Jennifer's 365 Project

Part of me really wishes that this came in adult size.
Also, I woke up from a nap today to find Chris creating an awesome Doctor Who police box, out of paper.

We spent last evening driving around with our realtor looking at houses in the crappy weather, so today neither of us were terribly motivated to go out and about. It's pretty out, I'll give you that. But it's cold and the Fusion is, to be perfectly blunt, a horrible drive in the snow (even with brand new tires). I miss my Taurus.

I hung out a chunk of the day and played some Mass Effect. With the third installment coming out soon I feel like I really should finish at least the first. I'm also avoiding any news about Mass Effect 3 like the plague in case there are any spoilers concerning Mass Effect 2.
I did finally get around to experimenting with some food. I've been contemplating for the better part of a week to stuff crescent roll dough into a muffin pan, fill it with hamburger meat (and other burger toppings) and bake it. I'm not sure what you'd call them. Cheeseburger cups? Mini-muffin burgers?

Regardless of what you'd call them, they came out tasty. I under-filled all of the muffin pans because I was worried they'd puff up while baking, but nope. Next time I'll know to put more fillings in the

They'd make great party food. You could honestly stuff the things with anything.

Giant clusters of snow started to fall around noon while I was out and about on lunch.

Sunny. Not too chilly. A perfect day to take a stroll around downtown Grand Rapids.

I've been working on and off with a few different projects, but mostly knitting a blanket. Using bulky yarn and big needles gives the feeling of making progress quickly, which I like.

I ended up knitting about 6 extra inches (which honestly, I think is fine) before I realized that I was actually done with the blanket. I mean, I guess I could make it whatever length I want to (done is when I decide it's done) but if I was going by the pattern, I went too long. 
Anyway, it took me another hour or so to do the frills on both ends. Mostly because the cat really, really likes new things. Especially new things that involve yarn.

I'm mostly happy with the finished product. The ends to curl a little bit, which I read later is an issue with the stockinette stitch. If I make another blanket I might try to make a border so it doesn't curl just to see how that works.

But, it's the first actual knitting project I finished. Poor Chris's scarf is feels like it's taking forever compared to this blanket. Two feet is long enough for a scarf, right?

7am. Fillings at the dentist. Great way to kick off a Tuesday...

It wasn't too cold yesterday so I decided to take a stroll around downtown Grand Rapids. All of the nicer paths along the water are closed but I could still cross all of the bridges so I was satisfied.

One awesome thing about knitting this blanket is how much progress I feel like I've made after just a few rows. Knitting with bulky yarn and thick needles is like magic!

The gray scarf on the other hand, feels like its taking ages...

Today's been kind of a bleh day. It started with waking up a little after midnight and thinking it was the morning. Then again a few hours later doing the same thing. Chris was also up much of the night and he was feeling pretty ill.

The day went by and I can honestly say I didn't do much. I tried to knit a bit but mostly I laid around watching seasons of Being Human (UK version).

Chris spent most of the day on the couch alternating between sleeping and feeling terrible while conscious. As the day wore on he started to feel a little better, so that's a good thing. This evening he's still not 100%.

Meanwhile the cat has been an absolute terror (don't let that photo fool you). Having his schedule messed with makes him evil. He thought 4am was breakfast and spent a big chunk of the day scratching at everything for attention.

I hope Chris feels worlds better tomorrow and I hope that orange terror kitty gets back onto his normal schedule.

There's a zamboni out there driving around, doing it's thing, and making the Rosa Parks ice rink smooth.

With temperatures soaring into the 40's this week nearly all of the snow has melted. No snow certainly makes for a less slushy walk downtown while on lunch.

Sometimes when we're watching the previous night's Daily Show on the DVR, we discover it's an extended interview. When that happens we boot up an ipad and watch the full thing on the web.