Last evening I finally got around to watching some Father Dowling, the brand-new-in-shrinkwrap DVDs I found at the library sale.
And found they're really fun. Steve, the nunly sidekick, is a great tearaway character. It's old fashioned, people don't move and talk that way now, but still good. I never even heard of this series before, not being a TV watcher.
Yesterday saw the last of the Thanksgiving veggies plus spinach, turned into an omelet, with plenty of long red pepper ground in.
After the spinach cooked down to practically nothing, as it does, I added the eggs with peas and corn, and that worked fine. And I turned off the burner.
I ordered a book of year long daily poems for my upcoming birthday, and will start the reading on the appropriate day. Accompanied by favorite treats.
The Australian offering looks like a relative of sponge candy which I love and rarely find in affordable amounts. I couldn't remember the term sponge, and spent quite a while online searching foam (!) and finding many references to styrofoam, none edible, before the right word showed up.
At this point I'm grandly planning on one piece per daily poem. We'll see.
Meanwhile, back in the knitting arena, I found the unfinished doll
On a stitch holder and thought ah, next it needs a face, I'll just check for right colored yarn. Then I found out why it's on the stitch holder. No face colored yarn in the house. Oh. I'll get some bits of yarn from the stash at the library on Friday then, and continue.
These Izzy comfort dolls are what I'm planning to make for children living on a native American reservation out west. poor pictures from a while back, but you get the idea, and the size.
The Izzy doll has a moving history, which you can check. I've made dozens of these for AIDS orphans in Africa, used as packing for the medical lab glass shipped to AIDS clinics in Africa by ICROSS Canada. Then the postage got prohibitive and I switched to the more local Sock Ministry, but I'm taking a side trip into dolls just now. Once I get my yarn sorted, that is.
Happy day, everyone, whatever day it is, don't ask me, I'n still confused by the US holiday.