I just got a box of books in the mail and took a minute to skim through them. I can't wait to to make use of the cool patterns and information in them.

Just so the above makes sense, the books I got are:

Knitted Jackets by Cheryl Oberle (So hard to spell Cheryl that way. My cousin spells it Chryle because her dad misspelled it on the birth ( Read more... )

After two years of fighting with that dang stone, I finally got it wrapped and turned into a pendant for a necklace. I'll post pictures of it after Christmas, just to be safe. In any case, I am really happy with the way that particular necklace turned out, and I hope my sister loves it because it's always been meant for her. I have another necklace ( Read more... )

My hands smell like fresh pumpkin and ginger. Yummy! I'm kinda surprised I can't smell the onion on my hands, as that too went in the pot for soup. I'm excited to try this soup. I like all of the ingredients and it smelled great as I was throwing everything into a cold pot before putting it on to cook ( Read more... )

A couple days ago I made some dill dip that I've been craving for the past couple of weeks. I found out after making it that he doesn't like dill, but you wouldn't know it from how well he liked the dip. I was informed that it would be bad for his health if I made it often. He said it was so good he "could just spoon it" (He meant eat it with a ( Read more... )

YAY!!!!    I FINISHED IT!!!!


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Yesterday when I got home from work there was more mud in my driveway than ice. This makes me very happy.  Winter is pretty and I love the way snow looks, but I could live quite happily without so much ice, at least where I'm going to be walking or driving ( Read more... )

I need to work on my patience.

I need to work on really relaxing more, not just loafing around.

While I could use a new hobby like a hole in the head, I think I have found one that can help me with patience and relaxing. Knitting. That's right. I've finally started knitting. I can crochet and cross stitch and have been doing both since I was in ( Read more... )