1-27-2011 Today's Blessings

Food from the earth...

we tried this new organic restauraut for lunch...

 Silver dollar sized snowflakes from the clouds...

and music from heaven...

at the Luther College Nordic Choir concert this evening...

I am blessed!

... to be able...

to taste...

and see...

and feel...

and hear...

1-25-2011 January Thaw?!?!?

Looks like the "January Thaw" has begun...

these foot-long icicles are beginning to form

as the snow melts off the roof.

YAY!

1-24-2011 Who Cut the Cheese?!?!?

Chef Monika and her Sous Chef, Cathy!!!

They cut lots and lots and lots of cheese

for tonight's class of cheesy dishes!

Thanks, you two, for a great class,

delicious food

and sharing the recipes!!!

1-23-2011 Packers NFC Champs!

and headed the Super Bowl XLV

against the Pittsburg Steelers

on February 6, 2011.

Go Packers!

1-22-2011 Cool Cat

After about one minute in the 0*F temps

my cat was eager to come back inside!

1-21-2011 A High of Zero *F

As outdoor temps reach a high of 0*F today

and indoor temps are a bit chilly

the cat has decided to take her cat naps

under the blankets we have lying around...

so I have to be careful when I sit down anywhere

or I'll have a cat pancake!

1-20-2011 Three Months Post-Op

Eye update:

3 months post-op check up today...

eye is healing perfectly, thank God!

compared to 10-20-2010, immediately post-op:

 and pre-op... showing the pterygium that was cut out:

Thank you soooooooo much, Dr. R.

My eye feels so much better now!

You're the best!!!  :*)

1-19-2011 Peachy Deliciousity

Last night I baked some peach bread pudding

for my gal pals at 'card club'...

Mmmmmm....

1-17-2011 WOH#3

Finished knitting WOH#3 today...

just need to add the tassel to the top

and weave in the loose ends

and it is finished!  :*)

1-16-2011 Super Bowl XLVI - 2012 Scarf

I've been knitting this scarf for the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI

while watching the playoff games this past two weekends.  :*)

I plan to add white fringes on the ends,

white stars on the edges,

and the words "Super Bowl XLVI" on one end

and "2012" on the other end.

Anyone who love to knit/crochet

can join in the fun... see:

http://www.indianapolissuperbowl.com/super-scarves

I also plan to knit a white one with blue fringes and words...

and maybe try my hand at brioche for a third one!  :*)

1-15-2011 Mississippi River

Went out to the Mississippi River this morning

to photograph the eagles...

Sweet!

1-13-2011 Third Time's a Charm!

I've got my third 2010 Winter Olympics Hat

on the needles...

using a pattern I tweeked

(took out 10 sts and as many rows)

so hope this one fits perfectly!

They say,

"Third time's a charm!"

1-9-2011 Whoot!

1-7-2011 Watch out for yellow snow!

Finished knitting this hat today...

1-6-2011 At Home with Chef Monika

Cooking up a batch of Chef Monika's

'Chicken with Preserved Lemons and Olives'

for dinner!  OMG... the house smells so good!!!

1-5-2011 Little Dog Attacks Big Spider

My son's fiancé

got him a big remote control spider for Christmas

which their puppy loves to attack!

After taking our son and his fiancé out to lunch

to celebrate his birthday

we went ice skating!

It was the 3rd time in my life I've been on ice skates

and I did pretty well...

didn't fall down a single time!  :*)

Happy Birthday, son!

1-4-2011 Hawkeye Hat

in the works...

1-3-2010 Another One Bites the Dust

Our printer/copier/scanner bit the dust this weekend

so DH went to Best Buy

and came home with this new beauty!

Thanks, Sweetie!

12-31-2010 Cover to Cover

I want to thank my friend in Maine

for inviting me to read the Bible cover to cover

with her this past year (2010)...

and daily sharing our thoughts and questions

about each day's reading

via e-mail.

It was a fun journey

and a great review!

An awesome way to start and end the year!

12/29-30/2010 More Snowflakes

Yesterday and Today

I knitted this hat for my DH

using the leftover yarn from my hat

(see posts from Sept.30-Oct.1)...

here is a pix of the hat a knit for myself:

12-28-2010 Soup & Stollen

Today I made my fave Chicken Noodle Soup from scratch

and tried my brother's Stollen recipe...

we're still in the 12 days of Christmas after all...

Mmmm... the house smells good!!!

12-27-2010 Catching Snowflakes

Our kitty... trying to catch snowflakes  :*)

12-26-2010 Testing... Testing...

Could have used a bunch of this (^)

after cross country skiing

with DH, DD & SIL today

in 16*F temps and fresh snow

through these beautiful woods...

a magical winter wonderland!

Testing... testing...

I somehow smashed/broke the LCD screen

on my camera today,

(it looks like this now...)

but I decided to go ahead and snap today's blog photos

and hope that the SD memory card was still functioning...

even if the LCD screen wasn't... it was!

Time to check the after Christmas sales

and do some camera shopping!

12-25-2010 Dresden Stollen

DH & I enjoyed Dresden Stollen

(which I made yesterday)

for our Christmas morning breakfast...

mmmmm.....

Merry Christmas everyone!

12-24-2010 White Christmas

DH shoveled the driveway at 7 a.m. before leaving for work...

I shoveled again at noon before he came home (Pix above)...

and we shoveled another 3-4 " at 7 p.m. tonight

so we can get out for 10 p.m. church.

After all that shoveling

I had a cup of hot tea:

Delish!!!

12-23-2010 Let 'er RIP...

Now that I have the life line in place

I've inserted the circular knitting

in the stitches below the lifeline

and I'm ready to rip out the last four rows and try again!

     For Matt:

12-22-2010 Here We Go Again...

Inserting a 'lifeline'

so I can rip out the last 4 rows...

I don't know why I have such trouble

with the decreases

in the top of the hat!  ARGH!

12-21-2010 Four Santas

Tonight we had our “Card Club Christmas Party”

and four different Santas brought gifts.
Thank you to each of them!

12-20-2010 Snowfall #3

My snowfall video would not upload...  :-(

A friend said to add

the number of the first day of snowfall

to the number of the month of the first snowfall

to get the total number of snowfalls you will have that winter.

Our first snowfall was December 3rd,

so 3 + 12 = 15 total snowfalls this winter.

DH & I are counting each

to see how close this equation is...

today is snowfall #3.