Halfway There!

Last night I attempted to make biscuits. My family is not known for their bread making, but I thought I would give it a whirl. I used Ree Drummond's recipe for buttermilk biscuits in  The Pioneer Woman Cooks book. Her pictures, explanations etc. gave me confidence that they would turn out alright!

I read the recipe carefully, double checking things I was not sure about. Toward the end of creating them, my mix looked a touch dry, at least compared to Drummond's picture. So, I added some more buttermilk. But that is common sense in baking, if it looks dry add more wet ingredients. Sure enough, golden biscuits came out of the oven.

My husband loved them! Since it was supper, we had it the traditional way with sausage gravy. But my husband happily went back for seconds, when the gravy ran out he simply put some jelly on one and ate it up. I followed suit this morning by having two biscuits with jelly. They were tasty! I hope I can make them again, just as good or even better.

On the crochet side of things I finally finished my ignored scarf. Instead of a light scarf as I initially wanted, it came out as a a thick wintry scarf. It will still look good on coats and maybe with a turtleneck.

My two baby blankets are completed! I can check that off my list. This last one looks awesome! I really love the colors. I can't wait to give it away. The Red Heart "Baby Checks" pattern was really easy to follow and easily manipulated to make it your own. On this baby blanket, instead of using all four colors around the blanket, I used the green and blue in layers. It makes it look more boyish, for I found out my sister in law is having a boy.

Detail of the edge

Now to the toys....well, the toy. My yellow monster is well on its way. It's body is nearly completed. I foresee it only taking a couple more weeks. One week to crochet the feet, one more for the eyes and half a week to sew on appendages. Then it will be penguin time. I am way too excited! I hope I can crochet fast enough to keep myself content with the projects I have lined up. Hmmm, how is my initial list coming?

1. Green monster-check

2. Baby blanket #1-check

3.Baby blanket #2-check

4. Triangle scarf-check

5. Yellow Monster

6. Penguins

That is nice to look at....more than half done. Though I suppose I could add a few things. 7. Snake. I need to see if I can freehand a snake. I think my nephew would love it.

Summer is coming to an end. Only two more weeks (I think?) until I head back to my teacher's aide job.Summer has felt long. But I guess my days haven't been too busy...each day slowly passed by. Hopefully these last couple of weeks will remain slow. So, I can wrap my mind around going back to work. Well, until next time my friends, keep smiling!

Body of Monster