AWESOME Saturday! SO MUCH FUN YARN! Rhinebeck was awesome!

I worked on my brooches yesterday. I actually embroidered this one weeks ago, but hadn’t put the backing on. I finished it up, and I love it! It might be my favorite brooch that I’ve made. Who doesn’t love artichokes?

Saturday we went to the Topsfield Fair. I saw tons of chickens, turkeys, rabbits, pigs, and cows! I also saw a TON of crafts- amazing work! It was a total blast. This pumpkin was the biggest pumpkin in the area! AMAZING! 1,464 pounds! It must have been killer getting it there!

We went apple picking this weekend.  It was the perfect day for it.  So lovely.  I can’t wait to make apple pie, apple crisp, apple sauce, apple butter (maybe), baked apples.  mmmmm

I made a round challah for Roshashana last night. It came out all doughy in the middle because I didn’t let the yeast activate long enough. I modified the recipe I usually use for challah by adding honey and then rolling raisins into the braids before weaving them together. I threw a ton of rainsins on the top, but that seems to have been a mistake because they swelled and burnt. The outside of the bread was quite tastey eventhough the middle wasn’t edible! It was my first time making Roshashana dinner, and I don’t think I did a bad job- just a little different.

I went to visit friends this weekend, and eventhough I brought a long four projects- the Suprise Baby Jacket was the one I worked on the most. I’m sure part of it was that I was making it for their unborn baby, but also because it’s garter stitch and was the easiest thing to pick up while I was playing a game! I love these colors together. I can’t wait to make little accessories to go with this sweater. I should be working on my Christmas knitting, though…

Big sweater, little sweater.  I laid these out to see what my buttons would look like – I’m very happy with my button choices.  Only one sleeve left for the Jessie sized one!

I made lasagna! It was incredibly good, and I’m excited about having it today for lunch! I didn’t put any meat or veggies in it- just noodles, cheese and sauce. A LOT of cheese! I didn’t love the noodles I used- I used Trader Joe’s no boil noodles. We ate it with meatballs and asparagus. YUM! I felt totally crafting putting it together- overlapping noodles, breaking off corners so fit it in our lasagna pan (by the way- I’ve had the pan for like 2 years, and this is the first time lasagna has been made in it). Ben was like- what pan did you make it in? And I was like- uhh.. the lasagna pan. He was all- we have a lasagna pan?!

I had a meeting with a potential couple, and we met at a deli/restaurant in Central Jersey.  This is where I enjoyed the world’s largest cheese dog.  Wow.  I had about two bites, and Dan thourougly enjoyed the rest.

Ben and I went to the Adiraondack Balloon Festival on Saturday, and it was a ton of fun! This is a balloon that didn’t end up taking off. My dad has promised to send me the pictures I took with his camera- there was a ton of them. It was a lot of fun, and there were a lot of really great balloons! We saw a polar bear, a monster, a lady bug, a strawberry, and a dog! How fun!