daily yarns 'n more

i knew work was going to keep me from blogging like i used to

But, life has too. 

Here are the two babies that are living with us.  It's so fun to watch these two.  One is on the go nonstop and the other isn't moving yet and can only watch the one who can.

 

My knitting is going slow with so much going on in our life right now.  But, it'll get done.

The hens are still laying eggs everyday.  Tho we only get between 1-4 eggs a day.  We don't think all of them are laying yet.  The eggs are still pretty small but as the hens mature they'll be getting bigger.

There are some wonderful things happening in our life right now.  We have our health and it's great.  We have been eating healthier and it sure is paying off.  We also have our family and friends, but most of all we have our faith. 

Life is good.

i can knit, i know i can

So, why can't I make a simple pair of socks?  My never ending pile of frogged socks amongst one finished sock.  Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I frogged these already once.  If you don't know what frogging means, it means....rip it, rip it, rip it.  When you say it fast it sounds like you're a frog.

 

We are heading to Minnesota today to visit our daughter and her family and to see our other two daughters who live there.  On the way I want to make a few stops.  I have my bag ready to go with my Fiber Mania! 2009-20010 Travel Guide and the WRBQ Inc, Complete Quilters Guide.  I have the 9th edition, maybe I should upgrade it now that there is a 14th edition out.  Or maybe I should just wait for the 15th edition that is coming out April 2010.  Plus I have my knitting magazines to look at along the way when I get tired of knitting those socks.  Now that my bag is packed I'm all ready to go...Oops!  I think I need to pack my clothes too :)

I want to thank you all for delurking in my last post.  It was fun to see some of the "lurkers" come out and it's always a joy to see the ones who have "delurked" long before this post.  I treasure your visits very much.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I hope to have some pictures to show you when I get back.

well, i guess it's not mine anymore

I finished the hat and before it was even done my youngest decided that she liked it.  So, the wonderful mom that I am, I gave it to her.  The button is from my button tin, that came from my mom, that came from her mom.  My grandmother probably cut it off an old coat that she had

We are having snow, snow, snow right now and it's predicted to keep snowing until tomorrow.  The drive to and from work was very slow going and I'm glad to be home.  Jim put a fire going and it's going to be a night of relaxation and reading the new Kindle that some of the kids got us for Christmas.  So far we haven't fought over it.

Had a visitor yesterday.  Our daughter Elaine came by and she babysits for Anna who is a great niece to Jim and I.  Anna loves babies and she just loves Zoe.

Jim pulled out our Juice King juicer.  We found this juicer in an antique shop in Minnesota a few years ago.

 

I'm not sure if this is supposed to have a cup attached to it or if you just put your own cup underneath it.  No matter tho it works like a charm getting every bit of the juice out of an orange or grape fruit.  I would really love to know exactly how old this is.

I hope to get some snow pictures tomorrow.  Working seems to just get in the way of my fun ;)

peppermint...yum!!!

I love peppermint ice cream, and this reminds me of it.

finally we put a fire going in the wood stove and it's 48° outside

The wood has been stacked just waiting for a fire to be lit.  So tonight we put one going to take some of the dampness out of the house since it's been raining most of the day.  It's almost too hot to even sit by it to enjoy.

I finished the hat I've been working on.  I lined it with fleece so it will be warmer.

Emily if you don't like the snowflake I put on it I can take it off.  You can't really see it very good but it's easy to remove if you don't like it.  It will be going out in the mail probably by the end of the week.

I'm so excited I have a 5 day weekend.  I have Thanksgiving off and I worked it out so that if I go in tomorrow I won't have to go in on Friday.  I'm not sure how much I will be posting over the long holiday weekend.  Family will be starting to roll in tomorrow night so you can just imagine how busy it'll be around here.  I have been baking rolls and tomorrow the oven will be going when I get home from work.  There will be pies to make and I'm going to do something different this year and make my mashed potatoes ahead of time.  Once again The Pioneer Woman comes through and I found a wonderful sounding recipe from her Tasty Kitchen website.  I'm not sure that I'll put in the pimentos that it calls for tho.

So what are your plans for Thanksgiving.  Doing any cooking? 

The pies I'll be making...That's right, PUMPKIN!

Have a good one!

i'm gone one day and everything is changed

I popped on my blog to do a quick post and everything is changed.  TypePad did some updating and has totally revamped the site...At first I thought I was in something that wasn't mine.  I just started getting used to the "new" TypePad and now I have to figure out the "new"..."NEW" TypePad.  But, I like it.  It seems a bit more user friendly.

I have to show you my stitch marker.  There are 3 of these cute little things.  One says knit, one says purl and the other says yarn.  I thought I lost one the other day and I was frantically looking for it.  I found them at a local yarn shop and just had to get them.  Someone local makes them and sells them in the shop.

 

I found this cute book on Amazon...How to plan, prepare and host and old-fashioned Christmas party...Elsie Dinsmore.  Wouldn't it be neat to have an old-fashioned Christmas?

It's been busy, busy, busy, around here but not anything worth posting about. 

I hope you all have been having a nice week.

one would think at a pumpkin sale you would buy pumpkins...right?

This is what I found at the pumpkin sale I went to the other day.  All the orange yarn was on sale.  I just couldn't pass it up.  Now, to find something to make with it.

Who has had a Jersey Mike's Sub?

Since our son moved back up here from North Carolina we thought that we would never get to taste a Jersey Mike's sub again.  Well, I am so happy to report that one opened up in our area last May...and would you believe I found it only just recently.  I'll just have to make up for lost time here ;)

So, how was everyone's weekend?  Mine was just fine.  I did a bit of knitting and relaxing by the wood stove. 

