Babble
So this is where I get to babble about what’s going on in our house. So another week has passed. This week we really focused on coming straight home from work instead of running a bunch of errands. Tuesday and Wednesday were the only days we really ran errands and it wasn’t nearly as bad as the week before.
For the most part the week was somewhat uneventful. Sean and I are realizing that we both would really like our schedule to permit us to attend a Bible study at church, but as of right now it isn’t going to happen so we are both a little bummed about that. We are, however, working with the associate Pastor of our church to try to have a study on Sunday evenings which would be a perfect time for us. Hopefully that gets set up and we can start enjoying that.
In other news… I LOVE TEACHING! I have had a great couple of classes. I love having Chrisi over and chatting with her. On Saturday, our hour lesson ended 3.5 hours later. There was only an hour of instruction but she stuck around and finished the baby hat that she was working on while deep in conversation about child birth and infant care. It turns out that we both have many of the same ideas and both tend to lean towards more natural/ attachment parenting. It is so awesome to talk to someone who understands my ideas about child raising. It’s also nice to have someone to hang out with on what used to be lonely Saturdays. Since the Acura still needs a new master cylinder, we are surviving with one car right now which means on Saturdays I am at home all day and Sean has the car to go to work. This is fine and I sure don’t mind but in all honesty it can get a little lonely at the house when you’re home alone all day. Good conversation and company makes the day much more enjoyable.
We have also been blessed with a “new to me” bread maker. Our neighbors were cleaning out their garage and found a bread maker that they no longer used. I love having it and can’t wait to get into a bread making routine. I made a loaf of oatmeal bread on Sunday that was super yummy. This week I have been enjoying pb&j on homemade bread. I’m hoping to find some more fun bread recipes so I can start phasing out buying bread at the store.
Fibery Confessions
I am done with the “Classic Camel Vest” by Tara Jon Manning. I am so proud of the vest! It came out nicer than I though it would and it makes me very happy to know that I’ll be adding to my Dad’s already impressive sweater vest collection. Over all, the project was pretty fuss free and would definitely do this pattern again.
Now on to Mom’s afghan. On Wednesday, August 25, 2010 I headed over to Michaels to see if they had the Vanna’s Choice I’d be needing on sale and lo and behold they did. I picked up all the yarn I would need and that evening after dinner managed to knock out the first of nine panels for the afghan. So far it is going well. I am averaging one panel a day which is perfect. The only thing I concerned about is the joining rows. The instruction say that one skein should get you through the panel and joining row, but by the time I’m done with a panel I have very little yarn left. I think I might introduce a ninth color for the joining rows. I’m thinking the Vanna’s Choice Dusty Purple would look really nice. For now I’m just going to focus on getting the panels knocked out and worry about the joining rows later.
I also have another raglan baby sweater on the needles. I haven’t done much with it so far but I will keep plugging away at it. This sweater is going to be a part of a baby gift for my student who is due around Christmas. I’m making the Easy Baby Cardigan by Diane Soucy for her little one along with booties and a cute hat. Since we live in Texas and winters are unpredictable around here I decided to use Cotton Tots. I figure this way little one wouldn’t be too warm and of course on colder days Chrisi can always use it a layering piece.
Favorite Thing
Clean sheets. Saturday morning I stripped the bed and got our sheets washed. For anyone else this would be no big deal. Unfortunately, we don’t have a washer or dryer so laundry is a bit of a task. I got the sheets hand washed and then took them out to the clothes line. To rinse the soap out I ended up taking the hose and spraying the sheets down until the water ran clear. It was awesome. After drying on the line we brought them in and prepared our bed. The smell of clean sheets that have hung outside was fabulous. In the past we had taken the sheets to Mom and Dad’s and used their washer which is much easier but the sheets never smelled this good. So this weeks favorite thing is line dried clean sheets.
Binding Off
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
~ Psalm 139:13-14 NIV
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