a good idea at the time

My weekend was spent reading, cooking and of course, doing a little knitting.  I am not sure if I mentioned it before, I am in a little book club.  I started it with a friend/neighbor a little over 2 years ago, and it has been good times.  It is my turn to host this month (tonight, actually) and I selected Julie and Julia, a chronicle of one woman's adventures in cooking through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume I.  And because I thought it would be fun, I had people sign up to cook recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking for a little potluck dinner.  It seemed like a good idea at the time...  As I was making Boeuf Bourguignon at 2:00 this morning, it no longer seemed like such a good idea.  To be fair, I didn't start cooking till 9:30 last night; but, well, yes.  You see, I had to finish the book first.  The book is funny, if you have any culinary inclinations whatsoever (or really, even if you don't), you would probably enjoy this book.  It was a hilarious and quick read.  The cooking from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, not so quick; though hilarious it may turn out to be.  I still have to make the leek and potato soup (or Potage Parmentier, if you are so inclined) later this afternoon.  I have a feeling our discussion will be more about the insanity surrounding the cooking of the dishes than of the book; but it will be fun all the same.

Do you remember the seamless hybrid I have been working on for, let's just say, a long time?  I am thisclose to finishing it.  Seriously:

the sweater just needs a collar, some joined underarms and a good blocking.  The idea of knitting this sweater seemed like a great idea, brilliance itself, a nice quick sweater to give me one completed adult sweater under my belt.  It was a good idea, until it wasn't.  There were trials and tribulations, and in hindsight, it was kind of ridiculous; but, it was a learning process.  But more on that later when I have an actual finished project to report.

I leave you with one last thing that seemed like a good idea.  But really?  Well, no.  Little Sir got a toy from his Great Grandmother for Christmas.  We like to pull his toys out in phases or he gets overwhelmed.  This weekend we pulled out a new toy, good idea, right? As Little Sir would say, "no, no, no...."  This particular toy horrifies him.  It's a little plastic pull dog that makes weird clicking noises when pulled...

Yeah, I know Kiddo, it scares me too.

Comments

[Vicki]

I thought a private session at one of those put-together-dinner places would be a fun way to "celebrate" reading Julie and Julia, though I doubt many of Julia's recipes would work well with advance assembly. ; ) That book has been on my list.

[tiennie]

Wish I could join you in your book club - sounds delicious!

I really want to make the seamless hybrid - but am a little scared by your post. Would you still make it in hindsight?

[Beth]

Wow, I think your book club sounds fantastic! Wish I could join you.

I wanted to let you know that I ordered the Hats On! book after seeing hats by you and Pat. I can't wait for it to arrive.

[stacey]

I'm heading over to my libary website to see if they have that book - I love Julia! I do agree though - her recipies are a bit "involved" to put it mildly... :)

[Rachel]

Hey, I just read ALL of your 100 Things About Me -- I think that's the first time I've ever made it through such a list for anyone. Very enjoyable.

Great book club idea, though I could only participate if "spaghetti with red sauce from a jar" (or "spaghetti avec de la sauce rouge d'une fiole") was considered a recipe from the cookbook.

[Vicki]

Love the neutral color of your seamless hybrid...I'm hosting my bookclub meeting next week! I won't be cooking for them though -we're going to meet at a restaurant. Our book this month was The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield...it was good. The Istanbul hat is really nice by the way...great color combos - I love me a fair isle hat!