Learned to Crochet

Julie L. showed me how to crochet this hat. I love to knit but look forward to doing some crocheting. Every now and then I find a pattern I really like and it's crocheted instead of knit so it will give me some variety. Jeanie wants me to crochet a flower to add to this hat. I will have to figure that out.

P.S. I am making pasties Thursday if anyone is interested.

Happy Birthday (Friday) Matt and Wade

We celebrated Matt's 30th and Wade's 22nd.

Last weekend Danny had a friend over and he was telling him that Matt's birthday was in five days. Then he asked me how old Matt was going to be. When I told him 30, he looked at his friend and said, "Hoooooooooooo IS THAT OLD!!!!!!!"

A Day in the Kitchen

And I love it! My favorite kind of day. Today is Matt and Wade's birthdays. The menu: Barbeque Meatballs, Cheesy Potatoes, corn and homemade bread. Wade wanted Ice Cream Cake (Buster Bar Dessert) and Matt wanted "white cake with chocolate frosting". I'm trying a cake recipe from Cooks Illustrated The New Best Recipe Cookbook. (From the library.) I also have Nisua dough rising for cinnamon rolls and cinnamon bread. I'm thinking I'll give some to Wade and Matt for birthday gifts. I'm sure I'll post birthday pictures later.On another note....Kaitlin, Gretchen, Molly and myself had dentist appointments and NO CAVETIES!!! I think we all have been cavity free for several appointments. Hope it's permanent!

And Another Garage Sale Find

I stopped at a garage sale after my walk today. This is a nice small desk. I got it for $30. Not sure who is going to get it. Molly wants it in her room but I just may use it as a sewing desk.

Update on Uncle Pete

From the family email from his son Dave:

Dad had these 3 tests and here are the results. The MRI and PET scanns showed that the cancer did not spread anywhere else in his body. The Breathing test was not good enough to make him a candidate for surgury YET. He is home now, on antibiotics to prevent infection and allowed to resume as normal a life as possible until the 28th. Hopefully he will improve his lung condidition enough to become a candidate for surg.

Dave

Grandpa's Doctor told him to walk a couple miles a day. That was months ago and for all we know, he may be in Chicago by now.

Projects

I recently finished this bag for Larissa. The first picture is before I felted it. I just throw it in my front loader washing machine and wash it with a couple pair of blue jeans. This one I ran through two loads. If I don't have jeans to wash I have a couple old pair of Dad's jeans I use for felting.This is the almost finished project. I want to line it with this fabric and put a zipper in it.
I am making a sweater for Brady out of worsted weight sock yarn. The color is more muted than the computer shows. At least my computer. It is more earth tone than it is looking here. This is done on size 4 needles so it is not very fast going but it is so fun to see it take shape. Both patterns were free off the internet.