...family that can all be gathered to share in meals and memories.
...family which may argue and discuss heatedly but never berate or undermine.
...friends who are as close as any family. Willing to share in joys and miseries.
...feast not famine. Being able to put enough food on the table to not be hungry is marvelous.
...fortune. Having shelter, heat, health and clothing is something not everyone has.
...frontier. (Ok, not exactly but I couldn't find a word for nation starting with 'f') With or without problems our nation is better than most.
...freedom to choose what I want to choose.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving Everyone!
Ever since a friend of mine said she wanted to learn how to knit and that her goal was to be able to knit socks I have been on a sock frenzy. It started with the fact that it's very hard to teach someone if you only have an idea how to do it. I thought to myself that I should make a couple pair of socks to make sure that I know what to tell her. Well, that just snowballed... so here are the latest additions:
I think I've latched on to these for 2 reasons:
- They're very portable. It can be hard to carry a sweater or afghan in a purse. (Unless, it's a mammoth mommy purse!)
- They satisfy my project ADD. I have this little problem of always wanting to start projects and not finish them. These are small and it's easy to see the end...AND you get to start something more often!!
- (okay 3 reasons) They make keeping your feet warm fun! I know this almost sounds like a PSA but...my feet are cold A LOT. To put on a nice woolly, colorful, fun pair of socks is so much more satisfying then the thick ones you can buy!
And on a totally unrelated topic:
GO BUCKS!!! BEAT M*CH*G#N!
I would be remiss if I didn't cheer on my team this morning.
Let's go Scarlett & Grey!
Beware of the posting...today is the day to get the things done that I've been meaning to do for a month or so. (Although, I promise not to go overboard today -- I will spread it out.) I now have room to do them because the stack of papers that was almost a foot high and scattered all over my desk is now gone. Yay! Since that massive work inhibitor is now gone I feel like sitting down at my desk to actually be productive...
So for today's update...a couple before and after's:
While not necessarily "crafty" the house desperately needed these updates.
1. The front door: the last owner used an indoor varnish on it when the nice late afternoon sun tries to beat it down! And it adds a much needed bit of color! Plus, while being a modern look it still fits in with my decor from 1977.
2. This is what happens when you have wonderful friends that will come and work for beer and cookies! I know this is belated but, Thank you Thank you Jeff and Greg!
The crafty updates will come very very soon. I actually have been spending time working on some of my plethora of projects!
Can't seem to grasp the concept...
Author: Liz /Doesn't a blog mean that you are supposed to write more than once a month? For some reason, I am having a hard time doing that. Or maybe it's just that life got in the way and I have been incredibly WAY too busy to think about it. Between a crazy, crazy work schedule and trying to fit in playing in the pit for a production of West Side Story I haven't even had time to socialize with my friends!
Anyway, I know that I owe lots of pictures of finished projects. Yes, I have actually finished some of them. Hopefully, very soon I'll sit down and get the pictures into my 'puter to get up here. Now that life is back to what I think of as a normal schedule, the list of projects grows again -- clean the house, paint the kitchen, update my pictures, write in my blog, and yes, knit-purl-knit-purl (hopefully while emptying my DVR)!
When you are sanding a front door in order to paint said door, it is wise not to let a long haired cat traipse through the sawdust on the floor.
I will have pics soon (of the door not the cat in the sawdust -- I was too intent on not having sawdust ALL over my house). I need to paint my front door because the woman who owned my house before me varnished it with an interior varnish. I'm really tired of looking and feeling the bubbled door! So this weekend is paint the house doors weekend. Hopefully, I can keep the cat out of the paint!
...seem to be taking over my knitting basket lately. Sometimes the draw of a new project takes over and just must be started. I mentioned earlier that I've been having project ADD lately so I thought that I would show you what I mean...
1.
This one was started when I could do nothing but listen to the iPod and read by candle light. I had to have something a little more complex to keep me from going crazy!! It's nothing functional -- just awfully pretty.2.
I'm hoping to get this one done before the football season is over..for obvious reasons! Go Bucks! It's taken me so long (I started this one in January) because I didn't realize I made a VERY noticeable mistake until I was about at this point and had to start almost all over! Grrrr...3.
ok...the name of this yarn is actually "Frog Prince"...you gotta love it. I just got tired of doing minuscule cables so I had to take a break after finishing the first sock. (Yes, that's Bailey trying to get her nose in the pic!)4.
This is what I started to get away from the other pair of socks. Nothing fancy, just a ribbed sock -- in yarn that I don't have any clue why I ever bought. The colors are ugly, it's not very soft, and it's elastic and weird to work with. But I had to do something with it...5.
Mom bought this yarn thinking she would try to knit some lace...just wasn't up to it. So it's up to me to make her a lace shawl. The only problem is that being such tiny yarn you hardly feel like you're making any progress so it's hard to have the desire to work on it. I just keep telling myself......someday, someday.
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