June 25-26, 2011 Weekend

My weekend went very well again. I invited my good friend Rosina over to my house to teach me how to knit toe-up-two-at-a-time socks. l think I’ve mentioned this before that Rosina and I work in the same small office with around 27 people in the office, but we don’t get to talk and share much of anything while we’re at work. So it’s always nice to catch up with the things that she’s been working on and our thoughts on what we would like to make in the future.

I loved seeing her crochet baby afghan and I love the colors that she chose to use.

Here’s her cute fuzzy sweater that she knitted and I think she chose just the right kind of buttons for it too. Rosina told me that I could take pictures of her things, but I was warned not to include her in the pictures. Oops, sorry Rosina I got your feet in this one:)

I think I’ve told you all before that I like to cook too, so I wanted to make Rosina and I lunch. Since I had tried a recipe for 5 Cheese Tomato Basil Soup at my officers meeting a couple of weeks ago and it turned out really good, and I found the recipe in one of my Where Women Cook magazines. I knew it would be just the right thing to eat so that we could keep our strength up to tackle teaching me to start knitting the socks. As usual with most everything that I make I have to alter it just a little and this recipe was no different. The recipe calls for a can of whole tomatoes, tomato paste, fresh garlic, fresh basil, five different kinds of cheeses, chicken broth, sugar, heavy cream, and salt and pepper.

Well I didn’t have the fresh garlic and basil, but I did have 2 cans of garlic and basil spaghetti sauce; I used them along with a can of tomatoes and substituted Splenda for the sugar.

Of course I used everything else as the recipe and oh my gosh it turned out really good again.

Oh I almost forgot to tell you about a cool tip that I learned from my friend Susie just before the officers meeting a couple of weeks ago I asked her if she was tall enough to reach up into my cabinet; as John always seems to place the things that I use a lot really high and far back. She asked me, “Do you have any tongs?” And of course I have tongs, she said just use them to reach things like that, well I had to use them this weekend too as he put that nifty little Braun blender thingy that I use to blend the tomatoes into the soup way high and far back. I love that those tongs are useful for not only flipping fried things; especially my famous fried tacos. Now I just hope he doesn’t start hanging the tongs too high for me to reach. Ha! Ha!

Anyway the lesson was successful and I’m well on my way to making the cutest little toes of my socks. I love spending time with Rosina and being able to say more than Hi, how are you, and a quick “what are you working on?” between me taking over for her at lunch, and then a brief goodbye at the end of the day. Thank you so much Rosina for making my Saturday so special. Saturday evening I was able to warm up some of the tomato basil soup and fixed grilled cheese sandwiches for my dear daughter Jennifer before she headed off for her 3^rd shift job at the hospital.

I was able to hook a few more motifs on my Japanese shawl and I’m really happy with the way the colors are coming out in each motif.

Sunday morning we met my Mom and Daddy for breakfast at their favorite little restaurant Emilias. It’s fun to see my Dad laugh at Johns stories. Doesn’t this picture just make you want to laugh, even though you don’t know what the story was? I can’t even remember what he told him but my Dad sure got a kick out of whatever it was. I finished up the day with a stack of ironing, cooking, crocheting, knitting, picture taking & blogging. I would love to hear what’s keeping you busy these days:)