middle of December

It's the doldrums of winter.

Not much interesting going on. It warmed up the last few days and we got a considerable amount of rain. It beat the snow down and dissolved it some, but we still have quite a bit.

But now, the snow will be crummy and we can't ski or snowshoe on it until we get about

another foot of snow on it.

This is what happened last year, and then winter wasn't much fun any more.

Back by popular demand...the cat!

"If I just had opposable thumbs I could hold a book and a latte!"

"Oh sure, they think this is cute and they're taking pictures,
but who's going to help put my hips back in their sockets?"


We made french toast on the woodstove, using homemade bread and reconstituted
eggs from the ones I dehydrated back in the summer.
It was delicious.
We're learned that the dehydrated eggs soak up the water better when you use warm water instead of cold.



Among the many hot pads I've been making I made a couple of camo ones for a friend.
They seem so big until I round off the corners and sew on the trim.


I also had a friend ask if I could make insulated pan handle pads/grips/whatever you call it.
So I made a "prototype".


I used cotton fabric for the outside, terry cloth for the inside, and sewed the opening with
bias tape trim.
This one is a bit thin in diameter because this pan has a long, slim handle.
The ones I made after this are wider.



"My toes are freezing! Hello, anyone there? I'm ready to come back in now!"

The kitten (yeah, right, something that BIG is a kitten?!) ducked outside when the door opened.
A while later I was in the kitchen and saw the cat sitting on the propane tank
looking in the window!

I've been busy finishing up on the hot pad orders, and doing some writing, along with the normal cooking, cleaning, and laundry, plus some reading.
The snow is slick and icy, so we have to put the boot cleat things on in order to walk around outside. I haven't ventured past our outbuildings in a while, but I do my stair-stepper
machine for exercise.