tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-352001722024-03-19T04:48:11.719-04:00Affectioknitaffectioknit2http://www.blogger.com/profile/03375374557282665037noreply@blogger.comBlogger5634125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-57657782701899404522024-03-04T08:36:00.049-05:002024-03-04T17:07:25.669-05:00...3.4...Over the Weekend...a visit 'Home'...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbsqaxuQx4fcbYlqKoUXJDhj12USSwrnIkl8HaQxv3j0eKkJ9bfNOWs_O8msOgu8P4IaesKJZZUAiLR2wwOCw2-tW2KBK6ieqkEpSgp1-xinh6lzTcAUqTwTwJaH7NfEMYISVkrGL_qCGlld7zvfytG0vZzvcp7gJ39j9NngOYZmI4ulDZM8i/s1024/DSC011607.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="747" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbsqaxuQx4fcbYlqKoUXJDhj12USSwrnIkl8HaQxv3j0eKkJ9bfNOWs_O8msOgu8P4IaesKJZZUAiLR2wwOCw2-tW2KBK6ieqkEpSgp1-xinh6lzTcAUqTwTwJaH7NfEMYISVkrGL_qCGlld7zvfytG0vZzvcp7gJ39j9NngOYZmI4ulDZM8i/s400/DSC011607.jpg"/></a></div>
...we got up super early...before dawn...and headed up the road...to the mountains...
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...we stopped along the way for a quick brekkie...McD's oatmeal is vegan...
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...it rained absolutely all day long...
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...but it didn't stop us from having a great visit...the kiddos wanted to play outside...so we shot some hoops and then ran up and down the road a bit...I did not have running shoes...but I would have been the slowest of the bunch anyway...haha...
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...Kitten is enjoying her old red loveseat...she's right at home in her old place...
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...we had veggie pizza for lunch...and that's the only food I photographed...but we had a lot of delicious food...I practically ate nonstop...and we had a rainy cookout in the evening with the Man cooking on the grill on Mom's covered porch...with the propane heater it was quite nice...
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...after we had run around enough outside we came in and played some games...this is from a pictionary-like game...but I snapped this photo because my neice drew this picture of me...and labeled it YOU...she's so sweet and fun...
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...and I actually did the final few rows of the little birthday project I've been working on...so I can finally show it to you...it's <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lighthouse-beanie">the Lighthouse Beanie...</a>
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...I love how it turned out...and the Birthday Boy...my sweet little brother...wore it the rest of the day...Happy Birthay!
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-40248052007694642572024-03-01T08:18:00.001-05:002024-03-04T17:07:21.289-05:00...3.1...Friday House Update...Now and Then...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqpgvB02y3fw7MlCHVvGzHDVHhEa7E9ilp7Jb4woFdkF7cKtYgaKU-3z_J7iY8cY_Un1F7IY4x_fHbybz8-FeqxsahqKuRowm6f0BaMxzOGcZXopH8d6plmbVdO9j-Ksrx650CYBfiM0OTt_c58w9sWSzurStYL8SCf-69Ra8k1FxgiFd5zba/s692/DSC09530.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrqpgvB02y3fw7MlCHVvGzHDVHhEa7E9ilp7Jb4woFdkF7cKtYgaKU-3z_J7iY8cY_Un1F7IY4x_fHbybz8-FeqxsahqKuRowm6f0BaMxzOGcZXopH8d6plmbVdO9j-Ksrx650CYBfiM0OTt_c58w9sWSzurStYL8SCf-69Ra8k1FxgiFd5zba/s400/DSC09530.JPG"/></a></div>
...yes...that's the Man bashing our countertop with a hammer...YIKES...
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...but that really was the only way to get it out...it would have been too heavy for us to carry out...and it was so faded and yellowed that it wouldn't be a good donation...no one would want to put a faded yellow countertop into their house...so we loaded it into the trunk and took it to the dump...that was an adventure in itself...now we know where it is...and how residents can add things to it...
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...so getting ready for paint and a new countertop...I did some spackling...where things had cracked over time...
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...and to fix the damage from the countertop removal...
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...and the toilet paper holder removal in the WC...
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...the we covered everything with plastic...
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...and I painted the baseboards..
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...and enough above it so that the walls can be rolled...
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...it's the same relaxing colour we'll be using in the bedroom...Palest Pistachio...
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...there's not a lot of baseboards in the bathroom...most of it is in the water closet...
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...here it is in the light with the newly painted baseboards...
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...and we removed the toilet...we'll be replacing it after we paint...but you can tell that the grout used to be white...I'll definitely have to do something about that once we've finished the renovation...
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...ok...back to the past...
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...right after we moved the first truckload of things...we did just a little bit of setting up and decorating...
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...not sure this large photo is quite the right scale for this big tall room...
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...I like it in the room...I think it goes well with the paint/flooring/furniture...just think it should be bigger...
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...we put Daddy's old RCA Victor cabinet with Mommaw's lamp on it in the foyer...
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...and hung the large beveled mirror behind it...
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...one of our sweet neighbors gave us this little yard flag...
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...and we got a new rug for the front door...I like the neutral colours...
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...and the back door...when we took it out of the package...it was kind of dusty from the storeroom...so it's already been washed even though it was brand new...
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...the Man spray painted the ceiling fan for the master bedroom...
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...a pretty pale blue...
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...and got that up in the bedroom...
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...and you know how I said that anything plastic in the house had not withstood the test of time and heat and humidity...well...the sensor for the dryer was one of those things...so we replaced it and it seems to be fine now...
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...and we painted the hallway half bath downstairs...
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...the trim is Eider White...and the green is Coastal Plain...
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...and we removed the back of the toilet so it would be easier to paint behind it...
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...and then...I didn't like the sort of bare look of the mirror...but I didn't really want to replace it...
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...so I got some strips of wood and mounted those all the way around the mirror...and painted them green...
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...and then cut the molding and mounted it to the strips...
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...I had painted it Eider White...but it still needs to be caulked and touched up...<br><br>
...I'm pretty happy with the look of it...and I plan to do the same on a larger scale in the other two bathrooms as well...
