Episode 239 is live!
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Sunday, July 23, 2017
Saturday, July 22, 2017
239: Hot Summer Days
Cherry juice so easily becomes fresh sorbet! And jelly, of course...and smoothies...
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There will NOT be CFR this year.
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I am gemmadw on Twitter and Pinterest, DoeWalking on geocaching.com, and DrGemma on Plurk and Instagram.
What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:
Mother Bear Project--the website, for info on making bears.
Finished:
Nothing new this week
In Progress:
Random coasters for mugs
Easter Egg Entrelac scarf
The Southwestern Entrelac Scarf
Also, Entre to Entrelac book.
My LYS: Creative Ewe Studios
Several pairs of socks:
The Pink Cascade Socks--first sock is done. I am moving through stockinette on the second
The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller. No, I have neither finished not forgotten this one...
Or this one:
Eleanor Scarf--spun from Eleanor's undercoat and knitted in my favored checkerboard pattern.
Dizzy Blondes:
Considering how to use the yarn I still have from Eleanor.
Strategy:
Tolerating Criticism I:
Letting your critic know that you have heard them. Using neutral voice. Not agreeing that the critic is right, just making clear that you've heard their ideas.
Tolerating Criticism I:
Letting your critic know that you have heard them. Using neutral voice. Not agreeing that the critic is right, just making clear that you've heard their ideas.
Cherry harvest is done. Results: tried cherry marmalade recipe--not especially worth the effort. Black Forest Preserves are a hit again this year. A bit about processing tomatoes before making sauces or salsa. My recommended ice cream maker is from Cuisinart. My beloved tomato press is here.
The Cake described:
Aunt Mim's Cake Plus:
Use a boxed cake--Devil's Food. Replace water in mix with 2x strength coffee. Make as 2 layers. Between layers, use Black Forest Preserves as ganache. Frost with cream cheese frosting:
1 brick softened cream cheese
1 stick butter
1 bag confectioners (powdered) sugar to taste
Mix the above, with sugar to taste. Decorate with fresh, sliced cherries
Plans: Time to make fresh salsa and bread and butter pickles.
Sorbet: 5 peaches or nectarines or plums make a fine batch of sorbet! No peeling, just simmer and then into the sorbet!
Easy Smoothie:
frozen banana
watermelon chunks
white grape juice
filtered water
peach sorbet
frozen cherries (pitted)
blueberries
Whiz around in blender.
My favorite books:
The Joy of Pickling
The Ball Book of Preserving Foods
The Joy of Cooking
The Perfect Scoop
Aw Shoot!
I'm BAAAAACK!!! Daily 30 minutes on treadmill or elliptical to rebuild stamina. Hoping to get back to Running Dog podcast soon.
Make YES Happen--my source for virtual races. Look up the older, free races.
Something I Really Like:
The new Conversations and Drop In functions on Amazon Echo and Echo Dot.
Life with a tiny air conditioner. And a naked Newfie--Poor Baron!
A bit more cherry harvest stuff:
Hanging out in restaurants and hospital:
Dec 13-17: Anaheim for Evolutions Conference!
Fearless wants equal time, of course:
Sunday, July 9, 2017
238: Post Pneumonia
Show notes at www.cogknitivepodcast.blogspot.com or on our page on Ravelry.
Episode 238 of CogKnitive is live!
238: Post Pneumonia
Home from the hospital after 3 days of pneumonia and a lot of fear. All are well again.
Add yourself to our CogKNITive Listeners Map.
There will NOT be CFR this year.
You can now subscribe to the BLOG on your Kindle or Kindle app.
I am gemmadw on Twitter and Pinterest, DoeWalking on geocaching.com, and DrGemma on Plurk and Instagram.
What's On My Hooks, Needles, and Spindles:
Mother Bear Project--the website, for info on making bears.
Finished:
The "Stuck in Traffic" socks! I LOVE THIS COLORWAY!!!
In Progress:
Easter Egg Entrelac scarf
The Southwestern Entrelac Scarf
Also, Entre to Entrelac book.
My LYS: Creative Ewe Studios
Several pairs of socks:
The Pink Cascade Socks--first sock is done. I am up to stockinette on the second
Nancy's socks in Paton's--I am up to stockinette on the second
The OHM Shawl by Michelle Miller. No, I have neither finished not forgotten this one...
Or this one:
Eleanor Scarf--spun from Eleanor's undercoat and knitted in my favored checkerboard pattern.
Dizzy Blondes:
A small harvest from Baron. No real spinning right now, due to need to heal my damaged sinuses.
Baron and Eleanor have both had major summer groomings. Due to extreme heat and damned foxtails, no great undercoat harvesting this year!
Strategy:
Trust: the 6th law in the book below, but the first law, in my own experience. Issues around group shaming behaviors.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership --Meh.
Try The Leadership Challenge
The Happiness Advantage
Trust: the 6th law in the book below, but the first law, in my own experience. Issues around group shaming behaviors.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership --Meh.
Try The Leadership Challenge
The Happiness Advantage
Cherry harvest is done. Results: tried cherry marmalade recipe--not especially worth the effort. Black Forest Preserves are a hit again this year. A bit about processing tomatoes before making sauces or salsa. My recommended ice cream maker is from Cuisinart. My beloved tomato press is here.
I had such a great helper again for this year's cherry picking:
We managed the cherry harvest, with a lick and a promise, due to it occurring at the same time as the pneumonia infestation.
Have I mentioned that you REALLY NEED a good ice cream maker? Peach sorbet and a recipe for banana sorbet.
My favorite books:
The Joy of Pickling
The Ball Book of Preserving Foods
The Joy of Cooking
The Perfect Scoop
Aw Shoot!
Starting things over after rather serious lung issues. Running Dog podcast has also been forced on hiatus, due to my inability to record and speak for that long a stretch.
Make YES Happen
Something I Really Like:
Hemp oil--and NO! IT'S NOT WEED!!!
We all survived our various versions of pneumonia just after Memorial Day. Pneumonia sucks, BTW:
Baron has been shaved, while Eleanor has been very seriously groomed and shed out. Beloved Son is doing well with hockey.
Fearless the Cat demands equal time and representation:
Nike isn't taking this lying down:
Dec 13-17: Anaheim for Evolutions Conference!
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