Think Write Thursday

June 1, 2017 By Carole

The Think Write Thursday topic for this week is to write a post titled, Hello June.

Hello, June.

I’m short on time so I’m going to make this post short on words, too. June, you are my favorite month and I have written a haiku in your honor.

long and sunny days
time spent on the deck each night
June makes me happy

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Wednesdays Are (Sometimes) For Knitting: Baby Tea Leaves

May 31, 2017 By Carole

I mentioned that I went to a baby shower on Sunday but what I didn’t tell you is that it was a shower for Blogless Sharon’s son and daughter-in-law. So of course I knit.

It’s the Baby Tea Leaves Sweater and I absolutely love it.

The pattern is really well written and very easy to follow. The yarn is Madelinetosh Pashmina and it actually came from Sean. Truthfully, he saved my butt because I had a short window to knit this sweater and I didn’t really have time to send for the yarn. Sean to the rescue with a skein from his stash!

The buttons came from my Nana’s button box. I image they were white back in the day but they had aged to this lovely yellow which perfectly matched the yarn. And I love getting to use old buttons from my Nana. She knit constantly and was always making baby gifts and I think she’d just love that this craft has become my favorite hobby, too.

The puckers of that yoke are so cute and the sweater is super super soft. They don’t know if the baby is a boy or a girl but I think the color and pattern are neutral and I hope they’ll forgive me that the yarn isn’t super wash.

All folded up and ready to be gifted. I love knowing that this baby will be cuddled in something warm and woolly that I made.

And speaking of babies . . .

Dale and I are thrilled to announce that our daughter Jessica and her boyfriend Eryk are expecting and we will be welcoming a new grandson into our family this October! You can expect to see a lot more baby knits on this blog in the months to come, I can assure you of that.

Weekending

May 30, 2017 By Carole

Hello! It’s Tuesday, can you believe it? It just goes to show that even a 3 day weekend goes by too fast when you’re doing great stuff. Here’s a recap of my weekend.

Friday night. You know.

Also on Friday night, Mexican Train. We chose trains in red, white and blue in honor of the Memorial Day weekend.

Saturday we did some stuff at home in the morning and my new Baggallini Everywhere bag arrived. Yes, Kym blogged about hers on Thursday and I immediately ordered one for myself. I love it already – it’s lightweight and has lots of pockets and plenty of room. We went to a pow wow in the afternoon. I always love the music and the dancing at those events.

We came home to another beautiful night on the deck.

Sunday morning coffee on the deck with Mason. We bring him outside occasionally in the evening and he’s really good about staying in one of our laps. He looked so forlorn on Sunday when I headed out that I decided to see if he would stay with me in the daytime, too. He did pretty well for about 20 minutes and then he tried to make a break for it over the back of the couch and I put him inside.

I went to a baby shower in the afternoon and then we treated ourselves to lobsters in celebration of the first weekend of the summer. They were fabulous!

Monday was rainy and chilly. Jess and Hannah came over to finalize plans for Patrick’s upcoming graduation party (I know. I can’t believe he’s graduating from high school either.) And then we all went out for pizza and salad. It was fun to spend time with our girls.

I also finished the book Shadow Land, giving me my first Bingo square of the summer. I spent some time with my card making plans for some of the other squares, too. Only 24 more before I get my cover all!

How was your weekend?

Eye Candy Friday

May 26, 2017 By Carole

Well, friends, here it is: Memorial Day weekend. The start of summer. It’s a time for cook outs and flags, memorializing those who have left us, decorating graves and monuments with flags, and remembering those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.

I hope however you spend this long weekend that it’s full of good things. See you back here on Tuesday.

Think Write Thursday

May 25, 2017 By Carole

The Think Write Thursday topic is to write about the contents of your purse. Are you a minimalist? Or do you carry around a knapsack? And say, what’s in there, anyway? Tell us what you’ve got in your purse and why!

That right there is the contents of my purse. Not a whole lot, right? I don’t like to carry around a giant bag and this fits well and is pretty much all I need.

Starting on the left, there’s a Kind bar. I don’t often have those but I had stuck it in there because of the conference this week. They kept us quite well fed and I never actually needed it.

My wallet. It’s got money (never enough) and the cards I don’t use often like my insurance card and my AAA card and a couple of rarely used credit cards.

My eye glasses case. Right now it has my sun glasses in there but I switch those out for my regular glasses when I’m driving.

Four Walker bags. I love these bags for keeping the contents of my purse organized. The little blue one holds my debit card, my Visa card, my driver’s license, and my LipSense business cards. The purple one under that holds tissues and gum and a little pad of paper. There are sometimes other things in there, too, but right now that’s it. The green on holds pens and the pink one holds lip gloss and a perfume roller ball and a hair elastic.

My car keys. They usually just stay right in there since my car has keyless entry.

And finally, my cell phone with that awesome PopSocket on the back. If you use your phone for pictures a PopSocket is a must!

That’s it for me. How about you? What’s in your purse?

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