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...eventually you'll get all caught up with where we are now...and it won't be so confusing...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-50809439719602997142024-02-29T08:11:00.001-05:002024-03-04T17:07:16.293-05:00...2.29...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUp5Vsv9Y1OFW2N6nVRoQ2Igt3OB9nK1Qhkes-euSh35iok6PeDWaeWpLWkaCKERuqMkA73rCtZwuTfDBdr6FSl11Y6a-c4ixvajg2mRPj7jmpOpa7uO_qojC9Rbje4D4GBbnPX1kFCn0r3MUAZyK2Ei0LxrhAnOfIh_IKo9EtaPieglU8FdP/s1014/DSC01166.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUp5Vsv9Y1OFW2N6nVRoQ2Igt3OB9nK1Qhkes-euSh35iok6PeDWaeWpLWkaCKERuqMkA73rCtZwuTfDBdr6FSl11Y6a-c4ixvajg2mRPj7jmpOpa7uO_qojC9Rbje4D4GBbnPX1kFCn0r3MUAZyK2Ei0LxrhAnOfIh_IKo9EtaPieglU8FdP/s400/DSC01166.JPG"/></a></div>
...this was a really simple and quick dinner...we started by sauteeing some onions and bacon bits...and Stove Buddy kept that from smelling up the kitchen...
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...we cooked some noodles...
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...added tomato sauce, mushrooms and egplant...
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....then the noodz...
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...and stirred that in...
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...then added the leftover Spinach from cooking with Julia...
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...and served it wiht french bread...and salad...it was quite yummy...
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...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-65174540343225388522024-02-28T07:28:00.001-05:002024-03-04T17:07:11.652-05:00...2.28...W.I.P. Wednesday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL91f3KGK1O1myb5IhWFyTdu5YX7x5-V_9O4I4t_KTFUpNNPjTzabO1y_eUhpMHJjIozFgzXQ23bJNALusZCdkdnU5ZNmLiLFVLJ5kqfYYWmRy261VVAL0uqDdREIx75Vwua6c2M9cOLL4ecec2T8mjWHSANlVq_TIRMskpkIW80e2gp-jsTY/s1014/DSC01175.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL91f3KGK1O1myb5IhWFyTdu5YX7x5-V_9O4I4t_KTFUpNNPjTzabO1y_eUhpMHJjIozFgzXQ23bJNALusZCdkdnU5ZNmLiLFVLJ5kqfYYWmRy261VVAL0uqDdREIx75Vwua6c2M9cOLL4ecec2T8mjWHSANlVq_TIRMskpkIW80e2gp-jsTY/s400/DSC01175.JPG"/></a></div>
...I still can't show you much of what I'm working on...but here's a snippet of the pattern of this self-patterning yarn...I love it...
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...what's in your workbasket this week?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-69632766631190459822024-02-27T08:20:00.003-05:002024-03-04T17:15:05.428-05:00...2.27...Tuesdays with Julia...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHm_Ei3XnGS8fPouOpN-vhYmVx_Q3MQfHDICTVjzV6K_p8QeNScCce8cd8yE45m0FjN2_u58-zDcvlekGX4pqFsTAaP4oT1Kd2fW41swDPRPiWggYU2wtQNPbCWyBskgFKGKh1eiSWE_9SuVivfXZLO8H7nKbNXRGVSzpa9Bz188ZqyiBNK8cTr0W9_WY/s1022/DSC01140.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1022" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHm_Ei3XnGS8fPouOpN-vhYmVx_Q3MQfHDICTVjzV6K_p8QeNScCce8cd8yE45m0FjN2_u58-zDcvlekGX4pqFsTAaP4oT1Kd2fW41swDPRPiWggYU2wtQNPbCWyBskgFKGKh1eiSWE_9SuVivfXZLO8H7nKbNXRGVSzpa9Bz188ZqyiBNK8cTr0W9_WY/s400/DSC01140.JPG"/></a></div>
...we made a rather yummy <a href="http://theveganversion.blogspot.com/2024/02/vegan-epinards-la-basquaise.html">VEGAN ÉPINARDS À LA BASQUAISE...</a>
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...it was a really nice casserole...potatoes...spinach...and vegan anchovies...
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...and all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...
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~Have a lovely day!
affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-10785096214931858862024-02-26T17:16:00.004-05:002024-03-04T17:06:58.354-05:00...2.26...Over the Weekend......we had a great weekend...
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...which started with waffles...for me...
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...and pancakes for the Man...no idea why he prefers those to waffles...as given a choice I will always choose waffles...
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...I did the shopping...
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...I don't think there's anything new or interesting at all...the spinach is for a Julia Child recipe...
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...when I got back...I used my new mop to mop all of the wood floors...
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...it's an ingenious system that squeegees all of the water out of the mop...and separates the used water from the clean water...and the floors look great and dry super fast...
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...now for the exciting part of the weekend...we were talking about what we were going to do in the litte bedroom...and I thought it would be neat to have a girlie sort of a room for when the grandbabes come to visit...but not over the top...you know...so that other people could comfortably stay there too...so I did a quick search for white wrought iron headboard...amazon...wayfair...ebay and facebook were all targets of the search...so imagine my surprise when I immediately found these two headboards on FB...not wrought iron...but wicker...and I thought they would be perfect...so I quickly bid...and arranged for picking them up...I just love it when the universe gives me exactly what I need or want...haha...
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...the super nice couple that was selling these gorgeous headboards...were ex-Air Force...and guess what...they had bought them in 2016 for their two granddaughters...how cool is that...
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...so we brought them home...it will actually be a while before we can get to setting up that bedroom...but I'm so happy we found just the right headboards for that room...
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...we'll be attaching them to two wooden twin bed frames...it will be a fun room to decorate...
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...then I thought I'd try and grow some onions from a vidalia onion that sprouted in our fridge...I divided it up so that each little sprout had some roots...we'll see how it goes...and then I'll plant them outside...
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...remember how I said I was trying to be really organized and intentional about where I put things in the kitchen...well we pretty much determined that the dishes on the right wasn't working out too well...
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...so I just took everything out of both cabinets...and moved all the glasses from left to right and now the dishes are on the left...right above the dishwasher so that's handy...it'll just take a few days to stop opening the wrong door...haha...
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...another lovely thing was this Japenese cat card that I got from my old college Classics professor...she's quite a bit older than me and her husband also a Classics professor recently died...but we've corresponded for years and I'm always so happy to get a letter from her...her kindness and wisdom are so inspiring...
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...and finally we enjoyed the warm weather and the full moon...
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-19877639459973110432024-02-24T11:39:00.049-05:002024-03-04T17:16:58.835-05:00...2.24...Dinner and a Movie...and comments......first of all...posting my comments to blog friends here...
