WEEK 30

 

Hello there.  I was going to post yesterday, but the day got away from me.  So, here I am on Monday morning, waiting for my first load of laundry to finish washing so I can commence with drying it and getting the other 3 loads completed before dinner time.

My yarn projects remain the same.  The Lego blanket is now up to row 101.  Someone has asked me several time in my comments where to find the pattern.  Since it is from an anonymous sender, I have no idea who is asking for it.  I did put the link for it on last weeks update.  Here is the link again, in case this person is not a weekly reader of blogs.

There are just a few more rows on DD RCR socks before I do the heel.  This is my morning knit now while I am listening to my morning devotions.  Makes for a lovely serene start to my day and sets the mood for the remainder of my day.

The big brown lap blanket is still only getting a few rows each week during adoration.  The first skein of yarn is nearing the end, finally!  I am contemplating using a contrasting color for the second skein, just to break up the dullness of it.  Might make me want to pick it up more often.

There were some other projects that got completed though.................

From left to right, Pixar lamp and ball, lucky bamboo, and orchid.  All Lego builds that were completed on Saturday.  The Pixar ball had been completed several days ago.  I finally decided to get the lamp done so I could clean up my crafting table.  Well, once that was done, I was hooked on Lego building.  So, I grabbed the 2 smallest builds I had in stock and got those completed too.  I am now down to 4 more unopened sets as well as Notre Dame that is begging to be completed.

Yesterday, we had a surprise 50th birthday party for Stacie.  There were several of her closest friends as well as family there to celebrate her 50th rotation around the sun.  Her actual birthday is this Friday.  Hubby and I are going to take her to Bingo and make sure she has an awesome time there too.

An item on my bucket list got marked off this week!

I went to the Barrett Jackson car show and auction!  I have wanted to do this for several years.  Jay and TIff got free tickets from our BMW dealer and invited me and hubby to go with them.  Hubby was unable to make it but really encouraged me to go.  I am so glad I did.  It was a horrendous amount of walking and I paid for it the next day but, oh so worth it.

 I fell in love with this 1951 Jaguar Roadster.  Hubby said no.  Darn it.  But it was so cool looking and I think I would have looked smashing driving it around town.

There were not just cars there either.  This grand piano was so stunning.  I played for YEARS but no longer as able to thanks to the RA in my hands.  I will say it was tempting to go over and embrace this item of beauty though.

 A purchase was made this week to help in my kitchen.

Say hello to my acacia wood noodle board and my magnetic stove top shelf!  I do not use my stove top other than to meal prep on it.  I have induction burners I use as well as an Oster french door oven.  This is so much easier to clean if I have a little spill during prep work.  The stove top shelf is holding all our oils and vinegars.  Yes, we do use all of them.  So many flavors that add to our meals.

And finally, a new adventure for me.  Well, actually for me and my son, Jay.  We decided we wanted to make our own vanilla extract.  We ordered bottles and beans from Amazon.  I was impressed with the quality of the beans we received.  Then, we needed to decide what alcohol we were going to use to make the extract.  After much research, I choose to make three different types to determine which I preferred.

From left to right; Titos Vodka, Buffalo Trace bourbon, Captain Morgan White rum.  All made with Madagascar bourbon vanilla beans. This is going to be a long term project.  They need to 'ferment' for 6 months to a year.  The vodka we can check out in 8 weeks to see if it is where we like it.  We can also top them off as we use them for the next year.  I am excited to see how they turn out.  Now, I just need to remember to shake them once a week to keep everything evened out inside.  Jay wants to try Ugandan beans too.  Once we see how these do, we will venture into more exotic beans.

That my friends is all for this week.  Load 2 of laundry is in the washer!  There are plenty of leftovers for dinner tonight so no need to cook.  Sounds like I will have time to work on one of my many projects today then.

If you were in the path of this weekends horrendous winter storm, I hope you are all safe and warm.  I know many of you live in the Midwest to east coast.  Prayers for you!

Here is your chuckle for the week.

Until Next Time................Happy Crafting!!!!!!!