Resurrecting My Voice

It's been a really long time since I wrote anything here! That's not to say that I haven't been writing, or that I haven't been doing a ton of things, just that I lost track of this blog in the shuffle.

• I had a baby! Angus Donald roared into the world on August 12th!
• Bought a new house!
• Started a new job!
• Amazing amounts of little victories & losses in life to numerous to detail in this list!

And just to bring this blog full circle, I'm pregnant again! The newest little WhiskeyAndCheese will be joining us in early June. This time around, just like they tell you, has been a totally different experience. Still a pretty easy pregnancy overall, but running around after a VERY active 5-year-old in addition to growing another human has been a lot of work. 

I started a project last winter to start baking again. After some really abysmal loaves early on, I powered through though and got pretty good at it overall. I started a sourdough starter back in March 2019 and George and I have been baking every week with great results. The current favorite in the house is Sourdough English Muffins which even the kiddo loves (lavishly slathered in Pimento Cheese of course)! On the non-sour side of the bread world, I've been adding in one of my other loves, beer! The Honey Ale Sandwich Bread from The Beeroness is our current favorite for a nice soft sandwich bread that makes amazing PB&J and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunches. 

Still knitting, still spinning, still being crafty in general. I'll update on some of my favorite projects one of these days... 

What's For Dinner?

So week two of my endeavor to record my menu every week and so far so good. Our weeks start on Monday around here at the Rose & Thistle and so tonight was the first night of a new week. We had a lovely dinner tonight of potato pancakes with a green salad. Last week overall was pretty good but the menu broke down over the weekend when I was at work during dinner time. Anyone who is paying attention will note that the potato pancakes were originally on the menu for last night (Sunday), but were indeed made and consumed today. Such is life, but it's ok - they were still delicious! So this week's menu is as follows:

Monday: Potato Pancakes (from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook
Tuesday: Ham & Bean Soup (from Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes
Wednesday: Rotini with Home-made Pasta Sauce
Thursday: Falafel with Lavash and Tabbouli Salad
Friday: Hosting a Party so Dinner will be Party Food!
Saturday: Split-Pea Soup
Sunday: Sloppy Joes (from Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes

In knitting, I got a pair of mittens done for my brother's girlfriend. They turned out pretty fab and she really loved them. I posted about them on Ravelry, with pictures. I am almost done with my brother's sweater but I broke a needle and I'm currently waiting on the superglue to dry so that I can finish. In an effort to be calm about the broken needle I started a pair of kilt hose for Donald. I'm almost through the calf shaping on the first one and it's going along swimmingly. In general I'm fighting a huge case of startitist (I blame the Yarn Harlot for spreading this pernicious disease via the internet!) I have all sorts of things that I want to start for myself, now that I'm not needing to knit for others for the holidays, but I am trying to limit myself to a reasonable number of projects.

I might have a green problem...

Everything I find myself knitting lately has been shades of green. Green hats, green socks, green sweaters. Green just about everything. Lovely grassy shades, bright almost lime colors, and the soft mossy shades have taken over my knitting. I'm not sure where this little obsession came from..






And don't get me wrong. I love green (damn good thing, otherwise I would REALLY have a problem). But I'm beginning to realize that I may have a bit of a hangup. Someone might need to stage an intervention. Or just send more green yarn.. I'll get sick of it eventually right?