Cheers to finishing a holiday present!

I’m having a lovely holiday-ish day & evening, which my cat Callie is helping along … doesn’t she look helpful? She’s a whole pile of fluffy trouble.

Today began with a very large breakfast …  so I’ve said I’m nuts about weekend breakfast, but I don’t buy two packages (each) of bacon and sausage like my dad does. When I came downstairs this morning, there was an awesome superfluity of protein and condiments.

I had my dad put away the baking mix, though. Baking mix doesn’t get used in my house. I’m very serious about this. I use my classic Betty Crocker pancake mix, and don’t try to make any other kind of pancakes Chez Miriam.

Then it was off to spend a lovely afternoon with my friend Paula at a craft fair. I got some good stuff, I thought, and I was impressed by the number of vendors who were candidates for running pipe shops. You cannot see what I bought yet, because then people won’t be surprised. I believe possibly that I have triumphed in relation to a certain younger relative while still maintaining my buy-handmade pledge, but we shall yet see.

I am very appreciative of my couch right now, which allows me t0 relax and watch the Food Network. There’s a Paula Deen/Cat Cora vs. Robert Irvine/Tyler Florence Iron Chef Battle on and today’s secret ingredient is sugar. I love Paula Deen - I can’t cook any of her food for fear of instant heart attack, but the woman is hysterical and her food appeals to the southerner in me.  I like cooking fritters, too.

I think it’s worth noting that I finished a holiday present - a scarf for my brother’s girlfriend. This was the scarf that was intended to be plaid, however the plaid did not work out although I did do some helpful experimenting, so it turned out to be a lovely striped scarf. The last step was fringe … and then the scarf was done!!!

The scarf finishin’ was not easy because Callie took a great interest in it, although at first she pretended to ignore me… but eventually she had to give into her instincts and try to take it away from me.  She was very interested in the process of trimming the fringe.  The picture after this that I didn’t take is of her leaping on me and trying to take the scarf away.  But I rescued it, and all is well.  My brother is pleased with the result, and I hope Stephanie will be