Posted in Contemplation, Environment on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here we go!
Electric
Gas
Water
totals
320
28.5
181
averages
11
0.966667
6.233333
Electricity saw a 90 kwh drop from September(410kwh), and is about 200 kwh less than we used last October from the energy usage history with our utility company. Whoot! We knew once the dehumidifier was off things would get better. We also saw a drop in water which was lovely. [...]
Posted in Life chatter, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Swirling, drifting, moving like sand, it came down this afternoon in a fury of wind and cold. None of it is sticking to the ground, but I smiled nonetheless. I swear I was cursed by every person who saw me happy for the snow.
And now to carve pumpkins with the babes and maybe get some [...]
Posted in Crafts on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I am in love with a new Japanese pattern book. And the exciting thing? It’s for making clothes for me–clothes that I love!! Check it out here. From that link, some of the patterns I am looking forward to making are: B, D, E, G, H, I, K, and L. *sigh* Of course, I still [...]
Posted in Knitting on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My goal for this past weekend: knit three hats. I managed to get two of the three done, with the third one just cast on last night. My hands and shoulder said no to the third after I spent much time raking leaves and peeling and coring apples for applesauce.
First, my hat:
Next, L4’s hat:
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Posted in Knitting on October 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Remember when I said we were winners? Well, here it is! I’ve been wearing the Ribbon Scarf lots and loving it, along with my Soulemama hat, too. It’s good to live in a place that gets cold so that my addiction, er hobby, can be put to good use.
Added on 10-25-08
Here is one of the [...]
Posted in Environment on October 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
That was the thermostat reading around noon. It just wasn’t getting warmer in here today through passive solar heat because it’s the second cloudy day in a row. So I did it–I turned the heat on a few minutes ago, changed the air filter in the furnace and reminded L4 of the beauty [...]
Posted in Life chatter, Signs of the Season on October 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been wondering when it would begin, the replacement of street clothes with pajamas. This semester I have all freshman, and I teach in that late afternoon/early evening. I thought, “maybe I won’t see them this semester.” But today I noticed the first student in PJ bottoms, not just sweats. She [...]
Posted in Crafts, Family and friends, Knitting on October 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two little ones are turning one this week, L1’s niece and my friend Amy’s daughter. I have a tradition of making sweaters for first birthdays, but this time I just couldn’t make hands do two as I get ready for the holiday-making season to begin. The niece got the knitted sweater:
Sweater Stats:
Pattern: Provence Cardigan [...]
Posted in Community, Crafts on October 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I finished up my scrap challenge project this afternoon. It had so many iterations before I finally starting cutting the little scraps. It was a great challenge, pushing me to use colors and patterns that I wouldn’t generally use, and I got to try out free-motion quilting more, too. Never knew I [...]
Posted in Environment, Knitting on October 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »
I’m in again! Our house pledges to keep the temperature at 59 degrees during the day (when two of us are home!), up to 62 for late afternoon/evening, and back down to 59 (possibly lower?) overnight, with the heat up to 62 again for a couple of hours in the morning. We live in zone [...]
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