Weekending 2/5/24

 Good Morning All,

We had some beautifully sunny days this weekend that were so welcome!  The air is still a bit crisp - particularly in the early morning hours and late in the day, but what a difference those rays of sun make!

Thank you all for the thoughts on my too-tight sock.  I will not be re-doing it in any shape or form...no interest.  However, my friend Carol is scheduled to come visit in early March.  She has smaller feet than me (and not the high instep that I have).  I will have her try on the sock - if it fits her and she likes it, I will knit a second one.  If not, then the toe will be stuffed with catnip and Mabel will have a gorgeous new toy!

Speaking of Mabel, Fletch and I were enjoying breakfast Sunday morning when I saw a fox trot by on the lawn RIGHT NEXT TO THE PATIO!!  By the time I stood up he was gone, but I opened the door and called for Mabel who, it turns out, was sitting on the patio right by the door.  It was like the two creatures ignored each other.  I'm sure they saw each other, but paid no mind.  Mabel did not come in - instead she stepped further out onto the patio and started rolling around on the cement.  I did step out and pick her up and brought her in, but she did not want to be in!

How was your weekend?  Mine was lovely.  Friday night I made "eggplant pizza" for dinner.

Easy-peasy and delish!  You just slice an eggplant (no need to peel), brush it with some EVOO and herbs (garlic, oregano, s&p), put a slice of tomato on top and brush again with the EVOO and herbs.  Pop it in the oven (360 degrees) for roughly 15-20 minutes.  Pull it out and put mozarella on top...drizzle with EVOO and back in the oven for another 15 minutes or so.  Quite tasty!  Fletch wanted some pepperoni on his, so I put some of that on a few of them under the cheese.  One medium sized eggplant provided dinner and some leftovers as well.

Saturday morning I met up with Dee for a few delightful hours of being together.  Dee worked on some stitching and I knit on a new sock.

Crazy Zauberball in the colorway "Route 66."  Not sure how that name came about, but a plain vanilla sock that I don't need to think about is just what the doctor ordered.

That night I made enchiladas from THIS COOKBOOK using some chicken.  I changed things up a bit adding many more veggies - some onion and bell pepper and some frozen corn.  I forgot to take a picture, but they turned out really, really good.  Again, plenty of leftovers which is nice.

I also caked up my February Sock Squad yarn.

The citrine skein did not play nice on my swift and I had to wind that skein by hand.  Nothing has been started yet, but I've decided to do some socks afterall.  I may do a heart design near the top of the cuff - but fear not - it will not be colorwork.  Rather the design will be done in purls.  Maybe, we shall see.

That won't happen today though.  I'm heading to the office in a bit to take care of a few things.  I don't know if I mentioned or not, but there is now a third person who will be taking over some of my responsibilities.  She emailed me last week asking if we could find some time together to review some of the reports I do as she is not familiar with them.  And, I have a conference call at 11:30, so will do that at the office.  A stop at Trader Joe's will happen as well to pick up a few things.

Time to pour another cup of coffee, wake up Fletch and dry my hair.  Hope your week is off to a great start!