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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
Chicken Pasta Salad with Blueberries
Blueberry Vinegar:
1 cup fresh blueberries
2 cups white vinegar
2 T. sugar
Salad:
1 (9-oz) pkg. frozen French-cut green beans, thawed
3 cups shredded cooked chicken breasts(about 1-1/2 lbs.)
3 cups cooked spiral pasta (cooked without salt or fat)
1 cup fresh blueberries
3/4 cup thinly sliced celery
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
2 T. finely chopped fresh oregano
1/2 cup, plus 2 T. plain low-fat yogurt
1/4 cup plus 1 T. reduced-calorie mayonnaise
3 T. blueberry vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp coarsely ground pepper
Lettuce leaves (opt.)
Blueberry vinegar: Place blueberries in a sterilized 1-qt. glass jar. Combine vinegar and sugar in a non-aluminum saucepan over high heat. Cover and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and pour vinegar mixture over blueberries. Cover and let stand at room temperature for 3 days. Strain blueberry mixture through several layers of cheesecloth into decorative jars; discard blueberries. Seal jars with a cork or other airtight lid. Yield: 2 cups
Salad: Place green beans between paper towels and squeeze until barely moist. Combine green beans, chicken, pasta, blueberries, celery, green onion and oregano in a large bowl. Combine yogurt, mayonnaise, blueberry vinegar, salt and pepper in a bowl; stir well. Pour over chicken mixture; mix gently. Cover and chill 2 hours. Serve on a lettuce-lined plate, if desired.
Yield: 6 servings (about 1-1/2 cups)
Cooking Light March 1995 (I think. Can’t find magazine issue anymore and can’t verify online, either.)
Tags: blueberry, chicken, cooking light, delicious, fresh oregano, pasta, salad, summer food
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Friday, April 10th, 2009
Tags: 2009DishclothChallenge, cellphone, dishcloths, dog treats, monthlydishclothkal, peaches&creme, Sam's Yams, sugar'n cream, sweet potatoes
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
The beginning of the month dishcloth, was a garter stitch ice skate designed by Emily Jagos of Designs by Emily and the mid-month one was a sample of garter stitch, stockinette stitch, seed stitch and some lacy diamonds, designed by Debbie Tilley, for her 3yo daughter. Eventually she wants to teach her daughter how to knit, too. The mid-month design was entitled, “Cheyenna,” after the designer’s daughter.
The ballband was started while sitting at Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI, while watching the Brewers play the Colorado Rockies. I had a blast, even though the Brewers lost that night. We were there as a part of Stitch n’ Pitch.
2009 January KAL - Ice Skate
2009 Mid-January - Cheyenna
Ballband in Brewers' colors, that was started on July 9th, at Stitch 'n Pitch
Tags: 2009 dishcloth challenge, Brewers, cotton, dishcloths, finished objects, Knitting, Miller Park, Milwaukee, monthlydishcl, peaches&creme, stitchn'pitch, sugar'n cream
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Holy cow! I got so busy at work and just had no time for extras. I was barely even getting email read, let along posting in my blog. Someone quit, then someone was hired, but then she had to be trained. Then people were off, in December. I barely had time to breathe! So, the blog waited and waited and waited. Now I have 14 pictures to post of finished objects, snow from December 19th, and big waves from January 3rd!
My family was very happy that Obama won the election and that it was a done deal even before we went to bed on November 4th. We look forward to the Inauguration now!
We had a great Thanksgiving and a wonderful Christmas, although I was so busy I barely got to enjoy it. Had fun at Christmas celebrations on both sides of the family. My family did a White Elephant gift exchange. Parameters were that the gift had to weigh about a pound and cost $10 or less. I ended up with some Charmin’ Ultra Plush toilet paper and while my sister thought toilet paper would be the ultimate gag gift (and we did laugh about it!), my family was in desperate need of toilet paper, at that precise moment, so we were glad to get it! LOL! Gary got a bundle of bungie cords, Sarah got some fancy hot chocolate mix, and Emily I can’t remember anymore. Gary almost got candy, but that was stolen away by a candy-hungry nephew! Bungie cords are more useful for him, anyway.
I didn’t get to open Gary’s present, until we were together with Gary’s family. He had it shipped to their house and then had my SIL wrap it in 3 different boxes, each one completely wrapped with ribbons and bows, too. It turned out to be an 8G iPod Nano in turquoise blue! So, I’ve been busy uploading music and getting that all set up to my specifications! Also, we had to delete a ton of music from my iTunes library that even Sarah wouldn’t be listening to anymore.
Emily earned all but $20 towards a Nintendo DS. She got Polar White and is enjoying it very much. Sarah was doing some video work for my nephew Ryan and got paid nicely for that, so she went out and bought a Wii. We’ve all been having fun with that. I bowl better on the Wii, than I do in real life! The cow racing game on Wii Play is hysterical. It’s also hard to play the game, when everyone is laughing really hard.
I’m way behind on posting pictures of finished knitting projects, but I was finding time to get them photographed.
