I Did It!

I finally ran on the treadmill, Woot!!! I'm not sure why I had such a hard time doing it. I've been trying to get up the nerve for 3 months. I guess it was a combination of looking funny and tripping. I only ran for 5 min in all. First 2 minuets, then walked for 10, then another 3. The last 3 were much easier. I worked out for 30 minuets over all on the treadmill.

Boys Practice Duet

Banana Fritters

Banana Fritters
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We made fritters this morning. I don't fry stuff very often but the boys found this recipe in the newspaper. Yummy :)

Derek's Pop's band concert

Pop's band concert 2
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Last night was Derek's band concert. It was awesome! They were really good. Derek was right up front and you could see and hear him in both the songs he played in.

Another big event last night was scouts. Derek got his Tenderfoot rank. It was quite an evening.

I thought for sure something would happen and we would not be able to get to both events but Derek's scoutmaster urged us to try since Derek was so close to his next rank. Except for an overabundance of red lights, getting across town was not to bad.

Beef Sandwiches

I made french dip sandwiches last night. At about 10 in the morning I put a chunk of beef in my crock pot and added 1 beer (Honey Beer from Trader Joe's) and one can french onion soup. I set it to low and let it go til 3. I turned it up to high for 2 hours. I took the beef out and shredded it and served it on french rolls with the juice.

For left overs you could mix the beef with a bit of juice and BBQ sauce for a bbq beef sandwich.
Or put the meat on a roll with saute pepper and onion then melt some provolone, philly-esk style.

What is for lunch?

Last Friday Jen and I went to Penzey's spice store. I have a great many spices from them. As we were looking around I made several comments on dishes I'd made with various spices. Jen thought I should write them in my blog more often. So here it is.

LOL I did not use any Penzey's for this one. I had left over chickpeas. I rinsed them and simmered them in water for 20 min. Then I added one peeled and chopped potato. I let that simmer for 15 min. I drained off most the water then added Trader Joes Korma Simmmering Sauce. I simmered it for about 10 more min. I served it over basmati rice. It was very good but maybe a wee bit of salt.

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Boys get hats and scarves

I finally got Max's hat done. I am working on Derek's scarf now. I really wanted to get both boys hats and scarves done before I started on a sweater for myself. I also accidentally felted my pink hat so I would like to make myself another hat.

Mom's knit-round blocked

Mom's knit-round blocked
Originally uploaded by epursey

Almost done. I'm not sure why it took a week to get to it but I've got it started now :) Usually it take about 3 days. This one may not take as long because I was nervous about full on sticking it into the sink so I spray wet it instead. It has mohair in it and I have not used that fiber in a garment before.

Winter swimming