Road Trip!

Last week we took a little road trip to New Orleans. It's all about the food. And the history. And the food. And the landscape. And the food.

 We got an early start and after a tasty breakfast at Cafe Des Amis in Breaux Bridge we took a swamp tour.

That evening we had dinner at Emeril's.  Fantastic food and great service. This is their signature banana cream pie-not to be missed.

 After breakfast at Brennan's we did a little sight seeing. An old cemetery, some shopping, and the Chalmette battlefield where  the battle of New Orleans was fought. I've been singing that song ( you know, " We fired our guns and the British kept a coming...") since I was little, so it was nice to see where it actually took place.

 Another  wonderful dinner at "Cochon" topped off by a stop here:

You just can't go to New Orleans without visiting Cafe Du Monde! Cafe au lait and beingets  loaded with powdered sugar--YUM!

So the next morning we packed a Muffaletta in our cooler and headed home!

It was good to get home, we had a wonderful time and the sandwich tasted great! We really should do this more often!

Fear of Commitment?

I really enjoy knitting. I learned as a child and knit one long strip in bubble gum pink yarn and put it away. in college, I made a less than attractive poncho and a couple of blankets. I never wore the poncho, but did use the blankets. Later, I started a sweater, didn't finish it, put it away and sold its parts at a garage sale. Are we seeing a trend here?

When I picked up needles again a few years ago the stars must have been somewhat aligned since I've been consistently knitting since then, but it's what I knit that is beginning to concern me. I do like making socks--it's fun and gratifying, but unless you hike up your pant leg and stick up your foot, no one knows you are wearing these wonderful, beautiful hand knit socks. an there is always someone nearby that balks that you spent, ho much time making those/ And you spent THAT much for a pair of sock?

So I knit "accessories" mainly scarves and shawls. I have an affinity for eternity scarves. They are easy to wear and jazz up a simple t-shirt. It's all about the process. A scarf goes fairly fast, and I can then move on to another design, another wonderful yarn, another pretty color. But just how many scarves can I wear?

I need to make something substantial. I have yarn and patterns for a couple of Texas-wearable sweaters. And I need to commit to the time it's going to take to work with one yarn  color until it is finished, and look forward to the pride I will have in wearing my finished item. I will do the gauge swatch, and I will wear it if it is too big or I will wear it if it is too small. I will commit to knowing there will be some frogging along the way. But now...I have to decide which of these to start on!

Later...
Julie

Here we Go!

Well, I've been planning on doing this for some time now--and today was the day! I hope to post on a regular basis, even when things are dull! I love creating--somedays I work on penny rugs, others I knit or stitch. A day just isn't complete unless there is some sewing/knitting time worked in somewhere.

We've been out of town for a couple of days, so today is laundry and catch up day, but I'm going to post a  couple of pictures of FO's I have, just to make this first post look better! I think there's going to be a learning curve here. Hope that if you've found me, you will visit again.

Snowmen are so fun--they all have personality, and living in the south we have lots of cardinals, so these are some of my favorites!

Guess this is it for post one. More to come soon. Thanks for stopping by.

Julie