Monthly Archives: December 2011

I have a confession

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I love crossword puzzles.  Particularly the Wall Street Journal crossword puzzles.

In 2000 I bought a crossword puzzle of the day calendar and would work on the puzzles during my lunch hour.   Occasionally I would ask if anyone knew a x-letter word for ????  Over the course of a few weeks my lunchmates (or whatever you want to call them) got interested in solving the puzzles.  During that same time, we also had access to the Wall Street Journal that publishes a crossword puzzle on Fridays.  When the calendar was finished, I tried a WSJ puzzle and thought it was too hard.  By this time the crossword puzzle was a staple during lunch so we all put our heads together.  We worked and worked on those puzzles and at the beginning it took us a week to solve one.

Eventually we could finish one in a day…with a somewhat extended lunch hour.

Well, I changed jobs a few years ago and lost out on the print version of the WSJ puzzles.  Then I discovered a web site that had them so I would print them out and solve them on my own.

Now a couple of people come to me at lunchtime and ask if I have a new puzzle we can work on.  They’ve got the bug.  It takes us a few days to solve them (and I know some people can do it in less than 15 minutes) but we have fun.

I have my own stash of puzzles I solve while I eat my breakfast.  In fact that’s the only reason why I turned on my computer tonight.  I ran out of puzzles so I had to print some out or I would be lost in the morning without a puzzle.

Just thought you’d like to know.

Bling challenged

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Last night I tried to sew sequins on the cupcake hats for some added bling.

45 minutes later I had 4 done.

Since this are on knitting, each one has to be sewn on individually and knotted.   I can’t go from one to another as on woven fabric as this has be able to stretch.

The invisible thread is invisible.  My aging eyes and the artificial light just make it more challenging.

I don’t want to buy anything else and I’m running out of time so I may have to rethink this idea.

No bling

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This afternoon I tried to add some bling to the cupcake hats.  The only thing I could think of was seed beads.  Or should that be “were”?  Anyway I sewed a few seed beads on one hat to see what it looked like. 

It was cute but when I tried it on, the beads dug into my head.

So no bling on the cupcake hats.  Unless you have another suggestion…

They will be gifted this coming Saturday.

A keeper

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Mr. Aitch is semi-retired.  He retired from a 34-year teaching career in 2008.  He’s semi-retired as he has two part-time jobs.  He works at a retail store two days a week and is also the choir director at his church.

When I come home from work, the dishes are washed.  He even washes my breakfast dishes that I leave for him.

It’s so nice to come home to an empty sink.

It wasn’t always like this.  When the kids were still at home, I would come home to a sink full of dishes in the summer when they were all home from school.  The kids have been out of the house for a few years.  The clean sink is  just a new perk since 2008.

Before I went to work this past Tuesday, I set out a frozen roast on the counter.  I emailed Mr. Aitch (from work) asking him if he saw the roast as I was waiting for him to call or email me asking what to do with it.  He saw it when he made his morning coffee and put it in the oven with the usual veggies.  He saved the last email I sent him with the directions so I wouldn’t have to send them to him yet again.

Dinner was ready and waiting when I got home from work on Tuesday.

The house smelled so good.

This morning I got out the Crock-Pot, the cutting board and knife, and a can of diced tomatoes.  I put a bag for frozen mixed veggies on top of the leftover roast in the refrigerator.  Unfortunately I didn’t have time to get anything in the Crock-Pot before I left for work.

Yep, that’s what my Crock-Pot looks like.  One of the originals.

I was very busy at work today and finally had time to call Mr. Aitch around 1:00 to ask if he needed any directions on making beef and veggie soup from the leftover roast he fixed on Tuesday.  Nope.  He had it under control.

The house smelled so good when I got home.

I think I’ll keep him.