This has been a pretty turbulent week. I’ve had a couple minor bombs go off in my life this week, and some people around me have had some big ones. But I definitely have plenty of things to be thankful for, both this week and always. I am thankful for pretty good health. I am… Continue reading Thankful Thursday
I’m going to try writing one post a week for November on things I am thankful for – joining nothingbutknit, mildlygranola, and apetitesliceoflife in this lovely idea 🙂 I am thankful for (in no particular order):– a great family and a great husband – they are pretty awesome– good friends– cats – both my current… Continue reading Thankful Sunday
Well, yesterday was the last day for both of my countdown to Halloween mini-skein sets! Two Halloween miniskein sets? Yes. It was semi- inadvertent. It’s a long story involving a misconception on my part and also yarn shopping while drinking a gin and tonic. Anyway. The first set consists of 31 mini-skeins with colorways based… Continue reading Have Mini-Skeins, Will Knit…Something
I got this quiz from Karen at NothingButKnit – enjoy and join in if you dare! CAN YOU FILL THIS OUT WITHOUT LYING?Here I go!!!! 1. What was the last food you ate? PB&J on toast. 2. Do you sleep with socks on? If I’m cold, but usually not. 3. Worst physical pain you’ve had?… Continue reading Quiz
Monday was our 24th anniversary, so we have been celebrating 🙂 We took off from work this week and are having a staycation – trying to mix getting some house projects done and getting some relaxing in. Sunday night we went to our local theater pub, Bear Tooth, for a movie. Going to the Bear… Continue reading Anniversary!
A little while ago, I wrote about my Halloween yarn countdown sets and showed off the first mini of set #1. I’ve been posting each day’s minis on Instagram, but held off on showing them here until I was a little further into the set and had a reasonable feel for whether I liked the… Continue reading Halloween Yarn: It’s a Thing
I tried out a new-to-me tea company this week – David’s Tea. They seem to be based in Canada, though they have a few shops here and there in the US. However, you can shop from them online, and they have quite an interesting array of teas. What drew me in though, was that they… Continue reading Tea for Two: David’s Tea
Earlier this year, I wrote a bit about getting involved with the Livestock Conservancy’s Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em program. SE2SE encourages fiber artistists to buy fleeces, wool or yarn from farmers of endangered breeds of sheep. I bought a few skeins earlier this year, but then got distracted by a couple of other projects.… Continue reading SE2SE: A Few Skeins More
Quite A Yarn 