Hope everyone had a good St. Patrick's Day. We did! Had our Corned Beef and Cabbage (and potatoes, onions, and carrots), and Irish Soda Bread. The REAL kind, not the fancied-up versions that are so popular. Here's my favorite link for the recipe, from Shamrock Hill. It looks flat in the picture, but it's not-- it's nicely rounded with a thick, chewy crust all around the outside, and nice, soft bread on the inside. Daughter #1 made it. Daughter #2 did the meat and vegs, because I was at work. But I got to leave early, so finished making the dinner so Daughter wouldn't have to keep watching to make sure nothing stuck to the pots.

And here's one of the gloves I made for Daughter #1. They actually worked up pretty quickly. Even though it's been in the 80's this past week, she and her sister went to Roswell, NM a couple of weeks ago, and it's colder there than here, so they came in handy.

Things have been busy around here the past month or so, and I wasn't feeling real happy with all the unaccustomed activity, so I've been in my cave, dealing with it and keeping myself from losing my mind and/or turning into a royal bee-otch. Which is why I haven't been posting. I haven't even checked my emails except for once a week.

But I've been making stuff! I really need to get it out of the house, now. To make room for more stuff, of course. Because I can't stop my brain from thinking up new things to make!