I’m More Domestic Than You

I spent a hilarious amount of time this morning playing with Little People. That sounds wrong now that I type it, it’s a line of wee plastic toys by Fisher Price. Anyhee, Helena is over the moon about this one. Maybe because it’s a mommy and her baby? Maybe because it looks like there’s a misshapen Siamese twin growing from the front of this poor kangaroo? No idea, but it’s a really big deal around here.

Then the plan was to make heaps of yummy things for tomorrow’s Ladies Who Lunch gathering, but my sister and BFF are ill thanks to my germy kids, and two of the other three have other plans tomorrow. So it would have been just Talea and myself (which I’m sure would be a blast anyway), but with the snow headed this way I thought it might be easier/more efficient if we just stay home and knit on Christmas projects. So the only baking that was done today was peanut butter cookies, of which there are *none* left as I type this just a few hours later. I sometimes use the potato masher or other random kitchen objects to make a different pattern on the top, but I was feeling nostalgic for baking with my Grandma (next weekend, perhaps?), and did the cross hatch like she always does.

And what would a less-than-a-month-to-Christmas post be without a Christmas knitting update?! I’ve finished yet another scarf for the heap o scarves that will be wrapped in the near future, this one is as blue as it is fuzzy – stand back. Skinny scarves are perfect this year because for some reason a bunch of gals I know LOVE them, and they knit up in just a few hours, so I’m happy to knit these things up all day.

Now, the final and most important update…Hedera. I really thought this was going to be it, a sock that I just could not knit. Thankfully, that turned out not to be the case and I’m moving along at warp speed. At this rate I’ll actually be able to finish at least the ‘must knit’ part of my list! Here she is, in all her yellow glory!

I’m just about ready to turn the heel on this baby and then we’re pretty much home free!

Next weekend is my Stitch n Bitch Cookie Exchange! I care not how dorky it sounds, I love Christmas, I love Christmas cookies and I love my SnB group, so I’m really looking forward to this. I’m curious to see what everyone will bake.