Aimee, Aimee, Aimee

I am once again stealing pictures that Aimee the Sis sent me in order to make a blog entry.

Her birthday was November 17th, and I knitted her a scarf. She stopped by my house on her way to O’Hare to get back to Colorado. They spent the holiday in Madison with her in-laws.

Here is a picture of her and her husband Mark. If Aimee looks a bit peaked, its because she might throw up on me at any moment. She gets motion sickness really easily, and the long drive from Madison did not suit her well. She’s modelling her birthday scarf.

I knit it out of 5 balls of Debbie Bliss Chunky Cashmerino, using the Seafoam pattern from one of Barbara Walker’s pattern books. It ended up much longer than I meant, after washing and blocking. Oops. Oh well, long scarves are in.

Today, Aimee sent me pictures. First, here is the ever popular Franz the monkey, modeling his new license plates. I guess they go on “Aimee’s” car, but if Franz’s name is on it…

I also made her Banana Bread. I always make her Banana Bread when I see her. It’s like, “Ooh, Aimee is coming, I better get some bananas!” This year, I used a new recipe from the The National Park Cookbook, which required a little more fuss than I’m used to when it comes to a quick bread. I also was about a 1/3rd cup short on banana mush, so I cooked up some apple sauce as filler. Aimee reports it is very good.