This evening I made soup out of the turkey carcass, along with all the bits and pieces of leftover turkey, gravy, etc.  I must admit that it was one of the finer turkey soups we’ve had.  There’s still enough for a bowl of soup for lunch tomorrow, but other than that, Monday marks the return to “normal fare”.  Considering that we have a freezer full of beef, looks like that will be on the menu for dinner.

It would seem that there would be a lot of knitting time these last few days, what with kids home and no real schedule to follow.  And I did tick off some rows on a couple of projects, but I didn’t accomplish as much as I had thought I would. 

Today was quite lovely, so we finished up some chores outside.  The cows and horse were finally turned into another pasture to enjoy more late fall grazing (they like this way more than the hay), Bob cut more firewood, and I filled waterers and pulled large weeds blocking the barn door.  I also waded through a bunch of accounting work that has been languishing on the desk – but that’s done now, so I can justify weekday knitting, having accomplished this task on a Sunday.

I have been delinquent in getting out a newsletter for the website.  This is on the agenda for tomorrow, and I promise to email to subscribers with all due haste. 

And there is more dyework to be done – we’re expanding to include silk (roving and hankies), and by mid-December, laceweight yarns for all the lace knitters out there, plus wool roving for those addicted to spinning as well as knitting.  I would like to borrow an old saying that “There’s no such thing as too many books”, and apply this to fiber as well.  Between the two, I can’t think of a better way to spend my leisure time – particularly when I can corrupt include my children in these pastimes as well.

Wishing you an easy transition back to the real world this week.  And try not to think about how fast the next holiday is coming up…

Peace & Love,

Liz