Friday Funny

Going to Mellow Mushroom for lunch today... squirrel!

Happy Hibiscus

I know I've been a blog-slacker lately. Here are some pictures of by hibiscus plant to cheer you while I get my act together and find some blog fodder!

Last Shower?

I was so excited to be finished almost three weeks in advance with knitting this baby set in "Country Side Ombre" by Sugar'n Cream.  I even had it hand washed and ready for the last (hopefully) baby shower of the year...

Then I noticed that the bib was as big as the burp cloth...

I realized I had used the wrong size needles (left is correct size)

But fortunately I finished up the new bib last night and had time to wash it!

Now it's off to the shower for Baby Boy DePetro!

Friday Catch-Up

My poor blog has been neglected for two weeks while I've been busy-all-over-the-place.  When I've had a free moment, I've been reading--after all, a book is more portable than a desktop computer!

What have I been reading?  Last month I read four books, which is pretty impressive for me at this stage in my life.  Two were for book club: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman and Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls.  Since it's sort of a sequel to Half Broke Horses (and it was on my to-read shelf at home), I read The Glass Castle next.  Then I finally finished my first book on the Kobo, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

My plans for tonight?  Curl up on the couch and try to finish On the Banks of Plum Creek, the next Little House book toward my resolution to finish the whole series this year.

Punny Bunny Friday

Ah, punctuation puns! Reminds me of my teaching days when I explained that "Ñ" is not an "N with a squiggly thing on top," but an "N with a tilde." I probably shouldn't bring up what a student once heard instead of "tilde," but it started with a D and ended with an O...

BFF Care Package

The bestest BFF ever...

...sent a birthday/anniversary care package!

Yarn, See's candy, and tea... some of my very favorite things!

In Time for Summer

Two weeks ago, I was knitting as fast as my little fingers would go to try to finish a scarf for a co-worker who would be leaving for a new job while I was on vacation.  I got within a dozen rows of finishing (plus weaving in the ends), but ended up leaving it on the couch last week while we were out of town.  I completed it tonight, just in time for the summer heat to arrive!

The yarn was a dollar store find by Patons called Glittalic in the color "Black Tinsel."  Rufus is so happy to have me home that he had to check it out, too.