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Is it monday again???
Jul. 5th, 2012 10:46 amHaving a holiday in the middle of the week just makes things weird. Seriously, weird.
I kept thinking monday thoughts this AM like 1) Make sure Ben has his water shoes for splash day, 2) grab gym bag, 3)clean up house for scribble and well, its Thursday. Go figure.
Since Monday I've been spinning and working on getting my studio back in shape but I've also been doing some experiments with cooking.
On Tuesday night, even though I got home with Benton late, I made Healthy Chicken Nuggets*. Which turned out awesome. Benton and Mel loved them. Next time I will make up way more breading but all in all a good meal. We had edamame with it.
I managed to stay up late and finish up spinning the polwarth I had been working on and it spun up nicely. Here is all of it in its prettiness.... I think I will call it strawberry shortcake.
On Wednesday morning I started in on some Falkland wool and it was spinning up thinner than the polwarth which was a change. The polwarth was a lot "stickier" than the falkland and it got more sticky the more humid it got in the house. Interesting but true.
On Wednesday I again cooked something new. I made the goal for the year to learn to make from scratch mac n' cheese. I had found a recipe for Revolutionary Mac n Cheese which I wanted to try. The concept of cooking was interesting to me and I had to try it.
It was AWESOME!!! OMG SO RICH! Now I used whole milk cause that is what we have in house and I used tillamook sharp cheddar which is also uber rich. My next try at it will use a bit more milk to make it creamier and also a blend of cheeses to cut down on the richness a bit. I will also be adding fresh cracked pepper and probably garlic and paprika to the spice mix.
Also during the day I managed to get my studio to almost useable condition. I need to wipe down my table and set up my sewing machines before I start in the "repair/minor things to finish" pile of clothing before I start my made sewing for Pennsic/Middle East Feast.
After dinner and benton's bath which he desperately needed after mel let him plain on the carport in the rain a bit mel and I sat down for some quiet time. I knit and he played Tomb Raider. We got up and went on the roof and watched the DM fireworks show.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
public_shaylan and team did a nice job on it this year like they do every year.
I got to bed way too late since I decided that I needed to paint my toes and get to a specific line in my knitting instructions and reading a good book....yeah I can't go to bed on time. Oh, well.
I've got lots to do for work today and people are just being weird...not bad weird but the holiday is making us all off...having a second monday in the week is trying at the best of times but this just feels weird. Oh, well.
( *Recipes for posterity behind cut )
I kept thinking monday thoughts this AM like 1) Make sure Ben has his water shoes for splash day, 2) grab gym bag, 3)clean up house for scribble and well, its Thursday. Go figure.
Since Monday I've been spinning and working on getting my studio back in shape but I've also been doing some experiments with cooking.
On Tuesday night, even though I got home with Benton late, I made Healthy Chicken Nuggets*. Which turned out awesome. Benton and Mel loved them. Next time I will make up way more breading but all in all a good meal. We had edamame with it.
I managed to stay up late and finish up spinning the polwarth I had been working on and it spun up nicely. Here is all of it in its prettiness.... I think I will call it strawberry shortcake.
On Wednesday morning I started in on some Falkland wool and it was spinning up thinner than the polwarth which was a change. The polwarth was a lot "stickier" than the falkland and it got more sticky the more humid it got in the house. Interesting but true.
On Wednesday I again cooked something new. I made the goal for the year to learn to make from scratch mac n' cheese. I had found a recipe for Revolutionary Mac n Cheese which I wanted to try. The concept of cooking was interesting to me and I had to try it.
It was AWESOME!!! OMG SO RICH! Now I used whole milk cause that is what we have in house and I used tillamook sharp cheddar which is also uber rich. My next try at it will use a bit more milk to make it creamier and also a blend of cheeses to cut down on the richness a bit. I will also be adding fresh cracked pepper and probably garlic and paprika to the spice mix.
Also during the day I managed to get my studio to almost useable condition. I need to wipe down my table and set up my sewing machines before I start in the "repair/minor things to finish" pile of clothing before I start my made sewing for Pennsic/Middle East Feast.
After dinner and benton's bath which he desperately needed after mel let him plain on the carport in the rain a bit mel and I sat down for some quiet time. I knit and he played Tomb Raider. We got up and went on the roof and watched the DM fireworks show.
public_shaylan and team did a nice job on it this year like they do every year.I got to bed way too late since I decided that I needed to paint my toes and get to a specific line in my knitting instructions and reading a good book....yeah I can't go to bed on time. Oh, well.
I've got lots to do for work today and people are just being weird...not bad weird but the holiday is making us all off...having a second monday in the week is trying at the best of times but this just feels weird. Oh, well.
( *Recipes for posterity behind cut )
