This Weekend…

I learned something new – a reversed heel flap!  I’m still not really sure how it works, but it does, and it’s a thing of beauty!  I am knitting the Charade socks (Ravelry link), but used this pattern for the heel.
This is my Flat Feet yarn, and I love the colors!
This sock is being brought [...]

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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men – Chinese proverb

It’s definitely spring in these parts!

These beautiful wild lupine are growing wild all over our hillsides.  Every spring a friend of mine goes out to pick some and brings me a bouquet.  Their heady fragrance is filling the house!
In kind… I brought her some of the hubby’s roses from the front yard.  They are growing [...]

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Let’s Play… Have You Seen This?!

Okay – you probably have. I don’t get out much… so let’s humor me.
First off

Holy Moley…. these babies are good! In our little town, the only place they have them is the little gas station/MiniMart, and I may or may not have sent the girls down to buy out their entire [...]

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Not Knitting

I seriously need to pay more attention to the hubby’s bathroom reading! Hubba Hubba )
Do you think he’d notice if I tore off the cover and hung it up in my office?
What…. would that be wrong?

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New Socks!

Layla approves.
GALAXY SOCKS
Pattern: my own basic, 64 stitch stockinette, short row heel
Yarn: Regia Galaxy, colorway 1550, Jupiter Nature
Needles: size 2 DPN
Time to knit: 10 days! This is some kind of record for me!
I knit one sock from the outside of the skein, and the 2nd sock pulling from the [...]

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“I’m not telling, it’s an adventure”

Remember that scene in the Wizard of Oz where they fall asleep in the poisoned poppies?  I’ve been there!
Every year the hubby takes the girls on a “date with dad” for their birthdays, sometimes together, sometimes separate – but it’s usually to a surprise location/event.  This year he told them they needed to decide if [...]

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Is The Pay That Good?

Seriously… I’m off to my least favorite place in the world again…. the DMV. I would rather go to the doctor, the dentist, a middle school band concert – you name it, anywhere but the DMV.
This trip should be a little good – Kaity’s taking her behind-the-wheel driver’s license test. Wish her luck. [...]

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I’m in…

Kaity has challenged me to a Pair-a Month sock knit-along. You can read all about it here.
Here’s my sock for April – plain stockinette, Regia Galaxy in colorway Jupiter Nature (1550). I’m lovin’ the colors and watching the shapes begin to form. Fun stuff!

This is a good challenge for me. [...]

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Overheard

…this morning, about 10:15 am…. daughters 1 and 2 still in their PJs:
D1:  I guess I should get dressed.  If only I had some clothes…
D2:  Me tooo!  Want to go halvsies on a load?
Off they go to collaborate on a load of laundry…. yes, they wait until the LAST available moment, and YES, I’m a [...]

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First Trip to the Groomer

Before:

After:

I like how she smiles for the camera )

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