Posted in Family and friends, My Bliss on February 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just some glimpses of what I’ve been loving lately:
L3 lost his third tooth recently during the night and it seems that he swallowed it because we haven’t been able to find it anywhere. He was quite distraught that the tooth fairy wouldn’t give him anything because he didn’t have a tooth in trade, so [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Knitting on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
. . . I mean needles! I recently finished my MIL’s birthday present.
Stats:
Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A.
Yarn: Berroco Sox, coloway didn’t have a name, but it’s browns and pinks
Needles: US 1 (2.5mm)
They’ve been gifted and hopefully fit! This is the second time I’ve made this pattern and I have enjoyed it both times. If you’re [...]
Posted in Crafts, Family and friends, Garden, Outdoors, Signs of the Season on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s February in upstate NY. I usually think of February as the coldest month of our winter. This isn’t always the case, but I have this association in my head. We had the tease of what spring brings about a week ago–a week of warm temperatures, melting snows, and mud galore. Now we’re back to [...]
Posted in Contemplation on February 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
As I was listening to a talk by Tara Brach (check her out here) she asked the question, “Who would you be if you let go of the belief that something’s wrong?” Wow. It’s such a huge question. “To be without anxiety for imperfection, ” she said. From my own, “are you sure moments” [...]
Posted in Family and friends, My Bliss on February 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We sometimes jokingly called L4 “Harrison Ford’ when she was a baby. As you can see, she had this wry, half smile that seemed out of place in her baby face. She still is capable of that expression, though I like to imagine there’s a little more whimsy in it today, too. [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Crafts, Family and friends, Knitting on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I think I almost close my eyes when I walk past it. There are so many projects in process or waiting to be started, but the only sewing I’ve done over the past few weeks would be to hem the jeans I got at GoodWill yesterday. I’ve been working on birthday knitting projects like the [...]
Posted in Contemplation, Rant on February 5, 2009 | 10 Comments »
A student asked me that tonight as I was trying to answer her question. I was telling her about some research in relation to her question and she looked at me all skeptical-like and said, “Are you sure? Because I scored a 3 on the scale in this other class. . . “ augh. I [...]
Posted in Environment on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It feels like we’ve hit a plateau in our energy use–we’re just not really seeing further reductions. Or if one area goes down, another goes up. At this point I don’t know if we’re going to be seeing our goal of 10kwh/day or less anytime soon.
Electric
Gas
Water
350
144
168
11.45
4.81
5.42
Electric: We used less this month than last, for which [...]
Posted in Family and friends, Knitting, My Bliss on February 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
That would be “finished objects.” Here are some of my latest FOs, plus some pictures of some from the past that just recently were photographed.
First up, the most recent (and descending order from there):
Stats:
Pattern: Not So Baby Yoda
Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 Cotton, Color 303
Needles: US 7s
Modifications: see project page on Ravelry or drop me a [...]
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