Yummmmmy!

Dinner was delicious! It was so hard to choose an entrée with so many yummy choices, but I eventually decided on Chicken Farcito; chicken stuffed with prosciutto and mozzarella, sautéed with mushrooms in a sherry wine sauce...delicioso! A couple of gin & tonics, and dessert (it would have been a cannoli, but then they brought out the dessert tray overflowing with the most amazing cakes and pastries!) was a chocolate & vanilla mousse cake... Yes treadmill, I'll be there in a minute! LOL Donna, I shared the mousse with you, I hope you weren't too disappointed that it wasn't a cannoli!

I could only eat half of my dinner, so the rest is waiting downstairs to be my lunch... heaven continued! :)

Busy day today; I just showered and dressed for a trip to the supermarket to get what I need to make my famed corn chowder for the party tomorrow...and then a run to the post office, and a quick stop at CVS. I don't think there's time for knitting today, but I'll do my best to get an hour in if I can!

Have a wunnerful day!

Today is...

...my birthday! (Shhhh, tell no one!)

I'm going to dinner tonight to an Italian restaurant that I hear is just wonderful, and it will be my first time there. Happy me! Saturday will be the family party, with everyone here. ...and chocolate cake! Yes, this of course means more time on the treadmill! ;) I've been very good so far, missing just one day since Donna unknowingly inspired me to get back on it! :)

Still working on the "Blueberry" scarf, making slow but steady progress -- Photos to follow when it's done... which I hope is soon! It's lovely, but I'm a bit tired of plain st st. :(

A bientôt!

Another Rainy Day

...and so a perfect day to organize my yarn stash! It's been growing by leaps and bounds since I started knitting, and I think I have enough yarn to qualify me as my very own LYS! It started out reasonably enough with two plastic bins for yarn storage, but that's now woefully inadequate. I've been browsing through IKEA's online store for a better solution, and have several ideas to turn 'mon petit bureau' into a well-organized, de-cluttered marvel! :D My poor little office, home to my webdesign business, my yarn warehouse, sewing central, art studio, genealogy file room, as well as the 'nursery' for my two darling Himalayan cat brothers! Oh, but I need so very much to get organized!

I think a trip to IKEA this coming weekend is very much in order!

On the knitting front, I only had a few hours to spare during a very busy weekend so haven't made as much progress on the chenille scarf as I'd hoped. Hopefully there'll be time for it later today after the house is in order. Optimistic me! :D

The Pats won yesterday!!

Après-Christmas

I hope everyone's Christmas was as wonderful as mine was. All the family together, good food, much laughter, and presents!

My lovely gifts: A $200 gift card to my LYS! Several sizes of bamboo knitting needles, an amazing music box, jeans and sweaters, a gift card to Sephora, a leather purse, cashmere scarf and gloves, a Barnes & Noble gift card (already spent)! On and on, all the Santas in my life have spoiled me, and I'm so grateful. <3

Yesterday I ordered three books, though when I logged on to Amazon it was with the intention of buying only one! (I always mean well)!  The three wunnerful books are:


Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas, by Melanie Falick;


One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit and Crochet, by Leigh Radford, and;


Last-Minute Knitted Gifts, by Joelle Hoverson.


*sits on the doorstep waiting (impatiently) for UPS*

I've spent the past couple of days working on the troublesome chenille scarf, though actually not troublesome at all anymore, once I had figured out the right size needles to use. I have about 1/3 done... Photo soon.

I felt very crappy yesterday, typical day-after-Christmas crappy, and thought for sure that I was coming down with something dreadful; but after an afternoon nap and a cup of tea I felt fine. I don't think we truly realize how much Christmas preparations take out of us! Today, much better. Knitting days are always better!

4 Eyes!

I just got a call to tell me that my sexy new glasses are in to be picked up! Yay! I'm hoping that my days of blurry-visioned eye strain are over. :) Of course, if I hadn't waited eons to visit my eye doctor, I might not have had any days of eye strain. :(

Began a new project today, from Erika Knight's glorious book on knitted baby wear: Simple Knits for Cherished Babies. Now I just have to force myself to put it down so I can dash off to get my glasses!

Ciao!