Wordless Wednesday – Ancestors

When hubby saw this photo of my ancestors, he said to me, "No wonder you act the way you do!" Haa!

Wordless Wednesday

What’s Cookin’ – Hawaiian Salad

Mom, apparently you should have published a cookbook because it seems so many of my favorite recipes that we make over and over are from your kitchen.

We are having a few people over for a barbeque on Sunday. We’ll be doing burgers, brats, pasta salad, pico de gallo, chips. As I’m running through this with hubby he asks, “Aren’t you going to make Hawaiian Salad?” This is another one of his all-time favorites and I usually have to make two bowls — one for company and one to hide away just for him. I have seen him eat right out of the serving bowl with a large serving spoon. Sorry, honey, but it’s so cute!

This salad could not be easier to make and it’s fast. This is the kind of thing you can put together quickly if company is on the way over. You just need these ingredients:

 

Hawaiian Salad

2 – 20 oz. cans Dole Pineapple Tidbits (drained)

4 – 11 oz. cans mandarin oranges (drained)

2 cups mini marshmallows

1 cup unsweetened flake coconut

8 oz. fat free sour cream

Mix it all together in a big serving bowl and chill. You can certainly adjust the amounts if you like more coconut, etc.

 

This salad is especially refreshing when it’s hot outside, but we eat it all year long.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Labor Day weekend!

All “Groomed” Up and No Place to Go

All groomed up and no place to go

A trip to the groomer’s gets Miles an updated “do” and a stylish kerchief! A cute little female Yorkie was casting a flirty eye his way as he strutted out of the place. What a great day to be a handsome dog!!!

Seeing Spots … er, Flecks

So I have started on the shrug my baby sister requested for her birthday. It’s still a few months away, meaning I won’t have to pull any all-nighters, knitting ’til my eyeballs fall out — I just hate when that happens. The first sleeve is underway.

Shrug sleeve in progress

The thing is, this is the same yarn I used for the cardi I recently finished for myself. It is black with flecks of color in it. It is gorgeous yarn, but after a while, I feel like I’m seeing spots. I mean, I am seeing flecks, but there are spots floating out there, too. It’s probably just the black background.

I swear the next project I start will be a lighter color. Actually, it is, because the granddaughter has ordered a lacey poncho in a medium blue and white twisted yarn that I will begin soon. I usually have several projects on the needles at once because I get tired of working on the same thing for too long and switching back and forth keeps the boredom at bay.

The shrug pattern I’ve chosen for the birthday shrug is one I found on the Caron International website (see photo below). It’s so cute, the model apparently lost her head!

Simple Shrug photo from the Caron website