Epic Dinner Fail pt II

It was edible. Luckily I have made passable Marsala before or this would definitely have doomed the dish for our family.

Epic Dinner Fail

I am trying to make Chicken Marsala. I have made this before. Unfortunately I just added half a cup of red wine vinegar from a fancy bottle instead of adding half a cup Marsala wine in the fridge. The vinegar is in a fancier bottle so I guess that's what fooled me.

Mom suggested turning it into sweet and sour (eww with mashed potatoes and mushrooms) or doubling everything else in the recipe. I tried another cup of stock, then another, finally I have just dumped the rest of the carton in there. Not sure how much was left. Hopefully this will work. It won't be chicken Marsala but maybe it will be edible.

Gussied Up

Gussied Up

Credits:

• And So It Goes Page Kit Plus by Carole Harden
• And So It Goes Again Page Kit Plus by Carole Harden
• Balancing Act Quick Click by Carole Harden

Smile

Smile

Credits:

• Delta Dawn Page Kit by Teresa Loman

Yum! New Go To Breakfast is Found.

I found these on Pinterest

From Dashing Dish

Total and complete yum all around. All three of us loved them so tonight I took a page from Once a Month Mom and froze a batch for us to eat this month.

I did a batch of ten because the Canadian bacon I found had ten slices. For some reason I was thinking I would add stuff to the eggs and put them all in a bowl to measure into my ramekins for microwaving. Big mistake. First - nothing is added to the eggs so this wasn't needed (total brain fart). Second - it made a big mess transferring stuff around. Third - (because it bears repeating) nothing is added to the eggs you dip. Anyway hopefully I will remember next time.

Now that the sandwiches are all in the freezer they can be taken out the night before and nuked or put in Pat's lunch. 30 sec to 1 min to reheat and boom instant, lovely, yummy, pretty healthy breakfast!

It's been awhile since I had an Egg McMuffin from McDonalds so I am not sure how it compares but it reminds me of Eggs Benedict without the sauce. Swiss cheese is a yummy sub for the sauce though so I am not complaining.

These sandwiches are more convenient than a McMuffin or a Benny and they are way more healthy. Total win win win for all.

Play All Day

Play All Day

Credits:

• Play All Day Value Collection by Elizabeth Weaver
• Birthstone: January Value Collection by Elizabeth Weaver

Growing, Growing, Gone

My Baby is Growing to Fast

Layout of the Day on DSP's blog

 

Credits:

• And So It Goes Page Kit Plus by Carole Harden (everything else)
• And So It Goes Again Page Kit Plus by Carole Harden (flowers and black BG)

Week Fourteen: D11

Two colours. Applique. Inset seams. This took all my spare time today. Points aren't getting any better. I can't seem to get that balance between huge mountains and frayed ends. I get one or the other and mushy points. Oh well, I will keep working on it.

D11 Snow Crystal

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Knitting and Crochet Blog Week – Day 4 4KCBWDAY4

I love colour all, tints shades and value. I am more drawn to vibrant and jewel tones but love subtle and natural shades as well.

My knitting stash does not reflect my taste yet. I am still a very new knitter so the vast majority of my stash is donated or bought super cheap and reflects someone's elses taste or leftovers no one else wanted. At the store I find myself drawn to multicoloured ombres and gradients more than solids. Bright super saturated colour is my favorite.

Photobombing

Photobomb

In March we traveled to the mall to visit the Easter Bunny. Isabelle, Piper, Mommy, Grandma and Aunt Tracy, who was visiting from Indiana.

We arrived early so Isabelle and Piper danced in the magic lights on the floor in front of the Bunny’s grotto while we waited.
The Easter Bunny arrived dressed in a handsome frock coat and spectacles. Piper ran up to greet the Easter Bunny enthusiastically and while the sight of a giant bunny did not cause Isabelle to run screaming and crying to Mommy he was clearly not to be trusted by persons with any intelligence.
Isabelle was not afraid of the Easter Bunny but there was no way she was going to turn her back on him.

