My Pomatomus Socks

I finished these quite a while ago, I just never thought about showing them. They've been on my feet for two winters, and hold up really well. The pattern was one of the most fun to make items for me. I love a challenge. So I decided to finally take a picture.

Birthdays..........wish they'd just go away!

For me, anyway, my birthday is always a drag.  I have everything I need, and I'm one of these people other people don't like because I just don't react well to presents.  I don't like getting......I like giving!  I think it's because when I was young, my family had to do without, a lot.  So, I got used to a good meal and maybe a cake and that seemed enough for me even then.  Just tell me "Happy Birthday", and I'll be just fine.  I'm a no-frills person because that's how I am, not because I'm a martyr, which is what they think.  I'm happy every day untill someone makes me miserable.  I've also found out the world doesn't like happy people.  To all of them I say it's their loss. 

So, my birthday came and went yesterday.  It was an interesting day spent with just my family, who will never understand me.  Good cake, MmmmmmmChocolate!

Summertime Blues, and Blacks, and Reds, and Purples, etc............

Despite the heat in the ninety's, I've been busy knitting for fall.  As much as I love my craft, the feel of anything fuzzy on a hot day gives me the willies.  I'm, therefore, trying as much as I can to stick to cotton yarns and acrylic for various projects. 

I promised my daughter a matching spa rug for her bathroom.  Made out of cotton, it suited me just fine.  I'm almost through with it, probably today.  Just need a few more rows and skid proof the back of it and it'll be done.  Whew, that's a lot of thumb tooling, and thank goodness for circular needles.

We had a quiet time (as opposed to firecrackers) over the Independence Day holiday weekend.  My husband does all he can on his to-do list regardless of holiday or not.  Workaholic is an understatement.  My stint is in the kitchen.  I made all sorts of things.  I should have taken pictures, since the food is gone now.  I made some excellent barbecue sauce for my chicken.  Thankfully I made a large batch, because it is going on my next barbecued chicken and pork.  Hot dogs and hamburgers were also made, and I put some fresh picked figs on the pit to enjoy hot.  We smoked some pork butt on Saturday to shred for sandwiches.  I love making sauces for pulled pork bbq.  I stock homemade N. Carolina, Memphis, Kansas City, and Louisiana sauces.  Personally I favor vinegar based sauces because it just tastes so good on pork.  But, to each his own, so I make them all for all tastes.  Crispy slaw and potato salad, green bean and tomato salad, deviled eggs, red white and blue sheet cake and plenty of iced tea and bottomless coffee rounded out a great day yesterday.  Happy Birthday America.