True to my word I came home today, put on an outfit of fleecy goodness, watched TV (sadly I only got in part of a movie before Houseguest came home) and made french toast for dinner! I had been thinking about the french toast at my neighborhood cafe for a couple days and how I wanted to go there for breakfast this weekend. Then my mom mentioned that she was thinking of having french toast for dinner and I thought hey! I bet I could make french toast! It sounds delicious, I'll try it!
I have never made french toast before. There are many, many things that I have never made before because I've just never been interesting in cooking. Sometime in the last year or so that all changed. So far, (knock on wood) most of the things that I've attempted to cook have turned out quite edible and possibly even well. After a couple of dud slices (which Houseguest still claimed tasted fine and gobbled up) I got my technique and system down and the majority of the pieces turned out quite splendidly! I look forward to the next time an opportunity presents itself to make french toast. I'm telling you, I'm on a roll. Just wait until Lent is over and I start eating cheese again. All bets are off :)
Anyway, once dinner was over (and please let me just mention one great thing about having someone else here when I cook dinner. I make him a delicious dinner, he does the dishes. This is genius. I should have taken in a boarder a long time ago) I stayed true to my other word and ripped out the ugly pink sock and got straight to work on the fair isle pair I'm knitting for myself. Sock #1 is almost completely finished. The closer I get to finishing, the more I like it, yet at the same time the less likely I am to actually wear it. I'll probably look at them a lot and smile, thinking, 'these are really nice, I'm glad I made them' and they will continue to stay where they are. We'll see. Anyway, here's a picture of the progress:
I have never made french toast before. There are many, many things that I have never made before because I've just never been interesting in cooking. Sometime in the last year or so that all changed. So far, (knock on wood) most of the things that I've attempted to cook have turned out quite edible and possibly even well. After a couple of dud slices (which Houseguest still claimed tasted fine and gobbled up) I got my technique and system down and the majority of the pieces turned out quite splendidly! I look forward to the next time an opportunity presents itself to make french toast. I'm telling you, I'm on a roll. Just wait until Lent is over and I start eating cheese again. All bets are off :)
Anyway, once dinner was over (and please let me just mention one great thing about having someone else here when I cook dinner. I make him a delicious dinner, he does the dishes. This is genius. I should have taken in a boarder a long time ago) I stayed true to my other word and ripped out the ugly pink sock and got straight to work on the fair isle pair I'm knitting for myself. Sock #1 is almost completely finished. The closer I get to finishing, the more I like it, yet at the same time the less likely I am to actually wear it. I'll probably look at them a lot and smile, thinking, 'these are really nice, I'm glad I made them' and they will continue to stay where they are. We'll see. Anyway, here's a picture of the progress:
All that needs to be completed on this one is the ribbing (striped? solid? brown? blue? I can't make up my mind) . Tomorrow I hope to start the 2nd one and get as far as possible because I want to start knitting on these:
This one is Minestone (I love love love love love these colors. Love them)
And this one is Philosopher's Stone (I can't wait to see what all these colors look like knitted up. Plus I just couldn't resist the fact the name reminds me of Harry Potter. Yes, I'm almost 27 years old, what of it?)
Elsewhere the big mystery project continues, and is no longer a big mystery project (I told you, I'm total crap at keeping secrets. My mother's birthday weekend was truly a miracle in the fact that I managed to keep my mouth shut). This is Todd and Amy's wedding afghan. Obviously not in time for their wedding, but as I explained to the bride, technically I have a year from their wedding to give them a gift (though I did already get them something - I'm not a total cop out) so time me. Between now and December 15, 2008 I have to finish this blanket. I think I'm on skein 2 of 10 for each color. Yikes, I better get a move on!
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