What Do You Think of Ravelry???

There have been a couple of comments regarding Ravelry, some can’t wait for an invite and others feel overwhelmed by all that Ravelry has to offer so far. For today, I am going to write a bit about my brief experience in using this new service over the past week.
At first, when I really dove [...]

Who Are The People In Your Neighborhood?

Thank all of you for your well wishes for Sydney. She is still improving daily, swelling is gone but the discoloration is there and I can’t wait for it to go away. It’s beginning to look like someone slugged the poor child right in her arm! Thankfully through all of this, I never had to [...]

Yep. That Went Well.

It’s been a long weekend. Thankfully, most of the drama had nothing to do with anyone in our house, but had a lot to do with some extended family members.. big cause for concern, but thankfully yesterday, we received word that the involved parties are okay.
Sydney developed a local reaction to the tetanus part of [...]

Where Does The Time Go?

What a day it has been here so far. Full schedule and only the bare minimum has been accomplished. The end of Nick’s school year is upon us. Officially, the high school traditional track is over at the end of next week and Nick will be on summer vacation. Who am I kidding, Nick is [...]

8 Random Things About Me

I’ve been tagged!
Daily Stitches wants me to list 8 random things about myself.
1. I cannot seem to stop being creative…. you know about the spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting and crochet, but other creative pursuits include gourmet cooking, painting with watercolors, pen and ink drawings, pencil sketches, sewing… well, you get the idea.
2. I used to [...]

I May Have Spoken Too Soon…

I had hoped that today would have started like any normal school day for Nick, but from the moment that I woke up, I knew it wasn’t going to be like that. When I got to Nick’s room to wake him and get him started on his day, he was already awake. That was [...]

How I Earned a Few More Gray Hairs….

Life can be a roller coaster, of this, I am nearly an expert. Each day, week, month, year is filled with ups and downs, twists and turns. When life tends to spin me around in ways that I wasn’t expecting, the blog tends to fall silent, but I am far from being silent. Instead, I [...]