Mom's birthday would have happened this week. Sometimes it feels so odd to know she is gone. Even though I know her suffering has ended. 

The other morning I woke up from a nightmare. Mom and I were in an airport trying to fly somewhere. But then she complained of a headache and passed out. I awoke after carrying her around the airport trying to find water and chocolate for her? Dream logic makes no sense to the awake mind. It bothers me that dream me could not recognize a medical emergency and act properly. Maybe by writing this out I'll be able to forgive dream me for being dumb and insensitive. 

In other news, I don't think I ever showed off the painting my sister did for me. Two alpacas in love. I absolutely adore it.

 

Hubby mitten and no knead bread

There is something about snow and colder weather that just makes me want to knit mittens.

These are for hubby. Nice manly colors don't you think? Boy, can I tell a difference in my knitting speed for my thicker hand spun yarn and fussy sock weight yarn. With my thicker hand spun it took just over a week to knit them. These fussy puppies took over a month?! I found them languishing in the knitting basket all the time and never making the decision to work on them. Silly how things don't just knit themselves when you want them too.

 

As for reasonable excuses to not knit something you don't want to knit I tried making no knead bread for the first time. How have I not tried this yet. It is fantastic! It comes out of the cast iron Dutch oven so crusty.

 No need to put in any preservatives either because it was gone in a day. Hey maybe I need to mix up another batch now. Why yes I think I will.

Happy bread baking!