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Crafty Weekend
Jun. 20th, 2011 09:13 amWith the trauma of last week I made the most of trying to be in a better place emotionally by following the ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fibergeek motto and "go forth and make stuff!"
Thursday night I snugged with the boy a lot and watched some tv. I think I crocheted but I snugged the boy a lot. Friday we all slept in a bit and then mel and I hit the farmer's market at Jesse Owen park and then hit costco. The farmer's market was nice but we aren't quite in the right season for veggies that I can eat. We did pick up non-sulfur coated dried fruit and some luscious tomatoes. I also tried the Planet of Crepes truck. Really good stuff there and not too bad prices. A bit more than Cupz n crepes in Auwatukee but bigger crepes.
Got home fed the boy and then I drove to work to workout. It was nice and there were like 5 people using the whole facility. The non gym bunny weight room was all for me and then I had a really nice run afterwards. Chatted up Bob about HIIT (High intensity Interval Training) and then came home. Mel and I cooked dinner together. He was my sous chef and we made a wonderful vegetable marinara that I then put shrimp into. So good. Mel also was awesome and processed all of the rhubarb I had gotten and I was able to make one pie, package up for two more pies and had a bit left over for something else. All good. The pie I made turned out okay...not my best but I think I rushed things a bit.
Saturday we got up and had a good morning. I managed to finish the cranky shawl and the pulled out the MIL scarf to take to the house meeting. The house meeting was good.duchess_asa made an awesome taco bar and we all got to work on list tiles for the tourney boards. They turned out really nice and there are more in work than what I have pictured. These were just the ones that I had top coated.
Benton did really good. Deb and Magdalen stole him for a while and he hung out outside while the kids splashed in the wading pool. He ate really good and then napped in his rocking chair as well. Such a good little guy.
Got home and it was almost the boys bedtime and that was also nice. Mel and I barely made it to 10pm we were so tired. I think part of mine was I wasn't feeling 100%...not sure what was up but I was feeling off all day. Probably hormone related I'm pretty sure.
Father's Day the boy was up early for a feed but was then back down for quite a long nap. Mel had pie for breakfast and was a happy camper working on a spinning wheel restoration for the fiber retreat. I headed out early to drop more books off at bookmans and managed to have them take a dozen more between two stores. Got home and worked on projects. I managed to get my shawl washed and blocked and have the MIL scraf knitting finished for the material I had. I've decided it will be a cowl instead since the yarn is now discontinued. So I will try to find some buttons to make a buttoned cowl. Mel is skeptical since its an odd colorway and pattern...he's not sure what he doesn't like about it. I think its neat and cast a scarf on for myself last night.
Here is the back of the shawl and then an front view picture...( Read more... )
I also managed to frog mel's socks. It took me 5 mins with the ball winder to make them go away into nice pretty cakes of yarn. The are getting sent to Mistress Gwen at Tangible Daydreams to be made into socks using her WWI sock knitting machine. They will be sox...just not by my hands. LOL. Very cathartic.
So, crafty weekend has gotten me jazzed for this week's trip to the Fiber Retreat. I will be very happy to be on the road on Thursday. Packing with the Benton in mind is going to make things interesting but I have projects that will all fit into one bag, though I will probably find a few more to take. All good though.
Here is to making this week at work and home really good.
fibergeek motto and "go forth and make stuff!" Thursday night I snugged with the boy a lot and watched some tv. I think I crocheted but I snugged the boy a lot. Friday we all slept in a bit and then mel and I hit the farmer's market at Jesse Owen park and then hit costco. The farmer's market was nice but we aren't quite in the right season for veggies that I can eat. We did pick up non-sulfur coated dried fruit and some luscious tomatoes. I also tried the Planet of Crepes truck. Really good stuff there and not too bad prices. A bit more than Cupz n crepes in Auwatukee but bigger crepes.
Got home fed the boy and then I drove to work to workout. It was nice and there were like 5 people using the whole facility. The non gym bunny weight room was all for me and then I had a really nice run afterwards. Chatted up Bob about HIIT (High intensity Interval Training) and then came home. Mel and I cooked dinner together. He was my sous chef and we made a wonderful vegetable marinara that I then put shrimp into. So good. Mel also was awesome and processed all of the rhubarb I had gotten and I was able to make one pie, package up for two more pies and had a bit left over for something else. All good. The pie I made turned out okay...not my best but I think I rushed things a bit.
Saturday we got up and had a good morning. I managed to finish the cranky shawl and the pulled out the MIL scarf to take to the house meeting. The house meeting was good.
duchess_asa made an awesome taco bar and we all got to work on list tiles for the tourney boards. They turned out really nice and there are more in work than what I have pictured. These were just the ones that I had top coated.Benton did really good. Deb and Magdalen stole him for a while and he hung out outside while the kids splashed in the wading pool. He ate really good and then napped in his rocking chair as well. Such a good little guy.
Got home and it was almost the boys bedtime and that was also nice. Mel and I barely made it to 10pm we were so tired. I think part of mine was I wasn't feeling 100%...not sure what was up but I was feeling off all day. Probably hormone related I'm pretty sure.
Father's Day the boy was up early for a feed but was then back down for quite a long nap. Mel had pie for breakfast and was a happy camper working on a spinning wheel restoration for the fiber retreat. I headed out early to drop more books off at bookmans and managed to have them take a dozen more between two stores. Got home and worked on projects. I managed to get my shawl washed and blocked and have the MIL scraf knitting finished for the material I had. I've decided it will be a cowl instead since the yarn is now discontinued. So I will try to find some buttons to make a buttoned cowl. Mel is skeptical since its an odd colorway and pattern...he's not sure what he doesn't like about it. I think its neat and cast a scarf on for myself last night.
Here is the back of the shawl and then an front view picture...( Read more... )
I also managed to frog mel's socks. It took me 5 mins with the ball winder to make them go away into nice pretty cakes of yarn. The are getting sent to Mistress Gwen at Tangible Daydreams to be made into socks using her WWI sock knitting machine. They will be sox...just not by my hands. LOL. Very cathartic.
So, crafty weekend has gotten me jazzed for this week's trip to the Fiber Retreat. I will be very happy to be on the road on Thursday. Packing with the Benton in mind is going to make things interesting but I have projects that will all fit into one bag, though I will probably find a few more to take. All good though.
Here is to making this week at work and home really good.
