Lucky 13

I finally cashed in my birthday present (hi, January) from my parents - a cooking class at the Culinary Center of Kansas City. I decided on an Italian class, featuring 10 sauces and a handmade pasta. It was wonderful. It was an all day affair, and we ate all. day. long. Our teacher is the Chef de Cuisine at Lidia's, so all of the recipes we got were essentially Lidia's recipes. I still have some of the spinach fettucini I made (by hand - no machines, lots and lots of kneading), and yesterday Elizabeth came over and we made the marinara. It is, simply put, to die for. We're using it in pasta alla Norma tonight for dinner. I can't wait.

28 things to do while I'm 28

1. Finish the wedding quilt.

2. Finish the triangle quilt.

3. Ride bikes with Justin.

4. Sew the grey and pink fleece coat.

5. Design and knit my Weasley sweater.

6. Make Elizabeth Zimmerman's modified yoke/raglan/whatever sweater.

7. Sew another skirt. Maybe two. 2/28/09

8. Finish all 3 lingering UFOs 9. Knit a sweater for Justin.

10. Knit 20% of my yarn stash, including any new additions.

11. Spin 30% of my fiber stash, including any new additions.

12. Read all of the Anne of Green Gables books.

13. Take a cooking class. 8/12/09

14. Read the Chronicles of Narnia books.

15. Beat Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Gamecube.

16. Train Gracie to be a therapy dog.

17. Repaint the concession wall in the bedroom

18. Spin and knit a sweater.

19. Create a series (at least three pieces) of art quilts.

20. Finish the first draft of my story.

21. Complete the first cross stitch I ever started (8th grade?).

22. Complete and submit the first level of the Master Knitter's program.

23. Get new furniture for the family room.

23a. Do not kill Justin in the process of above.

24. Construct some sort of anti-squirrel contraption in the vegetable garden.

25. Take a long weekend vacation with Justin.

26. Learn Tunision crochet

27. Learn to embroider

28. Re-open my Etsy store