eeee. just looking at this picture makes me giddy :^) not bad for pre-birthday cheer! Introducing... JacksonAction Shot

School's almost out - yippee! The 8th graders graduated last night - I've known these kids two years now and I'm glad to see them off. Mon / Tues are half days for the rest of the kiddos, and we have to take down the classrooms and staff has to go in on Wed, but… Continue reading Potential

So, we're getting the puppy - and his name will be Jackson! He was too precious!! We'll get him towards the end of July. I've been working on my back-tack project - it's slow going, as I'm hand sewing everything... can't decide yet on a sewing machine, but I do like this one (and am… Continue reading Tailspin

Very little knitting being done lately. This is due to the following reasons.*School has been very crazy over the past week - the first grade teacher died last friday - complications from cancer, she was sick for about the last 2 months (that we knew about) - my school is a very close community. This… Continue reading Nutshell Update

So I thought I was making progress.So I thought I finally was doing the chart right. So I looked at the sleeve last night and thought, "something looks funny", but maybe I can fix it....I did BO1, k2tog for all 13 rows of the binding off / decreasing!! I think you're only supposed to do… Continue reading Grr.

I can not quite put my green thumb on what it is, but there is something very satisfying about gardening. My dad has gardened forever, and I always tried to help. Lucky me, some of all that practice paid off 🙂 Currently I'm successful at getting some seeds started! I am trying to be patient… Continue reading Dirt lover

Will it ever charge?That's Patrick next to my early birthday present - a very slick electric blue ipod mini! It's very cool, although it seemed to take forever to charge up! Anyway, today we're fully functioning! We've also got an iStation so I can have music in my craftroom or whereever I may be.Knit wise,… Continue reading ipod, i blog

This seemed like a cute thing to do - no one passed it on to me, I took it. Open invitation to take from here, as I've added a few things:The place I grew upThe place I live nowMy Name:My grandmother's names:My Favorite food(s):My favorite drinks:My Favorite Song (currently):My favorite candyMy favorite animalMy jobMore later...

I think we can finally see the light through the boxes and paper and bubble wrap and tape. We're getting settled in and things are looking really good! We're very excited about having people come and visit - his parents were here for the move, my parents will be here tomorrow, we've got friends coming… Continue reading Slowly Unpacking

I'm surrounded by boxes and tape and I keep stepping on bubble wrap. We crammed a lot into this little apartment. Science fair is tomorrow night. Moving Thursday. Wheee!