Pumpkin Sunrise

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 was quite nice, especially yesterday where nothing happened.  Just lots of reading and lots of knitting.  Later in the evening having friends over for a fun dinner.  We talked and caught up with family news.  I served grilled chicken, roasted potatoes, corn on the cob and a spinach salad (yum). Today was church (of course) and this afternoon we attended a University graduate student function where my husband was the speaker and a delicious luncheon was served.   right before showtime! How was your weekend?  I didn't mention the super hot weather we are having because I am boycotting it.  I've decided to quit summer and each night I go to sleep I'm one day closer to fall.

did you say "walk"  As soon as my son left I ran around the house furiously cleaning and tidying all the spaces.  I do this every single time - I find visual clutter quite noisy and unsettling.  Well I'll be honest, I find auditory noise unsettling as well.  Putting the house back to my "normal" is bliss. We had a bit of stress this week in the house....there was a large fly inside the house and well my brave schnauzer is afraid of flies inside the house.  Poor poor Frodo, he hid upstairs in his cage for forty eight hours.  If he was outside, he was hiding under a bush refusing to come inside the house. awesome big salad with a puzzle! Yesterday my main goal was to kill the fly.  Oh the things we do for our children and pets.  I remember when my daughter would scream if she spotted a spider.  The whole family was involved in finding and killing a wee little arachnid.  Why was it that the spider loved to appear at bedtime? I digress...

I asked many of you on Instagram what to knit next with this skein , overwhelmingly you said "SOCKS"....I am so very glad I listened to you, because this skein is delightful and I'm loving the colors popping as I knit and knit.   Sock knitting bliss at it's finest.  I decided to go back to my personal recipe for socks, because I love not reading directions and following my own in my little old head.  Also the yarn is so busy I feel a pattern would be lost. I am still reading The Martian,  I was hoping to finish the novel yesterday (which I am enjoying immensely) but I was sidetracked by the internet and a silly search for a quick getaway before the summer ends.  I didn't find a getaway (yet) but a staycation is looking very lucrative for us!! By the way, there is a giveaway here on my blog for a free pattern by Andrea once it is released. What are you knitting and reading this week? Joining Ginny and Frontier Dreams