Progress on Sweater

About 3/4 of the back of the sweater is knit. Here is a picture of it with the yarn.

Gotta go--it's almost tomorrow!

Birthday Sweater in the Making

I finally got the yarn for the sweater I'm knitting for Diana for her Christmas, then discovered it wouldn't work after all. Since it is too late to order yarn in time to get the sweater knit before Christmas, I went looking again in the city. The only wool yarn I could find that was the right thickness and in colors I knew she liked was at Joann's and came in a purse kit. Since I had 40% off coupons, I took Tim and his friend Brandon to town, gave them each a coupon and money, and we bought four purse kits.

I've already gotten a few inches done on the sweater and love it. I just hope Di does too. :) More pics tomorrow!

Have your cake and....

Today something reminded me of a certain cake that my mom used to bake. I can't even remember what it was that triggered the memory, but suddenly I was ravenous for a piece of that cake.
So I took out this,
mixed it up until it looked like this ,
then added a little of this and this,
and put it in the oven.

In the meantime, since Tim was in school, Riley got to help me out and be the bowl licker. He did his job so well, I almost didn't have to wash the bowl when he was done. ;)

When the cake came out of the oven, it looked like this,
and tasted like this.
Mission accomplished!