At My Own Speed Today!

Well first an update on my Pop - no change - he as of this morning is finally getting some sleep - we won't know until he wakes up how he's doing - they are trying to keep him on a slow drip of sleeping meds - After not sleeping all those days - I'm sure he needs it to heal. So hopefully we will have great news tomorrow. All his scans and bloodwork tests and all that they did the past few days have come back negative/normal so that's a good sign!


Well today I didn't even go out of the house - Wait a minute - I lied - I did - walked to the mailbox this afternoon! This morning I decided to start hooking - so made my tea and started - Of course there were times I had help...with picking wool...



Supervising what goes where...
And at times no hooking at all - he totally stretched out over the entire frame! Of course he didn't get pushed off or yelled at - he got hugs and belly rubs and kisses - and i was rewarded with his purring and rubbing.

Decided to do Mt. Saint Laundry today - it was getting out of hand! Also decided to make up a few things - My husband loves Mac and Cheese - not my favorite at all - but his Dad was English and this was a staple for dinner in his family growing up - 3 times a week! (blachhhhhhhkkkkk) Of course it can't be a box! But years ago I found out that making it in the crock pot tastes exactly like making it from scratch - and it's great you don't have to make a white sauce base or anything! What you do is boil your noodles (today i used mini penne) no need to boil them fully - but a little more than half done - throw it in the crock pot - add cheese (today I used a mixture of cheeses I had left in the fridge and freezer that I shredded up - hot pepper, cheddar, monteray, etc.), add a can of condensed milk, and some regular milk, salt and pepper to taste and put on high for like 3 hours - stir now and then and you have "baked mac and cheese". Another thing i did was saute onions in butter and threw that in - usually I add hot sauce too but since i used hot pepper cheese i didn't today. So what i do with the leftovers is put it in little containers and freeze it - that way my husband can grab one in the morning to take for lunch.

Also decided to make up some ham salad for lunches for my husband too - something else very easy to do - throw some chunks ham in a food processor, then throw in a couple hard boiled eggs, some sweet pickles and mix with mayo - another easy thing to make!

So why stop now - why not spend the afternoon in the kitchen since I already was making a mess - I decided to make Whoopie Pies - my friend Donna gave me the recipe a while ago (Taking a moment to say Hi to Donna right now as I know she reads this - she's a great cook and baker and is always passing on great recipes - the best was when she made them and brought them work to eat! LOL! ) Well anyway - the Whoopie pies came out great - if you google "Cooks Country Whoopie Pies" you'll get the recipe - the filling is made with marshmallow fluff and it's not overy sickening sweet. One of these days I'm going to try to make pumpkin Whoopie Pies - these were chocolate.

So after spending the afternoon in the kitchen - I sat down for more hooking . Felt good to finally get to pulling some loops! It's been a while. Just nice to do "normal" type things for a change - even though I could have done without having to do the laundry!

Hope everyone has a good day!
joanne