This is my dental clinic beanie.

I call it my dental clinic beanie because this is what I made (well, half of it) while sitting in the dental clinic watching my son getting his teeth cleaned.

I did consider taking the blanket, but seriously, although I'm totally into crafting in public, taking that giant thing into the tiny dental room would've be ridiculous.

So, there I sat in the dental clinic with my crochet, happily making my beanie while my son lay there with both his hands clenched in a claw-like fashion from the pain.  Poor guy.  I do hope they were clenched from the pain and not from the embarrassment of his crochet-a-holic mother.

Hopefully next week there will be an utterly amazing (and hopefully finished) Mario Pixilated Mushroom blanket for this guy...

I'm.... nearly.... finished...

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Joining in with Our Creative Spaces.

My lovely Mum told me about this recipe last week (sourced from here), and I decided to give it a try. 

It is a super quick one to whip up, great for storing in the fridge and cutting off a few slices when needed.

Do you remember the Lolly Slice recipe?  Well, this one is very similar, only it's a mint version and has no butter in it (hooray!!).  If you don't have access to Odd-fellows, try crushing up any type of powdery peppermint, or you could even try candy canes.  I think it would be a perfect Christmas treat.

Ingredients

1 x packet malt biscuits

¾ can condensed milk

20 x crushed odd fellows (use a snap lock back wrapped in a tea-towel and hammer to crush)

½ cup coconut

Mix together the biscuits, milk and odd fellows.  

Lay out a sheet of tinfoil, sprinkle generously with coconut, and roll the mixture up into a long tube.

Leave to set in refrigerator for 24 hours.  Slice as required.

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"Living it up" in our house means doing things like going to McDonalds (thanks Grandma & Grandad for the spending/spoiling money) and visiting the local pet shop.

We also caught up with lots of precious family members and ate delicious goodies.

Did I mention there was also a 'pet slug' thing going on?  That was until I discovered one of the slugs being stroked and cuddled up in a blanket (it was also a wee bit dry).  The pet slug phase ended right there and then (and thankfully the slug was returned to the garden safely).

And of course, I continued on with the birthday blanket of torture.

That my friends, is a broken crochet hook.  The blanket of torture strikes again.  Crochet is definitely a dangerous and strenuous hobby.  For all of you wondering, no, I have not finished the blanket yet.  I have 10 days (10 DAYS!!!!) to go.  Aaaarrrrrrggggghhhhhh!!!

All in all, it was a great weekend, but I'm soooo glad my big boys are home safe and sound.

How was your weekend?

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