Little Hands Learning

L3 and I just finished with his first knitting lesson.  That he is still excited about it as I type (telling me all his plans) is wonderful.  My boy is full of imagination, but not patience for frustration.  We worked on the knit cast-on and then knit one row of 10 stitches.  He just took [...]

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A day without projects is like a day without sunshine

However, I may not see the sunshine with the projects I have in my queue right now! After finishing my SP4 socks, I started not one, but two new pairs of socks. Both are in Wick, one for my step-mom and one for L1. Neither of those, thankfully have a deadline. [...]

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Eureka!

They are done! Yes, my SP4 socks are finished and blocking as I type. Pictures:
    
Here is the low down:
I finally ended up using a cabled pattern from Knitting on the Edge called Maypole Ridge (Nicky Epstein), along with Socks 101 from Knitty.com. The socks were knit on US 4s with Lorna’s [...]

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Sweet Weekend Moments

Watching and playing with the kids in the water at Green Lakes.
L3 helping put mums in the new garden bed.
Making L1’s glasses steam up with a kiss.
Laying in bed in the morning with L4 and having her little toddler voice say, “I love you.”

I hope your weekend has had some sweet and peaceful moments as [...]

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Pictures at Last!

L1 finally finished looking through the several hundred pictures from vacation and they are now on Flikr for your perusal.  Mercifully, he didn’t put any of me in a bathing suit up for public consumption!  Anyway, something to pass the time if you’re procrastinating.  Cheers!

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Inertia?

Despite working on several various projects today, I feel muddled, stuck. This became more clear to me after reading the Mindful Knitting article in Knitty.com Summer 07 edition.  There are many things I could be doing with L4’s nap-time, but I’m sitting at my computer.  I want to create, but my mind feels covered in [...]

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Grit Be Gone!

Today has been, most prosaically, spent cleaning house. Specifically, I had a goal of obliterating the gritty texture that clings to my bare feet as I walk around the house. We have hardwood floors and I love them, but I do not love the grit. I’ve cleaned both bathrooms, L4’s room, the [...]

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I am in afterall….

At the end of May I signed up for a two-month pledge at Wardrobe Refashion. I didn’t get a confirmation, and there wasn’t a list of new people, so I haven’t done anything on here about it. I have been following the rules, however, as you can see from all of the crafting [...]

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Home again, and in the garden

We are so happy to be home!! After unloading yesterday afternoon we went to work getting groceries, doing laundry and other necessary tasks. We even made some blueberry jam.
This morning I spent some time in the garden because it needed tending and because I missed it. Some hungry (but evil!!) animal ate [...]

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Happy Birthday (yesterday)!

L3 had a fantastic birthday yesterday, with french toast, beach time, pizza, ice cream cake, presents and sunshine.  I was full to burst with joy watching him all day.  My cup ran over when I found out that my friend T had her baby boy yesterday.  Now our boys share a birthday!  Her boy is [...]

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