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Who better than I?

Who better than I?  Grandma always used to say that.  I don’t think Grandma really did all that much for herself but she always said it to me – so yah, let’s all do something for ourselves.  We’re just as important as all the people we take care of.  This I made for myself after a brutal two-hour shoveling session during the first big snow storm of the year.  I LOVE it.  I don’t look great in a hat but it is very effective – very warm – very soft.  The pattern is http://throughtheloops.typepad.com/Thorpe.pdf and the yarn is Deborah Norville Serenity Chunky – the color is Golden.

Did I mention that I LOVE THIS HAT?

Happy New Year!!!!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…….Corey’s sleeping….and so is Chloe.  This was a beautiful New Year’s Eve.  Corey and Danielle came and we had pizza and Corey and I made chocolate crinkle cookies (Keith’s favorite – sorry you missed it Keith).  Corey fell asleep pretty early but Mark, Danielle and I stayed up till 12:30 or 1:00 and then they spent the night.  This picture of our sleepy boy was taken at 11:56 p.m.

Danielle and I knitted and crocheted.  Danielle finished her first baby afghan at 11:58 p.m.  I told her to hurry and weave the ends in before midnight so she could say she made three scarves and one baby blanket in 2009.  She did with Mark supplying a little pressure while she weaved in the ends.  Here’s the blanket – I think it’s Bernat boucle.  We’ve since decided that in order to fix one of the wonky corners and make the blanket a little bigger, Danielle is going to learn how to make a border.  So technically, it’s not finished but here it is……..

Baby sweater – yay!

This is my first knit baby sweater.  I’ve done plenty of crocheted ones for charity, but with our first grandbaby on the way, I always knew this would be the push I needed to get past my fear.  As I am my own worst critic, I know it’s boxy and not perfect but I feel I need to post it anyway just because it’s my first.  The upside is……………this was fun…this was easy.  This one has been donated to a charity.

The green yarn is just a ball of something from my stash and the white is Bernat Softee Baby.

Mmmmmmmmmmm….chicken noodle soup

Mom got sick on Christmas Day.  She’s still trying to feel better – bronchitis kicked her butt.  I made her this pot of homemade chicken and noodles with dumplings on top.  Yummers.  We all enjoyed it (Roger………if I knew you were going to be there, I would have made some bigger chunks!!!).  Mom was too sick to enjoy it but Dad, Mark, Roger and myself LOVED it.

Corey……you are talented, my son

This is the picture from a book that we sent to Corey of a bench we wanted built as a Christmas gift for us.

This is his finished project!

He even finished the inside – he made an insert and covered it with fabric and it has a handle on it to pull it out for cleaning.  He put felt around the lid to cushion when the lid closes.

Pinocchio

Corey made this in high school.  Yes, he’s now twenty-four.  I have had it hanging but finally got around to framing it.  I took him to my craft room to show him and can you guess what happened next?  He said “oh……..I want that”.  I gave it to him.  He wants to hang it in the baby’s room – who could resist that?

A 48 year-old snow angel

A 48 year-old snow angel – I used to love making snow angels.  It was fun to do it again – you’re never too old to make a snow angel.

A gift

This was a Christmas gift for a little girl – the granddaughter of one of Mark’s co-workers – it’s too cute not to post – so here it is……….

and here it is swaddling a soft little dog…………

Thanksgiving fun

I’m way behind in posting so it’s time to play catch-up.  This is what we did on Thanksgiving after a big, wonderful dinner.  We all made little gingerbread houses.  It was so much fun.  These kids are all so creative.

I should have used the digital camera instead of my iPhone because the lighting wasn’t so great and a flash would have really helped – but here’s a shot of all five of our gingerbread houses……

…..and here’s Keith with his…..

…..and Justin…..

….and Corey and Danielle, who chose to put their little picture that was at their table-setting instead of their sweet faces…..

…..and this reject is the one Mark and I made.  We made a very pretty one last year so gosh only knows what happened here.

And here we go!

Today I will start the Noah’s Ark cross-stitch quilt for the baby.  Last night, Mark and I sat on the bed and sorted the two bundles of thread and got it all organized and labeled.  I always think the labeled/sorted thread looks pretty.