The grotto was chock full of eggs to throw, pretty flowers to pick and great things to play with but the bunny himself was suspect and must be kept in sight at all times. Despite the best efforts of three professionals, Mommy, Grandma and Aunt Tracy Isabelle would not sit or stand still anywhere in the grotto with the bunny behind her.

All morning Piper sat patiently and pleasantly while photo after photo was taken of Isabelle's back or Isabelle shaped streaks running through the frame. Finally the photographer managed to get a shot of Isabelle running past the camera.

Thus after hours of effort we have a beautiful photo of what appears to be Isabelle photobombing Piper's portrait with the Easter Bunny.

Credits:

• Birthday Good Times Page Kit by Erica Belton
• More Birthday Good Times Page Kit by Erica Belton
• Birthday Good Times Back Pack by Erica Belton

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week – Day 3 4KCBWDAY3

Infographics.

Going to let this one speak for itself. Pretty much applies to anything.

This is how I came to learn to knit.

Week Fourteen: Advanced

This week's tough block is D10. Lots of little pieces and tiny sections. The block is slightly wonky but not as wonky as the scan. The scan is unacceptably wonky but the block is acceptable.

D10 Battlefield

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Playground

Playground

Credits:

• Beautiful Day 2 Page Kit Plus by Meryl Bartho
• Cracked & Creased No1. Overlay by Meryl Bartho

Learning to Knit: Day ???

Whimsical

I have two projects "on the needles" right now. Whimsical hat from Hattitude and Shadow Cable baby blanket a free pattern from Bernat.

The hats are for Kaytie and her soon to be born baby Hazel. I will make the hat pink to blue for the baby and blue to pink for Kaytie. The hats are so cute I will also make one for Isabelle and I may make them for the rest of the girls.

I love the baby blanket but it's a big project and slow going. Turning out beautifully so I am very happy with it. Isabelle loves it she  calls the yarn pretty and soft and squooshie.

Baby Blanket

I have so many things I want to make. My ravelry queue is almost as long as my Netflix queue. It is hard to decide what to make first. Especially when I am finding new and exciting thing everyday to add to the list. I keep telling myself "you really need to prioritize your time and resources". I am really firm and direct and I always respect my opinion and have good intentions but then I find something else to inspire me. A book, a magazine, a pattern, another person's project, beautiful yarn. The list is going to be endless for the rest of my life.

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week – Day 2 4KCBWDAY2

Today's topic:

Your task today is to either think of or research a project that embodies that house/animal. It could be a knitting or crochet pattern – either of the animal itself or something that makes you think of the qualities of that house. Alternatively it could be a type or colour of yarn, or a single button. Whatever you choose, decide upon a project and blog about how and why it relates to your house/creature. You do not have to make this project! It is simply an exercise in blogging about how you come to decide upon what projects to make. Try and blog about the journey which inspiration and investigating patterns, yarns, stitches, (etc) can often guide you through. You may wish to make a collage or 'mood board' to present several ideas, or even sketch out your own design.
 

When I am not actively doing something I am planning something. When I am doing something which requires little thought I am planning something. I often wonder if I craft to see if my plans work out rather than to have the items I have created. I am definitely a process person.

Coming up with a project for the House of Bee is very easy. I have two points of inspiration. My Mother and my daughter. My MIL often calls Isabelle Izzy B. And thus many items from her and the people she knows incorporate bees. Especially the hand made items.

My Mother has become fascinated with bees in recent years. Specifically Emperor Bees or Napoleonic Bees. So while any happy busy little bee will do for a project for Isabelle my Mother requires a very specific style of bee. Google Napoleon Bee and you will get some cool images. My favorites were here and here

Coincidentally I recently checked out this book at the library.

Even a beginner knitter like me should be able to graph a Napoleon Bee onto one of these balls. It would make a great gift for Mom.

Colour will be a problem though. If I could find some natural looking golden or mustardy yellows and a light burlap type colour or maybe cream and yellow? Ugh I don't know. No way I could do yellow and black no matter how subtle.

 In fact I might be better off making them from something else because Mom doesn't even really put up a Christmas tree any more. Maybe something she could hang all year? Like a beaded thing or maybe polymer clay. I still want to make a ball not a flat project. Mom likes eggs maybe an egg shape.

This is going to require more thought.