Thursday

I'm afraid I've had a bit of a set back.

A productive cough, and low grade fever. And generally feeling like I've been run over by a mac truck!

Just plain awful!!!

While I ate no breakfast, I did manage to get a can of soup in at lunch time. Progresso's Light Zesty Santa Fe Style Chicken.

Sorry, no pic.

After dinner, I while watching television I got hungry. Like.... really hungry! I don't have a pic, but I took a couple slices of bread, and buttered those and topped them with some pancake syrup. It was really very good! [I've made brownies for tonight.]

So what was my stats?

Caloric Intake:  1,023   [-417]

So I am well pleased.

We did manage to get this...

...under control!

Four huge garbage bags of clothes and linens left the house this morning with Texichick for our local Thrift Store. Proceeds help out our local needy. My closet has never looked so good!

For dinner I made us all a potato, onion, and cheese omelet...

sorry... I simply didn't get any pics.

I did get a few rows of the cowl I am making done...

...this is a Hook and Needle Club kit that I have had for some time, and am finally getting around to.

 I am following this pattern to the letter, simply because that helps me to discover how accurate it is/

First off.... we have 224 stitches on US 10 straight needles, and every other row, when working, you have to add 2 stitches [yo's] per ever 4 stitches. Which means at that point, you have the 224, plus an extra 60 more! This makes the needles bulky and difficult to handle.

The pattern is worked lengthwise, and after completed, you will stitch the short edges together to make the cowl. Why, oh why, didn't the designer just tell you to use a circular needle? And for heaven's sake! The pattern could have come out almost exactly if worked width wise instead of lengthwise!

Here's a closeup...

...the pattern calls this an "Intermediate" for skills required. Not really. It simply calls for yo's and then knitting or purling into them. Nothing fancy about it.

It is knit with their supplied chenille yarn. I have worked with chenille yarn many times, but have never had the fuzzing and shedding problem that I  am having with this stuff! By the time I layed this down last night, my dark green shirt looked like I was wearing a fuzzy pink sweater! Not good stuff! I had hoped to be able to use this for a gift. No way. This would be inferior material for a gift. So I guess I'll keep it till it needs to be cleaned.... attempt to clean it and see if it can be saved or not!

This morning I put a pot of pinto beans on for dinner.

What is on your menu for this evening???