This, that, and the other thing

It’s Sunday and I’m pooped!  It was a very long week, especially considering Monday was a holiday.  Back in class and getting used to parcelling my time into working blocks/reading blocks/knitting blocks/sleeping and eating blocks.  Okay, not quite that bad, but you get the idea.
Here’s a few things that have been going on [...]

On the mend

Thanks for all your well wishes guys!  Y’all are so sweet.    The Poppa is slowly on the mend.  He’s off life support, out of ICU, and in a regular ward now.  The doctor says he’s getting better so, really, it’s all good news.  Now he just needs to rest and beat this pneumonia.  [...]

Pedahah (perogies) festival

First you boil up a metric tonne (that’s bigger than an imperial tonne) of potatoes and mash them up.  Chunky mash, not that whipped business.  You also brown some bacon & onion together and add it to the potatoes.  Mom had already done this step so I couldn’t photograph it for you.  Sorry.
Then you make [...]

How to make lentil soup (a picture recipe)

What you will need:

1 ham hock – smoked (sorry vegetarians!)
4 stalks of celery
1 large onion
3 medium carrots
various spices – thyme, rosemary, whatever.
2 quarts of stock – I used 1 quart chicken/1 quart vegetable
2 – 3 cups of lentils (I used 2.5 cups of green and .5 cups of split red)
1 package of frozen chopped spinach [...]

Guilty pleasures

I love these:

I like them super hot with lots of butter/pepper/salt.  I’d eat them almost every day of the week.  I don’t know why, but there it is.  So, I was super excited to find this:

Which turns these (from the garden):

Into this:

How fabulous is that? I did have a pici of the bean being ‘processed’ [...]

Ravelympic 2008 Training

Yep, I’ve been swatching like a fool and I think I’m just about ready for the games to begin!  I’m on Team Canada aka Crazy Canucks (Ravelry link).  How cool is that?    If you’re a Revelry member come on over and visit us.  We keep talking about Timbits a lot.  Mmmmmmm, Timbits.
I’m doing [...]

I love it when he bakes

Yummers!  Fresh bran muffins with raisins.  Sometimes, he just wants to cook things.  Then, I get to eat things.

Makes me very happy.  Now we’ll have fresh muffins for breakfast all week.
I ripped the crochet scarf and will be going down at least one hook size.  It was just way to loose and floppy for my [...]

In the light of day

Thank you Lizz! You’re exactly right about using short rows instead of stair steps for binding off shoulders. I found this article  by Jenna Wilson at Knitty about it if anyone else is interested. Way smarter and that is what I will be doing next time. Unfortunately, this time, the Patons [...]

I love me some gadgets

Hubby stopped yesterday and picked up a pasta roller attachment for the Kitchen Aid.  Sweet!  Tonight, chicken mushroom and three cheese ravioli.

Hey mom, you know what this means?  We never have to roll pedahe (perogi) dough.  Yay!  Throw away your rolling pin. 
In knitting news I’m trying desperately to seam up my Poppy but [...]