Finished Project

This afternoon I finished the blanket for Baby Kirk. It's downstairs blocking right now. This project was a first for me in many ways. First project for a baby, first blanket, first time blocking, first time buying really nice yarn...and I can't wait to wrap the sweet baby up in it!
We had a fun weekend. We awoke Sunday morning to a snow covered town, a bit of a surprise. I had been expected some gross rain/sleet for the day, so the snow was great. I made us some french toast with Brioche Bread from Eileen's. This had come recommended from several customers but I had yet to try it for myself. It was delicious, I will definitely be making it again. Then I began baking some Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert that night when Ryan called downstairs, "Ashley, what are you doing right now?" "Well," I replied, "baking cookies." "When will they be done?" (I was excited that Ryan was so eager to eat my freshly baked goods so I yelled back, "There are some warm right now, you want one?" To my dismay he did not respond with an excited "yes please!" Instead he said, "How much longer till you're done? We're going sledding!" It would be some time till I was "done", I had doubled the recipe and only the second of who knows how many pans was in the oven. But the thought of playing in fresh snow and anticipating the excitement from Brinks when he learned he'd be coming along was worth more than staying by the oven another hour. I pulled the pan out of the oven, put the rest of the dough in the fridge and got my snow clothes on.
Some time later, after having driven almost to the hill and realizing that if the Camry made it in, it might not make it out, turning around, meeting the rest of the Poe's at 7-11 and stopping to try and help a lady out of the ditch we made it to the hill, a perfect sledding spot.
Honestly, I'm not much of a sledder. I went down the hill twice. I like going down, for the most part, but I really don't like walking back up. So I stayed at the top of the hill, watching Brinks as he ran until we couldn't see him and then he ran back. It was one of the best days of his life I'm sure, he was free and there was snow to be free in...it doesn't get any better for a dog like Brinks.
We headed home and got back to the tasks of the day. I finished the cookies, did some laundry, got the house straightened up for dinner that night, Ryan went back to work on a video project and I found time for a nap which I don't normally take. But it was Sunday afternoon and Ryan had the race on in his office. I was trained well as a young girl to take naps during races...my dad is the best at this.
Tomorrow I plan to work on my t-shirt quilt, we'll see how it goes.
Click here for sledding photos.