Manic Monday?

No. More like a lazy Monday. Really. Does the PMS thing get worse with age? Do you know? When does menopause start? Why do babies shit diapers smell so horrible?
Last night, the power went out, for about an hour. it was something like 2 in the morning. We were on our way to bed, anyway. Hubby had JUST shut his computer down, and turned off the TV, when it went out. We still don't know why it went out. It was in an area, we heard many car alarms going off nearby. I got out a couple candles, and we sat up for about 30 minutes, waiting for the lights to come back on. They would flash every now and then. But, the outage made me wonder if we could even get out if we needed to, when the power goes out. The outside door next to the road is electric, well, a button is electric, that opens it. Mebbe with the key. We finally went to bed, but, hubby wouldn't put out his candle. I protested, and he kept saying that it would be all right. I told him fine then, I won't sleep until the lights are back on, or the flame goes out on the candle. 10 minutes later, he turned over and saw me with wide opened eyes, so he finally blew out the flame. I closed my eyes with no worries after that.
A man killed his wife last night, in this vicinity, out of jealousy. We saw it on the news during lunch today. I remember when I first came to meet hubby, the very same day I got here, he took me to meet his Mom. Of course, she lived in the apartment that we had recently moved out of. Anyway, my very first day here, and a man kills his wife, out of jealousy, in the same building. That is sad.
I hadn't felt like poking my head out, to see what the weather has been like. I hate menstrual cramps. I had thought about trying to work on the blanket more, but when I laid baby down for his nap, I napped, too. I am seriously considering making these tomorrow. but, I have no muffin pans, so I am thinking about just pouring the batter into a square pan that I have. Mom mailed it to me a few years ago. I found this video to be quite interesting. I need to write down the recipe soon, because it will be changed in a week. I probably won't be making them any time soon, as there isn't pound cake mix here.
I never thought abot caramelizing nuts like that, Laurah! The stuff I flopped on last night IS edible, Christina, but not as edible as I would like. LOL!

Monday Is Coming

And I hope it will be drier, brighter, and warmer. Today was a lazy day, even though I washed 2 tubs of laundry. The child has been keeping me worn out. I tell ya, it seems that I get more and more busy as he gets older. Little Runt. I felt like crocheting, momentarily. I looked through a few patterns, and never decided which to do. So, I baked. Again. It flopped. Again. LOL! Only tonight, it IS edible. And, it doesn't taste like molasses. LOL! I used this recipe. And, since I had no brown sugar, I used this substitution. Scroll don to sugar, brown, and the table clearly says "1 cup granulated sugar plus 2 Tbsp molasses or dark corn syrup."! So, why on the molasses jar did it say 1/2 cup of molasses to 1 cup sugar??!!? Thank you very much, Karen, for that link!!
If I can get my butt in gear, Laurah, I could finish the blanket. I have noticed the cupping, but it isn't really bothering me. I am thinking it may be from the stretchiness of this yarn. Maybe after a washing and blocking it will lie flat. Christina, brown sugar does harden easily, but it wouldn't last long enough with me. I love eating it right out of the box! well, I LOVED eating it out of the box. LOL! The brown sugar I have seen here is strange. I will have to get a bag and show ya.

Glumie, Glumy

Is that even a word? That is how the past 2 days have been. Oh, something happened yesterday! LOL, no, birdie didn't come back. This time, the hot water stopped working. Or, I should say, the hot water heater. The pilot light was out. It wasn't working when I started to do dishes at lunch time, so I boiled a couple pots of water so I could clean the dishes. I was boiling more water for the dinner dishes, but that is when hubby figured out what the problem was. I used the boiled water anyway. Then, I gave baby a bath. Morgan must have tried giving Marvyn lessons on litter box training, because I caught baby digging in the box! Right after Morgan pottied!! LOL! I told hubby that kitty was giving baby lessons, and he snickered at me. Silly man.
Anyhoo, after baby got his bath, he wanted to nurse. he quickly fell asleep, right in my arms. That is why I didn't blog last night. But, as I am sure some of you may have noticed, there was a post last night. It was hubby's idea. I let him do it to make him happy. But, if he tries any more, I will point out that this blog is for my crafts, not political bitching and ranting. I do that at My Screaming Thoughts, and I will point him in that direction next time.
The past 2 days have been cool and rainy. More so today than yesterday. IKK, I SAY!!! Today was so greary, (is that a word?), I actually stayed in bed most of the day. But, I had a headache, my back hurt, and I had cramps on top of all of that. Luckily, baby stayed in bed, too, sleeping most of the time.
I tried baking last night. yea. Tried. I wanted home made choklit chip cookies. But, every recipe I looked at called for brown sugar, which I don't have. But, I do have molasses, ans on the jar of molasses, it says I can make brown sugar with 1 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of molasses.
OH, HAIL!!! I don't know WHOSE freagging bright idea that was. but, I was the stoopid dork that DID IT, then continued with making my coveted choklit chip cookies, and, and,,, I CRIED AND BAWLED!!!!!! I wanted my cookies so very much. I couldn't even eat them. I tried eating only the choklit parts, to salvage the precious dark choklit, but no,,, they were horrendous!! They were rubbery fall- apart, and about black, thin pieces that looked like shit. Literally. Choklit chip molasses cookies. Oh, and I only have the molasses because Ma sent me the jar last year, so I could make gingerbread cookies, which, I hadn't yet. Anyhoo, I am, or was, cookie-less. Hubby bought a bag of cookies. But, I wanted home made choklit chip cookies. I never made any, and never knew that they called for brown sugar. I suppose I won't have home made choklit chip cookies, for a while.
TY, Knit Witch! I'm not normally fond of rose plants that don't have fragrance. But, the roses were here when we bought the place.
I think the blanket will be a bit larger than the round ripple I did, Mimi. And, I have a passion for photography, and wanted to play with the flowers. My favorite thing to play with in photography is lighting.
Let me know if you can see the blanket picture yet, Laurah. If not, I will redo it.
I think baby likes everything that I make, Christina. As long as he can play with it. LOL!