Brain Sucking Fish!!
Many fishy thanks to a very special mama who decked out my kids in awesome fish hats!
Tag: knitting
I caught a cold that is somewhat bringing me down. But I’ve found a few moments to do somethings other than blow my nose!
That CPSIA is just ridiculous but Etsy is at least trying to make it understandable. I’m actually finding myself ranting a bit about it here at home especially regarding book printed before 1985! I’ve already emailed my congress people but I’m thinking that I will keep emailing them or maybe I’ll fax them since email has gotten me nowhere. Why? Because I refuse….REFUSE to pay brand new prices for farm clothes. People I shop thrift for a reason and I’ll be darned if someones idiotic idea that zipper pulls/buttons make farm jeans unsafe for my kids!
Babybooks: I’m giving up on the idea that I’ll be able to do a fancy baby book for Lil’B. (It’s bad and awful. If I think about it I feel terrible) Realistically he’s almost 5 – so I’m putting together a hardbound photo book. Happily this project is coming together pretty quickly. I’m already through the first 6 months of photos. Adding the text in will take a bit. But my goals is to hit the order button by the end of the month.
Knitting: I’m still working on my dishcloths. I finished one up! And started a second. I’d like to cast on for something new shortly but I’m somewhat thwarted by my no yarn – no needles money diet. I’ve got enough yarn for a hat and maybe just maybe my first pair of socks. I have to check needle sizes there and see if I can find a really super easy sock to start with too. In the meantime I’m enjoying the mindless knitting of the ball band dishcloth. I had to check the pattern a lot the first one but this second one I’ve only looked at it a few times!
but just not enough time! I’ve been running into lots of good blogging lately. The kind that makes me want to respond or add my thoughts. Then the boys call me away from the computer and I’m off in a different direction entirely. So I’m adding some scattered thoughts here instead of long and thoughtful responses to a few things I’ve run into today.
Pastor Ryan (Reverb) On Tattoos: This made me want to share my thoughts. I don’t have any tattoos. Mostly if you really want the truth because I don’t have a love for needles. And I’ve never found something that I wanted to place on my person permanently yet. But they don’t bother me. Okay the guy completely covered in ink at the state fair gave me the creeps but then he might have given me the creeps without them if you know what I mean. Ink is permanent enough to warrant thought before action. But if it means something to do who am I to say how you decorate and express yourself. Though truthfully the naked woman on the arm of that one guy once….well I would have appreciated if he’d worn a bit longer shirt to the zoo as that was a bit of explaining I had to do with my then 4 year old son.
Momversation I’m having a good time with these short video discussion panels. I watched the one of over-scheduling kids tonight. This is something I’m constantly at war with internally. As many of you have probably figured out our kids are only in one things: piano. We don’t have them in sports. We don’t do any extra classes like art or karate. I’ve got on my list this spring/summer to do swim lessons for Jr. But for the most part we are content to let them be kids. Here’s where it gets interesting! Beyond the fact that we are homeschooling freaks of nature the second most often commented on thing we do (or in this case don’t do) is what we have our kids involved in. I am often shocked at home much importance strangers or people outside our friend group put on outside activities. I listen to the schedules of a few of our non-homeschooling small people and I’m floored that they have any energy to focus in school. I also always have to resist the urge to ask them when they eat supper what with all the activities they are in. I know our schedule will most likely not remain as “thing” free in the future but I’m not in any hurry to add things in just for the sake of having the boys IN something. Our stance is that if the boys want to pursue it we’ll see what we can do. With the exception of piano and swim lessons. Those two things you will do. Piano for 2 to 4 years and you’ll learn how to swim. All that other stuff will be on your own steam and desire.
The Plucky Knitter Oh how Plucky makes me wish I was not on a money diet. But I am so no shopping for me. She also makes me wish I could feel at home in my local yarn shops which save for Charity’s I don’t. I’m intrigued to see (hopefully) her dye studio evolve. I love other peoples remodel projects! I sometimes things my path to knitting was weird. I was inspired by Poppins and learned from a book and website. I’ve just not found a way to take my knitting into the local arena. Anyway that lack of connection makes me ever so thankful for the online places I visit. Like Plucky which I actually found via Knitterella whom I also love to visit.