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2008 Mid-September – Woven Cables
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2008 October KAL – Frankenstein
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2008 Mid-October Autumn’s Country Quilt
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2008 Mid-October Autumn’s Country Quilt
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2008 November KAL – Native American
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2008 Mid-November KAL – Candy Cane Illusion
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2008 December KAL – Grandmother’s Favorite Snowman
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2008 December KAL – Grandmother’s Favorite Snowman
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2008 Mid-December Doily Style Dishcloth
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2008 Mid-December – detail shot
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Christmas Dots-within-Stripes (2008)
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Bathing Beauty Leaf Lace 11-08
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Toddler-sized Asherton hat
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Hearts in a Box
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We missed school that day (12-19-08)
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Easterly winds will do this, to Lake Michigan
Tags: 2008 dishcloth challenge, cotton, dishcloth, dots within stripes, ecru, finished objects, Jasmine, Knitting, monthlydishclothkal, peaches&creme, Sheboygan, snow, sugar'n cream, Weather
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
I’ve really been a slacker! Ugh. I’ve been working 48-52 hour payperiods, the last 4 weeks, along with Emily having to be at the county fair, all 5 days that it was running, have to go for 4H judging, of her knitting, shopping for wedding clothes, going to my nephew’s wedding, and trying to sleep in there somewhere! The last 2 weeks of August were insanely busy.
For the good news, though, Emily entered her Wicked Sweater, her Foliage Hat, her Saucy Socks and her Cabled Mittens and got blue ribbons on all of them!! Woohoo for Emily!!!!!! Plus, her Wicked Sweater got a special merit and if she wants to, it can be displayed at the Wisconsin State Fair next summer!!!!!!! She’s only been knitting since March 2007, but she’s a most amazing knitter. For her riding, she got two red ribbons, but she had a blast, and was so cute in her show clothes.
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2008 August KAL – Redbud Leaf
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2008 Mid-August KAL – Elvish Leaves
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2008 September KAL – Schoolhouse
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Emily riding Candy in the Walk-Trot class at the county fair
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Emily shows up her blue-ribbon 4H fair projects
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Emily shows up her blue-ribbon 4H fair projects
I’ve also been busy knitting away, with my Monthly Dishcloth KAL group. I love knitting dishcloths, that are a mystery. I’m way behind on posting my work, though. In the gallery above, you can see the dishcloths that I knit, from the beginning of August. With the yellow one, I thought I might have enough yellow. I almost did, except for 1-1/2 rows, and the bind-off! LOL! Peppercorn was from one of the cones of Peaches and Creme that I got for Christmas from my SIL. The schoolhouse was a good September design. I just wish my purl stitches had been a little tighter.
Weather in Wisconsin has been uneventful and nice most of the time. The last 2 days have been damp and cool, though. Will love it when the extra moisture goes away. A few mornings this week, we had temps in the 40’s!!! The last two mornings haven’t been quite so cool. We haven’t needed the AC or the heat, which is good. I’ve needed long sleeves and quilts, though! LOL!
My thoughts and prayers are with those who live in TX. God Bless You tonight!
Tags: blueribbons, busylives, cotton, ecru, elvishleaves, fair, halflinger, horses, Ike, kals, Knitting, mid-septemberkal, peppercornombre, redbudleaf, redribbons, schoolhouse, septemberkal, sheboygancountyfair, specialmerit, Texas, wedding
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
We went out to look and there were none to be seen. Not sure where they all went. We had so many. Unless they were killed by predatory bugs or something. We still have a few eggs, though. Maybe we’ll have to go to Maywood Park and see if we can find some caterpillars there, to photograph. We are all rather bummed.
We are also wondering how long it takes tomatoes to turn red! Can you tell we are impatient? There is one that is so big, too! Can’t you just see it in a bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich? Yummy. [Insert green tomato picture]
I finally got a picture of my latest dishcloth! It’s called Summer Breeze, by Sue Schaefer. I knit it with Aqua Mist Ombre Peaches & Creme yarn and US 7 needles. You had to be careful reading the pattern on this one. Sometimes, there was a k2tog, that you wouldn’t expect and it kept messing up my stitch count, if I wasn’t paying attention! LOL! This is the 14th of the 24 dishcloths I expect to knit this year!
2008 Mid-July KAL - Summer Breeze
Tags: 2008dishclothchallenge, aquamistombre, caterpillars, cotton, monthlydishclothkal, peaches&creme, tomatoes
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I have not been keeping up with this, too well! LOL! This year, two milkweed plants sprouted spontaneously, by my garage. We’ve have them grow there before, but really do nothing to encourage them, so they either come or they don’t. Of all the times, we’ve had milkweed plants, I don’t think we’ve ever had a crop of monarch caterpillars, like we do this year. It’s our own personal biology/science lab!
2 caterpillars – about 3/4 inch long
1 caterpillar – about 1/2-inch long
3 caterpilalrs – newly hatched today!
This is so exciting and we are out there all the time, keeping tabs on them. We did research on the internet, to find out what the eggs look like and seen videos on YouTube to watch them hatch. We discovered that there were lots of eggs on our two plants, so we have a lot of watching ahead of us.
Of the few that hatched today, one was so newly hatched, he hadn’t eaten his egg shell yet, and they do, since it has important nutrients for them to get started with. Our leaves have lots of holes in them already! These milkweed plants are in a shady spot, and don’t even have buds that would indicate they’re about to bloom yet. I wonder if they will even flower, since most other milkweed plants seem to be blooming already.
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| They were only half-an-inch long, on Saturday. Today, 3 days later, they are about 3/4 of an inch and a little bit thicker. The front antenna are longer, too. It’s been fun watching them grow! |
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| Here’s my July dishcloth. It was called Love to Knit, by Alice Imholte. I used light blue Sugar’n Cream, with US 7 needles. |
Tags: 2008Dishcloth Challenge, butterflies, caterpillars, commonmilkweed, cotton, Knitting, lightblue, milkweed, monarch, monthlydishclothkal, sugarncream
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
This was fun to do, with lots of yo, k2tog,and p2tog! I’ve never done a pattern before, where the number of stitches changes from row to row, but it’s okay! It varied between 39 and 44 stitches. The yarn is 181 Faded Denim Peaches & Creme and knit with US 7 needles. It was designed by Jamie Monaghan.
I finished my second red scarf, too, last Thursday! Woohoo! I should be swatching my sock yarn, about now! LOL!
The weather has calmed down, although it could be warmer. I’m guess I’m not complaining, since it’s saving us a bundle in air conditioning costs.
Tags: 181fadeddenim, 2008dishclothchallenge, cotton, Knitting, monthlydishclothkal, peaches&creme
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
This is the June 2008 KAL. It was worked with 54 Baby Green Peaches and Creme yarn, on US7 needles. It makes me want to take a tropical vacation! It was designed by Andi Worthy of the Monthly Dishcloth KAL yahoo group!
This is the mid-June KAL with 2 days finished. I’ve been too busy posting my pictures to knit, this morning! LOL! It’s just yo, k2tog, p2tog, etc, that is making the cable-y design. We aren’t using a cable needle. I love the lacy texture! I’m having fun knitting it. The yarn is 181 Faded Denim Peaches and Creme yarn, on US7 needles.
Oh yeah. It finally stopped raining. My computer corner is all back together, with a new rug on the floor. I love how the new feels to my feet. It’s a lot cushier than the 10-year-old rug was. The laptop was nice, but my regular computer, even at 7 years old, is a lot faster and has a much better monitor.
My heart goes out to the people still affected by the flooding. Ugh. Even when we had 18 inches of water in our basement, 10 years ago, it still wasn’t as bad as other people had it.
Tags: 2008 dishcloth challenge, babygreen, cotton, dishcloths, faded denim, junekal, Knitting, mid-junekal, monthlydishclothkal, peaches&creme
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
We got up to about 82 today! It felt heavenly! We were wearing sandals and leaving the jackets in the house! Unfortunately, we only get one day of this glorious weather! Tonight it’s supposed to cool down into the 40’s and only be in the 50’s tomorrow, so we will have jump right back into the long pants and sweatshirts.
We went to visit my SIL and BIL today, since Roger needed some help on his computer. The kids had fun dipping their feet in the backyard pool. We hadn’t thought to bring swimsuits, but the water was still pretty cold, so they thought they really wouldn’t have wanted to swim, anyway.
We ate lunch at Noodles, where somehow my Pad Thai turned into Pesto Cavatappi. We checked the receipt and he’d never even put the correct order in, in the first place! Was he even listening? Or are the buttons close together, on his register? I didn’t make a fuss, because the Cavatappi looked good and I didn’t want to waste perfectly good food. I guess I’ll have to try the Pad Thai some other time. The cavatappi was good, though! On our next visit, I’ll be waiting while my husband pays, so we can double-check the receipt right away, before they’ve made me something else.
My favorite thing about Noodles is the fresh lemon wedges that they have by the soda fountain, for the people who drink iced tea. Those lemon wedges taste really good in my Diet Coke, too! Yummmy! The heck with all the chemically-flavored Coke and Pepsi products. Nothing tests better than actual lime juice or lemon juice squeezed into a glass of soda!
Here is the mid-May KAL. It’s called Every Day Any Day, by Sue Schaefer of Harvest Moon Designs. It took me a while to knit, because I was trying to do all the purls, with the yarn over the top and that’s new to me, so it takes me a while. I can purl a lot faster, with the yarn going underneath the needle. I was watching some women knit, at my knit-night the other night and they were so fast, and so efficient with the yarn over the top of the needle. I guess I just need more practice with that. I like my continental knitting with knitting in the back loops and the purls underneath the needle! I’m pretty fast, with plain stockinette.
My daughter Sarah, just sent me an email, that says the cold front is working it’s way down the Lake Michigan coastline and that it should be going through Sheboygan, right about now! I guess that’s the end of our warm day, huh? Well, it was nice, while it lasted! (7:05 pm, CDT.)
Tags: 2008dishclothchallenge, 80s, cotton, dishcloth, eighties, mixed-up order, Noodles, redwhiteblue, sugar'n cream, temperature, warm weather
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