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...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at <a href="http://mccrawsails.blogspot.com">McCraw Sails</a>...Hey K...Low Water is a funny place to park a boat...haha...the rocky shoreline is pretty...and so is all your sea glass...I've had some short little bananas but I think they were called finger bananas not donkeys...but I love the name donkey banana too...Love, T
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...to karen from <a href="https://www.pumpkinsunrise.com">Pumpkin Sunrise</a>...Hi Karen...your baby blanket is so pretty...it looks so soft...and your daffodils will be blooming so soon...
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...to Éphée from <a href="https://lavielabouffelereste.blogspot.com/">L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie</a>...Hi Éphée...that looks like an awesome way to make butternut squash...I'm always on the lookout for a good squash recipe...I love them so much...and your blue eyed pup is so sweet...
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...to Penny from <a href="http://snapthatpenny.blogspot.com">Snap That Penny</a>...Hi Penny...your blue spring skies are just lovely...
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...and on the reading front...I finished Martin Chuzzelwit...and I'm probably a third of the way through Barnaby Rudge...it's considered one of his 'less popular' novels...and I can sort of see why...it's pretty hard to get to know all of the characters...and it's a bit of work to keep them straight...but Dickens always has a lot of characters...and this one is an historical novel of the 'riots of eighty'...or the Gordon Riots of 1780...started out with burning Catholic churches and houses...if you're British you probably learn about it in history...there's also mention of the American Revolution...which happened just a few years earlier...
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...for dinner...we got takeout from a local Mexican...I got a bean burrito and rice...
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...and before the movie...we played a couple of games of Jenga...Our Airman loved this game when he was little...it's a little bit too stressful for me...haha...
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...and then we made some popcorn...
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...and the movie...the Man chose the Christmas episode of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1888075/">Death in Paradise</a>...it was good...I like a good mystery...
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...what have you been watching lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!
affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-24955729502649709532024-02-23T08:43:00.021-05:002024-03-04T17:06:48.425-05:00...2.23...Friday House Update...Now and Then......Now...
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...we set the last of the glass doors in place...Nanny had a door like this between her living room and dining room/kitchen...
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...you've not seen the other ones like it but they'll show up in the "Then" section soon...we spackled and sanded and went ahead and painted just this area...
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...so we could put the trim the Man had painted back in place...
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...we've been a little bit 'challenged' with our curtain measurements...and we had gotten one panel for this back door onto the covered porch...
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...and when it didn't quite fit...we thought it was stretched too tightly when it was closed...
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...ordered another one just like it...but when it came...it was a good two inches longer than the first one...exact same curtain from the same company...so weird...so I had to completely take out the hem and then cut it off and re-hem it to the same length as the first panel...
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...oh well...it fits and matches up and is much more drape-y than before...
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...it just aligns with our Home Improvement Creed...absolutely EVERYTHING is going to take (at least) twice as long as you thought...
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...and the Man continues to paint one door after another...
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Then:
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...now back to the past and the carpet installation...
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...I wanted to protect the new floors...so we got some Ramboard...
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...and taped that down over the newly finished hardwoods...from the front door...
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...all the way to the back/garage door...
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...and around the column in the big room...as we don't know which way they will travel...
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...and first...of course...they had to remove all of the old carpet...
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...they opened the windows in the Master bedroom and just chucked it all out the window onto the driveway...we kept hearing the heavy thud---thud---thud---as it hit the concrete...
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...and then they cleaned that all up...and rolled out the new carpet on the driveway to cut it before they carried it upstairs...
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...and this is the finished carpet in the Master bedroom...
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...it's nice and light and bright...and really makes the walls look more 'tan' than they really are...
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...the hallway...
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...the small bedroom...
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...and the guest room...
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...and the top of the stairs...we're really happy with it...
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...and then we rented the first truck...
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...and packed up the first load of 'stuff'...
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...and got it all unloaded into the garage...and then for a while we were living in two houses as once...and you can see one of the glass doors leaned up against the wall...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-24768055670509316972024-02-22T08:16:00.001-05:002024-03-04T17:06:43.733-05:00...2.22...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oF8dmH6GchQDemsWLq9xcLjtL6tnCOPWXQ7RzfMQjEN2Biv8fix9RVT-SNbyzmE7hMqQJu5UeGWiuITO2V57AlpYEKiOtqSMm92yTkIdDwrczNT_il3pZUrvQoBiFYgv7upJF1UKSLNcOI_13kKYgCpc04_VGbimFIREy_CT4kycZgOdfJ13/s692/DSC06147.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="692" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oF8dmH6GchQDemsWLq9xcLjtL6tnCOPWXQ7RzfMQjEN2Biv8fix9RVT-SNbyzmE7hMqQJu5UeGWiuITO2V57AlpYEKiOtqSMm92yTkIdDwrczNT_il3pZUrvQoBiFYgv7upJF1UKSLNcOI_13kKYgCpc04_VGbimFIREy_CT4kycZgOdfJ13/s400/DSC06147.JPG"/></a></div>
...this was just a really quick lunch...Violife cheeze and vegan mayo...I used to love the simple cheese sammies when I was little...with a side of Fritos...also fun...and a Zevia "Coke"...or pop or soda...
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...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-77591666868813527602024-02-21T08:36:00.001-05:002024-03-04T17:06:35.533-05:00...2.21...W.I.P. Wednesday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT9Hx8sv8y5oBl2n5mDv1no1pDde_aErCJwY7U_ea_hjj4XxO51cZIHmCQKKyHQ6lu5w0e_g9PM9L28Uz7pKnDNb3oURXpgGksz1tB5dNOVz3m_1nz0UZWV2oK6ByJ7vmH_Yq535Qk5KBrOD0dLuz1J3lBdVJHJc2ogGpzOWU-HKEsLbQxwuf/s1014/DSC01145.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="761" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjT9Hx8sv8y5oBl2n5mDv1no1pDde_aErCJwY7U_ea_hjj4XxO51cZIHmCQKKyHQ6lu5w0e_g9PM9L28Uz7pKnDNb3oURXpgGksz1tB5dNOVz3m_1nz0UZWV2oK6ByJ7vmH_Yq535Qk5KBrOD0dLuz1J3lBdVJHJc2ogGpzOWU-HKEsLbQxwuf/s400/DSC01145.JPG"/></a></div>
...I started a new little secret project...so this is all I can show you right now...
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...we took a few of our Okinawan sweet potatoes and put them into jars to start some slips...
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...and we finished Mom's puzzle...
