The Serendipitous Pioneer

Came a shameless brag. This my new bootie people.  Three weeks of cross fit and for the first time in my life I can see a behind in my jeans, while I am the one in them.  WOO HOO!  I know everyone is sharing my joy right now. And you were dying to see my butt.  So yes, even though the last few weeks have been rough I have kept up with the getting fit resolution and the no store bought bread goal.  Next week since that is going so very well I will begin...................Menu planning goal. I am a huge proponent of the meal planning.  It really does help me stay on budget and it also frees up my time.  Not to mention the food just tastes better when I am not winging it every single night. On my sweet needles at the moment are still my second sock and bags.  Bags and bags of bags.  I am trying to build up an inventory so I can open an etsy shop.  I figure this will feed my need for creativity and hopefully in a small way pay for i...

Yep that has pretty much been as productive as I have been since the last post.  Sad isn't it.  You really can't see the colors but the thicker wool is a wonderful skunky strip with black, whites, and greys.  The sock yarn is red.  We are focussing on this lovely sock because.......well most of the week was a disaster. Let me explain.  First there were electrical issues.  By that I mean it was like half the house was in brown out conditions.  And of course that half wasn't divide in half or even floors so it knocked out my fridge on one side and floor of the house and the boiler on the other side in the basement. So the heat had to be turned off, in winter in Minnesota.  Good thing it was before the clipper.  That was resolved after a very cold night.  So it seemed well and good but then the next morning I am happy to have power and go down to wash clothes.  I realize my socks are suddenly wet and look down over the clothes. the...

So I am still thinking about my resolutions for the year.  I am giving myself a bit to get passed the excitement of the new year so that don't go all willy nilly and make resolutions that are too pie in the sky.  Let's face it they will all fall into the categories of fitness, organization, school or kids school really but I want concrete goals with plans this year. I am a list girl.  I will make a list for everything just so that I can cross something off my list.  I am a complete nutter for lists. This said I have the first resolution/ goal kind of fleshed out now.  drum roll please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The first goal is to be no store bought bread.  For the year. No really quit laughing.  I have learned to make a decent loaf now I just have to do it.  To start with today I made three lovely loaves and these yummy looking rolls.  There were more rolls but the others were used in an experiment.  What experiment?? Oh it is called taste tes...