You know what snow days are good for? Lots of hanging around the house. Here are 3 things I did while hanging around the house for the last two days:

1. Took photos of the bluebirds at my feeder. Dale stocked up on meal worms for them and they fed heavily before and after the storm. I hauled out the big camera with the telephoto lens and everything, just for you guys.
2. Knit and knit and knit on Jackie’s Baby Surprise Jacket. It’s soclose to being finished.
3. Read. I finished Today Will Be Different (meh) and started Hum If You Don’t Know the Words, which I think is going to be fabulous.

I also dusted and cleaned, made a Shepherd’s Pie for dinner on Pi Day, put out a few Easter decorations, and caught up on some TV, including The Middle, Modern Family, and Grace & Frankie.

It was a very good two days.

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Here are 3 things I’ve done this week that fall in the “taking care of business” category of life:

1. Had an appointment with my new doctor. It’s been coughtwoyearscough since I’ve had a regular check up and yesterday was the day to get it done. I met my new doctor and he was nice and things are fine and I’m on track for blood work and a follow up visit. It feels good to have that done because I was nervous.
2. Scheduled an appointment for an oil change for my car. This is way overdue and I just kept putting it off but yesterday I went online (I mean, really, how easy is this?) and scheduled an appointment and it’s done.
3. Knit a gauge swatch for Jack’s Baby Surprise Jacket. What? A gauge swatch? How about that.

And speaking of Jack, look who is learning to eat real food!

What business are you taking care of this week?

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Apparently when I say “posting will be erratic” what I really mean is, see you in a week. I didn’t set out to take the whole week off from blogging but I pretty much did. Since it’s Thursday I will catch you up on the happenings around here with 3 photos. And some words to go with them, of course.

Photo Number One.

Dinner last Saturday night: swordfish, seared in the cast iron pan on the stove and then finished in the oven with blistered tomatoes and roasted asparagus. So delicious! And, since swordfish is Dale’s favorite, it counted as our Valentine’s celebration, too. We ate in the living room by the wood stove and it was lovely.

Photo Number Two.

Dale and Jack with grins. I just love that little smile on Jackie and the big smile on Dale is great, too. Jack is getting bigger by the minute and is now clocking in at nearly 17 lbs! He just had his 4 month check up and is doing very well. This photo is from Tuesday and Jessica and I had just taken Jack for his first ever walk around the neighborhood – which is the neighborhood where Jess grew up so that’s pretty cool. It was a beautiful afternoon and Jack did great. In other words, he slept through the whole thing.

Photo Number Three.

Happy Hour on the deck on Wednesday afternoon. We broke the record high temperature yesterday and it was glorious. Not only did I take the Mustang out with the top down but I wore flip flops, too. Cocktail hour outside is always our favorite way to have it but when it’s in the middle of winter it’s even sweeter.

Hope your week has been sweet, too! I’m off to SPA this morning so I’ll be spending the weekend spinning and knitting, eating and drinking, laughing and gabbing with some of my favorite people. In other words, it’s pretty much like every weekend around here.

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Do you find blogs with lots of advertising annoying? I sure do. I mean, the pages take forever to load and then, when they finally do load, you’re reading along and then WHAM! right in the middle of the post is an ad. It’s distracting and it often blocks the content I want to see and I hates it.

But.

I also get it. Blogs aren’t free, domains aren’t free, hosting isn’t free. Trying to earn some money back to cover the expenses of a blog is understandable.

Don’t worry, though, you won’t be seeing any advertising on Carole Knits. I mean, I’m not that big and no one is beating a path over here begging me to tout their stuff. I am, however, going to give you 3 links today for some things I do online annnnnnnd if you decide to do them too I will get a little kick back. Ready?

1. Quip. Quip is a fabulous little electric toothbrush and I just started using it last month. It’s small and battery operated – which is essential since we don’t have a big fancy master bathroom. It runs for exactly 2 minutes so that you brush your teeth for the right amount of time. And, they will send you automatic refills every three months for only $5, shipping included. Use my referral link and I will get free refills. And then you can share this with your friends and you will get free refills, too. Goodness. I sound like Oprah. You get a Quip and YOU get a Quip and you get a Quip! Everybody gets a Quip!
2. Stitch Fix. I’ve used Stitch Fix for a while now and I consistently get compliments on the clothes I wear from them. The way it works is you get a box with 5 items. You try the items on, keep what you want and send back the rest. If you keep everything you get an extra 20% off the entire box. There is a $20 styling fee that they charge you when they ship your box but there are no other fees and shipping is free. They credit you the $20 off the items you keep so, basically, as long as you keep something you’re not risking anything at all. It’s super easy to send things back and the more specific you get with your styling profile the more you’ll love the clothes they send you. Want to try it? Use this link and I’ll get a $25 credit. (My fingers are really crossed that you guys will buy into this because free clothes.)
3. Ebates. This is a cash back service that you use when you make online purchases. It’s pretty simple, too. You install a little extension on your internet browser and then when you shop on sites that partner with ebates  you earn money. REAL money – not store credit or coupons for money off but a (as they call it) BIG FAT CHECK that comes in the mail. I got one just the other day for $34. It’s not a scam and it takes practically no effort to use and if you’re shopping online (and if you aren’t, why not!?) then why not get yourself some money. Stores that earn you Ebates cash include Macy’s, Kohl’s, Old Navy, Sephora and more. Sadly, not Amazon. But still – lots of stores and if you sign up with this referral I will get $15 and you will get $10 once you spend $25. It sounds more complicated than it is, believe me.

I realize today’s post may not be the most inspirational but I promise that these are good products and services or I wouldn’t encourage you to give them a shot. And maybe you have things like this that you use that you think I should know about. I’d love to hear about those in the comments!

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