Day 24

What an early morning! Woke up at 4 am, lingered in bed half an hour before I decided I might as well get up. Popped my ribs in the oven at 5:00 am for phase 1 cooking. Knit a few rounds for an hour and a half, cranked up the oven for phase 2. Caught an extra hour of sleep while they finished cooking. Made whipped cauliflower as they rested.

Holy crap, that rib recipe and cauliflower side.... HEAVEN! I had to have a rib for breakfast after licking my fingers while packing dinner for tonight. Plus, had to taste the cauliflower for salt. ;) I added some left over asparagus from a couple nights ago and packed one of my bento boxes to take to the clinic today. It's knitting class day, and I'll be there after the class until the dinner activity. I want to make everyone jealous. Bwahaha!

I kept the rub the same as the book except I added half a teaspoon each of onion powder and smoked garlic powder. Extra smoky flavor, and I like a little alum in my barbecue. Now, I am a northern gal, and I normally sauce the crap out of ribs because I don't like the taste of pig meat. These ribs did not need any sauce. They don't have the tangy bite of a good ketchup-and-coke sauce, but they've got great heat and the meat was really moist. I will have to buy ribs more often when I see them on sale, just to cook like this again!

As I said, knitting class today. I'm thinking bringing in some of my scrap yarn that I've been going through. One gal wants to make a hat, another I think is ready to make a scarf. So I dug through and found some of the softer, bigger wads of yarn and wound them into center-pull balls. The thir woman who was making a sincere attempt, I don't know where she's at right now, ability-wise, so I'll have to see if she show's up today.

So, guess whose hands derped on her again and threw a whole stick of softened butter onto the floor, not even missing the fabric rug in front of the sink? Smeared all down my front, as well. Good thing I was in my night-clothes. The stick was too soft to just cut the hairy bits off, so I had to trash it and pull out a fresh one for coffee and cooking this morning. This is why you need to do hand exercises when you knit or crochet!

Speaking of.. I've been making.. uh... "chesticles" the last couple nights. Seeing if I can make them look nice to send one to a friend as a gag gift. I put squeakers in them, so when you squeeze them they make a noise.

I have a more serious Liberty Cap/Voyageur's Hat project in the works. I kind of want to make several, embroidered with the word "EQUALITY", possibly with rainbow yarn, instead of the traditional "LIBERTY" on these caps. I would sell them on my etsy page only for the cost of shipping, and make them available to fellow LGBT. I could also do them in a rainbow of colors, some in the T pride colors. I have a friend who rallies for the trans side of things, which inspired me to sort of "knit my bit". Ones I make for selling I would do in a much lighter weight yarn, however, than the worsted I'm using now. They could be worn in warmer weather, then. It's a project dream, I could sell them for a dollar plus shipping, and donate the dollar to a LGBT-related cause. Once I get hats made I can talk that bit over with my friends who are more active on the battle front.

I hope everyone has a fantastic day. For those on the challenge, 6 days left! Keep thinking of that bacon plushie! And even if none of us win the official prizes, we win the best prize of all,  better health!