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if you are kicking back, hunkering down or ready to hibernate a bit, you are not alone. all the festivities were great, but I love my ordinary days. Here are a few good links for you to enjoy: Www.Morehousefarm.com. This site has a really cute Igloo hat pattern. it is a great site to enjoy and get some pattern ideas. the Critters for Knitter section has adorable animal themed scarves for kids, or kids at heart! Good old Woolywormhead.com is always a joy to visit. There are at least 25 free hat patterns to consider. I am going to knit their baby beret. Santa brought me the cutest little crock pot. I am planning to make the Beach Boys Pot Roast this week. The only ingredients are 1lb of beef chuck roast, a jar of peppiorcini peppers, and cloves of garlic. You make slits in the roast and push the garlic into it. Pour the jar of peppers over the roast and cook it for 12 hours on low in the crock pot. Shred it and serve on good buns I am working the holiday weekend, of c...

So I cannot post an image right now. Oh I do not like picture less posts! I am knitting with the Lornas Laces shown in the previous post. I am knitting the leg in a mock cable pattern and I WISH I could show you. Hmmmmm, I may have an answer. Stay tuned. The tree is down already. I am still enjoying carols and lights. I met a dear nurse friend and her daughter for breakfast this morning. Mary moved away years ago but we stay close. I was explaining to them that I tease someone about living in sin, and vacationing in sin. Mary's daughter Katie, thought Sin was a place. -As in Sin, Illinois. We had to explain the Catholic concept to her, but I thought that was so funny. I'm tossing around a swap idea. While Take and Replace was really fun this yesr, I want to change it up in 2012. I always keep it economical, anyone interested in cheering up the winter months with a simple swap?????

I finished my little cranberry socks yesterday and they are mine all mine. I was knitting the toe in a doctor's waiting room when a wonderful little old lady sat next to me and started the knit chatter! Fireman was laughing behind his magazine because we knit nuts just find each other and take off. She's a big Stephen West fan. She loves Paigewood farms sock yarns. Wahoo. New yarn for me to try! I've never heard of Paigewood farms have you?? She loves to knit socks, she says, because When you are done, you are done! (no seams or finishing.....or the like) I began to wonder if we were twins.... just a few decades apart.... (The skein shown is what Santa brought and yes, I've already cast on another pair of socks) I WOULD LOVE YOU TO LEAVE A COMMENT>

*Santa was great *Santa brought yarn *Working over Christmas Eve and Christmas Night was different..... but here's to 2012 where I am OFF all the fall/winter holidays. *There was more food than we could eat in our lounge all weekend. This is a real feat. We can put down a LOT of food at oh-dark-thirty. We could not eat it all. *My favorite story came from my buddy Jill. Her daughter, Lauren, decided to leave a plate of lettuce and goldfish crackers for Santa and his reindeer..... I WOULD LOVE YOU TO LEAVE A COMMENT>

So we start our celebration in a very little while. Having to work the holidays makes our different this year, but I always say it is a Season not a Day. The ham is going into the oven soon and we are going to glaze it for the first time ever.....do you glaze??? Here is my Auntie Rita's Baked Beans 1 lb. of crisp bacon crumbled 1/4 cup Karo White Syrup 1/4 Cup mustard 1 T. Butter 1 lb brown Sugar 3 onions 1 clove garlic 1 Cup Ketchup Cans of beans : Butter, black, kidney 2 each Brown the butter. Cut the onion into rings. Chop the garlic fine. Add the onion and garlic to the butter and stir until golden in color. Add Brown sugar and Karo syrup and bring to a rolling boil. Add the mustard last and pour over the beans. Pour into oven type casserole dish. Bake 3 hours at 225 degrees. In the Last 1/2 hour add 1 cup ketchup. Best if baked the day before serving. I WOULD LOVE YOU TO LEAVE A COMMENT>

*Radar hung his stocking last week..... *Cranberry sock number one .....DONE. (for me.....aren't I bad?) I think I could knit everyone socks next year if I start the day after Christmas this year. *Cowls were well received today at Spay Neuter Clinic. *I'm drinking: champagne....seriously *I'm eating: Puppy chow candy given to the volunteers at the shelter today *I'm baking: Cheesy potatoes for our early B family Christmas tomorrow night. *I'm done: baking the baked beans. I make awesome baked beans from scratch.I follow My Auntie Rita's recipe with corn syrup and brown sugar and mustard. I could leave out the ketchup entirely and I 'd still love them. Fireman likes them with a touch of Ketchup though. I add a pound of crispy bacon on my own. * IF I get one more PERFECT Christmas family letter I may go nuts. My family letter would be far from the pictures these people paint. Why is it you get these letters when all is well with pe...

You have to love Diana McKay's Mountain Colors Blog WIne warmer sets...I just might..... well, we'll see there's gingerbread to bake 12.23 Christmas Eve dinner to make a full morning at the animal shelter tomorrow and 2 presents left to wrap.... These are awful cute though.... then again, a warm scarf for Zach would be great to knit... with just 48 hours left.. I better take a long winters nap and think on this first..... I WOULD LOVE YOU TO LEAVE A COMMENT>