Rewards

Happy Friday to all!!  Friday night is always such fun- a reward for a focused, diligent week.  This evening, we will have some friends over, relax on the (sunny, please let it be sunny!!) deck, and enjoy a great meal:

BBQ Steak & Corn
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

Frisee Salad (an AMAZING salad where bacon fat & vinegar & a slightly poached egg create the most incredible dressing.  Truly magical.)

Cucumbers & Vinegar (an ode to Boss Jr.)

Strawberry Shortcake (unless the strawberries don't look good, then it'll be the tried-and-true Brownies)



Kooky striped, cozy, oversized Boss Jr. socks!

Socks!!  I always thought I could not knit socks, but lookie-lookie!  They are not perfect, but I'm VERY proud all the same.  And I feel like I've really become a knitter now, like this was a huge badge of honor that I didn't realize I'd been withholding from myself.  I'm now onto another pair, and LOVING every stitch of it.  I've now started using it as a reward-system: scrub a toilet, knit a bit.  Fold a load of laundry, knit a bit.  Etc.  It's really great!

I got this pic last evening.  You should NOT be shocked to hear that Boss Jr is in the middle of that death-trap, hanging upside down, loving every second of the pressure of her guts in her throat.  Her brother, 5 years older, said there was no way he was getting on that!!  And I'm sure that only made her enjoy it more!  She's a fearsome creature to behold.