food, crochet, merriment
Ohhhhh my goodness…did I ever love this one!!
Yessss, it had letters on the back that just encouraged me to be a big cheater.
But July is coming up fast so that became my excuse…
to not dilly-dally around.
Come on…
admit it.
Isn’t this the coolest 4th of July puzzle you’ve ever SEEN?!
And just when we thought we had them, for real this time…they’re off again. Dane will be attending school in Arkansas for a year and then going wherever the job market takes him. I know he needs to do this, but that only helps my heart a tiny bit.
I’d love to dream that something, someday would bring them back here, to stay. But, honestly, I don’t know if anything ever really will. They love traveling and having adventures and being in new places all the time. I think we must just be too sedate for these little nomads. *sigh*
I’ll miss them more than they will ever know.
I’ll miss all the hugs
and the impromptu drop ins
and the lending books
and the dinner invites
and that cute face looking in my door window
and the Mr Grinch parties
and those lovely whiskers
and putting special candy in the treat jar
and going to summer booths
and the little shy smiles
and…
and…
and…
*sigh* again.
Believe it or not, this is me…
being brave.
.
The yearly event formerly known as Summerfest has changed it’s name…
to Oremfest for some silly reason.
I’m an old duck and I guess I resist change that seems to happen just for the heck of it. Hmph.
I didn’t get as many pictures this year, because I was a little distracted.
See, this was the first time in a lonnnng time that Dane and Kortney were here for it…
but they were also leaving before the fireworks to go home…
and head out to Arkansas.
Whew…that was a tough one, watching them all walk off into the sunset.
I cried for an hour.
We have our new sweet girl this year–who makes that cute boy so, SO happy.
Poor L was still sad about Uncle Dane leaving. I hear you, buddy.
We’ve been coming to this event since my girls were babies…
back when it was called the Glow in the Dark Festival.
Changes. Changes.
Even if I’m a sappy cry baby, I do love the progression and the growth and the joy and the adventure and all the good things that surround me and my sweet family…year after year.
We are blessed and I am truly grateful.
My mom made a potholder for me with a pattern like this and it has always intrigued me. Because I have loads of cotton yarn, once I found the pattern, I decided to try it.
It really is the perfect project to make while you’re listening to a podcast or audio book–which I do a TON–and you still want to keep your hands busy. It’s made all in one piece in a continuous round. Watch the video and you’ll get it real fast.
This is a great one for the Present Box–if you have one of those.
I used a 5mm or H hook–because I like it.
Go forth and crochet away!!
When you see this picture, you may think, “Awwww. Cute, gentle, little Hobbes is having his neck scratched. Isn’t that just so sweet?”
However, I’d like to draw your attention to those paws…the ones with the death grip around my hand. Turns out, when a 20 pound cat grabs your hand to assure that you don’t stop scratching his neck until HE says you can–on pain of certain death…
you just kinda keep scratching his neck, whether you want to or not…
till the end of time…
or until he falls asleep.
Good grief.
A slave in my own house.