Last weekend of April…

And so ends a beautiful weekend.  It took a little while for the beach clouds to blow over, but when they did, what a day!  It’s been a pretty good month, and I can’t believe it’s almost May. 

I always feel a little blue when my hubby leaves for the big city (Seattle) on Sunday.  His [...]

Shawls, Bags and Bears, Oh My!

Let me begin with the shawl (well it really hasn’t began yet, but as soon as I finish this blog it will!)

This is my first shawl, and the pattern I picked is the Fiber Trends’ Leaf Lace Shawl.  The yarn for the shawl took me less than 5 minutes to pick out, it’s Louet Gems in [...]

the happy dance…

Yes, it has been raining here,   
BUT we are doing the happy dance at our house.  My husband has a job!!!!  (there will be no photo’s of the happy dance being done, sorry.)  Not everyone knows this but he lost his job December 1st and it wasn’t the greatest Christmas and the months that followed were a [...]

A clean car and a good book…

Sunday has been a beautiful day here at the beach and the lake!  
My car is now clean and it always feels so good to drive a clean car.  The inside, well… it’s pretty clean.  Maybe I should have spent a little more time on it, but it’s better than it was, and I’m happy with [...]

This week in review…

MONDAY - Chiropractor tried to kill me… or just break me in two or something like that.  Enough said about Monday!
TUESDAY - Knit Night!  I really look forward to the monthly knit night at The Yarn Corner.  I love to look at all the yarn and dream.  But what’s this?  A clear bag with some stuff in [...]

A new month & a new project or two…

I’ve been knitting on this and that.  I can’t seem to stick with anything lately, I started working on a new sweater (I call it my Crazy sweater)  I’m using all my left over yard from felted bags.  I think it will make a great sweater to wear with my jean skirt or jeans, or maybe just [...]