Boy's Slippers

It was a lovely , rainy day today so after I did the morning chores I came in and ate and worked on this crochet project which is a pair of slippers for a young boy. I wanted them to be different from the pom-poms on his sister's slippers so that was why I added the jingle bells????

Boys and men I have a real problem making gifts for as I do not know who to reach their hearts, so they will have something that is useful - that they can enjoy?

I did fix the venison roast in the crock pot last night that my granddaughter gave me and it was really good. I feel bad eating meat but some think that it will help my eyes because I am missing some of the vitamins that only meat can carry?? I do know that we have "way" too many deer in our area and they destroy our gardens and any fruit we try to have and with a large majority of the deer having 2 or even 3 babies the problem is getting worse. I love the deer - they are beautiful and graceful animals -but you cannot just "Wish" them to stay out of your food. ???

I made a cranberry pie today and of course made another blunder.  See, last year was my very first time every having one and I had found the perfect recipe -which I politely LOST. Boy was I mad at myself so I downloaded a recipe and the first one I made last week turned out with WAY too much bread in the pie. So today I found another recipe and I cut out a LOT of the dough part, but this recipe called for way too much pecans. Now I LOVE pecans and thought that would really be good -but in the end there were more pecans than the cranberries and the nuts over-ruled the cranberry taste???? It is good -BUT! So, this recipe may work with a few alterations.

I am doing the exercises every day that physical therapy has taught me for my back and neck and it is helping a lot- It is hard work and I get discouraged and feel like I do not have the time to do them , but I have found to make them work you have to be consistent.