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and i do mean ever drink coffee at 9 pm. no matter how good it would taste with smores pie. i promise you'll regret it at 2 am. i promise. the good news. although shari's took over the baker's square down the street, there is still free pie on wednesdays. we were skeptical, but the food is still good. even though it took half an hour to pick out dinner since we were unfamiliar with the menu. the bad news. there is free pie on wednesdays.

so dave and i went to the farmers market. collected fresh eggplant, zucchini, and mushrooms. and brought them home for dinner :) but while i was slicing veggies i sliced my finger. oops. and it's my index on my left hand! you know what that means right? no knitting. at lease for a couple of days. dang-it. and i was doing so well on my socks. oh well. so after i washed the blood off what did we do with those veggies? well dave cubed up the rest (my chopping privileges have been revoked for a while.) and we tossed the pieces with a couple of tablespoons of olive oil, some sea salt and fresh pepper, and some dry herbs. then, we roasted them at 400 degrees for 30 minutes (which was may have been a bit too long) and served them up with a box of celery, onion, and cornbread stuffing and a rotisserie chicken from the grocery. what can i say? sometimes i take shortcuts :) finish it off with a glass of what we like to call 2-buck-chuck* and you're done. so, what's a brok...

sonoma county to be exact. you know you actually live here when your day off involves an errand to pick up a couple bottles that would otherwise be very hard to find. by the way we have beautiful weather right now. absolutely beautiful. today consisted of an half an hour drive through gorgeous country. over the hill, through some hayfields, past a few vineyards, and a couple of dairies. i arrived at my destination to pick up some wine for a wedding present for a friend. and some for the household stash of course. turned around. and repeat. did i mention the gorgeous drive. yes i think it is beginning to sink in. i live in california. oh i forgot to mention lunch... a nice sauv blanc, country style bread, apple, dry aged jack, and baby swiss cheeses. all local. of course there is some knitting time to immediately follow. i think i could die happy.

so under here somewhere is my knitting basket. of this i am fully convinced... where exactly is a different question entirely. i'm about 8 rows from finishing my laminaria. so of course i immediately put it down and cast on for 3 pair of socks. the first pair, black with red marl contrasty toes for dave. shhhh. secret socks. ;) the secone pair, some olive green lace socks for myself... no you don't see them there, they have since been frogged. pace is just too fuzzy for lace. and third a pair of panda cotton socks for me. for me. finally panda cotton for me. fourth pair out of panda cotton and i'm actually going to get to wear these! i cannot wait :) but knitting has been going slowly. we've been trying to use that extra room in the house more in the last couple of weeks. we used to be great about it but lately. not so much. it really is silly too. we have all the gadgets and every tool we could possible want. but no more excuses. we're cooking now...