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...what's in your workbasket this week?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-65666060979965581232024-02-19T08:57:00.001-05:002024-02-20T20:25:54.015-05:00...2.19...Over the Weekend...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksl3zRGSp39xdM6eXwYyGGs7sISsU0cr8lf5VqNF47lcNnryGl9mEEpA4ItIoD_gHOeVlvysS7NQIE1i6CMSyzyLQHxznPfG6DdyL8EjVRg7d-wyKDnUg0KDn5umKXJhJq5B1asX5DnrYug4yFd7X8vj83G-OXYgd2-fejVqj_8vCDUlP3UOx/s1014/DSC01091.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="761" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjksl3zRGSp39xdM6eXwYyGGs7sISsU0cr8lf5VqNF47lcNnryGl9mEEpA4ItIoD_gHOeVlvysS7NQIE1i6CMSyzyLQHxznPfG6DdyL8EjVRg7d-wyKDnUg0KDn5umKXJhJq5B1asX5DnrYug4yFd7X8vj83G-OXYgd2-fejVqj_8vCDUlP3UOx/s400/DSC01091.JPG"/></a></div>
...the Amarylis that Mom gave us for Christmas bloomed just in time for her to see it in its glory...
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...I had grocery shopped before Mom came...I wanted to get some chips and things for dinner with her...and you've already seen the mixed veg and tater tot casserole and the sort of failed fruit cocktail jello...
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...I just used Gardein crumbles...but since I knew I'd be using them up...I was going to replace them...but when I saw this price...$15.99 for Beyond...I changed my mind...yikes...
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...Mom brought some goodies with her...the silver bag has some orange flavored tea...and the Animal cookies are store brand and accidently vegan...and those candied orange slice are so so good...they're addictive...
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...we spent Saturday touring the Botanical Gardens...it was a lot of fun...and a lot of walking and talking...then we went to a really neat little book shop...all the books are used...I wished I'd taken a photo...it was just a perfect book shop...but we got there right before closing time...so we didn't have much time to browse...
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...and after wandering around 'downtown' for a bit...we went to the Goodwill...and it's an Outlet one...if you've never been it's a bunch of tables with a bunch of stuff on them...just a big jumble with everyone going through the items and taking what they want...it was so much fun rummaging around...Mom and I both got a couple of things...
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...I actually needed some new pajamas...as my old old (like 25 year old) Black Watch flannels that the Man gave me way back when we lived in BG...are finally wearing so thin that they're about to get holes in them...that was some tough fabric and I got a lot of use out of them...and these 'new' ones are really soft and warm...I washed them in hot hot water when I got home...and then wore them to bed Saturday night...it's so fun to have new jammies...
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...and then in the jumble I found this single Frozen bed sheet...so I got it to send to my grandbabes...but when I got home...the Man said I couldn't just send one...and suggested that I cut it up and make pillowcases for both of them...and I think that's a great idea...I think I'll send them for little Easter gifties...
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...and you pay for your items by the pound...my total was $3.44...crazy...
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...and then on the way home we picked up Chinese takeout for dinner...Garlic Tofu and white rice...
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...it was such a perfect ending to a perfect day spent visiting with Mom...I hope she can come again very soon...
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
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...I got out a few snacks for Mom's arrival...
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...and because we thought she might be tired from driving...we wanted to have dinner all ready...and we wanted a hearty warm comforting casserole...so we made Vegan Tater-Tot-Hotdish...
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...it's a casserole we were introduced to in North Dakota...and it's basically vegan mushroom soup, vegan hamburger crumbles and mixed vegetables...
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...topped with tater tots and baked in the oven...
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...and then continuing with the sort of retro dinner theme...I made vegan jello...using apple juice and agar agar...
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...Mom's old Tupperware jello mold...I have such fond memories of molded jello as a child...we also had it whipped like a parfait sometimes...so fun...
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...I added some canned fruit salad...well drained...
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...and it looked so perfect and jiggly in the mold...
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...but when I unmolded it...ooops...it fell apart...Mom said maybe the vegan jello wasn't firm enough for the fruit...I'll have to try it again...
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...it's very softly gelled...
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...a little bit soupy...
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...but still delicious...
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...and even better with this new-to-us vegan whipped cream...
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...after dinner...we got out the puzzle Mom brought...
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...it's kind of fancy...
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...and the intricate and really oddly shaped pieces are made of wood...
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...and after my experience with the jagged edged rose puzzle...I'm just starting this one in the middle...Mom helping me get it started...
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...Mom brought our workbench down...and we'll load one of our old red loveseats for her to take home with her...Thanks a bunch Mom!
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~Have a lovely weekend!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-32072945899287644602024-02-16T08:13:00.099-05:002024-02-20T20:25:09.197-05:00...2.16...New House Update...now and then......Mom is coming for a visit this weekend...and we'd been storing all of our family photos on the guest bed...so we wanted to get those up on the walls before she came...
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...and of course the walls need to be painted first...so I scrubbed all the baseboards in the hallway...
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...and then to protect the carpet...we put down plastic and canvas drop cloths...and for painting the baseboards...we tucked cardboard under them...it makes a nice tight seal and we'll be able to paint to the bottom of the baseboard...
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...and then we started painting...
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...I used masking tape directly on the carpet around the doors though...because I couldn't wedge the cardboard under them...
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...I painted the baseboards and trim and the Man painted the walls...
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...I added a piece of quarter-round at the top of the stairs...and I sealed it to match the stairs...but now...I'm thinking maybe it should be white...
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...and then we hung all of the pictures...really...I just mostly held the level a few times...
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...I do love a freshly painted wall...
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...but I also painted the very last spindle on the staircase...that's been a weeks long project...and I know you've not seen the beginning of it yet...
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...because the next thing back in the past is the carpet replacement...we needed to get these big flooring jobs done before we started moving any furniture...
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...now back to the past...
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...remember when I mentioned the odd state of this house when we bought it...the neighbors who'd been inside said that it was just stacks and stacks of boxes everywhere...we never saw it like that...
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...but we could definitely see where the boxes had been...this is in the master bedroom...there were rows of boxes with spaces in between for walking...and the carpet although it's not worn at all definitely has to be replaced...
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...but the middle (and smallest) bedroom must have been used to store furniture instead of boxes...you can see the divots left by the legs of the furniture...and there are no stains on the carpet...and I wanted to take it up...and use it to carpet the attic...I just thought it would make it a lot nicer up there...
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...so we cut out strips the width of the floored area of the attic...and rolled them up...
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...and then we left the padding for the carpet layers to deal with...
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...we used up all of the carpet in the small bedroom and a strip from the guest room as well...it really doesn't matter what the carpet looks like in the attic...
