Another pair of socks that should have been finished a long, long time ago. I started these in October, 2016 . . almost two years ago. The socks were finished fairly quickly but I had to finish the afterthought heels. The main yarn for the socks was a self striping yarn by Stray Cat. The toes were done with Blue Moon Tigger Targhee. The heels are done with a mystery yarn that I happened to ...
Archives for September 1, 2018
Brisket
We love smoked brisket and even though my smoked brisket is not the best in Texas,unless my opinion is the only one that counts . . and it is not . . my brisket is the one I like best. United has them on sale this week so Vince bought two. Wednesday evening I seasoned them (salt, black pepper and onion powder), wrapped them in foil and stuck them in the fridge. They were each close to 13 pounds ...
Changing How We Think
Yesterday Vince was talking to a friend on the phone and maybe it's a man thing but, from my hearing of the conversation, it sounded like the world was coming to an end. I could hear part of the other side of the conversation and it was kinda the same way. When they hung up, I said to Vince "You two are kinda gloom and doom! Neither of you had anything happy to say!" Last night while knitting ...
Saturday Morning
Today is Saturday, right? Some days, retirement is much harder than other days. Today . . a hard day! Give me the best computer out there and in about two months, I've screwed things up. My notebook has been taking forever to wake up and half the time . . no . . 3/4 of the time, I have to completely turn it off and wait for it to get going again, which also means signing back on to the ...
UFO for September
Anyone still doing UFO's? I just checked my progress. I've finished four and ripped one out. We're just finished our eighth month and I've written five UFOs off my list. I'm pretty happy with that. This month's UFO is: #9 Please share a link to progress on your UFOs. ...
