Day 295 of 2025

The third try at this meatloaf was not a charm. 

Day 1: I didn't realize that to cook the meatloaf frozen was going to take 2 1/2 hours total to cook. I put it in the fridge to thaw and to have the next day instead. 

Day 2: I put the thawed loaf in the oven and cooked the prescribed amount of time. I cut a couple slices of it and found it was not cooked through as promised. We had leftovers while I put it back in the oven to finish cooking to have the next day. 

Day 3 (today): I put the precooked slices of meatloaf on parchment paper and into the oven to heat it up for dinner. Before my timer went off, the smoke alarm started beeping. We did eat this version of the loaf. After the char, it really did have a great flavor so I will revise my cooking method for reheating the remaining slices for subsequent dinners.

 

Day 294 of 2025

I'm a fabric prewasher. 

Here are some of the fabrics I have serged 

and washed today to start my new project palette.

 

Day 293 of 2025

I'm figuring out the math and details for something new.

 

Day 292 of 2025

Gotta start 'em early. 

T-bone and GB#6 watching the football game together.

 

Day 291 of 2025

Katydid in need of rescue from children who were frightened of it. 

I moved it to a safer place.

 

Day 290 of 2025

I haven't been knitting lately but did pick this sock up yesterday 

and made a little progress. 

Today I thought I'd knit a little more. 

After a couple rows, I decided to count my stitches 

and found I had two too many. 

I have no idea how I did that 

but I suspect it happened at that little bump

 on the left near the bottom needle. 

I will be tearing the heel out once more 

and hoping that the third time really is a charm.

 

Day 289 of 2025

The "Take Me There: Peru" exhibit is now open

 at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. 

I found the dyeing of yarns display captivating. 

The colors were amazing

 and I just wanted to stay and stare for a while.

 

Day 288 of 2025

My pressing station got a good clean up 

while I was on my weekly call with Little E. 

I've cleared off things that were using this space as storage 

and rearranged my wool mats to accommodate larger blocks. 

I started to sort through the buckets but ran out of time. 

I'll start there next time.

 

Day 287 of 2025

It looks like I bought this caulk about a year ago. 

I guess it's time to actually do the caulking before it gets cold again.

 

Day 286 of 2025

GB#5 recently became a five-year-old.

I presented her with the new mittens I made. 

She was very happy with them.

 

Day 285 of 2025

October 12, 2025

September 7, 2025

Progress on the new hotel downtown.

 

Day 284 of 2025

I have such a cute little project planned for this pillow cover

 I picked up in the IKEA clearance area.

 I'm super excited about it, 

so I hope to get it squeezed in really soon. 

And I guess I'd better throw those shoes in the wash on Monday.

 

Day 283 of 2025

Clean up is done from another meal prep day.

 

Day 282 of 2025

Our pumpkins are done. 

Mine is on the left, R's is in the middle 

and the one on the right was made by GB#3. 

I think they turned out super cute.

 

Day 281 of 2025

This is my second start for this heel.

These needles are very slick

 and are great for the stockinette stitch in the round. 

They are not as good for me on the back and forth

 with a slipped stitch pattern. 

My stitches keep falling off the end 

and are so hard to fix without just starting over. 

I think I'll try switching to my bamboo needles 

to see if they have more grip.

 

Day 280 of 2025

For my birthday Big D and R gave me an experience. 

Today R, GB#3 and I went to an art glass studio and took a class. 

What a fun time we all had. 

We each made a glass item. 

I can't wait to show you mine once it is able to come home.

 

Day 279 of 2025

Several weeks ago I bought the little orange vase at IKEA. 

His older brother was out of stock 

so I put myself on a list to be notified when he arrived. 

That notice came and I picked up the missing vase today. 

These are two-sided vases with smiles on one side

 and frowns on the other. 

From the looks of it, they are happy to be together.

 

Day 278 of 2025

The answer to What is It? from Monday is this:

1. Superman

2. Indiana state flag 

3. Captain America

4. ThunderCats

5. Captain America

 

Day 277 of 2025

I spent the day in Bloomington today. 

I decided to visit campus and found the South Lounge 

where I spent a lot of time

 between classes when I attended school here. 

These cubbies, now filled with model cars, 

used to hold newspapers from across Indiana and the country. 

Many of the labels are still there.

I would sit and read the paper from my high school home town.

Today I sat and worked on knitting projects.

 

Day 276 of 2025

Tomorrow's goal: Weave in all the ends.

 

Day 275 of 2025

Knitting progress.

 

Day 274 of 2025

I put terra cotta watering spikes in two of my planters yesterday. 

The idea is to put the hollow spike into the planter

 down to ground (dirt) level

 and then put a wine bottle full of water, upside down into the spike.

 This morning when I left the house

 I found one planter pushed off the porch

 and the bottle broken on the porch and the walk. 

I suspect an animal did the damage, most likely a raccoon.

