What’s been filling my days? Well, this is the newest adventure. She came to live with us yesterday, at 8 weeks old. She’s already 19 pounds! She’s half mastiff and half “whatever jumped over the fence.” As with any baby, she keeps us really busy.
Before that, we had a good trip to Kansas to see my grandson, visiting Moon Marble Company again, seeing a movie, attending his birthday party, and toy shopping, of course. He’s seven years old and getting so big. It was a joy to see him, as always.
When we returned home, we found my dad in poor health and spent the next week with doctors and then in the hospital for a few days. All is back to normal after that scare. Home health service workers are helping out and we are getting my parents’ house safety-fitted and more comfortable.
My knitting has consisted of a couple of dish scrubbies for my mom and a pair of pirate mittens. The mittens were a great hit with my grandson. And wouldn’t you know it, I forgot to take pictures of them! I do have a fuzzy picture of one mitten that turned out a bit wonky and was replaced with a better one. They were sure quick! Well, except for the re-do. The pattern was a generic children’s mitten pattern done on two needles with a seam up the side. The skull pattern is from a hat pattern that I’ve misplaced. I’m happy with how they turned out.
I don’t think the knitting — or weaving or spinning — will pick up much until next year, but I’ll keep checking in anyway when I can. This next week is for getting ready for my husband’s family coming to visit. They’ve never been here before and I’m looking forward to their visit. I can’t believe the holidays are here again already! Take a deep breath . . . and here we go!