Not Quite Finished

This weekend I was supposed to finish my Christmas Knitting.  That didn't happen!  Instead, I spent 9 hours on Saturday decorating the Christmas tree, the mantel, and the rest of the house.  Sunday was spent cleaning up after decorating.

I did get a little more Christmas knitting done though.

Secret Christmas Knitting

Working on a big Christmas knitting project.  Sneak peak!  I hope to be finished this weekend.

Thankful for Family

We can never make plans for Thanksgiving.  Coach, well... coaches football, and I am an Athletic Trainer. We always hope to be working on Thanksgiving.  This year, we played our second round play-off game Saturday the 22nd, we lost 21-7.  After Coach got home from work on Sunday, we packed up Critter and Jäger and took off at 5:00 PM.  980 some miles later, we arrived in Arizona.

Coach's parent live in Retirement Central!  Which also happens to be almost exactly half-way between Coach and his Sister, and about 6 hours from my parents.

Not far from Retirement Central is an old restored mining town, Goldfield.  It was a fun place to take the family.  There is shopping and dining, train rides, horseback riding, and mine tours.  The Mammoth Steakhouse and Saloon has a real hitching post outside.  When we left, there were two horses tied up, while their riders enjoyed a meal on the patio.

A rare photo of all 3 of us

Critter

 Hanging outside the church

Main street

Tons of Pottery

So happy we don't have to use these to write anymore!

 Thanksgiving eve I cooked for the family.  I made a Ham, Broccoli and Cauliflower with a smoked cheese sauce (requested by Coach), and a Blackberry Crisp.  I used The Pioneer Woman's Glazed Easter Ham recipe.  It was AWESOME (and I don't even like Dr Pepper)!

We had lunch one day at Joe's Farm Grill, featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.  Uncle K. said it was a "Must Eat".  Coach and I love to find Triple D's on our travels, we have even been known to drive a few extra miles just to eat at one.  Joe's grows all their own produce.  Coach loved the homemade pickles, and even though I ordered the burger, I was not gut-bombed when I was through.

I had the BBQ Bacon Blue Burger, Coach had the Southwestern Burger (minus the Avocado, which went on my burger), Critter had a Grilled Cheese, and we shared an order of the Rosemary-Dill Onion Rings which we dipped in Chipotle Mayo.  

 My Mom brought me 4 boxes of old Pyrex!  I mentioned to her that I had started collecting it, and now my collection has grown exponentially!  I'll same more on this for a different post.

 We had a wonderful visit with everyone.  I got some Christmas Knitting done.  We spent a day going to Antique Malls, and second hand stores. It is times like these when I really miss living around family.

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Today, I am born! Welcome to my ramblings on food and crafting, with a little family and travel thrown in for good measure.
I've never enjoyed writing, but I LOVE to read.  I have almost 2,000 books in my Kindle, adding more everyday.  Crazy, I know!  Also, I am a horrible speller.  Even spell check can't figure out my words sometimes.
I will strive to post at least once a week on Food, Finished Objects (FO) or Work-In-Progress (WIP).  Some days you may get a little family info, if we have done something note worthy. My goal is that by keeping myself accountable for posting about projects, I will actually get some finished :)