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We're finally nearing the end of the month of birthdays in my house, and this one's a doozy, because there are two birthdays on the same day. My twins opted to celebrate on different days, so it did spread the work out a tiny bit.

Day 19

I baked cupcakes for K, for their birthday dessert.

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[ID: A large batch of unfrosted vanilla cupcakes in a deep metal bowl. End ID]

Day 20

I made strawberry frosting, with real strawberries, for K's cupcakes. Here are the frosted cupcakes (I did not apply the frosting. :)

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[ID: 13 cupcakes with pink frosting. End ID]

I baked Bread for K's birthday dinner (which was lobster bisque and grilled cheese sandwiches on "soured" dough bread).

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[ID: A short loaf of bread. End ID]

Day 21

I baked a strawberry cobbler for F's birthday; I didn't take the cobbler out of the oven, so I only got a pictures of what was left:

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[ID: A clear plastic bowl containing a small amount of strawberry cobbler. End ID]

And I also knitted 8 rows on a new baby hat

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[ID: A purple knitting loom with 8 rows of pink knitting. End ID]

Day 22

This was a big rest day for me as I spent so many hours on my feet the previous two days. I played a lot of video games, and I knitted 7 rows on the baby hat.

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[ID: A purple knitting loom with 15 rows of pink knitting. End ID]

I think I am all caught up now!

This time period was stupidly busy because it was the Kids' birthday and the other driving parent was gone so I had to shuttle the other kid to activities.

Day 19

We celebrated the kids' birthday a bit early, since one of them would be away for the actual day. I made a double batch of oatmeal cookies as one kid's dessert:

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I also made a double batch of chocolate chip cookie dough for the other kid, to be baked the next day:

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[ID: Rolls of Chocolate Chip Cookie dough wrapped in parchment paper on a white plate in the freezer. End ID]

I fixed a kid's broken chain clasp:

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[ID: 2 photos of a black chain, the first with a broken silver clasp and the second with a new, whole, silver clasp attached. End ID]

I think I also knitted about 5 rows on a baby hat, but forgot to take a photo.

Day 20

I washed 4 skeins of yarn:

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[ID: 4 just-washed skeins of yarn of various colors draped over hangers and hung out to dry on a porch beam. End ID]

And made 4 1/2 center-pull yarn balls. The one skein of yarn that's tangled mess is the one that gave me so much trouble getting into a skein for washing.

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[ID: 4 center-pull balls of yarn in various colors, and a half-ball wrapped on a cardboard nostepinne, on top of a tangled mess of pastel variegated yarn. End ID]

And I baked a couple of pans of chocolate chip cookies, of which I forgot to take a photo.

Day 21

This day was really quite busy, so all I had the energy to do was bake a couple of pans of chocolate chip cookies (of which I forgot to take a photo), and work on winding the current center-pull ball of yarn. Unfortunately, the yarn got caught on something, and broke, so I'll just wind a second ball of this yarn.

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[ID: A center-pull ball of pastel variegated yarn on a cardboard nostepinne, with a tangled mess of the same pastel yarn to the right. End ID]

Day 22

I knitted the last 13 rows on the baby hat:

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[ID: 25 rows of white/yellow/orange/pink/blue/purple variegated yarn knitted on a purple round loom. End ID]

And then finished the hat completely. I liked how the yellow bits of the yarn formed almost a lightning bolt. (I didn't plan that!)

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[ID: A knitted baby hat made from white/yellow/orange/pink/blue/purple variegated yarn. The yellow and white bit of the yarn form a shape like a lightning bolt (not planned). End ID]

I baked bread for the first time in about 2 months!

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[ID: 2 loaves of light brown bread, cross-hatched on top; one loaf has a slice cut from the end. End ID]

I also made brown sugar (note to self: the mixer blade works better than the whisk):

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[ID: A steel metal mixer bowl containing brown sugar; some of the brown sugar is caught in the mixer's whisk. End ID]

I wasn't expecting to attend the Wednesday stitch-in, but GB decided he should take the kids to their doctor appointment. I didn't have the mental energy to figure out which WIP to do at stitch-in, so I darned a sock:

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[ID: A close-up of a toe of a white sock, darned with light blue thread. End ID]

Same old story... thankfully, I have an orthopedist appointment on Thursday!

Day 20

It was my kids' birthday! I made them nice birthday cards within my limited drawing capabilities, which they liked, but are a bit personal for me to post.

I made them simple, but decadent cupcakes with double buttercream frosting for their birthday dessert; the pic shows the ones that didn't get frosted but got put in the freezer for later.

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Day 21

After a somewhat tiring previous day preparing a birthday feast, I opted for starting yet another low-spoon headband (but the last of this skein); I knitted about 54 rows.

