The peanut turned 18 months old a week ago. Her second summer whizzed by in a blur of babysitters, all with different routines and different ideas of adventure. And she thrived on it. She is in a developmental explosion. It seems like she learns a new word every day, even if Jared and I … More 18 Months
Last time I did a project inventory, I made a little promise to myself. I will let myself start one new project for every two projects I finish. I am just overwhelmed by the number of projects I have on the needles right now (even though, for many people, nine projects is really not that bad). … More Good Duckie Me
Sometime in October of last year, I cast on a little strip. I had picked out five colors of my hand-dyed sock yarn to put together into an All the Shades of Truth stole. The original idea had been to do it as a knit-along with my small knitting group that meets twice monthly. However, … More All the Shades of Dirt
So, by “tomorrow” I obviously meant “Saturday.” Turns out I wanted to include this past Wednesday’s share in this update, then I got kind o sick, and sort of distracted by re-reading The Hunger Games… But whatever. No more waiting on tenterhook-banana-hangers, here’s the fruit and veg we’ve been eating during the 4th month of our … More CSA-ccountability, Month #4 – July/August
Am I two months behind? Really?! Oh dear oh dear. Just goes to show how CPE shoved every single thing out of my mind unless it was absolutely necessary to my sanity or my family’s continued sucking of oxygen. Now that my breather is really settling in, it is amazing how important these unimportant things are … More CSA-ccountability, Month #3 – June/July
To the chairwoman of the Self-Imposed Sock-of-the-Month Club, I am writing to let you know I have had enough. I joined your club nearly two years go, admittedly not at the most strategic time in my life. I had such a great run with your program the first time around, that after a nice break, … More I’ve Had It
Now that I once again have more than an average of five minutes a week to knit, I need to take a hard look at my unfinished objects. A re-orientation to my project basket, if you will. All I want is to tuck myself in a corner and spin some of the pretty yak/merino I … More Inventory Again
After over a month’s break from knit-blogging, where do I begin? I have spent the last two months experiencing life as I have never experienced it before. I spent 35 hours a week at a job in the city. That job consisted mostly in just talking to people about their lives, their families, and their … More I’m Back
You’re my friend, right? So you’ll pretend this was posted a week ago. Because what’s a week in the grand scheme of our lives? Well, come to think of it, a week is a lot when you’re dealing with fresh vegetables. It’s hard to believe that in the middle of May, just a little more than … More CSA-ccountability – Month #2, May/June
The title of this post is misleading, because I haven’t had time to knit every day since CPE started four weeks ago. In fact, during week three, I went three days without knitting a stitch before I even noticed. “A few” refers to the average number of stitches I knit if you counted all the knitting I’ve … More A Few Stitches a Day
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