Monthly Archives: January 2013

Since my last post…

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Our daughter delivered her baby boy three weeks early.  He arrived on January 17 at 11:43 am.  6 pounds 10 ounces.  20 inches long.

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The BIG sisters.  E is on the left and Z is on the right.

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The proud Nona.

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We brought the twins home with us for a few days so our daughter could get some much-needed rest.  I missed three days of work last week helping out and had to go back to work this week but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun in the evenings.  We made banana bread Tuesday evening.

Tonight they took a shower.  They love to take a shower in our bathroom but I didn’t want them to get their hair wet tonight so they wore some shower caps I picked up from some hotels where I’ve stayed.  They thought wearing shower caps was the BEST thing ever!

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Travel plans

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Mr. Aitch and I will be going to New Orleans in a few weeks and since we’ve never been there, I was hoping for some suggestions as to where we should eat, things to do and places explore.

We’re not going for the Super Bowl.  Instead I have a conference there and now that Mr. Aitch is semi-retired, he’s going with me.

Any one been there that could offer some useful tips?

Thanks in advance!

It’s a love-hate relationship

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Lasagna, that is.

I love to eat it but hate to make it.

At lunch today I suggested to Mr. Aitch that we either have spaghetti or baked ziti for dinner tonight.  He said that he was hoping we could have lasagna.

Well, baked ziti and lasagna are basically the same thing but with a different shaped pasta so I had all the ingredients for either one.

And since I love Mr. Aitch, we had lasagna.

With Italian bread.

A simple salad.

And, of course, wine.  =)

In between

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Now that the Christmas rush is over and the gifts are finished, I find myself between projects.

I finally made a pair of fingerless mitts for me using Shirl’s Mittlets pattern and Cascade 220 Paints in Cherry Berry.

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The colors match my winter coat and felted purse.

The only thing left in my UFO (unfinished objects) pile is a scarf that I’ve been working on for over a year.

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I’m really not in a big hurry to finish it at all.

I have the yarn to make another one of these hats.

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I love this hat and it is the warmest hat I’ve ever had.  It even keeps my ears warm and that’s a big plus for me.  And even though the colors are perfect, the hat does not “go” with my everyday winter coat.  The colors do coordinate with my “dress” coat.  The yarn I have is red and grey.  Do you detect a theme here???

There are some sewing projects I would like to tackle, some organizing and reorganizing projects, some decorating projects, some painting projects, and some knitting projects.

Our daughter is expecting next month so the twins will be getting a baby brother.  I’ve helped our daughter get the nursery ready over several weekends in November.  But I don’t have any baby knitting done.  That might be the next project.