Post #194: In which Miss E goes to a California wedding

Looking out

Before felting

After felting

This is the first blog post after a long hiatus.  At the request of my great-aunt, I decided to start posting again.  And guess what, guys?!?  We're almost up to post #200!

During the break, a lot of things happened.  Most notably: Our family grew by one very sweet little girl, Miss E/Boo Boo/L. Bell or any number of wordplay reformulations and extensions that may or may not be vaguely related to her name.  I probably finished whatever knitting project you last saw me working on...and many others.

Last week Miss E  took her first plane ride to California.  She did surprisingly well, with the minor exception of raisins being dropped on the ground in 5 states, 4 planes, 3 hotel rooms, and at least 3 restaurants.  When the raisin trees start sprouting, you'll know where they came from...

At the wedding, she had a great time.  For me, something changed.  Maybe it was seeing those California relatives that I hadn't seen in so long, and despite the long separation, the conversation flowed just as if no time had passed.  Miss E danced, took a walk with my aunt, met many of these family members for the first time (including her newly wed aunt and uncle), and stayed up way past her bedtime.  Then we woke up at 4:00 am in order to walk to the airport (from our hotel across the street) to get ready to go home.  She slept through most of the plane rides on the way home, and she wasn't too messed up to sleep all night when we got home.

Yesterday, I worked on finishing my new Hydroflask cover, with improvements from the old one I made two years ago.  Here are the before and after pics.  I hand felted it for 1 hour and 15 min, and then I decided to finish it in the washer. 

Lastly, my birthday was last week.  We generally bring our own treats at work, unless you organize some sort of exchange with a coworker.  I did make treats for one of my coworkers in April, and she surprised me with bagels, but I wanted to bring my own treats too.  I had just stumbled upon a new cookie technique: cookie mashups.  I made choco-choco-peanut butter and snickersnaps.  Basically, they are 1/2 one type of dough and 1/2 another type of dough.  Everyone at work wanted the recipe, and they wanted to know if I had made two snakes, rolled together and sliced.  Although the result is impressive and the idea is genius, it's way more simple than you might imagine.  I used bagged cookie mixes, except for the ginger snap mix that I made from scratch, and then I balled together a scoop of each dough before baking.  

Well, consider yourself caught up.  Check back soon, as I have a goal to make it to Post #200 soon. -吴碧芙

Foreground: snickersnap, background: choco-choco-peanut butter