...12.10...Dinner and a Movie...

the Man had a wedding rehearsal in the evening...so for dinner I made a quick sloppy joe by shredding up some baked tofu...french fries in the Fry Daddy...and coleslaw...it was a super quick dinner to throw together...

...and when he got home...we watched Where the Crawdads Sing...I had read the book a few years ago...so I knew the story...the Man of course has not read the book...but it was a good enough movie to hold his interest...haha...

...I recommend it...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...12.9...a Fairy Doll...

...I had gotten this broken fairy doll in the freebie bin at the thrift store...she's missing one of her wings and also...she's obviously supposed to do some sort of flying...so she needs something to set her in motion...

...I just thought she was pretty though...and that maybe I could do something to save her...

...so I started by snipping off her wing-thingies...

...and I think she's cuter already...

...then I filled all of those spin spaces and knobs with glue...

...and then I matched the paint as best as I could...and painted over her dress...and left her in a glass to dry...

...then I cut some petals off of an artificial flower...and stitched them onto a green ribbon...to make her a flower skirt...

...because fairies have flower skirts...you know...

...I'm going to send it to Japan for little sissie...because there are no parts that can come off and be dangerous...

...I think she's precious...

~Have a lovely day!

...12.8...What I Ate in a Day...as a Vegan...

...for breakfast...I ate the last of my vegan croissants...with some tofu...natch...

...I had gotten this vegan soy sauce flavored ramen...for 39¢...so the price of ramen noodles is on the rise...like everything right?...

...just cooked those up normally...

...and I had some leftover veg baked beans in the fridge...so I ate those up as well...definitely not a super healthy lunch...but ramen reminds me of college life...and it's definitely comfort food for me...

...and then we had a really really simple dinner...just a thick slab of baked tofu...which I ate with steak sauce...and huge baked potato...but I think my favorite thing was an impromptu honey-mustard dressing I made using the dregs of the Bee-Free Honee...I just squirted some brown mustard into the jar and added a splash of soy milk...it was so good...

...and I think the only snacks I had were this banana...which I dipped into a mix of chia/hemp/flax seeds...and I also ate an apple with a handful of black walnuts which I did not photograph...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

...12.7...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...I gave up on te first set of baby boy cowboy booties...and started a different pattern...because the first ones were turning out to be too big for a newborn baby...

...and I was just snacking on my deconstructed trail mix...

...the booties are finished...

...and they're cute just like they are...

...you could definitely give them just like this...

...but I'm going to embellis them with some stars...

...and some spur strips...

...just stitched those in place...

...it was a pretty easy project...

...and the little cowboy baby booties turned out super cute...

...what's in your workbasket this week?...

~Have a lovely day!

...12.6...Tuesdays with Julia...

...I re-did the sauce with the tomato paste added...

...and I think it's prettier...but I liked it better with just the mustard...

...and all of the particulars are over at The Vegan Version...

~Have a lovely day!

...12.5...Over the Weekend...

...it was actually a pretty busy weekend...but not a lot of photos to show for it...we had a baby shower on Saturday...and the congregation Christmas Party on Sunday...but I didn't take any photos at either one...both were a lot of fun though...

...I did a super small shopping trip...as we'd not been home a lot this week and we didn't need much...I did need tape for wrapping presents and aluminum foil so I got those at the dollar store...and I got a nice $2 bag of apples...

...and the only other thing of note is that I did a little bit of extra organizing in the kitchen...we have these little foldout drawer thingies under the sink...that I use to store the stopper and sponge...etc...and I often tuck the top of towel in there as a sort of holder...but when you use the towel...you just pull it out and have to tuck it back in...

...so I was thinking...(favorite funny commercial...vat are you sinking about?...haha)...that if I clipped it there it wouldn't come loose...

...so far it's working perfectly...and I love having a towel clipped there to dry my hands...and I don't have to reach over to the stove handle where there is also almost always a towel hanging...and drip water onto the floor...this is better...

...and then I had saved several of our vegan milk containers...washed them really well...cut off the tops and one side...and then taped them together at a length that fits my drawer...

...so now I have several slim little boxes to organize all my towels and dishcloths...

...I love my towel drawer so much more now...neater = better...

~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!

...12.3...Dinner and a movie...

...I had a half of a cabbage that I wanted to use up...so I made a curry...natch...haha...I sautéed some carrots and potatoes with some Garam Masala...

...added the chopped cabbage...

...toasted some flour tortillas...should have been nan...but I had tortillas that needed to be used up too...

...I thought it was delicious...not 'real' Indian food...but the Man did not think so...I think maybe he just doesn't like curry...whaaaa???

...and the movie was the Man's pick...Loving...non-fiction and it was really good...

...it's the story of Richard and Mildred Loving...an interracial couple in Virginia who left the state to marry in DC...and were arrested when they returned to their hometown...their case eventually made it all the way to the Supreme Court...in 1967 they won Loving v. Virginia invalidating state laws prohibiting interracial marriage...definitely recommend...

...while we were browsing for this movie...I spied another one I want to watch...I told my sweet sissie that I've already 'warned' the Man that next week's movie will be Where the Crawdads Sing...haha...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

...12.2...Friday Update...

...we had another full day of driving...this time...up to the mountains for my uncle's interment...

...it was at the beautiful cemetary in Asheville where Grandma and Granddaddy are buried...and it was really cold...with a biting wind...37° F (about 2° C)...I was talking on the phone with Mom when we arrived and she was on her way...I told her to go home and get a big coat...but the service was lovely...

...and on the way home...we stopped at BK again...and this time...I got a vegan Impossible Whopper...no mayo...not grilled...it was yummy...a little bit messy for eating in a car though...

...and when we got home...we had to get ready for the first Christmas party of the season...and they do one of those "Mean Santa" gift exchanges where people steal gifts from each other...not my preferred method of gift-giving...haha...

...so I wrapped up the pressies for that...and I thought I'd share this little trick for keeping your wrapping papers neat...

...I often have these strips of paper left over...and I don't want to throw them away...I keep them for smaller gifts...and just wind them around the tube...

...and then I slide an empty tissue roll over the tube...it holds everything in place nicely...

~Have a lovely day!

...12.1...What I Ate as a Vegan...with Mom...

...Mom came for a little visit on her way to and from her brother's funeral...so the Man made a big comforting pot of vegetable soup...

...and we had vegan grilled cheese with that...and vegan cornbread too...of course...

...and we had 'lunch' at the church after the funeral...they had a nice veggie tray...so I had a plate of crudités and a glass of punch...so then on the way home we stopped at Burger King and got an order of french fries...haha...

...and then when we got back home after a long long day...we had vegan beef and gravy over rice...

...it's the same vegan roast that we had at Thanksgiving...

...and then for breakfast before Mom went home we had blueberry bagels and vegan cream cheese...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!