We are, once again cooking for company. My Mom and Dad are coming out today for an old fashioned roast pork dinner. We have not eaten with them since Christmas day. Now that all the turkey from Christmas has been consumed it is time once again to fill the fridge with leftovers. Actually with all the cooking we have been doing there are tons of left overs. Last night friends came to help us ring in the New Year with a meal and once again we found ourselves stuffing our faces this time with a five course meal. We started with crackers and cheese and pate, then we had my yummy Lemon and herb fish chowder, salad, then the main course of sausage and pork roasted in plum sauce with candied garlic and candied ginger on a bed of rice with broccoli. Then lastly we moved into the living room for pie and desert. There was apple pie, lemon pie, and chocolate cherry chew bars. I don't want to see a large meal any more for a while. At mid night we toasted and hugged and banged a few pots since we didn't have noise makers and turned on some music (Highway To Hell by AC/DC which I thought was very fitting!) It was a lovely way to end 2011.
And so here we are into 2012. The nice thing is, and I really haven't had time to think about it, but already the days are increasing in length. Usually I put a time watch on how the days are lengthening out here on my blog, but this year I have decided to not do that. I am just pleased to know that we are past the worst of the year.
And so.... now the work really begins. In the fall I really was just playing around at working on the levels for the MS Program but now it will be head down and arse up for sure. I have been working for a few days on the level 3 dyeing portion of the homework as well as the 50 hour project but today will be devoted to actually making serious headway with it. While I have managed to spin a nice bit of yarn on one spool I am now working on the second spool. this will be a 3-ply merino yarn. I will weave the 24 squares which are 6"x 6" and then, with one extra skein I will dye the 25 shades, using different mordants and different modifiers... and as back up I will have 25 small skeins of alpaca to dye as well (just as back up though)! Then after that I will be blending merino and bamboo with a touch of cotton for socks for the level 5 homework. I will start measuring out baggies of the fibre this week but probably won't get to blending it until later in the month. Each day two questions have to be completed, Level 5 in the morning level 3 in the afternoon, with the writes ups done at night. No sickness allowed. I really need to get this done.
I am looking forward to the challenges that I will be facing this year. And isn't that what new year's is all about?.... facing the next 365 days with anticipation. (Oops... that's right this is a leap year!)
Here's hoping your new year is full of happy challenges that bring you everything you desire...
The Motto for 2012: No guts, no glory!
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