Found it!!!

I get so mad at myself when I don't save links. Well . . . I don't even remember now where I found it, but I came across this link: http://needled.wordpress.com/ Absolutely beautiful work, and absolutely beautiful pictures. I still can't figure out where this girl is from, but clearly she's European (although I thought I saw KY in one of her pictures. So . . . Europe or Kentucky. :o)

Take a look at her stuff if you have a minute. Really a treat.

Note to self: Check out the blog before you write your own blog. She's British . . .

Nice . . .

Today started slow, but ended ok. The ice put everything on hold, but I went to the dr. to have my minor surgery--it went well. The shot to deaden the pain was the worst!! Geez. Got there at 1:30, left at 4:45. Took awhile, but all done. Made an appt. for my physical and promised to start taking my vitamins and calcium. I can't believe how fast a person can get out of the habit of taking medicines and vitamins. So tomorrow I start back in taking my vits. regularly. Phil gets back from Chicago tonight. He sounds tired.

Went to Barnes & Noble today and looked through knitting books. Yikes, there are so many beautiful designs and techniques. Oh, so many things to do, so little time. :O)

Knitting . . .

I went knitting today at TI. I was good to see everyone again (except Susanne who couldn't make it because of weather); but I miss the routine and I liked working there. It was fun knitting, though. :O) Hopefully I'll be able to go next week also.

Dutch cocoa

It's such a cold and miserable day. I decided I needed something sweeter than my usual latte (grande, non-fat, no foam latte is my usual), but not too sweet. I knew a had a can of Ghirardelli cocoa, but for the life of me I couldn't find it. But I did have a can of unsweetened dutch cocoa (the powdered kind). I used 2 teaspoons of raw sugar and 2 teaspoons of cocoa, filled a super large cup to about an inch of the rim with milk, and put the steamer stem into the cup and steamed it to 160 degrees. To die for cocoa!!! Quick, easy, and exactly what I was wanting. Aaaahhhhhhh.

Oatmeal

I made the Alton recipe for oatmeal last night for breakfast this morning. I knew Big Daddy would love it (it wasn't "num;" it was "nummola!"). Personally, I guess I'm just a Cream of Wheat girl because it wasn't that great for me. But I'll keep making it at night in the crockpot just for him because he loves it. :O)

Cheeeeeeeeese

Smile. I think I have to go to the bookstore tomorrow and get the latest contest book on MVFF: The Home Creamery. When my girls were little (Riann was a toddler), we lived down the road from a farm where they had cows. We'd take our bikes down the road and buy a gallon of brand new milk. We'd take our clean one-gallon pickle jar and they would fill it up. It was such an adventure for the girls and the price was really right--it was way less than a dollar--maybe 35-50 cents for the gallon. We'd take the jar home and put it in the refrigerator and wait for the cream to rise to the top. We'd dip it out and put it into the butter churn and begin the fun task of churning our own butter. It was really pretty easy and the girls loved helping. I'd usually make a loaf or two of bread that day and we always had strawberry-rhubarb preserves from the garden. It was a real treat! Funny how the years go by and you forget those happy, simple times. Funny, too, how the girls, as little as they were, remember those times fondly. I'm really glad we gave our girls good memories of their childhoods!

Good morning . . . or should I say good afternoon. Sunday . . . ok. I should have gone to church, but actually didn't feel all that great. Woke up with a headache and sore neck. I bought new pillows a month ago or so--could I have bought the wrong pillows. I think there's a study subject there. What makes the best pillow, and to whom? Think I'll do that research.

Now that I have the time. TI is history for now I guess. Maybe they'll call me back. I guess when they saw all the work my attorney had been generating their eyes got big . . . so maybe they'll see that they need to call me back. But in the meantime, I have an appointment with a headhunter Tuesday to talk about a corporate assignment (contract) that she emailed me about a week or so ago. Plus she says they have other openings as well. Plus Shelly from Snelling emailed me a few days ago and wanted to know if I was available. Funny how God opens other doors when one closes. To be honest, I think I'd rather go back and finish the five or so classes I have left to get my degree. Seems such a waste not finishing now that I'm sooooo close. And I guess either way I'll finish that up--even if I have to take some night or online classes. They're all literature classes, so that'll be fun.

Erin's coming over after church today so we'll probably have lunch with her. Tomorrow I think I'll do pretty much nothing--maybe get my hair cut. I also wanted to have it highlighted, but I'm a little afraid to have Patty do it as I've never really seen her coloring work. Think I might wait on that. :O)