2-22-2018 Wearing Daddy's Hat

Wearing Daddy's hat.

2-21-2018 Last 2 Days of Challenge

2-20-2018 Icy

2-19-2018 Starting Another Challenge

Starting another challenge by designer Aroha...

the Dreamer Challenge.

Each day we knit a small swatch

using different sized yarns and needles

just to see what happens

in order to get ideas for our own designs.

2-18-2018 Opa's Birthday

Opa and Oma a getting some 

"Happy Birthday" hugs from the boys.

2-17-2018 A Winter Hike to a Frozen Waterfall

2-16-2018 Inspirational Bracelet

To remind me...

don't sweat the small stuff!

2-15-2018 Valentine's Day Fun...and Cooper

GD #2 mixed up and baked these yesterday

and when her big sister got home from school

they both decorated some for mommy and daddy.

Cooper...from the Trolls movie...

2-14-2018 Mortality

And yet another reminder...

it can happen when you least expect it!

Dear God!

Please comfort those

affected by this senseless tragedy

and have mercy on the souls

of the dearly departed!

2-13-2018 Haircut

My GD's 5 year old cousin

decided to cut my GD's hair

while unsupervised.  :-(

The beautician at the salon

was able to style the rest into a cute bob

while we wait for the back to grow out.

2-12-2018 More FOs

More FOs (Finished Objects)...

another new (to me) slipper pattern

( https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/snow-day-slippers-2 )

which I did not like so didn't bother to make the second one.

A pretty pink Cowl for my dear DIL.
( https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/last-minute-cowl-3 )

2-11-2018 Kep #3 Finished

2-10-2018 BAKKA

Just arrived!!!

Wrist warmers and kep patterns!

2-9-2018 First Wave Unicorn

 The first wave of this winter storm

gave us about 6" of snow.

The second wave tomorrow is bringing another 6 inches.

GD decided that she needs a unicorn doll...

so she picked out the yarn...

2-8-2018 KEP #3 Off the Needles!

Just finished knitting the last round on 

my third Fisherman's Kep.

Now to cinch the top,

add a tassel

and wash/block it!

2-7-2018 Making Spaghetti For Dinner

How a 4 year old makes dinner for her mommy.

Breaking the spaghetti in half...

and putting it on top of 1 jar of spaghetti sauce.

(You can left click on the photos to enlarge them.)

Spreading grated cheese over the browned

ground 1#chicken/1#pork/1 onion 

that covers the spaghetti.

Spreading 8 oz. of cream cheese cubes

on top of the second jar of spaghetti sauce

that covers the meat and cheese.

After cooking on 'Low" for 3 hours

we stir, and add one 15 oz. can of chicken broth

and cook for another 2 hours.

2-6-2018 Clear and Cold and White

Winter In Iowa...

clear, cold, and... white....finally!

We are actually in a 'snow drought'

so are actually really glad to get some snow!

We got 2-4" last night and more is promised this

coming weekend.

2-5-2018 Jet Streams

2-4-2018 Super Bowl Log Cabin

This is what I worked on 

during the Super Bowl

after QCSO in the afternoon

and church in the morning...

Log Cabin Mitts

to use up my leftover yarns

from my card wallets.

2-3-2018 Forest Charted

I have finally charted the top

of my 3rd Fisherman's Kep

to my satisfaction!

Time to finish it off!

2-2-2018 Day 5-Circular

2-1-2018 Day 4-Square

This one was a bit of a challenge!

Had to learn a new circular cast on for this

which was quite fiddley on dpns

but a breeze once I switched to 2 circular needles.

1-31-2018 Super Blue Blood Moon!

Won't see another one for 150 years!

The last one was in 1866.

DH and I got to watch the entire eclipse

as the moon was setting on the western horizon

this morning!

Amazing!

https://www.space.com/39208-super-blue-blood-moon-guide.html

#5shawls5days challenge...

(the red-white-blue shawl that I started

several days ago

is actually made using a similar 

asymmetric triangular construction.)

1-30-2018 #5shawls5days

The #5shawls5days challenge began yesterday.

It is a KAL with designer Ahora

to help others learn shawl designs and techniques.

I did her challenge last year

and really enjoyed it and learned lots

so signed up again this year.

So, yesterday's design was triangular.

1-29-2018 She Broke the Piano!

Yesterday,

after our GD's birthday party,

we attended the QCSO Signature Series.

The audience sat on the stage in a semi-circle

around the 3 performers.

The pianist, Marta Aznavoorian,

was the most amazing pianist I've ever seen

in my entire life,

and I've seen LOTS!

She played so hard that

she broke the piano

and during intermission

the concert hall had to bring in a piano repairman

to fix the piano for the second half!

1-28-2018 Happy Birthday!

 GD#2 turns 4 this weekend!