Pasta Night

Ah, pasta night. I am really enjoying it these days. I make a tomato meat sauce (sometimes with soya). It is really meaty with mushrooms and black olives today. I have premixed the pasta with the sauce - for Detta, Hugh and myself only. Donovan and Miles eat it plain with meatballs. I don't know if I can wait for dinner, it is so good!

Stonehenge

Stonehenge, at last I will be able to do something I always wanted to. Walk amongst the stones of Stonehenge. When Detta and I go to England in the summer, I have booked us on a tour where we can have access to Stonehenge. It has been something I always wanted to do, access was closed by the time I moved to England in 1988. I am so excited.

On another note, I finished a tiny hat for Donovan's teacher. She is due in July. But the hat is so tiny I may just knit another larger one, just in case her baby isn't that small.

Easter Egg Hunt & New Hat

Well it lasted all of 5 minutes. Detta, Miles and Donovan had their buckets ready and away they went. Eggs were hidden in the family room and the front room. Everyone was really fast in finding them. As everyone was munching away on their eggs, we had a fright. Miles was running to the garbage spitting one of the eggs out. It seems one of the kinder eggs was hazelnut!!! But he is okay. The one with the toy Miles will have but there are lots of other chocolate eggs he can eat.

I finished my newest hat last night, the Celtic Knot. It is a tight fit but Kath and I can both get it on. The fairisle part is a bit tight even though I knitted very loosely and carried loosely. It is very pretty but I am not particular happy with the ribbing part which is actually knit/purl rows.

Freezer

I just found our freezer open. It has been like that since Thursday night. The children put the frozen pizzas in the freezer and one of them didn't quite get the pizzas in. Almost everything is defrosted. Looks like we are going to be eating a lot of meat over the next few days. Some of the meat can be cooked tomorrow and then eaten over the next few days. But all the pizzas were lost and all my WW frozen dinners which I only recently bought on sale. There were a lot of them. Two garabage bags full!!

Dino Eggs

The eggs are hatching! The first two photos are from last night. Donovan's egg hatched this morning. We are still waiting for Miles'.

I met Kath for breakfast in Bowmanville. It was very good, I had a Monte Cristo, the ham was quite lovely in it. Then we went to our now favourite wool shop, Soper Creek Yarn. I bought some patterns and yarn for my next hat. Kath got two lovely books, one was paid for by her first prize gift certificate in the knitting contest - the tea cozy. I can't wait to look at the books, they are really interesting.

I have a new phone, YES!! It still has the same number, still pink and it is a slide phone. Detta loves it.

Easter Dinner

We had a great dinner over at my sister, Annes. There were 15 of us which is smaller than usual. I actually didn't over eat for a change, even though I nibbled at stuffing all day. Miles and Detta ate some dinner but I think Donovan just filled up on Kinder eggs! Miles then ate piles of chocolate eggs, it was hard to resist with all the eggs on the table. Kath made some great deserts which were gluten free. I like the chocolate and raspberry cake but I think I would have to add some chocolate syrup. There was lots of turkey left over so I am going to have a turkey sandwich with stuffing which Anne made.

Miles and Donovan were given these dino eggs which we are going to hatch. We have put them in water and now I believe it will take two days to hatch. I will keep you updated.

Sychronized Tryouts

Last day of sychnronized skating for this year. I am not going to miss the 7:30am start on Sunday mornings. Detta had her tryouts for next year, I am sure she will make it on to the same team, no problem. There were 14 out there for the tryouts but I am sure there will be a couple more who are going to tomorrows tryouts.

I can't believe all the snow today. At least my drive to work and home wasn't bad. Still not sure what I want to knit next but I will have to have a closer look at my colours.

Biennial Genesee Invitational Competition

We are back from New York. It has been a long weekend, lots of shopping and eating out. All three of the teams did really well. The Prenovice Senior and Junior placed first and the Juveniles placed 2nd. I thought I would quickly get that out of the way, if you want to know all the details, read below.

We drove down mid-day Friday. It was windy and very wet, pouring most of the trip. After we arrived, Detta and I went to WalMart and Target (my first trip). Detta found lots of 'Twilight' stuff and we bought some clothes and groceries. Then at Target I found two fleecy 'Star Wars' blankets for the boys, Detta found a THREE disc dvd of ‘Twilight’. After we got back to the hotel, lots of other people had arrived and a load of the kids went swimming. The swimming area was really nice and pool was a great size. We had Mexican at the hotel but it left a lot to be desired!!! We had an early night as we had to be up by 7am.

The next day we got up early to find the skating rink for an eight thirty practice. It was freezing outside, gale force winds and snow! We eventually found our way to the Rochester Institute of Technology where the skating competition was being held. The rink was huge. The girls practiced for half an hour and then we headed back to the hotel. We had a continental breakfast at the hotel which left a lot to be desired and then Detta and I went to Walmart, I had to return the TWO disc dvd of ‘Twilight’. We got back to the hotel and started to get ready for the competition. Putting Detta’s hair in a bun is a real struggle. The gel didn’t go clear and stayed white!! Even with a hairnet little pieces of hair would pop out. Then we headed for the group room and she had her makeup put on.

We arrived at the rink but along with the skating competition there was a lacrosse tournament on so the parking was in short supply. We had to park what seemed like miles from the rink and my face ended up getting wind burnt – a right sight! Finally the older teams went on for their turn, in this competition there is only one skate where as in the Canadian competitions there are two. The time was also shorter so the juvenile practically had a new routine which they learned in a week! Finally Detta’s team came on, they did very well though they hit the boards for the first time ever. They looked very good compared to the other teams.

Finally it was over and all the teams came back on the ice for the presentations. It was very exciting as they announced from the last to first. So after the announcement of second place for the two older teams we were all cheering as our teams got first. When the announcement finally came for second place for Detta’s team we were all holding our breaths, were we getting first or second. The parents were all so happy they got second and all the teams were very happy.

Some people went straight home to Canada while some of us stayed. After a great dinner at the Olive Garden, all the kids went swimming after dinner. Detta had a friend up to our room to watch Twilight.

We headed home on Sunday. It was a long drive home and we stopped at one of those discount outlets. It was nice to see Hugh and the boys. The boys loved their Star Wars blankets and Hugh is enjoying his wasabi almonds.

No knitting this weekend, I ended up not liking the pattern I took so I stopped.

Stone Circle Hat 2

I have finally finished the Stone Circle Hat. I ripped back the top and redid it. I still managed to drop a stitch which I recovered 4 rows later. At least it wasn't part of the decreasing. I actually not quite done. I still have a lot of ends to sew in. I still have to do them on the carousel hat also.

My daughter and I are all packed and ready to head out tomorrow morning. We are leaving after breakfast. I want to bring some knitting but I haven't had time to figure out what I want to knit next. Well I do know what I want to knit next, it's just I don't have all the colours I need and it is complicated. I am taking the PC with me so the hotel may have WiFi. If it does I will keep you posted on shopping and the competition.

Stone Circle Hat

I started a new hat. It is using a pattern called Stone Circle from Kaffe Fassett but I altered it slightly as this is a child's hat. It is in very bright colours. Hopefully I will finish it tonight, I just have the top to finish but I have just discovered a mistake so I am going to rip the top out for the second time. I will add a picture tonight.

Tomorrow, my daughter and I are heading off to Rochester, New York. She has a sychronized skating competition. The actual competition is not until Saturday but I want to leave during the day. We want to go shopping and the hotel also has a nice pool so I am sure my daughter will spend some time in there.