Domestications

Dinner last night was one of the boys favorites - homemade individual pot pies. I use frozen puff pastry instead of pie crust and make the filling from scratch. Mostly because finding kosher pot pies is an extremely unlikely accomplishment. Plus it isn't really so hard, just a touch fiddley. I don't think it photograped particularly well though.



In other news, the back of the Big Dig Sweater is done and now sits on a stitch holder awaiting its brothers so it may be joined into a sweater. So I'll cast on for that later and get to work on it. The intarsia chart comes really fast into the front side (row 11 or 12) and so you know what I will be trying to figure out tonight! ::gulp::



And in goals to be accomplished this year, I have been working at getting our emergency preparedness stuff together. I've got bottled water and canned food for about 5 days socked away. I have some batteries, but I still need to get a separate first aid kit to keep with it and get a small supply for the car as well. I cleared out our old stash of stuff when we moved since the dates were getting close and I just haven't added more to it.

Another thing that I've wanted to do for a long time has finally made it into the forefront of what I want to do. This is the year that I will learn to spin. As a part of this, I am going to be joining the local Handweavers and spinners guild. They have a loaner program with some wheels, so I figure I'll put my name on the waiting list and in the meantime I will learn to spin on a drop spindle. I have an opportunity to acquire a full fleece come summertime and I would really like to be able to really make use of it. Plus, I have been drawn to spinning for some time now, but I keep pushing it to the back burner so I don't have yet another passion that costs money. But I really enjoy my work with fiber and I guess since I have few enough things that I really enjoy doing, and I get such a true sense of accomplishment from my current work, I should give over to this a little bit. If I love it, I'll cross the purchasing of a wheel when I get there. And I'll pump my spinning friends for advice and recommendations along the way. Because really if you have an obsession, you should really share it!