the April tornado.

Of course, some of us here are not fazed by 20 or so twittering, zooming things around the patio.

Hummingbirds? What hummngbirds?

 

 

More Stuff

Belvedere's usual position these days

Here is the second project named Zoe that I have started. This is Cascade Cotton Club yarn, a cotton/acrylic blend. Below is cable/lace detail

Here is the Heirloom tomato in my office Aerogarden. I need to prune, I think.

My birthday pedicure. Ali's Big Break is the OPI color

Let it Snow, Again

 

We are snowed in. JSU is closed Monday and Tuesday. I put on some layers and my handknit hood and mittens and walked around. It crunches a little. When I let Belvedere out at 3 am, sleet or icy rain or something was falling on top of the snow.

It is still good to eat with the crunchy crust, apparently.

Ursula followed me around

Wonder what Punkin is saying to Ursula?

Susie followed Ursula and Punkin

The garden is waiting for spring

My walking path is kinda covered

She did the Punkin Doodle Dance in the snow

Punkin scampered down the driveway, too. Now she is asleep at my feet. Punkin woke up when there was a little of puppies on TV, and cocked her head at the sound, and looked around for the puppies. Belvedere lumbered into the room when he heard the puppies.

Magnolia tree always looks pretty

apple trees

Bathroom renovation has begun, and the toilet is in the yard.

Some photos that were also in the camera

Belvedere has not slept on his bed in months. He took to it again more often after he came home from surgery.


Here is the scraper beater for my KitchenAid that I got for Christmas

Biscuits for Belvedere

I have been meaning to try this  gingerbread dog biscuit recipe, but the dogs have been getting bits of regular gingerbread cookies instead. I decided to make them as a treat for Belvedere when he comes home from the veterinary hospital tomorrow after his "tutoring." A few have already disappeared. We want to know how many staff members it is going to take to give him a bath. He had already intimidated one vet tech (WOOF!) before he met one that owns mastiffs.  We miss having Belvedere around tonight, so we had to have Punkin inside.

In knitting news, work is continuing on Abigail. I am a couple inches away from the ribbing on the bottom. Patons Classic Wool in plum heather.

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It's funny that DH and I watched part of a TV show on Queen yesterday. Bohemian Rhapsody is my default cell phone ring tone.

Paint it Pink

Hi, just dropping by to post something I thought was interesting. I have been tickled about DH reading a pink sports section. More knitting later. My sock looks pretty much the same, just a bit longer.

Actual Knitting

Look, actual photos of knitting. Unusual, having light for photos, since I am off from work. These are based on the Sock Yarn Mini Warmers, in leftover Mini Mochi yarn, with the addition of ribbing at top and bottom. I think the rosemary plant did a good job modeling and as backdrop. No, I have not woven in the ends. I did not show the burns that result from overheating pre-made cookie icing to soften it. (The red icing spurted all over me, my white shirt and the counter. It came out of everything. It looked as if there was a crime scene in the kitchen before I cleaned it up, though. Maybe Wilton should have a warning label-they probably do already. Note to self, the microwave has lots of watts.)

 

  

  

I did not get any burns today, but I do have food coloring on my finger, that can barely be seen above. I have enough royal icing left, made with Wilton meringue powder, for two more batches of gingerbread.

 

  

 

 
decorating palette

I made peppermint meringues with egg whites-I started to use the meringue powder. They are still drying in the oven. I crushed the candy canes with a hammer while DH vacuumed-Belv was outside.
 
 I am leaving to walk off cookies now.

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