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...but here it is in place in the attic...isn't that much nicer than bare plywood...
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...I know we're not going to spend very much time at all in the attic...but when we're up there or when the service tecnicians come to check on the furnace...it will be a lot more pleasant...
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...and guess what we found up there...a spare kitchen tile and a few for the master bathroom as well...so if any get broken we can replace them with the exact same tile...the really smooth edged kitchen tile that I was wondering about only has made in spain on the back...no colour or model number at all...oh well...
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your weekend...
affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-19540246495505899822024-02-15T08:53:00.016-05:002024-02-20T20:25:00.686-05:00...2.15...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y46T7dS2OwS8eY3HpLcheJMSuScikdOlfLjSdJxzw7gOy2cXfURBBEvtQXqxb6sEuOnOwfYdy7W8HkMYU7RIxHLfQaKeAie0YxIuGRGq9fZ3RPrbKPIEinZ_LjgqkXuFDGLyUK9Z0lsqnVk2QMKYzon0GIDRySN6eRGE4lmiM6V5SYr4KUs2/s1014/DSC00882.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Y46T7dS2OwS8eY3HpLcheJMSuScikdOlfLjSdJxzw7gOy2cXfURBBEvtQXqxb6sEuOnOwfYdy7W8HkMYU7RIxHLfQaKeAie0YxIuGRGq9fZ3RPrbKPIEinZ_LjgqkXuFDGLyUK9Z0lsqnVk2QMKYzon0GIDRySN6eRGE4lmiM6V5SYr4KUs2/s400/DSC00882.JPG"/></a></div>
...we had another nice butternut squash...
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...so of course I roasted the seeds...worth it even for a small amount like this...the oven is on for the squash anyway...<a href="https://affectioknit.blogspot.com/2014/11/roasting-seeds.html">here's how I do it...</a>
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...then we made the squash half savory with our neighbor's fresh rosemary...
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...and half sweet with vegan butter, brown sugar and cinnamon...
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...and we also tried a new to us 'pop'...or 'coke' if you're in the South...a Shirley Temple...it was good...
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...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-61501350909858877272024-02-14T08:12:00.001-05:002024-02-20T20:24:55.031-05:00...2.14...W.I.P. Wednesday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblt8yUB13WfqYaatCEs7Z7p1RjU-j-asQ20zxDTj3EQEsfE_P5cGvoR8xFIg1igxPffk9Jd2J3XGPM9DqSt35X4FrRCp-2scWBKN1wNqLDU4UDkSjMeJL0Ox-UsUKY8sL5iD1DNZFF_LLlXpvfL3DDu-592BtymjHvHcrQwavtHRB7AzEAtze/s968/DSC00198.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="726" data-original-width="968" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblt8yUB13WfqYaatCEs7Z7p1RjU-j-asQ20zxDTj3EQEsfE_P5cGvoR8xFIg1igxPffk9Jd2J3XGPM9DqSt35X4FrRCp-2scWBKN1wNqLDU4UDkSjMeJL0Ox-UsUKY8sL5iD1DNZFF_LLlXpvfL3DDu-592BtymjHvHcrQwavtHRB7AzEAtze/s400/DSC00198.JPG"/></a></div>
...I'm making this dolly's dress now...in a heather-y pink...it's the <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/doll-clothesballoon-hem-dress--pullover">Balloon Hem Dress</a>...that's the Ravelry link...but it doesn't have a photo or a link to the pattern...so<a href="Balloon%20hem%20dress%28Cast%20on~waist%29"> here's the link to her blog and the cast on for the dres</a>s...you'll have to go forward and back from there to get the whole pattern...
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...and I made her a little pair of shoes...in brown this time...<a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/keitos-shoes">Keito's shoes...</a>and here's<a href="https://pompomknit.exblog.jp/32409545/"> the link to the post on her blog...</a>
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...what's in your workbasket this week?
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-15417919911109890542024-02-13T08:33:00.017-05:002024-02-20T20:27:00.381-05:00...2.13...Tuesdays with Julia...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFOwkhcAT9BgnpjsxStyJmbiPcAUVyhVVSEoIqQyq9Z4Mfb5tGdgnoFa2mhCrs8LFkNDjR9FxCQR7-FuRPlUHCW5pR2i3KOVC6gGw3b6A3L6iA_-ndBCxISY0JcHybvtDzjkbjOnvXfG6h8-JVnfXmh5tbaXLJwSkaWijcrqxKlmWgdGwTav4yTpYM84/s1014/DSC01125.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFOwkhcAT9BgnpjsxStyJmbiPcAUVyhVVSEoIqQyq9Z4Mfb5tGdgnoFa2mhCrs8LFkNDjR9FxCQR7-FuRPlUHCW5pR2i3KOVC6gGw3b6A3L6iA_-ndBCxISY0JcHybvtDzjkbjOnvXfG6h8-JVnfXmh5tbaXLJwSkaWijcrqxKlmWgdGwTav4yTpYM84/s400/DSC01125.JPG"/></a></div>
...we tried another vegan Soufflé...the VEGAN SOUFFLÉ AUX BLANCS D’OEUFS...and I basically used this YT recipe <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_azs_OJuQvY&t=58s">Vegan Chocolate Souffle</a>...just without the sugar and chocolate and such...
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...it turned out really good...nice and light and fluffy...
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...and all of the particulars are over at <a href="http://theveganversion.blogspot.com/2024/02/vegan-souffle-aux-blancs-doeufs.html">The Vegan Version...</a>
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-35100754308955121842024-02-12T08:55:00.001-05:002024-02-12T18:20:04.241-05:00...2.12...Over the Weekend...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiuwEgKXtwuCe6dKNZ_-gN5aD5rRB_QsAAp-2dlk-mHZd4JTrfMCWCyCPbgB5bKMDoMeaVRX5RfpARtuUR7e8wfOo90wCq1VlJZsk_4a8tiWioOTRWXTgrRZLuGiMbnarZZlpcHg1U5DsZcT5qgdhVixmFQ4pyrWuacNPCKaiEPsHWjSv9Exe/s1014/DSC01003.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiuwEgKXtwuCe6dKNZ_-gN5aD5rRB_QsAAp-2dlk-mHZd4JTrfMCWCyCPbgB5bKMDoMeaVRX5RfpARtuUR7e8wfOo90wCq1VlJZsk_4a8tiWioOTRWXTgrRZLuGiMbnarZZlpcHg1U5DsZcT5qgdhVixmFQ4pyrWuacNPCKaiEPsHWjSv9Exe/s400/DSC01003.JPG"/></a></div>
...I did the weekly grocery shopping...
