Life is in the Details

New Cookbooks

After being mostly nauseated or uninterested, then disinterested in food during the nine months of pregnancy I'm getting back into loving food (and planning meals, reading my cookbooks and magazines, and cooking). I just found out that there are 4 new cookbooks either already in publication or coming soon that look GREAT! 2 are vegetarian, even though my husband eats almost no vegetables (clearly those would just be for me to read and think about - and try a few for lunches for Jessi and me).

1. Vegetarian Suppers from Deborah Madison's Kitchen
2. Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food that You Can Really Make at Home - by Ina Garten (Barefoot Contessa)
3. The King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion: The Essential Cookie Cookbook
4. Jack Bishop's A Year in a Vegetarian Kitchen : Easy Seasonal Dishes for Family and Friends

Yum!! I will likely try to check out the vegetarian ones in the library first but the other two... can you say holiday wish list??!

Jessi's poncho is almost finished.

Jessi's poncho is almost finished. I decided to add the fringe so that I can make it a little longer.

Here's the first of Mike's

Here's the first of Mike's socks finished. He tried it on and made a big deal of having a custom, handmade sock (thanks for the ego boost, MC!), gotta love that guy.

and the reclining angle!

and the reclining angle!

Finding the perfect apple.

Finding the perfect apple.

Getting it off the tree.

Getting it off the tree.

Testing out the picks.

Testing out the picks.

Sitting out to take a

Sitting out to take a rest.. with an apple.

Here's Ryan with his basket.

Here's Ryan with his basket.

Two finished objects in 2

Two finished objects in 2 days. I'm on a roll. This sweater was my first project after learning to knit and making a few garter scarves. It's been knit forever - since before June (btm - before the move)... It had been waiting for buttons. Then I found buttons (again btm), then I lost them. Last month I found them again while organizing my knitting needles (putting them all in a bag upstairs in my closet instead of in multiple bags in the basement and my closet). This morning Jessi is not feeling well so we're watching Between the Lions and Sesame Street so I pulled this project out and finished it off. Sigh... I feel so much better. I hope it's not too small already. Jessi didn't even feel good enough to try it on so model shots will have to wait. Off to enjoy the day. :-)