Who's all ready for Thanksgiving?  I've been slowly planning.  I can't buy my turkey yet because it won't fit in any of our freezers.  We bought a whole pig and that is taking up most of the room.  The roosters are getting butchered next weekend.  I told my kids if they want a roaster they'll have to come help in order to get one.  It will be kind of sad to see them gone tho.  That's why you can't get too attached to them.

Don't worry I won't be posting any butchering photos.  I'm not too sure that I'll be taking any pictures of it either.  Sorry to disappoint you all.

Well I'm off to finally begin my day.  You all have a great one today.

the worlds best baking powder biscuits and friday chit-chat

The other night Jim and I went visiting where we were served baking powder biscuits.  I have to say that these were...the...best...baking powder biscuits I have ever had.  I was pumped when she gave me the recipe.  So the other night Jim helped me make a batch.  I couldn't just stop at eating only one tho.

I had to have one with sugar cinnamon sprinkled on top.

 

And, one with homemade strawberry jam slathered on it.

Baking Powder Biscuits

6 cups Four (I used Lily White)

1 1/2 cups Sugar (we cut it back to 1 cup)

9 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

2 tsp Salt

3 sticks Butter

2 cups Butter Milk

2 Eggs

1 tsp Vanilla

Mix together like pie crust the first 5 ingredients.  Beat eggs, butter milk and vanilla.  Roll out and cut with a biscuit cutter.  Bake @ 400°  12-14 minutes.

There has been a lot happening around here the past few days.  Our son Jake got word that he is being called back up for service in the Army.  He's going to be deployed again.  That was a total shock to us all.  Jake and Jennie just moved back here and were just starting to get settle into life outside the military.  This will be his 3rd deployment.  So after getting the news on Veterans Day it's finally starting to sink in that it's really happening. 

I have a few knitting projects going at the moment.  I started this one the other night.  (Em if you want a different color blue as the accent color just let me know)

Work has been going great...I haven't messed things up yet anyway :)  I'll be officially a regular employee and not a trainee starting next week.  Yeah!!!!

I had to get motoring to work yesterday morning so I didn't have time to get a picture of the heavy frost we had.  I'm getting kind of excited for that first snowfall of the year.  I know I won't be so excited about snow by the time the end of winter comes.  I'll be ready for spring again.  But isn't that the great part of living in a 4 season area.  When you get tired of one season the next one is just around the corner.

I was in JoAnn's the other day getting some fleece to line the hat I made for our grandson last year and two ladies at the check-out were already complaining about the snow...and it hasn't even snowed yet.  I wanted to ask them "Why do you live in this area if you hate snow so much?"

Who's excited to see that first snowfall like I am?

another project to check off the list

My 3-Button Wrap is done.  It only took me 9 months to finish it.

a fun knitting meme to try

I found a really fun knitting meme over at Thimbleanna's.  Let me know if you do it so I can come and check it out.

Bold for things you have done, italics for those you want to do, and normal for ones you don’t plan on doing. I put those in light blue.  

• Afghan
• I-cord
• Garter stitch
• Knitting with metal wire
• Shawl
• Stockinette stitch
• Socks: top-down
• Socks: toe-up
• Knitting with camel yarn
• Mittens:Cuff-up
• Mittens: Tip-down
• Hat
• Knitting with silk
• Moebius band knitting
• Participating in a KAL
• Sweater
• Drop stitch patterns
• Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
• Slip stitch patterns
• Knitting with banana fiber yarn
• Domino knitting (=modular knitting)
• Twisted stitch patterns
• Knitting with bamboo yarn
• Two end knitting
• Charity knitting
• Knitting with soy yarn
• Cardigan
• Toy/doll clothing
• Knitting with circular needles
• Baby items
• Knitting with your own hand-spun yarn
• Slippers
• Graffiti knitting: knitting items on, or to be left on the street
• Continental knitting
• Designing knitted garments
  
• Cable Stitch pattens
• Lace patterns
• Publishing a knitting book
• Scarf
  
• Teaching a child to knit
  
• Knitting to make money
• Button holes
• Knitting with alpaca
• Fair Isle knitting
• Norwegian knitting
• Household items: dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…
• knitting socks- or other small tubular items- on two circulars
• Dying with plant colors
• Knitting items for a wedding
• Olympic knitting
• Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
• Knitting with dpns
• Holiday related knitting
• Teaching a male how to knit
• Bobbles
• Knitting for a living
• Knitting with cotton
• Knitting smocking
• Dying yarn
• Steeks
• Knitting art
• Fulling/Felting
• Knitting with wool
• Textured Knitting
• Kitchener BO
• Purses/Bags
• Knitting with Beads
• Swatching-(I know I should be doing this)
• Long Tail CO
• Entrelac Knitting and purling backwards
• Machine knitting
• Knitting with self patterning/self striping/variegating yarn
• Stuffed toys
• Knitting with cashmere
• Darning
• Jewelry
• Knitting with synthetic yarn
• Writing a pattern Gloves
• Intarsia
• Knitting with linen
• Knitting for preemies
• Tubular CO
• Free-form knitting
• Short rows
• Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
• Pillows
• Knitting a pattern from an on-line knitting magazine
• Rug Knitting on a loom
• Thrummed knitting
• Knitting a gift
• Knitting for pets
• Shrug/bolero/poncho
• Knitting with dog/cat hair
• Hair accessories
• Knitting in public

Knit on!!!