WEEK 7 OF MY 10TH YEAR

 

Hello there.  So glad you have come here today.  Wanna see what I have done this past week?  Okay, let's take a look.

I worked a bit on hubby's HES this week.  The needle is where I was last week.  Do you see the colors gradually changing?  Look towards the top of the photo.  It is a very subtle change and I had to look twice last night to see if it was just wishful thinking on my part of if it was really changing.  Wait until you see what the final color on these socks will be.  It is shocking.

Here is my xstitch I am plugging away on.

I know it doesn't look like much.  I can not work on it for very long because of this:

The pattern!  I learned quickly to highlight the areas I have completed.  The color changes are amazing.  It will be gorgeous when completed.............if I can work longer than 30 minutes on it that is.  Trying to keep track of where I am on the pattern is hard for me.  Even with my strongest glasses on. Hence the reason I am highlighting the completed area.  What was I thinking when I bought this?

Most of my week was spent working on the Havana blanket.  

I just started my 5th color last night.  There will be two more colors to add and then I will just repeat them until it is finished.

This was made wider than the pattern called for.  I wanted it to fit a single bed.  Well, as you know, I am an over achiever LOL.

This is it laying across my king sized bed!  I laid it on a full size and it fit that quite nicely as it did on the queen sized bed too.  I am very much enjoying this crochet.  Now, if it would cool off here so I did not have to work on this with a fan blowing directly on me!  Yes, it is still over 110F here and will be for at least another week or two.  

In everyday life, we had a fairly quiet week.  Other than getting most of our groceries for the month, we pretty much stayed home all week.  I did get a treasure this week.

My new 8 quart 9 in 1 Ninja Foodi Deluxe.  Some of my kids have been telling me all about this machine for several months.  They keep praising it's ability to do the job of several of the small appliances I use almost daily now.  FINE!  I finally found it on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond and was also able to use a 20% off coupon on top of the sale price.  That brought it into my price range.

I used it last night to air fry some chicken thighs for dinner (Took 15 minutes to do)  Worked just fine!  This will replace my air fryer, 2 large crockpots, dehydrator, and rice cooker.  The one thing I did not have that this will do is pressure cook.  I am sure there will be a learning curve with it.  That's ok, I have time to play with it and learn little tricks to making it just right for me.  

This coming week is busy for us.  Hubby and I both have car appointments.  His is for a recall and mine is for routine maintenance.  Hubby also has a Doctor's appointment this week.  That covers the first 3 days of the work week.  Our local Grand Daughter starts school on Monday.  It will be online to start.  Her school will reassess after Labor Day to see if/when they will go to in person learning. Our covid numbers have really gone down in the past three weeks, so hopefully, schools can get back to having students on campus soon.  

Would you like to join our Year of Projects group?  We would love to have you jump in anytime.  You only need to be some type of crafter.  It is a wonderful place where you can share your love of your craft, no matter what it is.  This is the link to join us.  

Until Next Time.................Happy Crafting & Stay Well!!!!!!!!!!