Back to School

Well, school has started again. I am thankful for the extra things to do, like making sure the kids are happy, working on projects for our room and just meeting a whole bunch of new kids and new people!

Coats and Clark picture

What I have done

So far, our year has started off to a good start. Not too many kids are "difficult" and seem to be easing back into the school year. A couple of them do seem to need some more adjusting, but otherwise the rest of them have fallen back in line with their classes and are working hard for all the adults in the room.

Ana Rimioli's pciture

On the home front I have started making a afghan for my sister-in-law Allison. I had this pattern in one of my afghan books. It is an old Coats and Clark pattern. It will be a lovely orange-pink and brown.

I also have finally started a few of the penguin appendages. I'm sure once I start the rest of the body they will quickly be produced. They are of course from Ana Rimoli's Amigurumi World. 

finished penguin parts

Otherwise project making has alomost come to a standstill. But there is lots of time for things to be completed!

It has been a bit hard trying to get back in the swing of things, even though I'm glad that I'm busier. And with working at the school there is less time to work around the house and working with my yarn.But everything is fixed in time. It is just getting used to what needs to happen and when.

Well, I'm rather out of words. But I want to write tomorrow. So you may hear from me then! Hopefully this tiredness that I have suddenly felt will not be a hindrance tomorrow. Until next time!

Updates

Hi all! It's been a century at least in blog terms since I've written. But a lot of my hooking has been completed and/or started. Also, before I could sit down for my blog today I felt the urge to make a salad, specifically potato salad.



Containers



I have know idea why I felt the urge, but its fun to try new things, especially things you have never done before. So this morning I searched the net for some potato salad recipes. I fell upon one that was in two different versions, but the same recipes. The main ingredients were the same, bacon and ranch. The recipe I decided on is called "Texas Ranch Potato Salad."

I found this recipe on allrecipies.com which I have found has great recipes no matter what you are looking for.  The website came in especially handy while my husband and I were in France and we had not brought over any cookbooks with "American" food in them. With allrecipies.com I have made cookies, made a salad and have made many appetizers from the site and from the cook book I own.

So getting down to it, I boiled potatoes, mixed mayonnaise, green onions and Hidden Valley Ranch mix to make the "sauce." After the potatoes were boiled I cut them up and put them in a dish to mix all the ingredients together in, after waiting for two hours for them to be cooled enough to mix the bacon and the "sauce" in. Well, I'm still waiting. So in another post I will have to tell you how it tastes.All in all, making the salad has been easy. I look forward to seeing how it will taste and if it fits with our soon to be grilled pork chops.

In the world of crochet I have finished several things. Four of which I wasn't planning on making. Two of the four are containers. You can make containers with crochet!! It's a bit crazy, but I had this new yarn that needed to be used. It is Sugar n'cream Scents. With this scent filled yarn I made two nice bowls/containers that will make someones bathroom smell delicious.

The other two are monkeys! I had one monkey started a long time ago. So I decided I was going to complete him. He was quickly completed in two days. Being silly, I didn't want the stuffed toy to be lonely so I made him a daughter. They are so cute and my husband had a blast playing with the "Daddy." Thanks to Ana Rimoli's patterns they are sitting in my living room now.

Monkeys

Lastly, the one  project that needed to be finished, the yellow monster was quickly finished a couple of weeks ago. He is quite a character! His eyes got rather big and my husband thought it would be funny if he walked on his eyes instead! It's so nice to have a husband to test out the toys for the little ones.

Well, I still need to make my penguins, which are on their way. I have completed eye roundies and a beak for one. I am sure once the rest of my supplies come in the mail, they will easily be completed as well.

Last weekend while visiting my in-laws I was "commissioned" to make a blanket. One that didn't allow for little toes to get caught. Through great debate I have decided on a pattern to follow, one that didn't have too many holes to get caught in. Unfortunately I need to buy more yarn for it cause after trying a different pattern, for the same project, I don't have the right amount of yarn for the new pattern. The old pattern just had too many holes. I hope this new pattern will work better. It will be a Christmas present, so I should have plenty of time to finish it.

Yellow monster

Ah, some other news, well the last time a wrote I thought I had two weeks before school started. Nope I start back tomorrow. Luckily I have had a little time to think about it and I'm ready. Enough of this boring summer stuff! So hard work here I come! I hope this year will be a good year, that all the students will get along just fine, no matter what hinders them. And I hope the adults will get along too. We have a couple of newbies, but so far they seem like they will fit just fine.

I wish you all the best! See you next time!