5.12.08
Happy Day After Mother’s Day. My kids both called me and wished me a happy day which was really nice, and I made my own day with my infamous Sour Cream Pound Cake. You do what you have to with 3/4 cup of butter, 2 1/4 cups of sugar, 4 eggs, 2 1/4 cups of flour, 1/8 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp. vanilla, 1/4 tsp each lemon and almond extracts, and oh, 3/4 cup of sour cream . Mix it up and bake it in a bundt (BUN-DT) pan for 1 hour and 10 minutes at 325. Cool and dust with powdered sugar. What a shame I made a peach and pear sauce to go on top. And had some Redi Whip. I know how to party baby.
It is 47 degrees today and windy. So I put on my down coat and scarf and hat and gloves and walked Suzie before another storm comes in. Last evening we had another round of rain and the accompanying terrification for Suzie. That dog may never be the same.
And what is up with that crafty skank Parvati winning Survivor and not Amanda?? That girl killed a shark for Pete’s Sake. Well, she did get Ozzie. Poor Eric his view of women is permanently damaged. For those of you who do not watch Survivor, sorry and I’m over it.
So, since my last post I have discovered Pandora Radio. You need to discover it too. I may never listen to regular radio again. Or CDs for that matter. Thank you Music Genome Project people. Apparently I like major chord tonality, dynamic male vocalists and extensive vamping, with the occasional sad lyrics and blues.
Since my last post I have started a couple things, not that I didn’t have other perfectly good projects to work on. Ya’ll know how it is. Here is a new Green Gable in RYC Cashsoft DK which is a perfectly soft easy to knit with yarn. And you could knit the pattern blindfolded so it is good for baseball on TV knitting.
Here are the Mossy Swirl Socks from Fleece Artist. The pattern was the wrapper on the Somoko yarn I got for my birthday. These are decadent. I don’t know if I should wear them on my feet or not. I thought about a shawl from this yarn.
Lastly, I will go ahead and answer a couple of questions that came up in the comments on my last post:
Barbee: I don’t know exactly what I will make with that new handspun. I am thinking about something modular like the cover sweater in this.
Everyone else: thanks but no! I didn’t shave my cat Charlemagne the Emperor. He seems to be molting. Ever since January I have been brushing him and feeding him well and he is getting fat and happy. He is a well groomed as an NBA player in Armani. So I guess he decided to change his wardrobe for spring. Sorry for the freaky evil eye in this picture but he was having such a good time I had to take the picture with the flash. One day he will get that ball out of the track. He uses both paws together to try for it, just like a racoon with food. And maybe the next day he will scratch on the cardboard center instead of shredding my rugs.
