Good Morning!
It's another weirdly balmly day in Eastern PA. I so wanted to get out for a walk yesterday, but honestly I am still so freakin' tired these days. Yesterday saw me taking yet another 1.5-2 hour nap after lunch. Yikes!!
Covid Fog Brain still seems to be with me as well. I managed to cast on for the cowl I want to make for my SIL. Knit the 8 rows of ribbing and somehow ended up with extra stitches plus a horrible join at the beginning. That will all be ripped out later this morning. Everything may need to sit in time out for a little bit.
I'm hoping to do some vacuuming later simply so that I can lay out the blocking mats and get Odyssey soaked and stretched out. Time will tell. I'm a little busy with work (again).
Meanwhile, we have been eating well. God forbid! LOL I started out the New Year on the right foot making a new-to-me recipe this first week. A definite winner and one I will make again. It is Shrimp & Asparagus Angel Hair Pasta:
This is the recipe I used from 12 Tomatoes. Filled with lots of great things: shrimp and asparagus, lots of garlic, fresh tomato, scallions, spinach. So yummy. I had 4 lbs (!!) of 16-20 count shrimp in the freezer, so I used about a pound of those and cut the shrimp in half before cooking them. I squeezed lemon over mine; Fletch sprinkled his with Parmesan.
On the fail side, I made foccacia for the first time yesterday and it was TERRIBLE!! I had a little piece with the split pea soup I had made. Fletch was smart and opted for a toasted corn muffin. The balance of the foccacia has been ripped up and is in a bag waiting for me to take it out and dump it for the birds and squirrels. Ha!
Not everytime can be a success, and I will definitely try making foccacia again (using a different recipe).
And with that, I need to get down to work. It's Thursday and I've got a lot to do in addition to my regular Thursday reports. Hope your day is a good one!
