A very quiet day, but I can say that I feel better🎉🎊🎉🎊
Exercise:
Absolutely none! I thought about going for a run tonight, but I could hear/see my mother in my head. She probably wouldn’t say anything but would look at me with that, “are you crazy” look, so I will wait to exercise until tomorrow, but I am so getting back to my routine tomorrow!!!
Reading:
I finished the book, New York Actually by Sarah Morgan. It is the fourth book in the series “With Love From Manhattan”. I’ve really enjoyed this series because it once again has a group of friends that feature largely in each book. This book was the story of Molly, an advice columnist who relocated to New York from London after a career ending scandal. She meets Daniel who is Manhattan’s leading divorce attorney. Â Daniel borrows a dog from his sisters (who are dog walkers) in order to meet Molly in Central Park where she walks her dog Valentine every morning. Â Molly and Daniel decide on a fling because Molly believes she can’t fall in love. Life and love ensues.
I liked the primary presence that the animals had in this book. The book actually opens with a sequence around Valentine. I think it was supposed to make you think it was a man she was talking about, but I knew it was a dog immediately so it came across a little cheesy. Â I also liked how Daniel was multifaceted, though parts of him were a bit of a stretch. It seemed weird to me that Molly believed she couldn’t live, not that she wouldn’t, but that she couldn’t. Â Overall, it was a fun addition to the series, but definitely just for fun!
I think people who like dogs, city life or a strong friendship in their romance books would enjoy this book.
Now I just have to decide if I can count my trashy romances and chick lit on my A-Z Reading Challenge????
Baking:
Yesterday I had liked a post by The Recipe Hunter for Belinda’s Easy Mostly Healthy Muffins.  I decided to try them out this morning as they looked super easy and I had kept dry toast down so it was time to try something else 🤣.  The muffins were very easy to put together and called for one cup of whatever mix-ins you wanted. I combined walnuts, raisins, chocolate chips and coconut as I always seem to like combination baking best.  I had too much batter and filled not only 12 large muffin cups, but also about two inches in a loaf pan. I cooked the muffins at 325 which it called for until they smelled done. The muffins released from the muffin cups very easily and were cooked all the way through. The cinnamon and vanilla ensured that they smelled really good!  They tasted fine (a little on the healthy side), but my one complaint is that they don’t hold together well. I kept two down today and froze the rest so we’ll see how they do after they’ve been frozen, but maybe it was the mix-ins I used.  I’ll have to try them again and see if I get the same result.
Knitting:
I have been furiously knitting away this afternoon to finish a pair of handwarmers out of this purple yarn that I absolutely love. I wasn’t going to post until I was done and I’m more than halfway through the second one. Unfortunately I just figured out I put the thumb hole in the wrong place on this second one so I’m going to have to rip back about five or six rows and figure out where it should go! I guess that will teach me for putting the cables in! Need the cables to be on the back of the hand, not the palm!!
Grrr!
Well I’m off to tink and then knit. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have a more exciting day to tell you about!
Have fun!
AJ
I’m glad you’re feeling better!
Thank you!
I can’t wait to see the finished product! I got back into knitting earlier this year and will probably get back to it once it’s a little colder. When it’s hot, I have no desire to knit for some reason.
True! I usually stick to cross stitch or small projects in the hot weather
I don’t even do that! Good for you though! It takes me a while to get back into the knitting groove when the cold weather comes through.
I just can’t sit and do nothing so I always have to have something on the go. As well, it helps with my need to accomplish things😂
I’m glad you took a couple days off and are starting to feel better. Muffins look good!
Thank you!
That’s great that you are feeling better.
Thank you!
Glad you are getting better. You probably needed more binder than extras in the muffins, so backing off on the filler might work better.
I’ll try that next time!
You wanted to bake, you ate, and you kept it down….you must be feeling better!😊
I just read about tink two nights ago and I was chuckling to myself. Then I see you saying on here about it hehe
I am feeling so much better! I prefer to tink than frog as I sometimes find it difficult to pick up all the stitches after you frog😂
Frogging is one of the scariest things I think…I haven’t had to yet and really hope I don’t!
Oh I’m sure you will at some point, lol, but do avoid it as long as possible🤣
lol that’s my plan 😉
That muffin looks good to me 🙂 and good job not pushing your body and exercising! Good luck getting back into everything today!
Thank you!
I am so so glad you are feeling better finally!
Me too! I don’t do sick well😖
Glad you are feeling better, I love coconut and chocolate in baked goods as well.
The taste was good, just difficult to eat something that’s falling apart, lol
Sounds you are on the mend at last, so glad you are feeling better. Thumb holes, they can be so annoying!