Cooking
This idea has been around for a while, but when I saw another mention of it on the Pink of Perfection along with the thought that we should put some fun into our resolutions, I was sold. I've got a good start on a list, but I'm not quite up to 101 things. I hope this isn't too much information, but my list is mostly about making and cooking, so it seems appropriate to put it here. Most importantly, posting it will (I think) help make it so - if I just made a list and didn't tell anyone about it, I could just as easily throw away the list and not tell anyone.
So here it is so far. With my cooking "things", I want to push myself to try techniques or foods I've been avoiding (though I haven't worked up the courage to put mushrooms on the list). With books I hope to make a dent in the unread piles in my house and similarly with sewing and knitting, I'd like to make some headway in the stash I've accumulated over the years and finish projects started long ago. That fuzzy beige sweater you see listed below? I started it 28 years ago - yikes! I'm not fooling myself that every single thing is really going to happen, but if even half of it does I'll be thrilled! I have 23 more "things" to add to the list - any suggestions?
- Hungry Monkey: Book Review
Hungry Monkey is the funniest book I've read all year. It might seem odd that I would even bother reading a book about "a food-loving father's quest to raise an adventurous eater" since I don't have kids myself. I only review things here...
- Oh No, Five-o!
My name is Cathy and I'm a 50-year-old blogger. Waahhhhh!!!!! Birthdays come and go and I don't give them much thought, but this one is different. It's not the vanity thing... it's the living thing! I keep thinking, best case - I've...
- Crafts & Stuff: Sock Monkey For Cassidy
This little miss monkey is for my little miss Cassidy (my not quite two year old neice). Her mom and dad gave me two pairs of those socks with red heels and white cuffs that are traditionally used for sock monkeys. The deal was: one pair for me and the...
- Weaving: Now Where Were We?
I sort of left you hanging didn't I? Sorry about that... actually, not only haven't I been blogging, I've been spending precious little time weaving. I really have got to get my priorities in order! I have spent a few hours weaving and have...
- How Am I Doing?
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } It's time for a chat. You probably remember I had a loooooong list of New...
Cooking
101 Things in 1001 Days
This idea has been around for a while, but when I saw another mention of it on the Pink of Perfection along with the thought that we should put some fun into our resolutions, I was sold. I've got a good start on a list, but I'm not quite up to 101 things. I hope this isn't too much information, but my list is mostly about making and cooking, so it seems appropriate to put it here. Most importantly, posting it will (I think) help make it so - if I just made a list and didn't tell anyone about it, I could just as easily throw away the list and not tell anyone.
So here it is so far. With my cooking "things", I want to push myself to try techniques or foods I've been avoiding (though I haven't worked up the courage to put mushrooms on the list). With books I hope to make a dent in the unread piles in my house and similarly with sewing and knitting, I'd like to make some headway in the stash I've accumulated over the years and finish projects started long ago. That fuzzy beige sweater you see listed below? I started it 28 years ago - yikes! I'm not fooling myself that every single thing is really going to happen, but if even half of it does I'll be thrilled! I have 23 more "things" to add to the list - any suggestions?
- Try tempering chocolate
- Try canning dried beans (I’m getting a pressure canner)
- Start building a pantry for the winter by canning some summer produce
- Cook with artichokes
- Cook with avocados
- Cook with tempeh
- Cook with seitan
- Make puff pastry from scratch
- Find a tofu recipe I really like
- Weave napkins for myself
- Weave a simple blanket with doubleweave
- Weave a project using 8/2 cotton from stash
- Weave another project using 8/2 cotton from stash (I have LOTS of 8/2 cotton)
- Weave and sew a project using 20/2 cotton from stash
- Try rep weave (sampling)
- Try summer and winter (sampling)
- Weave a gift for someone
- Get up to speed with Fiberworks PCW (which I’ve had for years now) and design/document all of the projects above with it
- Read Breathless in Bombay (and review for LibraryThing)
- Read Sitting Practice (and review for LibraryThing)
- Read Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
- Read The Omnivore’s Dilemma
- Read The Amateur Marriage
- Read Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d’Orcia
- Read Happiness Sold Separately
- Read The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
- Read The Blind Assassin
- Read The Known World
- Read The Poisonwood Bible
- Read The God of Small Things
- Read Drowning Ruth
- Read The Pilot's Wife
- Read Back When We Were Grownups
Read Animal Vegetable Miracle- finished 1/30/2008Finish Catelynn’s stocking- finished 1/18/2008- Finish fuzzy beige sweater
- Make another felted critter (maybe an original design this time?)
- Make Sock Monkey hat for Cassidy
- Make Flower Power hat for Catelynn
- Knit socks for myself
- Make a sweater using yarn from stash
- Make a felted purse or tote
- Make Christmas stockings for Waldo and Kitty (no angora Santa beards though!!)
- Knit at least one item to donate to charity from my stash
- Make a sock monkey for Catelynn
- Make a Cathy original - now that I’ve made a Christina original :)
- Try creating a pants pattern from my favorite (and best-fitting) pants
- Sew some more with Christina
- Sew a garment with fabric from my stash
- Sew a little gifty thing with fabric from my stash
- Make a miniature teddy bear
Switch to new Blogger template- done 1/22/2008Customize template with my own header, etc.- done 2/3/2008- Launch State by State (will check off once Maryland is done)
- Post belated review of The Breakaway Cook
- Post belated review of Educating Peter
- Post belated review of Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant
- Post about three “last chance cookbooks”
- Purchase floor lamp for study
- Clean and organize the basement
- Get dryer vented to outside
- Paint inside
- Finish bedroom curtains
- Window treatment for study
- Clean up and plant herb garden
- Make a list and get that nice handyman to come back
Set up TreasuryDirect account- done 1/6/2008Switch payroll purchase of savings bonds to TD account- done 1/21/2008- Convert paper savings bonds to TD account
- Form 2803 (too boring to explain)
- Wisdom teeth on left side extracted in 2008
- Start exercising again (twice a week for at least 8 weeks in a row)
- Get my yarn stash inventoried on Ravelry
- Get my hooks and needles inventoried on Ravelry
- Reduce my average water consumption in 2008 by 5 gallons per day
- Reduce my average electricity consumption in 2008 by 2 KWH per day
Switch all regular-sized incandescent light bulbs (except for my reading light) over to compact fluorescent bulbs- finished 2/4/2008- Try needle tatting (thank you Santos!)
- Get my genealogy stuff organized
- Take and post to flickr 10 photos I’m proud of
- 101 things for the next 1001 days (which will start 9/29/2010)
- Hungry Monkey: Book Review
Hungry Monkey is the funniest book I've read all year. It might seem odd that I would even bother reading a book about "a food-loving father's quest to raise an adventurous eater" since I don't have kids myself. I only review things here...
- Oh No, Five-o!
My name is Cathy and I'm a 50-year-old blogger. Waahhhhh!!!!! Birthdays come and go and I don't give them much thought, but this one is different. It's not the vanity thing... it's the living thing! I keep thinking, best case - I've...
- Crafts & Stuff: Sock Monkey For Cassidy
This little miss monkey is for my little miss Cassidy (my not quite two year old neice). Her mom and dad gave me two pairs of those socks with red heels and white cuffs that are traditionally used for sock monkeys. The deal was: one pair for me and the...
- Weaving: Now Where Were We?
I sort of left you hanging didn't I? Sorry about that... actually, not only haven't I been blogging, I've been spending precious little time weaving. I really have got to get my priorities in order! I have spent a few hours weaving and have...
- How Am I Doing?
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } It's time for a chat. You probably remember I had a loooooong list of New...