Muppets and Meatballs

My mom gave Lilli a red shirt for Valentine's day this past February. It is furry, with fun-fur type texture. It looks like someone skinned Elmo and made a shirt. Lilli LOVES it! She calls it her "Elmo Shirt."

But it is getting too small. So I've sewn the sleeves and kneck and bottom closed and stuffed it with pillow filling. It is not an Elmo Shirt Pillow. (Sorry, no pictures of it yet.)

I've written before of my friend, Lina. She was the first swedish person to actually talk to me. She is very friendly. We discovered that we were both new knitters. One night we went out to dinner and started talking about foods - American foods and Swedish foods. Of course, meatballs came up when we were discussing Swedish foods. Lina asked me if I'd ever had "Real" Swedish meatballs. I said "Not sure, I've had the ones from Ikea and the ones from the grocery store." She told me that I had not had Real Swedish Meatballs. She said that she would come over and cook me some. And she asked if I could make her Macaroni and Cheese. I warned her that I would be getting the better end of that deal. So one Sunday afternoon she came over and made us Real Swedish Meatballs. She cooked for over an hour. I made her Kraft Mac-N-Cheese. I cooked for 8 1/2 minutes.

The meatballs were A M A Z I N G! They were truely wonderful!

The next time we have Lina over for dinner, I'm going to have to make her hand-rolled enchiladas. I owe her...