Gifts

I like surprise gifts. Today received a lovely box from my bestie back home. She gets me. I love her picks. This time it was loved by the whole family.

Love coloring as a kid. Love it now!

Wink loved the paper.

Puff loved the box! 

In process

Two of my knitting projects are in the "will this never end?' stage. I knit for a couple of hours and if it weren't for the fact that the colors change... I would be convinced nothing was happening.

This is one of my favorite 'colors', but the yarn is so thin that it takes a freak load LOT to get anywhere.
I'll sit and watch the nuttiness of Live PD and make more progress!

Started in November.... I better get moving!

Remember when it was a baby?!!

Happy knitting y'all

Mama love

I had a bad day with the maternal unit. Insulting to me in front of others. Insulting to me in private. Negative in attitude. Five minutes with Blueman and I evened out and felt capable again.  Enough to consider the why's instead of the ow's.  Perhaps her more recent set of pains is getting to her? Perhaps her own mortality is now clearer to her? I don't know but it was out of the blue and hurtful. I had no chance to pull up my armor.

So I put the laundry on hold for a bit ( did four loads later) and read my last book downloaded in a series (Amy Lane I both love and hate you!) and when I wasn't looking, this happened:

I guess when I got no mama love, my boys decided to give me some.

The new healthier me

I had purchased my first bag of lentils EVER a few weeks ago.  I also bought a tiny can of green chilis and a large can of crushed tomatoes. They should have said thick tomato juice but it was perfect for me as it turns out. I wandered through some recipes online and boom I was good.

Lentils on...the take longer to cook than the bag said but then maybe they were supposed to be crunchy? I dunno, but I cooked til soft. Put some green chilis in with the tomatoes and my own special seasoning (this means opening random seasonings and sprinkling until I like what I see.)

A bit of cheese on top and a blue corn tortilla and mmmmm. That's healthy, right?

Oh wait! I ate about 125 strawberry malted milk balls....oh maybe not so healthy!

It doesn't look pretty but I like it! Good thing. I have a BOATload of it!

Hooking with a smile.

for some unknown reason, I started another crochet project. I had traded some yarn with the maternal unit. And before I could move it to the yarn holding area...out came a hook and a crochet shawl was started... The colors are peacock (variegated) and teal.  I thought it to be pretty. I may have to pop out and look for another color to with because alas, three skeins will not a shawl make.

Colors are brighter in RL but I was too lazy to get better lighting.

Sometimes you just need a quick moving item. My knitting is slow and contemplative. My crocheting is a quick fix of satisfaction.

Good day.

finally set up the new machine. Pulled out the jelly roll I'd purchased on clearance months ago. Taught myself to load some bobbins and threaded it. Easy peasy and voila!

Two 

I sure had fun making twelve blocks and the leftovers will be the binding. I had so much fun for the two or three hours at the machine.  In between strips, every time I went to the iron, I did something else in the craft room. Put batting away, picked up scraps, threw away trash. The craft room is now 90% better than before and I'm 80% finished with a flimsy. I've decided to throw some neutral in there. That's the next Sunday project along with cutting on Bluemans quilt due in December. 

Such a good day including laundry, groceries and some crocheting. More on that tomorrow!

Happy super bowl Sunday. Congrats to the Eagles!