Sunday Drive (And Strawberries, Of Course)

Yesterday we went grocery shopping early. We got home and I was just like "UGHHHH I need to just get out of this house!" I asked my husband if he wanted to do anything. "Long boring drive?"  "Let me get something to knit"  I couldn't think of anything I wanted to bring. (Sigh...) So I just grabbed this dishcloth I had started, I don't know when. Or who for. Sometimes you just need to go for a long boring drive and knit to clear your head.  Since we went on Sunday I guess that means we're Sunday drivers, and officially "old". 

We did stop at the gas station and got a latte. Coffee and knitting. "Road trip". I guess life is good.

Look, the state flowers are blooming...

I was (long story) thinking. LoL I have a pattern for a Chair Caddy? I don't remember what it's called. It's called "Camp Chair Cozy".  Did I ever post a picture of the one I crocheted? Well, I was thinking, "I should crochet one of my fruit can cozies, and do a caddy with it. Because one of the versions is for a pineapple. I have a grape and orange can cozy pattern (in an old issue of Crafting Traditions) that was published. Well, I was thinking, "I could use the grape pattern for a strawberry cozy!" I tweaked my pattern a little, because it doesn't work. Maybe I used to crochet really loose. It looks too short, too. Maybe I should add another round.  Okay, I didn't post the chair caddy I finished. I posted that I started one. 

I noticed that the phone part is "inside out". With the wrong side of the work showing. I was reading through the pattern and thought, "No that's how she said to do it".. I will have to look again. I got two skeins of red ILTC at Hobby Lobby, to do a strawberry one. The can cozy above was a trial run in acrylic. It still is super cute though and I will probably use it. I don't know what happened to the grape and orange ones I crocheted. Probably never used them. I was thinking about those orange drinks that came in an actual plastic orange. Did you ever have those when you were young?

Something like these? 

Let me see if this will work, this is more like what I remember:

 I was thinking about them one winter and came up with the idea to crochet a pop can cozy like it. Then I thought of the grape one.. To be a kid in the 70's again...  Look what showed up on my news feed... A strawberry one at Kohl's. Proof the internet is spying on you.

We got some strawberries when we went shopping (of course!). Look how big they are! 🍓

This morning I made a strawberry lassi. That isn't actually the recipe I used. The one I used was just (for one): 1/2 cup chopped strawberries (I might use more next time), 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt, 1/4 cup milk, some honey (I didn't measure it), a few ice cubes and blend. The recipe I originally used to use is no longer available online, it used honey instead of sugar.  

Elsie has an appointment today for the vet, to get all her flea and tick meds...  And a check up. Eon is paying for it. (She is "his" dog, so...) I am just taking her. She loves going to the vet, and everyone there loves her. I want to take Jaxson, too but... 😞💸  I got them some collars, from Getfurlife. They're natural essential oil collars? If you get them, make sure you go to the correct website. I don't know. I think it's get fur life dot com. No spaces, and an actual dot not the word..  I think there is a couple fake sites, from what I read online.  Well, I guess we will see if Elsie has fleas today when we go. LoL I did pull three ticks off her fur the other day. (That's why I want to take her, her fur is so thick and long, and it's black and you can't see any bugs in it...) I used the "flea" comb I have, and was feeling around everywhere that was how I found three ticks. Jaxsons fur is white and tan and short and you can see any big bugs. But when I gave him a bath a couple weeks ago, I still saw about three ticks in the bottom of the tub. Ughhhh... I need to give him another bath. I'm paranoid about fleas and ticks, I don't want them to get in the house. We have enough bugs that get in the house. 

Fleabag One

Fleabag Two 

😂 I love them, I just call them that for fun...