the following is the reason i should never expect to get one thing (ie red shirt paint) when i go into joanns. i have to stop by the remnant fabric section. i mean, its almost expected.
it also enabled me to actually save more than i spent. kinda awesome when that happens.
its hard to tell, but there are actually all different types of fabric in there.
starting with the black meshy fabric and moving outward:
the black meshy fabric (for making more fruit/veggie grocery store bags or something else equally fun)
the big black bundle is actually a cotten/linen blend. its awesome. i really like linen. its super classy.
the one on top of that is the only plain old cotton. but i got it because its turquoise and brown and it just looks neat. plus it matches the colors in my bedroom and it might end up on a pillowcase.
the brown and tan houndstooth is a home-dec weight fabric that would make a classy hat or maybe a vest...? hmmm...
the tan stuff on top is vinyl.
the white and the black bundles at the very end are actually silky rayon or cotton and rayon blend.
okay, enough with the fabric, alicia.
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today i had the itch to make more dog biscuits. however because i still have neglected to buy a food processor, i was left with only one type of biscuits to make, that i've made several times already - a garlic cheesy biscuit. BUT....when i went to make them, i realized i forgot to buy yeast. so, i decided i still wanted to make something, so i used my blender as a food processor. it actually worked out really really well.
the following was my mad scientist workspace....
my kitchen is really small. i mean really. my bathroom is actually bigger. and this is literally half my kitchen. have i already mentioned its small? sometimes i have to get a little creative with space.
anyways, i started with baking peanut butter oat dog biscuits. they smelled yummy. they tasted kind of bland. but atticus liked them.
after they were done i figured i'd might as well make another batch because i already had dirtied up half of my appliances and dishes, a little more flour etc wouldn't make a difference.
so i made a batch of peanut butter biscuits. they were supposed to be peanut butter sesame biscuits, but i didn't buy sesame seeds (they were supposed to be sprinkled on top), and i figured attie wouldn't miss them. the second batch was a lot better. mmm...peanut butter...
so the domesticity hasn't ended yet. while the second batch was being cut out, i had a brilliant idea. i just bought atticus another kong, and i needed kong filler. (a kong is basically a fancy fat rubber tube with a tiny hole in one end and a bigger hole on the other - you can fill it with things and then put something on the big hole at the end and it gives your dog something to eat/play with. normally i fill attie's kong with dog food and then seal up the end with cream cheese. he loves cream cheese). anyways...back to my brilliance. i had just bought a bunch of sweet potatoes (or yams....i dont remember which) at safeway, so i decided to make mashed sweet potatoes. instead of milk, i used cream cheese.
mmmm. they were actually extremely yummy. and i was lazy and didn't remove any of the skins. it was still good.
(and i'm sure i'm not the first one to think of mixing up sweet potatoes and cream cheese...dont think all this talk about me being brilliant has gone to my head and caused me to believe this is an original idea. i know its not. i just get excited when i think of things without reading about someone else doing them first.)
they were a big hit with atticus too. (heres a picture of him and his kong...sorry for the blurriness, he was a dog on a mission).
if that wasn't enough, i also made a batch of cinnamon streusel muffins for me for this week. (well, "made" as in added oil, egg, and milk).
ignore that large burned part in the middle. i was sloppy.
so yeah...not a bad days haul.
and where was atticus for most of this baking genius??
outside, with his nose pressed up against the screen door.
"she wants me to be her emotional tampon." ~ c. berg
