Having an office at home is, overall, a wonderful thing. I get to put my desk where I want it. I have a window. That opens. I can listen to music that I like. Or sit in silence. I have a comfy chair. And a floor mat, that well, is past its prime. Way past […]
The second (third?) Tilt sock is coming along splendidly. I got an entire repeat knit up at knit night yesterday. I stopped knitting when I got to a flaw—read: small knot—in the yarn. I’ll deal with that this evening when I have more light. I think I only have one more repeat to do before […]
I’d been starting to lean that way anyway, but then last night at our Monday night knitting get together, Kristie was fairly insistent. She really, really, really likes the name Dulcavina. It’s unique, she says. It certainly is, since I made it up—inspired by Denise (blogless) and Karen. It’s descriptive. It flows off the tongue. […]
Because we live in fire country, the county makes us—quite reasonably, I think—cut down the weeds in our yard every year. At least once. On occasion, during wetter years, we’ve had to do it twice; the first time is always mid April, the second time, if required, is usually in August. I think. Unless we […]
I’ve picked out my first project—and the yarn from my stash—for the Summer of Socks, and I’ve ordered the yarn and beads for Mystery Stole 3. I don’t think it’ll be a problem waiting to start another pair of socks. I only have to wait until the 21st for that, and I’m still not quite […]
Knitting things
I was browsing around a bit and saw this Elegantly Simple Baby Blanket pattern, free from Jackie E-S. Here are some other freebies from Jackie.
The forget-me-not socks are pretty well-behaved, but if I’d known about this a month or two ago some serious sock threatening would perhaps have made the Conwy socks go […]
It’s home. Came home on Monday, actually, but I had other things to blog about then. As a reminder, this is what it used to look like. Here it is now. And, because I took the pictures of it returning, I thought I’d share. While two men removed the couch, there were three to return […]
It feels like it’s been practically forever since I’ve blogged! Blame it on QuickBooks. I think, however, that except for the dreaded PayPal account, I have everything entered, and all accounts reconciled. Whew. I’ll tackle the PayPal beast another day. I can make no sense of their totals. Things that apparently clear the account on […]
I’ve laughed, cried, watched TV, talked, shared, argued, made up, knit, crocheted, cross stitched, slept, been sick, gotten well, recovered from surgery, eaten, spilled things, loved, and lived with this couch for more than twenty years. It was strange to watch it go off with strangers, to be given a new lease on life. […]
The upholsterers are coming today to take away my couch to make it pretty. And blue.
I’ve prepared the TV room as much as I can. The lamp, naturally, plugs in behind the couch, so I can’t move Dave’s end table, or the lamp, until the guys get here at 1:00. The remotes are stashed, […]