2019 - Time to catch up

First of all, my hair is no longer dark brown.
Second, I am still a foodie and my body is hanging on (barely)
Third, knitting is somewhat sporadic. I am stuck on a red poncho that is over a year old, have another unfinished baby blanket for my yet to be conceived grandchild and can’t seem to finish a headband with a cable stitch.

But the good news is that I have rediscovered my love of Spanish and adding travels to Mexico as a favorite ‘hobby?’ Right now I am in Playa del Carmen with Michael staying in a super cute little casita just 2 blocks from the most gorgeous beach I’ve ever been to....water is warm, turquoise and calm. Perfect for this older couple! We were last here on our ‘Luna de miel’ 34 years ago! I do believe in miracles!

Blog is under construction...stay tuned for the new era...

It's not about the food, it's about the WEDDING!
It's still about the fiber , but now about  THE DRESS!
(Which is still fiber, very important fiber....)

Time flies...but 3 unblogged years is too long!

Cookies, who needs them?

I think cookies are the ultimate 'comfort' food....they go with most beverages, milk, tea, coffee, water, wine, and yes maybe even some special drinks...like amaretto and shortbread, irish bailey's cream and peanut butter. But there's really nothing like a glass of cold milk and a few choice homemade cookies...oatmeal raisin with walnuts. It's the perfect breakfast. (if you are not watching your calories)

Speaking of calories, have you ever spent hours at the grocery store looking at the millons of choices of cookies boxes, searching for that tasty treat that is under 100 calories for 3? Well if you haven't done such a search, I have, and I can tell you it doesn't exist.

I am sharing my two favorite holiday cookies, from my mother's drawer of recipes. Straight out of 1950 Pillsbury Best...

Tis the Season!

Wow, it's already December! No blogging for 4 months- where does the time go?
It's friggin Christmas again! Time for the Fish Feast, A Italian Christmas Day Feast (Braciole?), and
hopefully the Truckee Tamale Feast! Feast for all and for all a good holiday!

It's also a time for frantic crocheting and knitting...finishing up those projects that I started last January, or maybe the January before...I can't remember. I tried to crochet a moccasin the other day and it turned out horrible, maybe I'll just toss it in the garbage ala Joan Henry.  I felted Kasey and Meggy some holiday neck warmers...

More to come! I have some down time finally so I can concentrate on my two favorite things - Cooking and Fiber Arts! Michelle is coming tomorrow and we are going to start the preparation for the Fish Feast....but first a few batches of our favorite cookies...

Real Italian Housewives Spaghetti Sauce

Of course, I would never give you my recipe for my Italian Spaghetti sauce (or gravy???)
But here are some key ingredients:

BLOG TIME

The Blog is back! After a long, hot, dry summer in Vegas, with little knitting and cooking accomplished, I feel the creative juices coming back...As many of you know, I am a little obsessed right now with the Real Housewives series on New Jersey. It just feel a little too close to home...I think maybe I may have ended up like one of them if my father wouldn't have come home that fateful day and said "Clara! Pack up the house, we are moving to California! I remember thinking "what the heck is "California" and no one really explained it to me (did they ever explain anything to me???) until we were at the airport saying goodbye to all my New Jersey aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, friends...my whole life changed that fateful day...I may have stayed in New Jersey, and lived near Patterson, and drove  a  Cadillac, married a mobster, and had kids in my mansion....oh well...instead I had these gals: