Late post for Labor Day 2022!

 Darrin and Kris had family over for Labor Day...Darrin loves to smoke meat so he out did himself again on Sunday!  He smoked a pork roast..actually two of them....and it was delicious!  Kris had corn on the cobb, corn fritters (really good!), stuffed mushrooms (excellent), orange fluff salad, Dawn make a tomato salad (yum) and squashed garlic/butter potatoes, which were great too.  I made corn salsa w/chips and a lemon pie.  All good food and family! 

(L) Nancy, (Kris mom), Amber, Dawn and Kris.  Nick was up north with Braylon to attend her brother's wedding.

Nancy and my hubby, Bob...

Ryan, my SIL Jeff's son, Jeff and my son, Darrin

My lemon pie...it really tasted good...doesn't look so good but was delicious if I say so myself.  And the crust didn't get soggy at all (even the next day!).

And I got to wear my latest knit sweater!  It was only in the mid 60's!!!  

All in all it was a really nice family day!!!  I love those days..just doesn't seem like we have enough of them...but kids are busy

Where have I been? Right here!

 Yep, I honestly haven't been out of town or doing anything exciting!  I did start free motion quilting on my horse quilt piece but I haven't taken a picture yet!  And I'm too lazy to get up off the couch to take one...next post.  I do like keeping track on my blog of any of my projects.  

I've been working away at knitting the cotton Tee top my sister and I are both making.  It's coming out really well and so much easier knitting via a chart vs the written instructions.  

My sister and I both want to make another lace top, Reina de Picas (I made it for Easter this past spring) but will make with longer sleeves for winter.  

I make Gigi and Kalee their own turkey/veggie mix which only lasts about 2 weeks...today was the day to make a batch.  The girls always get a little spoonful in their dishes after I've filled up my containers to put in the freezer.

Bob always says this looks good enough to eat!  It really is as it's made up of 99% fat free ground turkey, frozen peas, shredded carrots, shredded zucchini, rice and spinach!  The veggies are all steamed, mixed in with cooked turkey and rice and then I put in 7 different containers to freeze.  I just take out a container when needed and defrost in the frig.  Girls also get ID Hills' kibble mixed with the turkey twice a day.  I know it's helped Kalee with her pancreatitis attacks...plus, she doesn't get ANY people food at all.  Even if I'm playing games or lessons with the dogs, I just give them pieces of kibble or breast of chicken!

This is the view of our deck from my sink in the kitchen.  You can just about make out the two king posts on the left and right (just about under the light over the dining room table).  

And this is what I see in the a.m. and ALL day long!  We have two jelly feeders, half an orange and a container of water for our visitors!  

I can be at the sink doing dishes, cooking or just standing there!  I love seeing all the different birds and the activity!  Just makes me happy!

We have families of Orioles...it's so dang cute watching the mom's or dad's feed the babies.  So that's been my life for the last few weeks!!  Lovin the summer, especially when I can stay in the air conditioning!  HA

 

Knitting the Summer Tee

 

I am finally getting to do some knitting with baseball on at night!  I am usually too busy during the daytime to knit, plus I feel guilty  if I sit during the day (yes, it's because I was raised Catholic   HA)

Even though this is a summer tee, I'm making the sleeves a tad longer. The yarn is very light weight and the pattern is different.

This is the yarn I'm using and to my delight, my sister is also making the same top!  So much fun working together on a knitting project with 1000+ miles between us!  We do quite a bit of texting, calling, etc. when we run into a knitting problem!

I have to say, so far working from the chart for the lace, this has been an easy pattern for lace!  I'm so glad we both decided to go back to reading charts vs row by row instructions. 

So much easier to find where you made a mistake or extra stitch, etc. 

The lace is a pretty pattern and quite different from the last top I made.  The next picture shows the neckline...this picture the neck is at the bottom!  The tee is knitted from top to bottom.

This gives you a better idea and matches the pattern picture!  HA  Slowly progressing but I'm enjoying the process, so far!