Pumpkin Sunrise

My shawl is finished, off the needles, waiting to be wrapped around my neck when the brisk cool air returns once more.  Ah, I cannot wait.  I loved knitting this pattern, the charts were easy to follow and at times I could memorize a section.  The yarn was bliss! I was challenged on how to photograph this colorway.  Unfortunately I was wearing light colored clothes and was too lazy to change into something dark to wear the shawl.  So I leave the modeling up to your imagination :)

Do you love short row shaping?  If the answer is "yes" then you need to knit this shawl.  Seriously the pattern is absolutely entertaining as you knit each section and see the progress.  I've started the first of many short row shaping sections and I'm in love!  Ravelry notes are here . The knitting has been sparse once again this past week.  We've moved our son but now we are furniture shopping for our daughter's place.  The month of August has been a transitional one for us as parents and for them.  I look forward to sweet endless boredom in September, fingers crossed! I'm still reading my book from last week, One Hundred Names  and continue to enjoy the story. I'm nearly finished and I believe the plot will have a tidy happy ending.  This novel was perfect to read during these busy days.  Easy to pick up and put down and entertaining, really a great escape. What are you knitting and reading this week? (Oh and I did finish this shawl  and

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments  in the comment section with a link to your blog. My weekend consisted of: -moving our son completely into his new apartment outside of the Boston area -shopping at Ikea for the first time and LOVING it. -lots of bending, moving, walking and unpacking boxes -being amazed we fit all of his belongings in the Honda CRV -ordering pizza while moving in -being happy and sad at the same time for my son -picking up a happy Frodo from the kennel, he was extra wiggly happy :) -having a much needed salad for dinner after eating out all weekend long -car knitting!! How was your weekend?

Thank you all for loving the idea of the weekending post on Monday mornings.  I'm thrilled that this will work out for most of you.  My week has been here and there, happy and stressed.  All part of life and for that I'm glad I am breathing and finding tiny pockets of time for me.  My biggest habit that feeds my soul is my early morning alone time.....bliss!  I do a huge mind dump of lists of what need to be done before I forget. I never used to forget and I wonder did I have a fantastic memory or less to do when I was younger.  I'll never know.  Squeeze in some praying and journaling and then  -boom- I'm good to go. As you can see, Frodo has quite the toy collection.  If you've been reading for a few years, you know his favorite toy of all time is the flexible frisbee.  He will run, catch, return and repeat over and over. His energy is endless and so is his joy. Starting next week, I'm returning to my grocery budget.  You know the one for two people?

I'm excited to tell you I've cast on a new project this week!  Of course I'm still working on my shawl and my blanket but I needed something new on the needles to get me through the moving month of my two children.  Yes, the entire month...so whenever I have a tiny sliver of time, I sit and knit and feel all happy deep down inside!  I treated myself to this pattern that I've been admiring since it was released. My reading is the same and I'm quite happy with the story.  Nice and easy and amusing.  There is a bit of a mystery with the plot so that has me wondering what will happen next.  Delightful!! What are you knitting and reading? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments  in the comment section with a link to your blog. This weekend was: -a scrabble weekend, close game but I won :) -lots of knitting -dinner out on Friday -dinner in Saturday, clearing out the left overs -walking twice daily once again -being in the moment -relaxing and unplugged most of the time Today is church, some laundry and visiting with some friends while knitting. How was your weekend? Announcement :  Starting next weekend I will be posting late Sunday or early Monday morning to maximize my unpluggedness (not a word but it should be!).  I will see how that goes for a bit.  I enjoy posting on Sunday morning but I am loving the thought of a whole weekend away from the computer. 

daughter's new digs! This week has been a little stressful for me.  I was frazzled and my patience wore thin with simple everyday happenings.  I found myself getting angry with others and myself, not liking how I was answering questions or my worried state of mind. a sign of fall I think we all get like that.  When events are overwhelming and you are just overflowing with many thoughts and feel, well, feel stressed.  So in the spirit of winning the battle of life's challenging moments, here is what I do to find my Happy Place. finding my happy place 1.  I decide to find my happy place.  I make a resolution and they usually start in the morning 2.  I talk a long walk-walking and moving my body releases physical and mental stress 3.  I opted to buy a pattern on Ravelry that I've been thinking about.  That instant purchase gave me joy! 4.  I quit saying "at the end of August, I will do ______" 5.  I spent time alone in my studio balling

I've been sporadically knitting on two projects.  My sock blanket is showing more progress but now that it's almost lap size you cannot see the hours I've put in.  I love this project so!  Unfortunately my shawl has seen maybe four or five rows added this past week due to my life being busy with relocating one adult child. I finished my socks over the weekend and here's the post if your interested! My reading is the same, so far the book is good!  The plot is relaxing and slowly evolving.  I'm excited to read each night and visit with characters I care about. What are you knitting and reading this week? joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams

Over the weekend while moving our daughter from the old apartment to the new apartment, I finished my socks.  You know, the maleficent socks . Are you a matchy matchy sock knitter?  I am.  I take pride in how close the matching is and this pair I think I'm within a row of identical socks.  This is without counting rows, just using locking stitch marker clips and a measuring tape. I'm keeping this pair for me and I've tucked them away in my woolen sock drawer.  Waiting for those crisp fall days that will be here in three months.

Weekends are for memory making,  relaxing and enjoying quiet moments of our days.   If you would like, please share your weekend moments  in the comment section with a link to your blog. This weekend, I am sharing with you the pretty phlox in my back garden.  This year the flowers have grown high and quite pretty!  I love the burst of color they give to my otherwise overly green view. My weekend thus far has been: -driving a few hours one way to move out our daughter.  Two cars, four people and a flurry of activity. -Subway sandwiches eaten on the floor of the empty apartment-reminding me of my earlier moving days -driving back home to dump off some laundry and clothes while she visits us -driving an hour in the opposite direction to move in all of the belongings in the cars -a lovely dinner out in her new to be town, burgers and fries. -driving home with two cars and four people.  We have yet to shop for some pieces of furniture in the coming weeks -bei

Sometimes I wish I carried my camera, any camera around.  Yesterday when I went to get the mail, I decided I didn't need to carry a cell phone all the time....of course it's then I see many deer.  I calmly walked to the house and grabbed both cameras and came back. Only two stayed for the photo shoot.  I think they were on to me. This summer, there have been a pair of little fawns without a mother and a slightly older fawn without a mother walking about the area while I've been walking with Frodo.  Each time I'd see them, I'd rejoice that they were doing well.  We are surrounded by woods and spotting them is quite common.  I was thrilled when this older deer in the photo above adopted the three orphans and still has her own fawn to care for. A cobbled together family of sorts. Can you believe today is the first of August?  This month will be flying by since this is the Moving Children Month.  The shift has started ever so slightly to fall.  The days are getti