Just Knitting Around

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I made some soap today. I use the cold process (CP) method. This batch is scented with lavender essential oil. It should be ready to cut tomorrow and then needs to cure for about 3-4 weeks. I plan on only using natural essential oils in my soaps, and […]

Give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good!
~Psalm 136:1
Top Ten Things I am Thankful for This Year

10. Warm, wooly handknit socks. (Mountain Colors Bearfoot- Bitterroot Rainbow, Slip Stitch Rib)
9. The ability to make them myself.
8. Catholic education — for the one I […]

“The loveliest masterpiece
Of the heart of God
Is the heart of a mother.”

—(Thérèse of Lisieux)

D is for Dad. is for dependable and dutiful and devoted.
This is a picture of my dad take 10 years and two months ago with my daughter. He died 10 years ago today at the age of 68. It is the last picture I have of him. She […]

In another overt blatant successful attempt at self-distraction. I read this yesterday. It was ok; typical Spenser Jesse Stone. It was a quick read and served it’s purpose well. I don’t think I can forestall the inevitable any longer. The ends that jeer at me must be woven […]

I thought I would provide a little distraction today. I did not even touch one taunting dangling end yesterday. Here are the bronze medalists in ice dancing. They may have won gold if she had not been trying to keep her costume on while skating. One of these days there’s going […]

C is for Choir. This is the Worldsong Choir. DD is circled behind the piano. (Click for a close up) She participated in a choir day camp over the summer, and the culmination of the week was the Worldsong Concert. The Cincinnati Children’s Choir (ensemble in residence at […]

A Drink With Something In It
Ogden Nash
There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth–
I think that perhaps it’s the gin.

B is for Band and for Boys. Here we have MHS Marching Band. Circled are my boys. DS #1 is playing Brass (mellophone) and DS #2 is playing the Bass Drum (aka Thumper). Band has taken over much of their lives and consequently mine. They are in Marching […]

In becoming obsessed with knitting, I have had to cut back on other things, well just one, reading. Now, I can knit or read or do almost anything else to avoid housework. I have been an obsessed avid reader all my life, known to read up to two books (regular adult novels, […]