Blankie...Sunday
Dear Loyal Readers, sorry for the delay in posts. You've heard the excuses a million times already. Let's get to the good stuff.
I'm not going to bother posting laid-flat pictures or numbers this week. I've been pre-occupied with other projects including that damned blue stripe sweater and raising kids. Instead, I took some fun pictures this morning with the girls.
I hope that will please both the blankie fans and the cute kid fans at least till Friday.
Here are some other photos that have been accumulating on the camera for the last few days:
Sophie love using a marker, and Post-It notes are nice because they don't slide around on the tray.
Julie doodling and cutting with safety scissors.
The two of them were keeping busy while I baked these:
Speaking of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, thanks everyone for their advice on recipes. These turned out really well - they are the recipe from Bob's Red Mill. A casual taster wouldn't know the difference between these and the Tollhouse version. I am a bit of a chocolate chip cookie snob, though, and although I can taste a slight difference, these are good enough to satisfy the craving, and that's pretty darn good. The only problem is that they seem to make everyone who eats them a bit gassy. I still may try one or two more recipes, including the one that loyal reader Andrea suggested (Thanks!)
The other day we were playing upstairs and someone pulled out this sheep puppet from the toy bin. For some reason, it reminded me of Franklin's Dolores, and although mine doesn't have the cat's-eye glasses or the constant cigarette hanging from her mouth, I decided to go ahead and pose it with some balls of sock yarn as a little tribute. Only people who read The Panopticon will get the joke. If you don't read Franklin's blog, you should. He's great. And, by the way, yes I do realize that I have a sickness with the sock yarn. This is only the stuff that is already wound in balls.
Here's Sophie drawing again. She loves the Magna-Doodle as well as the Aqua-Doodle, which we keep in the basement.
Finally, if you've made it all the way to the bottom, I'm going to share with you another reason why I haven't been posting. It's because I've been variously annoyed, freaked-out, shocked, and otherwise irritated by what feels like just about everyone with whom I've come into contact this week. To a great extent, it is my own attitude that is causing this phenomenon, but in some cases it is the other people involved. I have been so tempted to tell stories on them, but that would just not be nice. Stories of the variety that start "Oh, my gawd, you will not believe what so-and-so did today." I've been treating poor Joe to a few of them, which helps. But when you're thinking nasty gossipy thoughts, best to keep them close.
Okay, everyone! Carry on! I'm going to try to post some actual progress on the blue-striped monster tomorrow. I'm still trying to get an acceptable front finished, so that I can move on to sleeve island. Yurg!
I'm not going to bother posting laid-flat pictures or numbers this week. I've been pre-occupied with other projects including that damned blue stripe sweater and raising kids. Instead, I took some fun pictures this morning with the girls.
I hope that will please both the blankie fans and the cute kid fans at least till Friday.
Here are some other photos that have been accumulating on the camera for the last few days:
Sophie love using a marker, and Post-It notes are nice because they don't slide around on the tray.
Julie doodling and cutting with safety scissors.
The two of them were keeping busy while I baked these:
Speaking of gluten-free chocolate chip cookies, thanks everyone for their advice on recipes. These turned out really well - they are the recipe from Bob's Red Mill. A casual taster wouldn't know the difference between these and the Tollhouse version. I am a bit of a chocolate chip cookie snob, though, and although I can taste a slight difference, these are good enough to satisfy the craving, and that's pretty darn good. The only problem is that they seem to make everyone who eats them a bit gassy. I still may try one or two more recipes, including the one that loyal reader Andrea suggested (Thanks!)
The other day we were playing upstairs and someone pulled out this sheep puppet from the toy bin. For some reason, it reminded me of Franklin's Dolores, and although mine doesn't have the cat's-eye glasses or the constant cigarette hanging from her mouth, I decided to go ahead and pose it with some balls of sock yarn as a little tribute. Only people who read The Panopticon will get the joke. If you don't read Franklin's blog, you should. He's great. And, by the way, yes I do realize that I have a sickness with the sock yarn. This is only the stuff that is already wound in balls.
Here's Sophie drawing again. She loves the Magna-Doodle as well as the Aqua-Doodle, which we keep in the basement.
Finally, if you've made it all the way to the bottom, I'm going to share with you another reason why I haven't been posting. It's because I've been variously annoyed, freaked-out, shocked, and otherwise irritated by what feels like just about everyone with whom I've come into contact this week. To a great extent, it is my own attitude that is causing this phenomenon, but in some cases it is the other people involved. I have been so tempted to tell stories on them, but that would just not be nice. Stories of the variety that start "Oh, my gawd, you will not believe what so-and-so did today." I've been treating poor Joe to a few of them, which helps. But when you're thinking nasty gossipy thoughts, best to keep them close.
Okay, everyone! Carry on! I'm going to try to post some actual progress on the blue-striped monster tomorrow. I'm still trying to get an acceptable front finished, so that I can move on to sleeve island. Yurg!
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:11 PM
7 Comments:
Great blankie pictures! Hope this week is better than the last.
Did I send you our chocolate cake recipe too? I can't wait to hear what you think of the cookies. :)
The Bob's Red Mill link doesn't seem to work.
I posted a blankie update on my blog this weekend... and then promptly made three more squares. ;)
Your girls are just the sweetest things! Sorry you had a crappy week. Hope this week is better.
I have had several of those "I just can't stand people" weeks and I think you are wise to not gossip about them on your blog. As my mother always says: "If you can't say anything nice, just don't say anything at all." Tell Joe, tell the cats, tell the sheep puppet and then knit away your frustrations. The cookies look devine! Yum!!!
Mmmmmmm....cookies!
I love Franklin! In the most decorous, platonic way, of course. ;-) And the sheep does look like Dolores; you should get her some glasses and a candy cigarette. (Do they even make those anymore?)
The pictures of the girls with and without blankie are adorable...and the post-its on the high chair tray are a stroke of genius. That reminds me, do you read Parent Hacks? It's a blog with little snippets of good ideas for parents -- you should send the post-it idea to them. www.parenthacks.com
Hope this week is better than last week!
Glad to hear that all is basically good... was getting a bit worried that some illness had befallen the household! I love the pics of Julie with her hair down and wild!
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