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Day 22

Day 22 was a bad day painwise; I did manage to finish off the headband I started on day 21, but neglected to take a picture, and now, it's mixed in with all the other headbands.

Day 23

Another not-great day and full of chores to boot. I saved my crafting streak by "finding" (it's been sitting on a chair in my dining room for months) K's dress that needed some mending - some shiny rhinestone cupchain at the neckline had some loose, and I fixed it, and also sewed up a seam elsewhere that had come undone.

Before:

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After:

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Day 24

I worked on the 2019 Mystery SaL, while trying to master the art of listening to audiobooks. After a bit of time, it seems that I can listen to audiobooks while crafting, as long as the work is not too complicated, because anything complicated makes it hard to listen. Now, I just have to remember to stop the book when crafting gets complicated. At least, the app I'm using has a 15 second rewind.

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Day 25

More 2019 Mystery SaL while listening to a few chapters of an audiobook; I think it's getting a little easier.

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I spent a lot of day 4 shopping and cooking for a birthday dinner! My slow cooker, rice cooker, stovetop, and oven were ALL in play!

I baked a berry cobbler for the birthday dessert, but I forgot to take a picture before it got cut. This is all that was left!

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And I managed 4 more rows on the ear warmer...

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The days are toooooo busy. And, if you've followed my history here at all, I'm doing well if I manage to post every-other day.

Day 4

We had a birthday in the house, so I made a huge birthday dinner, including dessert, which took about three hours, and really precluded doing any other crafting, but dessert is crafting, so here's a picture of birthday pear-blueberrry cobbler.

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Day 5

Back to the cross stitch

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Day 6

I made time for my weekly Wednesday stitch-in, and managed to stitch about 125 stitches in 2 hours!

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Day 23

I started to weed out and rearrange items on the *other* set of shelves (maybe a picture when I'm all the way done, as it doesn't look all that different from the before picture).

Day 24

I made a Cowboy Cake for the Birthday Girls' Zoom birthday party. And we were a good chunk of the way through that when I realised that I forgot to take a picture.

Day 25

I made my Mom a pair of Halloween earrings. And forgot to take a picture before I put them into the envelope.

At least, I got some decent sleep last night, so I might remember pictures today!

"Behind on posting" should be my middle name...

Day 20

My little girls turned 9! For their birthday celebration, they helped me make a yellow cake with pink frosting and a strawberry-blueberry cobbler. I forgot to take a picture before the desserts were both half-eaten.

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I also sorted out that bag of estate sale embroidery fiber and got them sorted out by type, including mess...

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Day 21

I sorted out the mess of tangled fibers on my desk, aided by a pair of sharp pointy scissors. (not shown)

I dusted off my sewing machine from a weeks-long hiatus, and sewed a couple of bags to hold humidity-lowering rice in our new beardie's enclosure and I also sewed some more mask pieces (not shown).

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I got some work done on my SaL when I finally was able to attend my weekly Stitch-In.

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Day 22

Crazy day. Towards the end of the day, I redid one kid's headphone covers, because she said that she couldn't hear through the foam. Hopefully, third time is the charm...

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Wow, time flies!

Day 8

I cleared out a small box from the office. The contents were from the kid bag that hasn't been used since the kids have been home from school, and I have no idea why that stuff was in my office. All the stuff got put away!

In the afternoon I took a little time away from home (and also on Wed) to take some nature photos, BY MYSELF. I'll link when I have them up. It was really nice to get out alone outside that wasn't a trip to the grocery store.

Day 9

I actually worked on the cross stitch WIP mystery stitch-a-long that was supposed to be done last year.

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Day 10

I worked some more on the above-mentioned WIP. First I discovered that I had just too many loose threads on the back that needed to be clipped, because they kept catching on my working thread. So, I clipped 'em!

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And then, worked some more catch-free stitches!

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Day 11

My kids have been using headphones where I've recovered the speakers with heavy fleece because the foam had disintegrated, but they still found the headphones too hard. Today, I took the covers apart on one to add some foam (a reuse from a package I received recently). The kid pronounced it cushy, so I did the other side. Sometime later this week, I need to add foam to the pair the other kid is using.

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Also, I made some vegan and gluten-free Peanut Butter Banana Blondies. I had some bananas the HAD to be used, but not enough eggs, and I was tired of the same old banana bread. This turned out different than I expected, but it was good (though the kids say that it's not their favorite, and it's not as good as my banana bread).

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I finished bobbining THE MESS and bobbinated the proto-bracelets as well.

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I also made a berry cobbler for a birthday in our household.

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I think I hate the posting part of this challenge, if I'm being honest...

Day 22

I mostly played catch-up with household stuff, and didn't do any arting or crafting.

Day 23

I put back in the section in the cross stitch that I had to frog on Monday.

