As I’ve finally realized that putting a gas stove in my house isn’t ideal, I have also discovered an inexpensive way to try my hand at an induction cooktop. It’s also a bonus because that burner doesn’t really work anyway.
So far, I’m impressed at how much faster it heats water, and am on a learning curve about scrambling eggs.
I bypassed the free-if-you-spend-$60 turkey at Winco for one that wasn’t injected with things. And that meant brining! Here you can see my small turkey was not quite small enough for my biggest pot. It worked out okay in the end.
Construction on the multi-unit down the street has begun. I enjoy how one items is kept from thieves at the end of the workday.
I bought four pairs of pants in September and I have finally accomplished hemming them. (I marked them up the first weekend I had them, so it was getting out the sewing machine that was the impediment.)
I also sewed up the cloth napkins I embroidered. I learned that it’s best not to embroider into the corner, like I did with the green, because sewing the top and bottom halves of the napkin together will make another border and it won’t match the one I’ve embroidered. At least not with my freehand method.
This was me practicing a blanket stitch and a blanket stitch wheel.
I ordered the fun Collins glasses with the orange diamonds from the Betsys on Etsy, and got this personalized note with my order. Delightful.
In searching for a link to their shop, I see I could have also bought rocks glasses in the same style. Perhaps I will be shopping with them again soon.
Aside from a delicious meal with the BroMAunts, Matt, and Kelly, plus opening presents, I also got this blast from the past from my mom’s cookbook collection.
I had a great time going through the recipes.
And this drawing was attached. Note the lack of multicultural crayon options available to Gen X kids meant we had white face or blackface. Apparently, I wasn’t in the mood for white face when I drew this.
Good old Josh Hawley, blaming the women for pornography and video games.
Here is the link, if you want to check it out.
