Beets

I am making my first dish with beets today. For some reason, I was reminded of that scene in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, where Denethor, the Steward of Gondor is eating red grapes and the juice is oozing down his chin, as his son, Faramir, is fighting against the Orcs in Osgiliath...Morbid, I know.

Anyhoo, here are today's pictures...

By Rainlight

Not a word, you say? Sure it is. Here is the definition.

Rainlight:
[reyn-lahyt]
–noun
The light that is present during the rain and gives a subtle luminosity to outside objects.

Origin: Coined by the author of A Knitter's Muse.

It came to me as I took today's pictures.

Before and After

My son with his crazy longish hair:

Modeling the hat that I just finished knitting (it was supposed to be mine, but he liked the colors so much that I was moved to make it smaller for him):

Here's another view:

And After pictures of both of my kids after a visit to Supercuts. Aren't they cute?

By Lamplight

By Window Light

Yummy Yucky

One of the books I picked up yesterday is called Yummy Yucky (a board book for my son). Each page lists something yummy (i.e cookies) and something Yucky on the opposite page (i.e. stinky socks). So today, I am going to write things that are Yucky and Yummy to me.

Ahem.

My children reading together is Yummy:

My children fighting is Yucky.

A warm Swiss and Spinach bagel with Lox cream cheese is Yummy

A cold blueberry bagel with Lox cream cheese is Yucky (believe me, I've tried it - blech!)

Mom's cave window this afternoon is Yummy:

Mom's cave window this morning is Yucky:

The kitchen window this afternoon is yummy.

The kitchen window this morning is Yucky:
(as are pictures of same window coming out too dark-aaaargh)

Cold and dreary days are Yucky.

Beautiful sunny days at the park are so very yummy.

Unhappy kids are Yucky.

Active and happy (albeit chilly) kids playing at the park are truly yummy.


This post is dedicated to my Very Yummy children.

Water, Pompom, and the Max-Factor

We've had a leaky faucet knob in our bathtub for the past few months. Only lately has it grown to the point where I actually thought that it was possible that it could flood our bathroom, or at the very least, make a very BIG mess. It wasn't spewing exactly, but I had to admit that the water could be described as "gushing" instead of "trickling". GAH! I had to fix it and I was determined not to have to hire someone to do it.

I found the water main:


Then I unscrewed the knob:


and took pictures to Home Depot so someone could help me find the right part.

When I got home, my husband pulled out the inner device and replaced it with the part I purchased from Home Depot.

Now it works like a dream - pulls out like buttah!

I also gave my Pom, Lucy, a much needed bath.


Look how pretty she looks after her grooming:


After lunch, I dropped off books at the local Book Den, and scored on a bag-o-books because they were also have a book sale. Woohoo!!

My daughter's friend, Max, also had his birthday party today. He turned 9. He wore the Goomba hat and sweater that I made him for Christmas.


What a busy day!