Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Mixed Bag of Tasks Today

Mixed bag of things to do today but managed to get quite a few done.

For one, I've been working for 2 days on two scarves for a neighbor. Well, she only wants one but wasn't really clear on the color. First she said black, then she agreed shaded blacks/grays would be nice, but didn't seem too excited over that. So I just finished an all black one this morning, and almost finished a black and charcoal one. The second one is 14 rows black, 5 charcoal, and alternating. They are 7x60" - I'm sure I can find a buyer for whichever one she doesn't take. She's coming by the charity crafting session on Friday and will pick one then.  They are both simple stitches as she didn't want "big holes" which I took to mean not too lacey. She has no car and walks a distance in the cold, so I completely understand her needs.

I also did the one spaghetti squash today. I had bought 2 a short while ago, on sale, for only $.50 each and I don't want them to spoil. After I nuked it to soften it, cut it and seeded it, I nuked the halves. Once cooled, it's so easy to scoop and pack into cup-size containers. I then used a church key to poke a can of simple pasta sauce and drizzle that on top of the containers. Made and froze six servings. Well, I didn't freeze them all. Ate one this afternoon. Love those!

Gathered the week's trash and got that out to the curb for the morning truck.

Made four cups of Jello for the fridge. Missed that for a few days. Love having containers that I can just poke a spoon into it and enjoy something sweet (I get sugar free) but safer than what I might otherwise grab.

Brought in a nice size tote bag of yarn that someone in here dropped at my back steps anonymously. I will try to figure out who left it. Our group likes to mention the donors in the monthly newsletters.

Since it was gather-the-trash day, I decided to finally change poor Silkie's scratcher pad insert. We have a round thingie with rolled corrugated cardboard insert and it's the only commercial scratcher pad she'll use. It also has a ball that cats are supposed to roll in the track, but she finds that boring since it doesn't dispense treats. Anyhow, I added some fresh catnip and also took her toys and tossed them inside a plastic bag to freshen them. She spent the rest of the day sniffing, napping, eating, and repeating the process.

Got a few other things done, too. Even though I didn't get anything big accomplished, I am happy to have crossed a few things off my to-do list today.
Rolling along...

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