Honey Oat Quick Bread: How baking didn't end up as burning

Honey Oat Quick Bread
Originally uploaded by mustbuymoreyarn

I totally lucked out finding this recipe. It turned out, tasted good, and most importantly did not end up with a crazy burnt shell as was the case with the apple cake. (That I am blaming on the sugar content in the ingredients."

I am continuing my goal of learning/cooking more. While I can techinically feed myself with what I cook it's not always "pretty." Mixmosh in a skillet/pan including some sort of pasta/grain/bean works just fine for me but it's not something I would serve for a dinner party... if we actually had one. I find myself going back again and again to the Eating Well website which is good since it is healthy stuff. Most stuff you can add way too much frosting or cheese to it as well if I was to - de-healthify it. (OK that is not a word but I'm leaving it.) I've found a few other sites that look interesting as well and plan to try some from there as well.

I need to stop looking at fabric online esp since the sewing machine still isn't out of the box. It will be once we attack the upstairs room. I so want to get rid of that stupid rug in there since it never stays clean and smells funky. (Cleaning it and waiting an hour after it dries = funk is back...ugh.) I have some great ideas for some embroidered bags though once I get up and running with it. I figure if the seams aren't perfectly straight and there are pretty designs stitched into it, it balances it out.

Might mini

117/365: Hand held
Originally uploaded by mustbuymoreyarn

Our "niece" came to visit today. While she is technically not related by blood, our friend MR has dubbed the various friends Aunt Whomever and Uncle Whosit. I don't mind at all.

Now that So is walking it is an entirely new ball game. Before it was sweep/clean the floor since she was crawling. Now it is the same though figure what a little person a little over two feet tall can reach and pull down on her head.

What's this? What's that? Random baby babble that sounds like two or three words combined. Kitty. TEEEHHH. Dobgy. Dooooggy. I love watching her explore since the most random things catch her attention. She keeps going to my Popples magnet but sorry m'dear that is waaaaaay older than you and you're not getting that. I'll spoil you some other way.

Automatically three cookies

As a kid, the allowed amount of cookies was three. I don't know when, why or how it started but that became the norm. Tonight as I made my lunch, I found myself thinking three cookies. Being Girl Scout thin mints, that is a good thing since I could easily eat a package in one sitting. The stomach ache that follows always is worth it.

I went to my favorite LYS today. I hadn't been there in ages to actually buy yarn. With P laid off for so long it didn't seem right to spend extras on extras we really didn't need. Today I felt like a kid in a candy store and brought home a gorgeous orange/red multi skein and two knitting books. I am content, for now, but it felt good. Now I just need to work on modifying the idea I have for a thin, almost capelet/shawlette. I want something basic but not just ribbed or a garter stitch. Nonetheless I'm in a good mood because of it.