Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Back from the Twin Cities...

Long time no chat! Thanks for your patience as I've been away on a jolly holiday to see family!  I have so much to share from this trip that I will break it down over the next several days.  =]  To catch up on old news, though, here is the picture of our new toaster oven:
Ain't she a beaut!  The mister picked it out.  I've made toast in it once...not sure if he put it to use while I was away, but I suspect not as his favorite appliance is the microwave! =]

Also, the Mister is quite happy with harvesting his blueberry crop this week.  I took a pic before I left as they were just turning at that time.

Today I make a blueberry pie!  I "happened" to be watching Alex's Day Off on the Cooking Channel (I think), and saw the episode featuring the Blueberry Pie recipe that I'll be using.  Here is a link:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alexandra-guarnaschelli/blueberry-pie-recipe/index.html
I've not tried it yet, read the reviews and will enjoy it I believe.  I've also used Alton Brown's recipe for blueberry pie with great success!  At any rate, I think the Mister deserves a homemade dinner tonight and pie for dessert after suffering my being gone for 4 days! =] A full report on dinner and dessert tomorrow-stay tuned!

Also, I just HaD to go and get a food scale last week...yeah, had the Mister scratching his head, too.  "Are you starting some kind of diet?" Heck, no...I need to weigh my yarn! He started laughing and thinking I had totally lost my mind.  So I found a great knitting pattern for using up all kinds of yarn. 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/norwayneedles/2963651011
One has to easily divide a skein of yarn to know when to stop increasing and begin decreases to finish evenly.  The pattern suggests using a scale.  Sooo, I got one!  And her I am using it to weigh out 25 grams of yarn(midpoint of a 50g skein):

As you can see I was getting close. =]  I've since finished that scarf, but I haven't taken a picture of it yet.  I also weighed out some reclaimed yarn from a thrift sweater and have started that one.  I think the scale will be put to good use for all kinds of yarny crafts! Now who's laughing Mister!  *maniacal  laughter*

And as for the trip, I was able to spend the night at my sister's place, visit a new town (and yarn shop) in Minnesota, I was able to kiss, play, and snuggle with my grandbaby, hang out with my son, and also grandbaby's Mom...I think of her as a daughter-in-law...=]
I will be sharing photos and good times that I had over the next few days.  But for now this old girl is in recovery mode and ship-shaping the homestead.  It's a lot to recover from driving (and my son's driving me) around on 3, 4, and 5 lane highways in 'the Cities', as the locals say. Whew!  Quite a difference from here to there and back again, for this Country Crafter.

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