I sit down to write and
I have nothing to say. Eden
is combing her
polly pocket’s
hair
with my hair brush. Honor
changed out all the
arms
on his lego robots
and they look
funny.

I packed up all the stuff
that
I’ve forgotten
to take to Tangle the last
several trips.
I can’t forget my camera
too because there is
new
hand dyed yarn to
photograph. (I do not
use my camera entirely
enough.)

I really want this jacket.

My mind is buzzing with
way
too
many ideas. This is good,
but I fear I will
forget
them all.
It is a relief to be inspired,
though.

Everyone has been quiet
lately.
Are you still out there?

Well the wedding went off without a hitch. I have to say, it was the most perfect wedding I’ve ever been to. (Maybe because I was coordinating? ha ha!) I now know that I have to really love someone to coordinate their wedding. Wow, talk about a lot of work!! But it was so fun, and I can’t think of two people who deserve it more.

Also, the day of the wedding we had a new arrival to our family of friends. Miss Selah decided it was time to make her entrance. I’m sooo happy for Kevin and Sarah. Drop by here to wish them well.

Today I’m headed over the mountains for a quick trip to visit Jim’s sister. My friend Brooke is coming with me, so that will help a lot with the I-70 anxiety that I tend to experience. I gotta say, it’s so great to have friends that you can count on! I’m hoping to check out a few yarn shops and of course, another trip to Whole Foods would be great!

AND I also just found out some really exciting news concerning Tangle that I will be announcing soon. (Sorry for the suspense, but I’m just bursting at the seams!) This has just been SUCH a fantastic week and it’s just starting!

The wonderful and free! better than booties pattern from Interweaveknits.com.

And this started out as the daisy hat from Itty Bitty Hats, but the daisy’s looked so hokey and totally homemade (not handmade) and I tried to sew it all together the night before the shower so I didn’t have time to mess with the pattern and knit more petals. (And that was the longest sentence EVAR.)

Now all we need is the baby! Sarah, get on that ok?

“Mom, Veggie Tales is actually good for people ’cause it’s like Bible stories at the end.”

(And I’m kicking myself right now because Jim had a really good quote earlier this week about church and Christianity and I can’t remember it!)

Wow, my life has been busy the last few days. I helped give my friend Sarah (who is about to POP) a baby shower, two of our dear friends are marrying each other on Saturday so that’s got us busy with planning and parties, and another great friend just moved back to town. Needless to say, our house has been quite the hub of activity.

There’s been a lot on my mind, but much of it involves other people – probably not a good idea to write about – so I’m missing the option of this outlet. I’ve also been thinking about how I handle my relationships. I always try to treat people the way I want to be treated and I wonder, do we all automatically default to treating each other the way we’d want to be treated? But maybe it’s better to treat people the way THEY want to be treated? Sometimes there is a big difference in the way I’d like things and the way Jim would like things. I tend to get upset with people about certain things, but are those things a matter of common courtesy or just something that is important to me? And I could ramble on, but I need to go make dinner.

Among the places that gather clutter in our house, the entry area would be towards the top of the list. Sunday, I decided it was time to change all this, so I gave it thorough cleaning (I think we put away 12 pair of shoes) and prepped it for painting. I was toying with painting it red, to tie in my vintage theater chairs on the opposite wall, but I decided to go with the same green from the dining room. (It occurs to me that I’ve never posted photos. I’m terrible, but someday, I promise.) I decided this because I’m lazy and had a whole gallon of green paint and no red paint.

After the painting was done (so fast!) I added a couple more organizational baskets to the wall and took away the small end table that gathered so much crap. I’m pretty happy with the result and all I wish for you, my dear readers, was that I was not so lazy to walk the block to Tangle to pick up my D50 to take a decent photo.

Monday
Spaghetti

Tuesday
Asian Chicken Salad

Wednesday
Brats and Sauerkraut

Thursday
Jim’s playing at the battle of the bands again (round 3 out of 4), not sure if we’ll get to eat together. If I’m home to eat it’ll be Bulgur Salad

Friday
Grilled Veggie Pizzas

Saturday
date night!

Sunday
Fajitas

Finally, I had the camera and Jim together at one time. I’ve got photos for you!

Here is my too big eyelet cardigan. It’s cute, I’ll still wear it, but I feel like it makes me look fat.

Details are going on ravelry, anyone else get an invite yet?

Also, another kids dress, this time to fit Eden (size 4). I did my modifications from before and also added a folded picot edge. This time I used Cascade Sierra. It’s pretty cute and she’ll be able to wear it for YEARS. A friend of mine who is pretty tiny tried it on and it fit her like a cute top! (Doesn’t Eden look like a little string bean?)

And from quite awhile ago, some knee socks. I knit these from the Socks that Rock that I scored at Stitches West a couple years ago. I did them toe up, two at a time in a k3, p1 rib. I incorporated increases up the back as needed.

And I think that’s all that I’ve knit that I haven’t posted photos of… I think… hmmm.

“Mommy, Eden hit me.”

“Go tell Daddy.”

“No, I don’t wike to tell Daddy when me and Eden hit each other, he just says “good”.

Monday
Veggie Burgers

Tuesday
Tamales (homemade by ME!)

Wednesday
Bringing to the 4th of July picnic:
7-up Salad
Homemade ice cream

Jim is playing the national anthem on his guitar for the city’s fireworks display later that night.

Thursday
grilled tuna

Friday
Chicken Taco Salad