Hello. Remember me? Thought I would stop to let y'all know I am still here and doing well. The past month has had it's ups and downs but, hubby and I have finally gotten our footing back under us. There has been quite a bit of crafting done. Take a look.
Another baby hat was completed. I was able to send 5 baby hats home with my niece. Her sister (my other niece) works in a NICU in Las Vegas. This was one of the upsides of having family in town for Josh's funeral. No postage required to send these off.
My RCR socks were completed. This is Diversity Yarn and has a fantastic elasticity to the yarn. Probably my favorite non-wool sock yarn.
Hubby's RCR socks also got completed. The yarn is from Leading Men Fibers. It is Show stopper and I really like how well this wool wears.
The lapghan was completed today! This will go to the cancer ministry at our parish to be sent to someone in need of prayers and comfort. Made with Caron Simply Soft yarn.
The English Cottage Diamond Art is also completed. The colors in this make me smile.
One dishcloth completed. This was really needed as all my other projects, I had at the time, seemed to be taking forever. It was nice to do a quick and easy project.
This puzzle!!!!!!!! It was a real tough one. For starters, the picture on the box was not what was inside. My friend had printed off a photo of what the puzzle should look like but it was not very large so details were not easy to see.
Baking took place quite a bit over the past month. These are my sourdough chocolate chip scones. I love making scones for our breakfast. I have some over ripe bananas that will be becoming scones tomorrow morning.
We even had weather here! We got hit with the tail end of Priscilla. Our home got a total of 5 inches of rain in 4 days! Not bad for a place where the yearly rainfall is 9 inches total. With the rain, our weather also cooled off. We now have lovely nighttime temperatures in the low 60's with daytime highs in the mid 80's. My favorite time of year.
There is a new puzzle in the works as well as a new Diamond Art being worked. I am starting a 'To the Point' shawl today. It will be pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. I have another pair of pants to hem up for Tiffany. As soon as she comes over so I can pin them, they will get taken care of. I hemmed one other pair of her pants last week. Yes! My sewing machine got used finally.
In personal news............We are doing ok. The funeral was very nice and there were over 200 people there. The day after the funeral we hosted an open house for friends and family. We had 25 people in the house and I ran out of seating! It was nice to have everyone together but by the time the weekend was over, I was wiped out. I am very glad I took time away from many activities for the past month. Even though we knew we were going to loose him, it was still knowing it was final and we would never see or hear him again. The pain pierced me to my core. I am now able to talk about him and think of him without tears. (most of the time)
Stacie and Josie are doing well also. Stacie is taking extended leave from work to take care of all those last minute details you don't think/know about. Josie is taking a semester off from college also to get refocused. She will go back but needed this time to just 'be'.
Joe and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary yesterday. Where did the time go? Seriously, It really does not feel like that long. We didn't do anything for our special day. We went to Mass and then attended our church's yearly Fall Fiesta.
We were so young! I was 22 and he was 26. It was a second marriage for both of us. He brought 2 children into the marriage and I brought 1. After 2 years we had another child together. Now we have 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren! We are truly blessed!
Now for your chuckle for the week...........After all, you got this far and deserve a reward.
Until Next Time............Happy Crafting!!!!!!!!
