A few more "house wifey" things

I was busy this weekend with a few things. Here are some pictures.

A friend for stuffy puppyHe was actually a gift for our friends little 2 year old as it was her birthday on Saturday. I even knit him a scarf to stay warm!
Some home made pizza pockets for Tim's lunches. Here's the recipe.

I made a double batch which yielded about 30 pockets. The only alteration I made was sealing with water first and then folding and pressing with a fork. It was fun, and now Tim has a whole bunch of lunches so I don't have to wonder if he's only eating peanut butter and crackers for lunch.

The pockets are stored in this new addition to our house:
No not Tim's stomach - though that is their destination. This deep freeze. Out immediate neighbour was selling it (we share a wall with them) and gave it to us for $75, free delivery (meaning he and Tim carried up from their basement out the door across our step that we share through our door and down into our basemsnt). It's great because I can now get stuff like hamburger buns on sale and throw them in the freezer. I even made a double batch of Mom's raisin bran muffins the other day and froze most of them. Definitely worth the money! Now we have lots of fresh muffins and they taste just as good as when they were first baked if you just let them thaw on their own. I am also planning on making a bunch of bread and popping it in here since I will have lots of time since my job ends tomorrow:(

My next post will be on why I am up so early blogging!

For all you crafters out there!

I love making crafts! I got this idea after reading this entry in Kate's Kitchen (yes, her again!). I am currently working at the public library and we have a small table with colouring sheets on it for kids. It's great because it keeps the kids occupied while their parent's are browsing the books. The crayons were looking pretty ratty so I decided to try Kate's craft using recycled crayons. It was fun, a little messy and had great results! I will definitely do this again if I come across some broken crayons!

First peal and sort the crayons into colours.
Since there is no recycling here other than refundables I used tin cans from beans and things like that to melt the wax. Then I could just throw them out and I didn't have to try to clean the wax out of some of my baking dishes. I placed the cans directly on the burner and turned it on low.I stirred them with butter knives and the end of the wooden spoon.
I sprayed the trays with Pam (the first ones I didn't and it was really tough to get the crayons out). When the crayons were melted I poured them into ice cube trays with various shapes.
This was the final product!I think the librarian will be pleasently surprised! It's fun colouring with fruit, sea shells, and flowers!

I also made this little guy the other night out of work gloves. I got the pattern off of the Martha Stewart website. I'm sure the second one I make will be better, this one is a little rough around the edges and he's always looking over his left shoulder, but I still think he's cute!