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...not a lot this week...I needed an anniversary card for a sweet couple in Okinawa...and I got a new bunch of celery...
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...because I only had these two rather limp stalks of celery left from the old bunch...
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...and not wanting even that to go to waste...I cut it up and made a nice vegan cream of celery soup...
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...I like celery soup...and we don't have it often at all...
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...on the food prep front...I made a batch of lentil stew...just lentils onions carrots and celery...so simple and so good...
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...it's so warm here...that we were able to put all of the house plants outside for a while...it's chilly and rainy again today though...
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...we dug up our one remaining dahlia and potted it as we've 'lost' the other two...no trace of them...it's so odd...
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...and we gave all of the lavender plants a little haircut...
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...and I gathered the cuttings into little bunches...
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...and hung them in all of our bathrooms...they smell just heavenly...
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...and this is a (somewhat) humorous story...we went to Lowe's to get a hook and eye to replace the dingy cord hanging down from our attic steps...and the Man said we should get a washer for it...and I said that I did'nt want to buy <i>another</i> whole box of washers as we already have at least three boxes in the garage...and I was sure that one of them would fit...so we didn't buy the washers...you know where this story is headed...right?...
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...well...of course when we got home...NONE of the washers would fit over the fat screw of the eye...so I clamped one of the washers that we already had to a piece of scrap wood and drilled it out large enough for the eye/screw to fit into...
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...it was a little more trouble than I would have wanted...but I'm happy to have a single working washer...and not another whole box of big washers that we'll never use up...
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...we also got a dowel rod...and the Man screwed the hook into that...
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...so we mounted the eye in the hole left by the cord...
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...and we'll just keep the dowel/hook thingy in the closet of the bedroom closest to the attic stairs...so handy and much cleaner looking...
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...see what I mean about the cord...who would want that hanging down from the ceiling all the time...
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...instead of backgammon...we've switched to dominoes...Mom gave us a nicer bigger set...and I need to find them...it's a fun game...
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-79357603298688633952024-02-10T12:33:00.042-05:002024-02-12T18:19:59.304-05:00...2.10...Dinner and a Movie......first of all...posting my comments to blog friends here...
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...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at <a href="http://mccrawsails.blogspot.com">McCraw Sails</a>...Hey K...your bike bag patch looks awesome...and that was a crazy (and dangerous) story about the log...I'm sure your bread was still delicious...too bad about the mess though...and you sure have been having some beautiful sunsets....hope the weather is nicer now...Love, T
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...to karen from <a href="https://www.pumpkinsunrise.com">Pumpkin Sunrise</a>...Hi Karen...I think your grey baby sweater is so pretty...and that's not the Zimmerman pattern I thought you were talking about...I don't have that one...but was thinking of Surprise Baby Jacket...
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...to Éphée from <a href="https://lavielabouffelereste.blogspot.com/">L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie</a>...Hi Éphée...we don't have the Gusta cheese here...but I would love to try that...your pizza looks delicious...
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...to Penny from <a href="http://snapthatpenny.blogspot.com">Snap That Penny</a>...Hi Penny...I thought your comment about warm or cool was very à propos for us this week...as we've seen temperatures in the 70's already (21°+ C)...and then it will be rainy windy and cold...back into the 30s and 40s (-1° - 4° C)...such is spring...
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...and on the reading front...still reading Martin Chuzzelwit...I'm still only 2/3 of the way through this rather long book...but maybe I'll finish it soon...the house is keeping us pretty busy...haha...
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...the Man made a delicious mediterranean cannellini bean stew...so hearty and good...
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...and it was his turn to choose the movie...and he decided to start a new BBC series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Family">My Famil</a>y...the jury is still out on this one...it's a little bit...I don't know...snippy...for me...I don't like it when characters are less than nice to each other...when they should be being nice...so we'll see...probably need to give it a few episodes...it is...after all...a show about some people...haha...
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...what have you been watching lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-61954382920416811672024-02-09T08:24:00.116-05:002024-02-18T20:27:56.113-05:00...2.9...Friday House Update...Now and Then......around the house this week...
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...this is the back hallway...and there was a crack to the right of this doorway...we were worried that it might be structural...but I chipped away the plaster and found that it was not...just a place where they had not finished the metal to tape seam very well...and so the overlaying spackling had cracked...so I re-taped it with fiberglass tape and respackled and sanded...and now it's ready for paint...
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...the Man has been paiting all of the doors and trim...it's nice to have everything brightened up...
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...and he started on the hallway bathroom...really just testing things out...and I hung up a shade over the tile block windows...we hope to replace those soon...and not with tile blocks either...but the shades should help with some of the heat coming in those windows this summer...
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...and I made a little tent...and did the final sanding on the wall in the kitchen...
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...and now back to the past...
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...I had already showed you the beginning of the fireplace project...because like the little space in the guest room...it was weirdly built and fastened...
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...but the Man screwed it to the top and it's a lot more stable now...
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...and then we faced it with cement backer board...getting ready for the tile...but we were trying to decide on whether or not to keep the black surrounding the firebox...
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...we decided to keep as little of the 'black' as possible...so the Man is re-doing some of the backer board...
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...ready for tile...
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...the Man sorted all of the beautiful tiles...
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...and I made a template...
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...so I could lay out the tile...sort of a rough draft...
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...and started laying out the tiles...they're fossilized limestone...and I love the soft neutral colours...
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...and when I was happy with the layout...
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...I went up the stairs to see the effect from a distance...
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...and then I taped up the backer board...
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...and spackled it with thinset...
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...and then it was time to start cutting and setting the tile...
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...the trickiest part was over the little black hood/shield thingy...
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...but I used some spacers and moved on up...
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...and soon we were finished setting the tile...
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...zoom out a bit for a better view...
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...this is a closeup of the pretty tile...
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...you can even see a little fossil in this piece...
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...then it was time to cover everything with plastic...
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...and start grouting...
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...about halfway done...
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...and grouted...
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...and then after a bit...it was time to sponge off the excess grout...
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...a couple of times over...
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...all done...except for the sealant...which is probably not really needed in the living room here...as probably no food or water will ever get on it...
