Almost August

Where did this month go??? Did finish the Baby Ball Cap, which needs to be felted and then needle-felt the red B on it.

Made some progress on the Diagonal Baby Blanket and the Booby Socks.

I HATE HOMESPUN!

Effie got spayed this week. She is doing great! Such a trooper. She's being very restful this morning.

I had a treatment on Wednesday that left me somewhat sore, but the treatment yesterday seemed to help. He is on vacation next week, so have to wait until the following Monday. Meanwhile I'll keep icing and flexing. Got a frantic text message from V that the bank had shut off her ATM card because of so much recent activity in Africa. After a trip to the local branch here I finally got a collect call phone number for her to use. Heard back this morning that she is doing well on Zanzibar.

I did manage to get the Baby BBQ invitations in the mail this week. That is after another trip to pick up invitations after I managed to put a bunch of them in the printer the wrong way and walked off :( Labor Day might not be the best date but at least V will be home for that weekend. All told there are 60 invited, but I know of 5 that will not attend right off the bat. Hey that was cute since the nursery theme is Baseball!

Still haven't decided on a menu although I had an interesting lunch this week: Baby Spinach with scallions, cukes, tomato, red onion, black olives, sun dried tomatoes with a raspberry vinaigrette, served with Crostini that was spread with pesto, sun dried tomato, sprinkled with blue cheese and melted under the broiler. Very tasty and filling.

Was thinking a Baby Back Ribs, Baby Spinach Salad etc... menu, but may just go with doing one of my "famous" make-ahead menus. I par-boil chicken the day before, prep the veggies and marinate overnight and then crisp and warm up on the grill. Lemon thyme rice that can be heated up in a chaffing dish. Need to work on the baseball/boy theme decorations though. I already bought favors.

Need to finish up Bobbi Bear.