Pumpkin Sunrise

I don't know about you but I believe spring is around the corner.  Sure we will get another snowstorm or two but the birds are singing sweetly in the mornings and it's music to my ears.  How was your weekend? I didn't go anywhere because I stayed home and rested.  I'm feeling so much better, thank you for the well wishes.  On Saturday I rearranged some art supplies and tidied up my craft room a bit.  On Sunday I reorganized my big closet in my kitchen and threw away 'stuff'.  Most of the puttering about was putting things back where they belong in other parts of the house.  I read books and I knitted during most of the afternoons. For some strange reason I'm reading sad sad books.  I decided to read Night.  I will not read this before bedtime but in the afternoons.  What an atrocious part of history the whole world should be taught. I finished my purple sweater and it's blocking as I type this.  I've been racing through the Felix sweat

This past week I've been fighting a sinus infection and gave up yesterday.  I saw the doctor for some modern medicine and hopefully I'll be back to normal soon.  He said that this year has been a terrible year for airborne illnesses.  Good to know!  I was taking it personally. One day (ONE) I witnessed the sun peeking out to say hello and to prove itself of its existence.  I walked around the yard with Frodo and snapped some much needed photos.  The sun was out for a couple of hours and then the cloudiness returned.  I lingered in the sunshine soaking up the rays like the garter snakes in my backyard.  I can see the attraction to sunbathing in winter. As you know I've been documenting in my daily planner my creative pursuits and have been reflecting on how I spend my time.  One of the biggest changes is how purposeful I am with my time.  My mornings are for the gym, errand running and doing daily chores.  I try my best to keep the afternoons opened when I can

My knitting news feels like non-knitting news but this is all I have this week.  First off, I am nearly done with the body of my Felix sweater - I started the ribbing at babysitting yesterday and soon I'll be casting off and picking up a sleeve.  Delightful! This cardigan has been my babysitting project so I'm working on it once a week.  Ah, the purple sweater .  I'm half way through the second sleeve (yay!).  I'm sure the sleeve will be finished by the end of the week.  Maybe.  I do love this project and I'm excited to finish it and block it.  I know it will 'grow' a wee bit because of the super-wash wool.  I hope the results match my expectations. What are you working on this week?

How was your weekend? We visited our daughter and son in law on Saturday and had a great time together.  They live by a really big prosperous mall which we walked around in.  All I bought was candy, body lotion and two books.  I enjoyed the energy in the mall and the bustle of shoppers. Our drive there was nice, sunny skies and lots of knitting.  I mainly worked on the second sleeve of my purple sweater, I'll be perpetually knitting sleeves since I'm on size four needles!  Thank goodness I love to knit sleeves. Yesterday I didn't get much done around the house, so today will be my Sunday chores.  I'm doing laundry and making my menu plan.  I inventoried all the foods in the kitchen last week and I'm slowly using up freezer food and pantry food.  I might inventory once a month, seems like I forget what we already have in the house frequently. Today is also back to eating big salads for lunch.  I loved eating whatever I wanted over the weekend but I f

Right now I'm sitting in my kitchen with the overhead lights on because it is tipping down rain outside.  Oh my, another dreary day.  This winter seems to be the winter of dreariness.  Lucky for me I like to be indoors and knit away.  I've noticed that the days are getting longer and the light is changing it's angle during the day.  Spring is slowly slowly approaching.  Slowly.  Right now I'm dressed for the gym but the rain is making me wonder if I really want to go outside.  I probably will.  It's good for me. Right now I'm admiring the books I picked up at our local library book sale.  All the Penny books are for my sister in law who is collecting them.  I have all of them on my Kindle and read them on the treadmill, what excellent company to be in when I'm visiting Three Pines!  The top three books are for my mother in law.  That leaves the pile on the right that is all mine.  It was a great sale. Right now I'm thinking about the elderly

I successfully knitted a bear hat and a pair of mittens over the weekend and promptly gifted them to the preschooler.  She was thrilled even though she is battling another cold (preschool!!) and feeling under the weather. I hope I do not catch it. I did a lot of hand washing and using hand sanitizer but I have a compromised immune system due to my autoimmune disease and the medicines I take.  Fingers are triple crossed I have dodged the germs! Anyways, I am done with knitting little hats and mittens for now.  I consider these small projects her PRE- birthday gifts.  What are you working on this week?

My weekend: -no snow - snow - rain - sinking into a really good book - starting and finishing a bear hat - homemade wings - superbowl watching - more knitting - getting all the chores done yesterday - solving another computer issue - writing a mighty list of all the things that need done today -  big salads - loving life right now - hand aches are resolved - completing the food inventory for the menu planning - How was your weekend?