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...and it will eventually need a mantel...more to come...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-58750318886835047982024-02-08T08:35:00.001-05:002024-02-12T18:19:50.208-05:00...2.8...Delicious Vegan Food we ate...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0A9ELax-oeBRzvaeqYqAkS0yUd9QwBGbXGqdzmj7PdHHIWs43g8dhFJewTX-CEwLfOnashvvN9klJi2CIJawFlntbwYfcllAspqJhlqJvkAwCyVHryTpg_wzO2ZtQZ1FJ7UVtEh04l1lo0koMAenQ5L9zR0VpQ5gLLTQ2l84h9jAsaPGzUGBt/s1020/DSC00865.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="746" data-original-width="1020" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0A9ELax-oeBRzvaeqYqAkS0yUd9QwBGbXGqdzmj7PdHHIWs43g8dhFJewTX-CEwLfOnashvvN9klJi2CIJawFlntbwYfcllAspqJhlqJvkAwCyVHryTpg_wzO2ZtQZ1FJ7UVtEh04l1lo0koMAenQ5L9zR0VpQ5gLLTQ2l84h9jAsaPGzUGBt/s400/DSC00865.JPG"/></a></div>
...I'm still going through the things we moved from the parsonage freezer...and one of them was a package of pumpkin...and so of course I thought of pumpkin pie...I always make <a href="http://www.veganconnection.com/recipes/pumpkin_pie.htm">Bryanna's recipe...</a>
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...it's pretty easy...
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...and it turns out perfectly every time...
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...and I do love pumpkin pie...with all the hullabaloo of the move over Thanksgiving and Christmas...I missed out on my pumpkin pie quota for the year...haha...
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...the Man wanted to try a new to us sort of local sandwich shop...and although they had several vegan options...what I really wanted was a V.L.T. ...so I just ordered a 'side' of their power greens salad...and this is what I got...it's a tiny little cup...haha...oh well...still pretty delicious...
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...and then I made myself a vegan B.L.T. sandwich...just using store bought tomatoes...vegan bacon bits...and veganaise...
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...and it was so delicious...exactly what I was wanting...and the little side salad was nice too...
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...and I had promised some more info on our <a href="https://thestovebuddy.com/">Stove Buddy...</a>we're still really happy with it...as it slurps up all of those vegan cooking smells that you don't really want lingering in your kitchen...collard greens...I'm looking at you...haha...
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...what delicious food have you been eating lately?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-75013604619017553452024-02-07T08:21:00.009-05:002024-02-12T18:19:45.710-05:00...2.7. ...W.I.P. Wednesday...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2EN82roLqSHtHBLw38X3qwDQS_iP4ctf_w7TmKhjLb-ks1d_Mf_edhzhFltWLJh93p1ot8bxfAHnfjaEMdA7bzfjm-80s0emo-Q_E0E4b8dEyy_Fk56acO1_FR0XwKcAD_OrbrmDkdBdD8RW8K9VfeLlk6wK_vsR5jncbDiFpzmSHQfdjW6r/s1014/DSC01068.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="1014" data-original-width="761" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2EN82roLqSHtHBLw38X3qwDQS_iP4ctf_w7TmKhjLb-ks1d_Mf_edhzhFltWLJh93p1ot8bxfAHnfjaEMdA7bzfjm-80s0emo-Q_E0E4b8dEyy_Fk56acO1_FR0XwKcAD_OrbrmDkdBdD8RW8K9VfeLlk6wK_vsR5jncbDiFpzmSHQfdjW6r/s400/DSC01068.JPG"/></a></div>
...now that Simply Red is finished...it's time to finish up this little dolly's wardrobe...I need to make a 'different' version of each of the items I made for Big Sissie's dolly last year...
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...I found the project bag...I've got a good 6 weeks or so to get it all done before the birthday...including shipping time...
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...so here's her little maillot...front...
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...and back...using the pattern that I sketched up for<a href="https://affectioknit.blogspot.com/2023/09/92okim-back.html"> the first dolly's swimsuit.</a>..which I didn't really properly document because of 'issues'...haha...but you can see most of it in that post...
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...here she is modeling it...
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...and again...I'm super pleased with how it turned out...
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...what's in your workbasket this week?...
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-47947287584249530642024-02-06T22:36:00.018-05:002024-02-12T18:20:55.982-05:00...2.6...Tuesdays with Julia...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx62Tf5JuCexPpDIoOxie8LKu_Hb5rH3lV84_gEyOy6U6eeZH5lEVGiGc5PQH3hAaDeZoxnRwfYzsR1CefWSkhNR-lP0NCqEt-zsPyj2iyRze9wp71AoKEzAPpR_zLO_YBKHSIqomauLofrBIdX8f8yVbCZ7TuqrpmcE0ZS_sn4pXni3OBkRSZMbmCBc/s1014/DSC01066.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx62Tf5JuCexPpDIoOxie8LKu_Hb5rH3lV84_gEyOy6U6eeZH5lEVGiGc5PQH3hAaDeZoxnRwfYzsR1CefWSkhNR-lP0NCqEt-zsPyj2iyRze9wp71AoKEzAPpR_zLO_YBKHSIqomauLofrBIdX8f8yVbCZ7TuqrpmcE0ZS_sn4pXni3OBkRSZMbmCBc/s400/DSC01066.JPG"/></a></div>
...We made a vegan beef stew with rice and tomatoes...Vegan Boeuf à la Catalane...
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...it was nice hearty comfort food...and and a pretty easy one dish meal...
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...and all of the particulars are over at <a href="http://theveganversion.blogspot.com/2024/02/vegan-boeuf-la-catalane.html">The Vegan Version..</a>.
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~Have a lovely day!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-20738604726459112522024-02-05T08:07:00.048-05:002024-02-12T18:19:32.957-05:00...2.5...Over the Weekend...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsLpRmJXlArt_T4XlJcbjBVZBoj35L5wsFWscmWTn1qsWDri-pw3sfcqJFbSTnbhioRdl3k_nqln2APYEDOKMt1ULBwrTVpI_HXFX8s99WaKYNBe19jqD6OGoR2J6rOQNlL9TIoYx_EscV_k6ehce9s10q6yWeAYigpSK6uWY3KzuqBPL0kLy/s1014/DSC01013.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="761" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPsLpRmJXlArt_T4XlJcbjBVZBoj35L5wsFWscmWTn1qsWDri-pw3sfcqJFbSTnbhioRdl3k_nqln2APYEDOKMt1ULBwrTVpI_HXFX8s99WaKYNBe19jqD6OGoR2J6rOQNlL9TIoYx_EscV_k6ehce9s10q6yWeAYigpSK6uWY3KzuqBPL0kLy/s400/DSC01013.JPG"/></a></div>
...we started the weekend with buckwheat pancakes...that's always good...
