High Holidays for Crafters is Upon Us --Dun Dun Dun!!

Well it's been two weeks, I know, so I promise to thoroughly satiate you with my makings and doings of late. Last week was spent happily in the presence of the woman who made me, my mom. (Hi mom!) Although I had grand plans of whipping up the entire T-Day feast all on my own, whilst mom ate bon-bons and watched the Macy's parade, that, alas, did not come to pass. I believe the extent of my duties were: order and pick up turkey, purchase groceries, clean brocolli. Perhaps it was the slippery flesh, the giblets (of which I'll spare you the photo), or just the fact that I didn't know what the hell I was doing. In any case, thirty years of making turkeys definately qualifies you as a pro, so I let mom handle the fixin's.







---TaDa! It was absolutely delicious. 15 and one half pounds of "happy" turkey, as mom would say.



The leftovers, of course, seemed endless, and so I got out the Joy of Cooking, a tome both antiquated and timeless, if such a thing is possible. So now in my freezer sit turkey pot pie and turkey tetrazini (yeah 2nd grade!). Turkey tortilla soup is on the burner for tonight. Just think --all this from a recently reformed vegetarian!

And now onto the non-edibles. I've almost finished the most challenging project to date: handy and stylish convertible mittens for my little bro. It took three tries just to get past the cuff (don't ask), then I finished one, lined it with fleece, and decided it was too small. Arg! Fortunately I can knit faster than your granny so I didn't lose too much time. C'est masculin, non? What, can't see the photo? Well fuckin' a --if I haven't just spent the last 15 minutes trying to figure out how to make the photos look good on here, and now it won't even upload. I give up.

Well I've just wasted another hour typing away and getting frustrated with blogger, so I'll leave you all to your crafts. For those of you sick of my knitting, next week will be a change of pace with: Sewing!