knitting has happened

Last year I bought a couple one pound balls of cotton yarn because it was on sale.   So, for my RV knitting, I took some Sugar and Cream for trim and made blue mitered squares, because it takes very little counting and almost no watching.  Turned out a cotton blanket for Med Team Intl.   I have also one pound of purple.  I guess they could use a purple cotton blankie in some orphanage somewhere.  I like to have busy-hands, mindless knitting for the RV because watching the scenery is SO pleasant through those big high windows.

I made a joke.  (Sings)"The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup."

Are you old enough to get this?

Today I go in for my Visual Field test to see how much vision I actually have.  And then it's baking frenzy as I make gingersnaps, chocolate chip cookies, and pear/ginger upside down cakes for tomorrow's tea.  On Saturday morning, I will bake the ham and cheese roll-ups, so the house will smell yummy and they'll be warm when people arrive.  I probably ought to walk a few miles today, too, to compensate for the tea-feasting.

 I set the table using depression glass cups and saucers.  I love the idea of these being given away as premiums during a time when nice things were rare.  I can just see the negotiations:  "Mom, can I have a nickel to go to the movies?  They're giving away cups and saucers in your pattern today."  "Hmm - here's a dime.  Take your brother, and don't let him carry them."  "Oh, mom, he won't like it.  It's a musical and he always burps during the romantic parts."  "He'll like the cartoon and the newsreel and it will get him out from underfoot so I can mop the kitchen floor.  Here's the dime.  Now scoot!"