It was a wonderful week with the prefect re-entry back into the noisy real world. When my kids returned from camp or a class trip I always asked them for the highlights – what was the best part and what was the worst. Often on the bus home they’d be preparing the answer to my predictable questions. Recently they’ve turned the questions on me, so I’ve joined the club and pondered the highlights:
The best part? New Year’s Eve in Seattle with Chuck, Blogless Marsha and her husband Dave, at their son’s apartment directly across from the Space Needle. The fireworks were spectacular:
A happy accident – I discovered fat free half and half, a heavenly oxymoron I had never seen in Canada. That’s not the accidental part. Planning on heart smart cream of broccoli soup for dinner, I placed a quart in Jeff’s fridge. Dave, preparing heart-not-so-smart but rationalizeable due to small portions, Creme Brulee, mistakenly grabbed the half and half instead of heavy cream. We discovered the substitution when all but 1/2 cup had been poured into the mixture. Without enough eggs or sugar to start over, we proceeded with the recipe to a successful outcome – reduced fat Creme Brulee!
The worst part? Driving home in the perpetual daytime darkness in sideways rain.
Knitting highlights – a category of its own:
The best part – finding Manos del Uruguay in colour 113 in a dyelot much lighter and prettier than a previous 113 purchase and having a full Marilyn’s punchcard to put toward it. Can you see the difference between the two dyelots? It’s hard to believe they’re the same colourway.
The worst part? Bellingham’s Hank and Bolt has discontinued their yarn department. The yarn selection in tiny B’Ham was just too good to be true. Not that it’s bad in any way, just one fewer interesting stop on the yarn crawl.
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