Luscious Fibers, Food and Life

look at that face!

I got a visit from little Eli yesterday. He has grown so much and is smiling all the time. It's amazing how much he has changed.

Yesterday was the first gathering of my crafty friends on an afternoon. We've been getting together when time allows during the week, but with busy work and baby schedules, we decided to try an afternoon meeting and Kate named it "Crafternoon." I think it was quite successful...very cozy and relaxed.

Amanda, Sarah and Eli came over a little before crafternoon started and we visited for a while, which was nice because we hadn't seen them in a couple weeks. Then we were joined by Amanda and Marcella and then Kate and her co-worker Amanda (lots of Amandas.)  We spent the afternoon catching up, knitting, sewing and scrap-booking. It was really nice time and I think we'll probably stick afternoons, especially because we love the name so much.

You can see more crafternoon pics here.

ah sunday

Sunday was just like Sundays are supposed to be. Some quiet time, a yummy breakfast, church and spending time with friends. I got up early, sat by the newly decorated tree and worked on my current knitting project...it was nice. At some point I decided to make waffles.

I tried a new recipe, banana oatmeal (sans raisins), from Vegan with a Vengeance, and they were quite tasty. Grant and I hadn't tried making waffles since becoming vegan and these, like just about everything else we've tried, were delicious and will be made again.

Later in the day I went to a baby shower for my friend Amanda. It was nice visiting with everyone and we played some fun games that made us laugh a lot. Amanda received many beautiful gifts and books. It was a book themed shower and we reminisced when old favorites were opened and aaaahhhhed when for the new stories. I got her two of my favorite picture books, The Polar Express and One Morning in Maine. Now she just needs to have this baby!!!

a nice saturday

Wüsthof ®  - Oh My!

Today I used one of our new knives and let me say...OMG! So I've been using the same knives that I purchased in Seattle, a $115 set, over 13 years ago and lets just say, I'm surprised I haven't chopped off a finger by now. Well, my knives were probably too dull to chop off a finger, but I was definitely needing to put a lot of pressure on my veggies in order to cut them...not the safest prep I'm certain. Well no more! This knife cut through my veggies like butter. It was amazing and beautiful. I didn't know what I was missing.

So this morning I was cooking up one of my favorite recipes, Sarah Kramer's Veggie Pot Pie, for our  friends Amanda and Sarah who have a new little one, Elijah. I cut out a panda for the crust, just for him...ok, really for Sarah. I thought it was pretty cute, but you know I love pandas.

Grant and I brought them some eats and visited for a while today. It was nice to see them all and to finally hold Eli for an extended period of time.  He even smiled and laughed for me. He was sleeping, but I like to think he was just having such a good time hanging out with me. Or maybe he was laughing at me. I'm not sure, but he was very cute.  Grant held him too...first time holding a baby...EVER!  He did a really good job and Eli was completely quite for a good minute or so :)

Oh and last night we got our Christmas tree. A little early this year, but since we're both traveling at different times this month, we thought it would be nice to have a tree for some of the time that we're here together.  After much frustration and event a late call to my dad, we did finally get the tree to stand up.  It should be fine as long as you don't blow on it.  It's funny, even though we live in a much bigger place this year, we still got a smaller tree...I guess we're just used to it.  We're decorating tonight, more pics tomorrow.

 

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Meet Elijah

Our friends Amanda and Sarah had their baby Elijah on Halloween.  He's a beautiful baby boy and Grant and I are looking forward to meeting him very soon.  Check out the little feet! I can't believe the booties are actually a little big.  When you're knitting them they seem so small and I have to say I wasn't sure they would fit, but babies are smaller than you think.