Winter, Crocheting, Cakes, and Dawn

 

Well, fall finally ended 

this past Friday 

night and winter

moved in. With global 

warming and 

how our falls and winters 

are here in 

Tennessee, you never 

know what 

season you are in.

Anyway, WELCOME 

to

I had a need for some odd

reason to pick up my needle

and yarn. I started an afghan.

If you remember a few 

years back

 I did this and by Feb. I had 

three afghans made. 

I ended up 

with one extra and 

then I worked

on one mom started 

that I gave

to Amber.

I call them scrape 

cause I make

them with yarn I have 

laying around.

I will start with one color 

and either

I tire of that color or 

I run out,

I then move to another 

color.

When I change color 

it might not

start on the edge or 

end of the row,

I might start it in the 

middle, adds

the scrape aspect of 

things. Great

way to use up yarn 

from other projects.

Scarfs are another way 

of using up

yarn. I my case, I really 

don't do a lot

of projects with yarn so I end up sometimes

going and buying more just to 

have different colors!

Then what happens, I 

end up with more

yarn laying around. lol

When I made them a few

years back I made 

one for Braden

and one for DJ in 

the colors they 

like. I add to buy yarn 

for those.

I made two scrape 

ones that time

and I had one I did not give 

away. I am giving that to my 

other grandson, Caleb.

These I make now, will prob

be gifts for the 

adopted grands.

For Thursday I told 

you I made

Amber her favorite cake. 

I sent the rest home 

with them. 

Will is having a get 

together at the 

house with his 

kids for Ambers

bday Saturday. I 

offered to make 

another cake for that.

I made a bundt cake this time.

I also like to play 

around with my

baking. I poured half in the 

pan and then put 

cinnamon over

that, then the rest went in.

For the topping I 

melted some

butter, poured in 

some caramel

sauce and some 

powered sugar, 

mixing it up well. 

When the cake cooled, I 

poured it over the top.

Nothing like experimenting on 

others at a get together!

haha

This popped up on my 

FB page Sat. 

I made this for Amber for 

her bday a few years ago.

Sorry Amber, I did 

not make your

two bday cakes this year, this

fancy. Besides, who gets two

cakes anyway???

Question~ how old were you 

when you learned that the top

of the vanilla bottle is 

exactly a teaspoon?

Me ~ the age I am now,

64 and I learned it in 

the mountains

when I went up in Nov. 

WOW.......

DUH!

Now to share something else I 

have learned. 

I have a black top stove, I 

have to say, they are worse 

that white in keeping them 

clean! I read that alcohol and 

baking soda would 

clean them 

nicely. I sprinkle the 

baking soda on

the stove, pour on the rubbing 

alcohol and make a 

paste, rubbing

it around on the 

stove. I let mine

sit for a few minutes. 

I wipe it

off with paper towels,

 then I have to 

clean it with glass cleaner. 

Yes, it works good.

Since then, I have also

found that Dawn Power

wash works nicely.

DIY Dawn Power Wash~

• For a 16-ounce Dawn Powerwash bottle, you’ll need approximately 2-3 tablespoons of Liquid Dawn dish soap.
• 2 Tablespoons of Isopropyl Alcohol
• Fill the rest of the bottle with warm water, leaving some space at the top to allow for shaking.

I put mine in a spray bottle, 

it also works great like

the kind you buy and it don't 

cost as much.

Give it a try.

Have a great day,

Pam