I have now decided that, should I ever be required to drive in rush hour traffic, or in the sort of nasty rain and wind we’ve been dealing with in this area again, I must always remember to bring my new Haley Westenra CD. Months ago I heard a review of her latest album – [...]
Yesterday evening Richard’s parents drove up for a belated birthday visit. They took us out to dinner, and afterwards we all finished up the last of the birthday cake. They brought him presents, and among the loot was a collection of Alfred Hitchcock films on DVD.
After they left we decided to watch one of [...]
Unfortunately, Santa did *not* bring me a Finisher for Christmas. Yes, I know, I’m as surprised as the rest of you. So, since I had today off from work, I decided to see what I could do about shortening the list of things my Finisher would have had to do, had one appeared under my [...]
Christmas weekend did not feel like a holiday weekend. I’m not sure if it was because we had Friday off instead of Monday, or if it was just so busy, but it didn’t feel like there was any actual break. This weekend, however, felt more like a three-day weekend – helped along, no doubt, by [...]
Yesterday afternoon I sat down and figured out the list of things I knit last year, and was actually pretty happy with what I’ve accomplished. Later this week I will likely sit down and make a much longer list of things I am hoping to knit this year, and I imagine it will be a [...]
Most of you out there probably have at least some artistic abilities. I’ll bet that a majority of you can hold articles of clothing up to each other and determine whether or not they match. Most of you can probably slap a teeny tiny swatch of paint on a wall and somehow find a way [...]
Friday night was the usual craft night. I brought along a bag of yarn and spent the evening starting and ripping out the same baby blanket over and over. I finally settled on a pattern that seems to work with the yarn (which, by virtue of its mohair content, has a wispy quality that creates [...]
A month or two ago my mom made an offhand comment that the Disciple Board was looking for people to help write some new curriculum. Since I actually enjoy writing, I noted that I’d be interested in getting involved. I didn’t think much of it until late December, when I got an email from my [...]
It being a brand new year, tonight was the kick-off meeting for all the councils for the church. Even though I’ve attended this several times in the past, this year I got to attend in a very different role. I am no longer the secretary of the Administrative Council – no, this year I am [...]
Since we had so much fun last weekend getting together and doing yarn related things, our little band of intrepid knitters got together again this afternoon. This time it was so the mom/daughter duo could demo to the rest of us the glory that is the knitting machine.
I have to admit that I was [...]
