Lobster Fest! (a hot night for Larry)

We bought Jacob 3 new pets today. We named them Larry, Larry and Larry just in case they were offended if we couldn’t tell them apart.

 

 

 

 

Cici reluctantly met the lobsters, but mostly she just cowered in the corner.

 

 

 

 

She was wise to keep her keep her distance as it wasn’t long until Larry, Larry and Larry got into things, and soon a lobster knife fight broke out.

 

 

 

 

In the end, things didn’t go so well for the lobsters. What they thought was a hot tub turned out to be a bit more than they bargained for.

Pre-Golden Globe Goodness

A bit of a extra mini post for today....


We are getting ready to settle into the Golden Globes, so we have a tiny feast planned.

Some chili and guacamole (inspired by Dina Pugliese).

I'll add in a margarita and be ready to watch the Golden Globe arrivals and awards!

Cake Cobbler

Cake party leftovers from work + a crowded subway ride = cake cobbler.

Oh well, I'm sure it will still taste good!

Random Thoughts - 052812

As my fellow bloggers will attest, some days it is darn hard to come up with something to blog about. My life isn’t that interesting, and most often it goes like this.

• Monday – Get up go to work, come home exhausted, eat dinner, watch TV (tonight I will watch Veep and Bethenny)
• Tuesday – See Monday
• Wednesday – See Tuesday (or skip right to seeing Monday)
• Thursday – Be happy that the week is about to end, but panic slightly that I haven’t gotten enough done at work, come home exhausted, eat dinner, watch TV
• Friday – Put in my time at work, come home, go to the pub
• Saturday – Sleep in, run errands, sit around and relax
• Sunday – Sleep in, get groceries, nap, watch TV

While the above may make for a content life, it doesn’t always make for a satisfying blog post.

For the past week I’ve been highly distracted by the Leftover Blanket, so there isn’t much else to report on. So tonight, while the rice is cooking, I’ve looked around and come up with some random thoughts to share.

Leftover Blanket – Progress Report

I have now completed this much.

In particular, I like the look of the big square knit from Peach-Mango Kool-aid yarn.

Gloss Socks – Progress Report

Due to the distraction of the Leftover Blanket, there has been very little progress on the Gloss Socks

The Pea Report – Day 9

These guys are really growing fast

Yarn Wants

The May KnitPicks catalogue arrived. They have some gorgeous tonal colours that I would love to own.

Reason #357 to Love Summer

These are very good.

That is all.

Snow Crocus Socks and Ice Cream

I finished my May project a couple of nights ago. It is a pair of socks knit from Fleece Artist Trail Socks yarn. Fleece Artist is a wonderful yarn mill from Nova Scotia. They offer beautiful spun fibres in gorgeous colours.

While these socks will not match my wardrobe, I couldn’t resist the beautiful Snow Crocus colour way. It captures the beauty of a first crocus perfectly. Maybe I will keep these socks, or maybe I will add them to the for sale pile at some point.


In food news…

Look out Cherry Garcia, there’s a new kid in town.

This is some seriously good ice cream! The flavours are more blended than those in Cherry Garcia, but still amazing.  If I were choosing, I would likely reach for the Cherry Garcia first, but Häagen Dazs Cherry Chocolate Chunk is a worthy opponent.

The danger of taking a picture of ice cream on a Saturday morning is that you wind up eating the ice cream for breakfast. It was good!