Patt with Two T's

I'm now on my third frittata in 10 days--easier than making a hot breakfast from scratch everyday.  This is my best looking one so far: ...fresh asparagus sautéed with onions, celery, carrots, zucchini, chicken sausage, with 3 kinds of cheese.  Decadent.  While this was cooking, I finally got my rayon chenille warped, which took many extra hours due to a snarl I got in the yarn when working with it.  grrr.  It's variegated, and for weft, I'm using tencel for the first time after attending my weaving group yesterday and hearing how well it works.   Usually I warp and weft with chenille.   Here's some close-up views of it: Here you can see the warp on top that hasn't yet been woven, the color of the tencel, which is turquoise, and below is the warp after being woven,  I'm loving how it looks and hope it finishes as softly as usual with chenille. I'm also working on more woven bracelets.  The most recent is one wi...

  I have taken over the kitchen.  Not by desire, by necessity.  I haven't done too badly and only forgot I had something on the stove once.  I'm very out of the habit, thanks to a husband who loves to cook and experiment in the kitchen.  I don't even know where to find everything!   Matthew had shoulder surgery on Thurs, which is why I'm in charge of the meals.  All of them...he likes 3 a day.  I'm more of a grazer during the day.  Until now.   On Friday late afternoon, I decided to make a frittata so he would have something for breakfast that's warm and easy to heat up if I'm unavailable (so far, it's day 4, and I haven't been unavailable yet).  I also fried onions and potatoes and reheated meatballs for dinner that night, then made the coffee for the next day, cleaned up the kitchen and crashed.  The day before, surgery day, lasted from 11 am until getting home at 8 pm and serving take-away food I'd picked up on the way hom...