Category: life at home

  • Another thing (crocheting all the things part 3)

    I finished the other pullover! Took almost 3 skeins of Caron Big Cakes yarn and a year of working on it on and off. My oldest loves green. It’s the same free Red Heart pattern I used before. But for both I kept holding the pieces against the boy it was for and making it…

  • Crocheting More Things (crocheting all the things Pt 2)

    A baby blanket: A BIG blanket! There will be 24 squares in all.  Just picking stitches or patterns I like. I got the idea from Moogly (bonus: it cuts through a lot of stash). I think it will be queen sized. There are two kinds of blanket makers: people who block and people who don’t.…

  • Crocheting all the things (Part 1)

    I hurt my back a few weeks ago. I get sciatica sometimes but it has been some time since I had it last… Don’t know what I did, but this is the worst I’ve ever had. It felt like I had lightning for veins and my pelvis was trying to escape! Bed bound for 2…

  • 2017 Book List

    I finished all these books last year! Woohoo! I’m so happy to be back into the scary spooky stuff. Getting back into reading was like putting on a favorite sweater. I just had to wean myself off of the phone/tablet, and now I don’t want to go back…except for audiobooks. I like to mark what…

  • Still kicking

    I know it’s been awhile, but suffice to say 2017 is what I’ve been calling the Year of the Dumpster Fire. There’s been a lot of rough times this year, but it wasn’t all bad. Here’s a few pictures of some good stuff:   I have been trudging along on the happily ever after Stitch…