Weekend Round-up: Rainbows and Mini Duffins

On Friday I had a few hopes I wanted to put into action, even though I was already anticipating a good weekend -- which it was.

First of all, there was some more rainbow, festive, happy knitting. This yarn is so cheery that even when I realized I made a mistake and had to pull out and inch and a half, I just kept going and wasn't that mad. Sock knitting on the streetcar to make up for lost time ...

I am hoping to be finished with (this) sock  #2 this weekend. I did get a little distracted by my shawl knitting as well. But we'll speak of that later this week too ;) Heck, maybe we'll get a Friday FO!

Saturday morning before Zumba I decided to make The Kid a proper first breakfast. (I am pretty sure I have repeatedly mentioned he eats like a Hobbit on the weekends -- 2nd breakfast was soup) There was a scrambled cheesy egg, some Irish back bacon and a new  recipe (got that baking in!) of doughnut mini muffins, or as the boys have come to call them, The Duffins.

I used the King Arthur's Doughtnut Muffin recipe. 
*Note I used more like 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of nutmeg since the amount called for seemed too much. I still added "stuff", meaning some raspberries and blackberries to redeem it a tad. I believe I reduced both the oven temperature and baking times to accommodate the mini size. Also, I did not use their topping, but opted to sift confectioner's sugar and cinnamon over instead. (see below)

You can see the berries mixed in here. I didn't use a lot, just because I still wanted a doughnut taste.

Also, they are mini, so that made them cute and less ... calorific. 

Later that afternoon, my sister picked us up at BART and took us out to Dad's. The Manfriend met us when he got off of work and picked plums in my parents' backyard. He's going to make a big batch of plum jam for the restaurant this week :)

Sunday was more exercise, World Cup final (what a match!) and more family time. It was a relaxing day, which is just what we needed. Honestly, I ended up doing laundry and knitting in the bedroom while the  father/son dynamic duo played video games without me in their space.

I confess to watching the Harry Potter movies on t.v. ... with commercials ... again ... even though I own the series. I can't not watch it.  Why is that? Is it because, it's magical? LOL Do you have something that comes on t.v. that you cannot stop watching even if you have easy access to viewing it?