Here is our NEW living room! It is a very nice space and we are loving it. It is used all the time, as the name living room would imply.I am at this very moment getting some alone time, it is bound to be over any minute now but it feels nice to have the quiet surround me. Such a rare things these days. Sleeping next to me in the aforementioned living room are 2 teenage boys, still tired apparently after staying up late playing video games (yes, I let them play video games). I shut them down at 2:15AM after they put on a movie and woke me up doing it. My Mom is sleeping in her room down the hall, she usually sleeps in pretty late. Pat just got up and read about the alone time and laughed. So it is...fleeting. Alone, but not really, I have to get up in time to "manage" my old cat, Pippin. He is 17 and at this great age has decided that he can go to the bathroom anywhere he feels like it. This is not do to him being infirm or kitty dementia or anything like that, no it is just because he is lazy. He is actually doing better and seems to understand his retraining but this morning he peed on the bathmat, which is a big improvement to some of the other spots he has chosen if a don't put him out on time. I also cleaned up kitty puke form my other old cat. Time alone, I'll take it even if it means doing these things as well.
I crave the quiet moments, this morning I noticed the sun beaming in thru my kitchen door like it NEVER has before, they are logging all around my house and what has felt like my yard for so long it most definitely NOT my yard. No matter how many times we have walked up there or the kids have played in those woods, they are gone now and I had no say in it. It is weird and a little sad. But... my house is now lighter & brighter. You can see the sun thru the trees, those are our trees and behind them was all harvested.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Squeeze It In
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
Long Time Passed
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Scenes from the Fair
The rain stopped just in time for the fun to start! Here is a shot of the Ferris Wheel in the evening light.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Finding time to Knit
I have actually fit in knitting fairly regularly this summer. I squeeze it in at the end of the day. I have knit on several long car rides this summer. Paddy says that this is dangerous because if we had an accident and I was holding 5 pointy metal sticks...well you get the idea. I guess that is my way of living dangerously.
I am about to finish a pair of socks made of yarn purchased in Germany. I love how they are coming out. The colors are great as you can see and I wish you could feel them! They are wonderful. I am knitting them 2 at a time, a little trick I learned from my friend Mary Jane. That way you have 2 socks done at once not that disappointing feeling of having to start all over again as soon as you finish.
Mary Jane is full of knitting ideas, info & inspiration. I am not the only one who thinks so! She is interviewed in the latest issue of Interweave Knits and has just started her own website. Check her out @ http://maryjanemucklestone.com/
Enjoy the day.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Scenes from Founder's Day
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Pond
We arrived at the pond, the sun shining and the temperature warm. I went for a swim and then lay down in the sun to relax. My little summer interlude. I had my knitting, a book to read, L was busy jumping in repeatedly and after a few minutes of exploring Charlie lay down beside me on the blanket and went to sleep. Ahhh...
Well as it turned out we weren't the only ones who thought it was a perfect day to go for a swim. Soon, it turned into a dog party with children! The puppy had a blast and so did L. I got off my blanket to mind the puppy and watched him tear around the place and play. L did cannonball after cannonball, stopping only occasionally to burp (how to teach him NOT to take in water while jumping?) loudly.
What a day! It felt like summer, which was nice for a change.
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