Four on Me....

Spent part of Sunday and today reading two books that have me "caught up" in the story!  Quirky characters, lots of descriptions - ahhh my favorite things in a book... They are "Visual City" and "That Part Was True"....

I made the decision that I'm tired of not knitting something because I don't know how to purl front and back! So today, I taught myself and I've started a pattern (free on Ravelry) called Corrugated Baktus. I must be doing the stitch right, because it looks the way it is supposed to - so far anyway! Oh, and another thing that was keeping me from knitting some shawl patterns - the ones that have the "garter tabs" as the first part. I could not get that into my brain. The guy that works at my LYS showed me, but I still could not get it... but I practiced and eventually my hands did what they were supposed to!

I sunk into the "black hole" of Ravelry yesterday!  You, who go on there, know what I'm talkin about!

Closed my eyes, and got on the scales this morning.  I'm maintaining the same weight that I got down to when I was sick last summer (lost 20 pounds).  I was hoping I had lost some more - but just seeing I hadn't gained was enough of a boost!  I am shooting, however, to lose another five pounds by the end of September. No reason for that timeframe - just what I picked in my mind today....  But if at the end of September, I'm still the same weight I am now - that is good too. I just don't want to gain the weight back that I lost!

Ten On Tuesday!

This week - it is 10 foods that "go together".  I took this in an off the wall manner - and am telling the 10 foods that go together according to my taste - but others might find a little icky!

1.  Breakfast sausage or links with catsup (this is one of the only two things I eat catsup with (the other being onion rings).  I hate catsup on other stuff!

2.  Fritos and peanut butter....

3.  Cold, left-over pizza and chocolate milk...

4.  Cottage cheese with salsa...

5.  Ritz crackers and a bit of chocolate bar (at the same time)....

6.  French fries and mayo....

7.  Chocolate ice cream - all gooshey and melty - and then scoop it up with ruffled potato chips...

8.  Cold mac n cheese and cottage cheese - mixed in together in each bite...

9.  Cheesy garlic toast with a fried egg and a slice of melted American cheese on top....

10.  Salty cashews and a glass of really cold tomato juice as a chaser....for breakfast!

True or False...Here is the Reveal!

Numbers 6, 8, and 10 are false! I'm afraid of horses, so no way am I riding them (or getting very close to them)...

I never worked at the FBI building - but it would have been interesting I'm sure!

And I hate hate HATE peas!

Ten on Tuesdays.... Is It True.... It Is Up to You to Decide!

Our ten on Tuesday for this week (in honor of April Fool's Day) is to tell 10 things about ourselves and then let you guess which are false....  I will make it a bit easier and tell you that three of these statements are NOT true....

1.  My Mom left me on the beach once when I was a child... she was watching from above - but I didn't know that.  I went up and down the rows of people asking "do you know where my Mommy is"...  She quickly ran down and grabbed me!

2.  I don't like to talk first thing in the morning...

3.  As kids, my husband and I lived right around the corner from each other (even played with some of the same siblings) - but didn't find out about this until years after we were married....

4.  As a child, I once sang "Let Me Go Lover" with my sister at a family reunion...

5.  I named our first poodle "Flim-Flam" and our second "Darth Vader"....

6.  I love to ride horses!

7.  I am an introvert....

8.  I used to work at the FBI building in Washington, D.C.

9.  When I was younger, my Mom used to sit on our front porch and play her accordion. She especially loved doing this when my dates were going to arrive to pick me up....

10.  One of my favorite vegetables to eat is peas....

On The Hunt....a photo scavenger hunt that is!!

I found out about this photo scavenger hunt on some blogs I read.  Decided to try out the March one!

                                M is for....my Mom as a little girl....

 

 

9:00 A.M.

 

 

Berries .... (fake ones, but still...)

 

 

 

Lit up...

 

 

 

Grate....the doors on my jewelry box

 

 

 

Working...making ice....

 

 

Brickwork....

 

Cutlery....(and overflow of coffee mugs which I'm addicted to)...

 

 

Flowers....(locket I received after my Aunt's death years ago)....

 

Crisp....

 

 

 

yummy cookies and a good book "Still Life With Breadcrumbs"...

 

Ticket....$2.00 winner!!

 

a colored door...my spice cabinet that I got in Cape Cod...

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my scavenger hunt! I did!!

 

Friday evening.....

Just finished binding off and weaving in the ends.... Another pretty cowl!  It is the Garland Cowl (on Ravelry).... I used Manos Del Uruguay....

and..... one of the books I'm reading. Not too far in, but I think it is going to be a good one (I hope)....  This book is found in the fiction section, but involves a bit of a mystery.....

Ten On Tuesday....

This week it is ten things you could do yourself, but get your husband to do.
All I can say after reading so many other people's answers to this is - you all are lucky! LOL!  I mainly do every thing around the house.... But I did come up with 10 things....

1.  Order food over the phone (I have a phobia about this)

2.  Change the suet in the suet feeder (however, I do this sometimes - but easier for him to do it)

3.  Give our pets any needed medication.

4.  Put his laundry away (I do fold it however and bring it upstairs)...

5.  Change light bulbs (altho again, I do this at times - but easier for him to do it).

6.  Make our evening salads...

7.  Take the big garbage can out to the curb (I do however gather all the trash up many times during the week - and I bring the can in when it is empty)....

8.  Pick up my pills each month at the pharmacy (I'm no dummy -this way he pays for them - LOL!)

9.  Change the furnace filter a couple of times a year (I do the reminding however)....

10.  Mow the lawn....  If I had to mow it, I'd hire someone - ha!