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...a tofu scramble with vegan cheese on the side...and that's the half-eaten first pancake...the one that doesn't always turn out perfectly...so I munch on it while I make the rest...
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...and there was one leftover pancake...that will make a nice snack later in the week...
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...I don't think there's anything interesting at all this week...the cherries are for a Julia Child recipe...
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...and then we did quite a bit of food prep for the week...I made a pan of vegan biscuits...
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...and a loaf of whole wheat bread...well the bread machine actually made it...
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...we made a delicious curry for lunch...<a href="https://affectioknit.blogspot.com/2010/03/garbanzo-curry.html">this one my sweet sissie sent me years and years ago</a>...I just added coconut milk this time...because I happened to have some on hand...
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...and I have leftovers of that too...
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...I Griddler-ed some frozen green beans...
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...cooked to the perfect degree of caramelization...the Man prefers his green beans un-caramelized...
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...and a block of tofu got the same treatment...
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...now we're all set for the week...
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~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-89431636396517038402024-02-03T10:48:00.001-05:002024-02-05T17:36:05.767-05:00...2.3...Dinner and a Movie...and Hello Bloggers......first of all...posting my comments to blog friends here...
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...to my sweet sissie Karen who blogs from her boat at <a href="http://mccrawsails.blogspot.com">McCraw Sails</a>...Hey K...glad you're going to be in a safe place for the windy weather...hope it blows past you soon...Love, T
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...to karen from <a href="https://www.pumpkinsunrise.com">Pumpkin Sunrise</a>...Hi Karen...My Fair Lady is one of my very favorite movies...and I've never seen a live performance...but I bet it was awesome...I'm singing all of the songs in my head now...haha...
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...to Éphée from <a href="https://lavielabouffelereste.blogspot.com/">L'éphémère quotidienneté des repas et autres trucs de magie</a>...Hi Éphée...your Fleischschnacka looks awesome...so perfect for wintry weather...which your pup seems to be enjoying...
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...to Penny from <a href="http://snapthatpenny.blogspot.com">Snap That Penny</a>...Hi Penny...I can't believe it's February...the trees are starting to bud here and in a couple of weeks we'll see daffodils blooming...lots of birds are making their way back too...
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...and on the reading front...still reading Martin Chuzzelwit...I'll have to find a movie for when it's my turn again...
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...we had driven past a Taco Bell on our way home from Church...and so I have had that in mind...haha...it's prbably been a few years since I've had Taco Bell...
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...We went to their website...and they have a whole page of <a href="https://www.tacobell.com/blog/how-to-eat-vegan">How to Eat Vegan at Taco Bell</a>...so sweet of them...
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...so I got a bean burrito with their "Make it Fresco" option...and a side of potatoes the same way...
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...it was pretty yummy...fun...and easy...
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...and for the movie...we did finish Oppenheimer...and so it was my turn and I chose to start Season 12 of<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_%28TV_series%29"> Vera...</a>
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...what have you been watching lately?...
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~Have a lovely weekend!affectioknithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00956694289800463441noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35200172.post-33853917700507972232024-02-02T08:49:00.030-05:002024-03-04T16:40:31.123-05:00...2.2...New House Update...Now and Then...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmttAHjJiglw9lZ5hpXfoDimbfmmIO4tZg6V6Mv-An0rhbtW_WrSSw4Usf1JVmEXEWnBzfoEz7Tda70kGHS6SjxoU4mWAo2sNdixs_DnjFog51FScA34_Hw7zlL3YzB36-i88wY8kLfsiPVPf6Wi8lkVub_cqgT5vknNSMDLJjYW2aeWSukOc/s692/DSC09854.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="519" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmttAHjJiglw9lZ5hpXfoDimbfmmIO4tZg6V6Mv-An0rhbtW_WrSSw4Usf1JVmEXEWnBzfoEz7Tda70kGHS6SjxoU4mWAo2sNdixs_DnjFog51FScA34_Hw7zlL3YzB36-i88wY8kLfsiPVPf6Wi8lkVub_cqgT5vknNSMDLJjYW2aeWSukOc/s400/DSC09854.JPG"/></a></div>
...this is the space where we removed the over the stove microwave unit...it was brand new...still had the packing styrofoam and the manual inside...so we donated that...and we're going to replace it with just a standard over the range version with a light and a fan...
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...so this week the Man needed to do some wiring...I'm afraid of electricity so if there's wiring to be done...it's almost always the Man who does it...
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...we wish that the range hood was vented to the outside but it is not...there's really no way to do that as this is an interior wall and we'd have to have a hose about 16 fee long and a fan strong enough to push the air outside...so we opted to just use the standard version with charcoal filters...more on that in a bit...
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...and since the dedicated breaker for the microwave is inside the cabinet over the stove...and I now need it to be beside the stove on the counter where the new convection/microwave will sit...it has to be moved and that outlet has to be re-routed to connect to the rest of the counter outlets on that side of the kitchen...I hope that sort of makes sense...anywhoo...it's a pain to cut into and patch walls like this...
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...I didn't have a stud to attach the patch to here...and it's small so I just clamped a piece of scrap wood to the existing sheetrock and screwed it in place and then removed the clamp and screwed the patch to the wood there...it should be strong enough...and this area will get a new tile backsplash...as soon as we get the cabinets painted white...if you know me...you had to know that was coming...haha...
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...I could have cut out a single piece...
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...but I'm just using up scraps of sheetrock...
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...and I don't mind the extra seam...
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...it'll be covered by tile anyway...
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...and a first coat of spackling is done...
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...and back to the past...a bunch of small things were accomplished...
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...and the Man replaced the front door knob...
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...with one of those that you can open with a code instead of a key...that will be handy...especially for walks and bike rides...as I won't have to keep up with a key...
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...and we tore off the drywall face of the fireplace...it's a gas insert...not sure we're going to keep it...
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...and like the strange closet space upstairs...the construction of this led us to believe that it was an afterthought addition too...
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...the structure was just crazy...with studs that didn't meet up where they should...
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...and a gazillion (exageration) nails going every which way...
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...but...I'm already eyeing that unused space under the stairs thinking of a way to access it for some extra temperature controlled storage...
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...several lights got replaced with new leds...
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...the main kitchen overhead light...
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...and the one over the kitchen sink...
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...the fixtures will also be replaced with chrome when we do the backsplash...
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...and this one in the den...that used to be the dining room...
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...just imagine it with deep red walls...
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~Have a lovely day!
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