Rhinebeck Rocks :)

Yeah baby!!! Rhinebeck was awesome. This is the first year I went with a bus and it was great. Driving back home after the bus was a bit nightmarish, but still, it was doable. I'd rather drive an hour than four. I got some kewl stuff and bought some uber-soft tussah and merino roving that was sold to me by a customer of the store. She kept going on about how she comes back every year to buy some more. I couldn't resist. I also bought some sock yarn for myself. It's like neopolitan ice cream. It makes me hungry. I met the Plucky Knitter, the Ravelry people and Hello Yarn, which was fun. Knitting celebrity. Who'd of thunk it? I'm ready to knit again. The apartment is about 68 degrees. Perfect for knitting and pumpkin pie. Mmm. Punkin' pie. Yea. I'll be knitting in a little while...must...preheat...oven.....

Fix Me, Elixer!!!

Ugh. Sick with a cold and a stye. I hate styes. Luckily, it's been a long time since I had one. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember what I do with them. I read a lot about tea bags and washclothes. I didn't like tea dripping down my face and the bag would not stay warm. The washclohth also cooled off too fast. I came up with a paper towel filled with dry rice, and tied on top and a wet washcloth. First, heat the rice in the microwave for 30 seconds. Put the damp washcloth on your eye and then the hot rice pack. Lay there with it on the styed eye until the rice cools off, about 10-15 minutes. Make sure it's not too hot. Initially, I would put fold the washcloth into two layers, then as it cooled down, one layer. Then I took two Tylenol and put some stye ointment on it. Well see how it goes. Stye treatment down, cold treatment to go.

I've been working on a recipe for my "Common Cold Fix-Up Elixer" I posted the label for all to see. I can't sell it because it makes health claims and contains alcohol. I can, however, freely give it to my friends and family. I'm thinking of making cold care xmas baskets, seeing as January usually brings a slew of nasty viruses. There will be an elixer mug, elixer, rice heating pad, herbal blend for steaming and sea salt for decongesting the nose, as well as chix soup in a jar. It's definitely good for my family, they're always sick. Oh, and puffs with vicks and vicks vapor rub. MMMmm MMMmm good.

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Brunchtime!

Hi all. Just relaxin' and scoping out new recipes this Sunday morning. Working a lot. School is stalled because I didn't finish my IN from last semester. Oh well. I guess I'll have to enjoy Christmas this year. In any case, I wanted to post a new recipe. Baked Meaty Veggie Eggs. All that's missing is some fruit and nice buttery toasted bread.

Bacon, spinach, peas, 2 eggs , shredded cheese, chopped tomato, Old Bay seasoning mix

Turn oven to 350. Grease a oven-proof dish. (I use my vintage Pyrex small casserole looking plate. It's about 7" across, with a slight handle on one side.) Fry bacon until super crispy. Drain on paper towels. Put spinach in frying pan to cook (fresh) or dry out (frozen). (You could add some onions here too, but I forgot.) Put spinach on the bottom of the greasesd dish, throw some peas on top, crack open the eggs on top of this, without breaking the yolk, throw some cheese on top and crumbled bacon. Last, sprinkle spice mix on top, liberally. Bake in a water bath until the yolks are how you like them. 15 minutes will probably be hard-set. Put tomatoes on top before serving. Enjoy.