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Day 24

Hey, some more cross stitch!

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Day 25

My local Joann store moved, and had a grand opening sale. I picked up some Halloween-themed beads (like I really needed MORE beads!) and made some Mother/Daughter earrings!

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Day 26

A HUGE crafting day today!

I baked and crumb-coated a cake for the birthday party...

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And then I started to deal with the costume for K. K had sworn up and down that she'd help, but hasn't wanted to for the past two weeks. I finally got out the material anyway, and she stayed with me for about 10 minutes, before deciding that this was all boring and went back to watch tv. I suppose it's typical for an 8 year old, but I was, and am still, annoyed. I got a long-sleeved shirt from last year to build the costume on, cut a few things on it, ironed on an embellishment, and cut a bunch of yellow strips of material (of which I think I am eventually going to hate dealing with).

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Day 27

Unfortunately, F came home sick with a fever from her lesson on Saturday. We waited until the morning to see how she was, and she still had a fever, so we had to postpone the kids' birthday party. That gave me a bit more time to redesign K's costume in my head about a dozen times before deciding that even though the costume looks like a dress in the pictures, I do not have the required skills to make it a dress in reality. So I'm making it a top and skirt. K was pissy when I wanted to do some sizing stuff, and I almost gave up on making this for her. She also wanted to help again and but only stayed about 5 minutes when it became very clear that I wasn't going to let her run the sewing machine by herself. So I finally got the base skirt sewn, except I didn't leave a hole in the casing for elastic, and that's when I knew I needed to stop.

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The twins' birthday was this past weekend along with their school's Fall Fest, and I was too busy and too tired to post.

Day 18

I washed all the fabric for K's costume to be...

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...and made two dozen allergen-free cupcakes for the Fall Fest (not pictured)

Day 19

I did some stitching at the Fall Fest...

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...And made some very quick earrings for my kids' morning birthday present (like stockings at Christmas, K said)...

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...And baked a double batch of brownies (for Coffee Hour at church on Sunday), a single batch of brownies for F's cake, and a double-layer yellow cake for K's cake (not pictured).

Day 20

I frosted F's cake...

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...and then I frosted K's cake...

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...For my kids' birthday present from my Mom, we went to a ceramic painting place, and the kids painted "sugar" skulls, and I put another layer of paint on the black lines of my bowl...

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...And then when I collapsed after dinner, I put a few more stitches into the #MadXStitchalong...

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Day 21

I took the kids to the park after school and went to work some on the Stitchalong, and discovered that I'd put in an extra 2 rows WAY UP THERE, and had to frog a bunch, and then just could not face any more...

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Still in the midst of post root canal pain. Went to the dentist AGAIN on Thursday. They put in some topical antibiotic, and gave me a rinse. And I've been hitting the major pain killers when I don't have to drive or be alone with the kids. I've still been in level 5-8 pain despite everything, and if it's still this bad tomorrow, I'm calling them again.

Day 18

And the above is the reason I did very little on the kiwi, and then had to frog it twice before I got it right.

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Day 19

Tomorrow is my littles' *SEVENTH* birthday! And as I do every year, I baked them cakes from scratch. K chose a blueberry cake with blue colored vanilla frosting, and F chose a pineapple cake with lemon frosting. (their Daddy GB made the frosting, bless him!) I'll probably do some more decorating on the cake tomorrow, but that will have to do for tonight.

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Day 4 - I was wall to wall busy, and the best I could do for crafting was a berry cobbler that I made for a birthday (happy trip around the sun, BB!), of which I took no picture.

Day 5 - Stitched on the kiwi after GB took the kids to the park.

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My twins had their birthday party on 29 October, so I spent most of the time leading up to it cleaning and otherwise preparing (I had a big church celebration too), and in the remaining days of October, we were getting ready for Halloween. But here's what I did do.

Day 27

I baked and crumb-coated a cake (but forgot to take a pic) and gathered some herbs from my garden to dry (I suppose that is herb-crafting?).

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Day 28

I crossed stitched just a little bit on the bus home from a marriage celebration.

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Day 29

Finished frosting the cake (yellow chocolate chip with vanilla frosting and blueberries on top), I baked a pineapple-cherry cobbler, and a pan of brownies.

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Days 30-31

Cross stitched a bit more on the Mystery Stitchalong. But alas, I did not finish. I'll keep plugging along.

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3 days of week 7 of the Mystery Stitchalong and a foray into baking...

Day 19

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Day 20 - My twins birthday! We had the family birthday celebration, and I spent the morning baking their cakes and a double batch of brownies for their School Fall Fest. I forgot to take a picture of the pristine cakes; this picture is after 10 people attacked them.

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Day 21

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Day 22

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I didn't get much done today because I've come down with a nasty cold.

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