 

Day 273 of 2025

My socks are on pause while I work on this project. 

I am working a Doodle Knit chart here. 

I am using a metal board behind the paper

 and magnetic strips on top to isolate the row I am working on. 

These boards a commonly used for cross stitch.

 

Day 272 of 2025

I made a quick trip into a Goodwill store over the weekend

 looking for a piece of furniture and an IU t-shirt. 

I came away with an IU shirt that may need some altering 

and no furniture that met my needs. 

In the search for the shirt I kept coming across other t-shirts 

that seemed to be suitable for another trip to Comic-Con 

if we make it there again. 

In the basket are the five shirts I bought. 

One is specific to me (not comic related) 

and the other four are more commercially known. 

Can you tell what they are? The top one is your first big clue. 

Let's number them left to right, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

So let's do a What Is It? 

 

Day 271 of 2025

 I'm working on something new. 

Obviously, I'll need to figure out a way to hide

 the battery packs and wires.

 

Day 270 of 2025

Another Saturday, another Farmers' Market. 

 

Day 269 of 2025

Fireball alerted me that it was really nice out today. 

That prompted me to go out to the deck, 

put up the umbrella, do my puzzles and have a snack. 

He wasn't wrong. 

 

Day 268 of 2025

I am finally washing and blocking my Geddy Tee. 

This rinse water was actually much darker than it appears here. 

At this point I had lost count of how many times I had rinsed it. 

I did a couple more until the water was the palest blue. 

It got rolled in a towel and stomped to get the excess water out...twice. 

It now sits blocked on a pop-up mesh drying surface.

 

Day 267 of 2025

I'll be prepping a lot of meals tomorrow.

 

Day 266 of 2025

Knitting and an audio book is my happy place.

 

Day 265 of 2025

I am inspired to do some fall cleaning. 

Part of that today included washing a small throw rug. 

The machine did not want to spin it sufficiently on the first cycle, 

so a separate second spin was in order.

 

Day 264 of 2025

GB#2 is officially taller than her aunt, R.

 

Day 263 of 2025

My neighbor's flowers are lovely. 

Not all the flowers in the neighborhood have been so lucky lately.

 

Day 262 of 2025

I'm comparing my current sock with a favorite sock

 that I made previously to see if I can stop

 or need to continue a little further. 

I've decided to bring the second sock up to the same point 

and then decide whether I need to knit a little more or not.

 

Day 261 of 2025

It's Thursday Puzzle Update Day. 

I got it finished today. 

I really love this one as it gives off major autumn vibes. 

I'm not sure that I can keep up the puzzle a week trend, 

but if I do, I'll be sure to update you here.

 

Day 260 of 2025

I've been collecting these items to donate

 to a specific organization for a while. 

They are beginning to take over. 

I guess it's time to drive them to their destination.

 

Day 259 of 2025

Both cuffs are done and I've started the main yarn. 

I did not know I was going to love it so much.

 

Day 258 of 2025

I started a puzzle. 

I'll post an update on Thursday.

 

Day 257 of 2025

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Today's football game was a crazy one. 

A quick recap of the ending goes like this: 

We missed the opportunity to win.

Time runs out.

We  got another chance to win. 

Colts win.

Oh, and the walk back to the car was beautiful.

 

Day 256 of 2025

I am loving this great farmer's market sunflower find.

 

Day 255 of 2025

Biscuit making for me is a messy venture, 

but they sure were delicious.

 

Day 254 of 2025

I am back to my knitting which was going very well... 

until it wasn't. 

Somehow I have lost a stitch. 

I have looked and looked. 

At this point, I am done looking. 

I am moving on and if it doesn't appear when I come back around, 

I will just be adding a stitch. 

Let's face it, it will be down on my foot 

where no one will ever see it but me anyway. 

 

Day 253 of 2025

My intention for today's picture 

was to be a shot of the second cuff for my pair of socks. 

I worked on them all day 

but ultimately had to tear them back and start over. 

As a result, I have no picture of said cuff. 

I bought this tiny puzzle in Seattle 

and put it together a week or so ago. 

I'll be putting it away so a picture is in order. 

Maybe I should bring back Thursday puzzle updates from 2020.

 

Day 252 od 2025

My first cuff for the new pair of socks is done. 

I like to work both socks one step at a time, alternating socks. 

That means since this cuff is done, 

I am ready to work the second cuff. 

This assures me that both socks will turn out the same. 

It also means that once the first sock is done, 

the second one is very close behind. 

There will be no second sock syndrome.

 

Day 251 of 2025

I went downtown for a birthday lunch date with Fireball today. 

We walked from his office to the restaurant and just as we arrived, 

I saw the building that I posted about yesterday right in front of me. 

It really is huge.

 

Day 250 of 2025

Today was the first football game of the season. 

I frequently take a skyline picture. 

Today I noticed that since the end of last football season 

our skyline has changed dramatically. 

Below is a picture I took a few years ago for comparison.