Friday, December 18, 2020

We were warned that we were in for a storm and it arrived right on time. The Texada ferry ran earlier today because I saw it at seven when I was making coffee and again about nine when I went down for a second cup. The ferry to Comox isn’t running either; I’m not sure whether or not it ran first thing in the morning.

I’ve had another no-pressure day unless you consider deciding what to bake and what knitting/crochet pattern I should use pressure.

Last night I started a crocheted afghan but wasn’t even finished the first row before I knew it wouldn’t work for me. There were about seven rows in the pattern and, since we were watching a show with sub-titles, I needed something simpler. I found a knitted afghan pattern that was easy enough to follow but after a few rows I decided I didn’t really like it. I’ve found another crochet pattern that repeats one row over and over; I hope it works out or I may go back to making hats.

I intended to make Nanaimo Bars today. I purchased all the ingredients at the last shop and even told Pat that was what I was making. There wasn’t a recipe in Mum’s cookbook but I recalled she had a Mincemeat Muffin recipe and that I still had half a jar of mincemeat in the fridge. Instead of the muffins though I made an Oatmeal Mincemeat Square. It looks a lot like a Matrimonial Cake but with mincemeat in the middle rather than dates. I looks and smells good; we’ll know for sure when we have dessert tonight.