Panicky Thoughts

 *I have startitis.  I've never had it before.  
* I think part of the affliction is you don't care that you have it. :)
* I will finish Lorna's socks today before I cast on 
anew with above Misti Alpaca.

Now for the Panic:   

*A moth flew from family room where I store my yarn  yesterday and I panicked the rest of the day. 

*I don't see damage.  I put those skeins in a plastic bag and threw it in the hot car.  It is supposed to kill any moths. 

*There are millions of moths in Chicago summer. How can I win this battle?  I hear lavender is a natural repellent. I wont do Moth balls.  

*Last year I had A moth and went sort of crazy about it.  

*I think I called this to me.  I was fretting about moths last week and didn't even see any. 

*My cats are supposed to be on moth control. 

*I swear I dont have a dirty home.  

*I feel like one must feel if their kids gets head lice.

*I put all my yarn in plastic bags last year EXCEPT for the yarn in my wooden upright cd case.   

*This is a message not to stash yarn .....isn't It??

*I think the moth flew out of the LUNESTA commercial...and into my house.

*Have you ever had a moth fly into your sock drawer and eat your good hand knitted socks?  I am imagining all kinds of things now....

*I am all natural and all that but I'll go to DEET if I have to to win the battle.

*AL Says they have dryer sheets with lavendar in them.  

*I don't like my yarn in plastic bags.  

*Will the moth come in and eat my new blanket that I worked so hard on in January?

*Somebody..help me get a GRIP!  

*Maybe I can invent something........I could make millions. Something that lures moths to it...and away from wools...
like a 
C a n d l e.   

*We're going down.......S O S 

Save our Stash

Simple Woman's Daybook and New Bag

Score...one for me. 

Al sent me this most awesome bag for Mother's day!!!!!

Lynn posts from SIMPLE WOMAN 's Daybook 

prompts and I enjoy her posts ....

So I'm a following your lead Lynn!

*Outside my window-

The lilacs are blooming and my neighbor told me to cut as many as I please!

*I am thinking-

I need to go to bed right now and nap before my shift starts.   

*I am thankful for a Dear friend Donna's surprise phone call this morning. 

*In the kitchen, 

there is a box of ghiradelli brownie mix that will not get baked today as planned.

*I am going-

to bed, oops I already said that.

*I am hearing -

a cardinal singing, a sparrow chirping, and fireman digging in the garden. 

*I am looking forward to -

thunderstorm season. 

Favorite quote of the day: 

Take the best of the best and the hell with the rest. (a vet said this with regards to breeding dogs today)

In the Pink

 

The baby poncho in progress is pictured above.

I found a bag of koigu in the closet.  (it had been a baby sweater that AL frogged a few years back.)  

I'm knitting the koigu with a pink skein of Lorna's Laces that Irisheyes Lynn gave me. 

It will be darling when finished, but the double strands are wearing on my wrist. 

I need my hands/wrists/fingers to stay in the Pink. Therefore, the poncho is on hold. 

Zachary gave me these gorgeous flowers for Mother's Day.   The pinks are my favorite. 

Someone named Pink has a song about learning to love again.   Fireman likes it so I googled it, and I like it too.  I like that the guy from the band FUN is singing the duet with Pink.  

Pop Culture....It escapes me sometimes.  I try to keep up.  There are some wonderful new artists in our world.  

What's Pink in your world today?

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Blooming .....

 Everything is blooming at once around here.   Usually things bloom in an orderly sort of succession in Chicago.  This year it seems to be all at once.

The show is fantastic wherever I look....

In my knit world, I have knit both heel flaps on the lorna's socks.  There will be porch knitting today..

Has anyone placed a KnitPicks order since their debacle?  I got their catalog yesterday and am tempted.  Perhaps I should write a check and put it in the mail,
the old fashioned way- 

(the debacle had to do with credit cards that were used to order being hacked...this
caused many issues for fellow knitters.  I escaped unscathed but am wise to it now. )

Two by Two

lornas laces socks side by side

One sock two sock

Cupcakes and frosting.

Flowers and cards

Thunder and Lightening

Comments and Emails

Sandals and pedicures 

(C'mon what's your pair today?)

My Mother Motto : BE GOOD TO YOU

I hope my children remember me telling them : 

BE GOOD TO YOU. 

If we can't be good to ourselves as Mom's we can't show our children how to be great parents someday. 

If we can't be good to ourselves, then we can't show our children the importance of self-care. 

If we can't be good to ourselves, then we can't teach them how to combat burnout.  

"Be nice to you or Be good To You" 

is something I tell my family and my dear friends when they are having a rough day. 

Be as nice to you as you would be to a friend in the same spot. 

Here are5 Ways to Be Nice to YOU!

*By Yarn... 

we spend less on yarn than a round of golf, and we end up with something lasting.  

*Shut it all out and Shut if all off.

Sometimes 10 minutes of quiet can change your mindset. 

Sit on your porch, sit by a stream, 

shut the radio off in the car, 

or shut of the TV for a bit. 

Quiet is soothing in my book. 

*Talk to yourself the way you would talk to a dear friend. 

*My Nana kept her hair looking wonderful into her 90s. 

She dressed well and she used so much foundation my mother swore she drank it!  

But she cared about herself and her looks. 

She once quipped, "I need my lipstick" before she let the paramedics in to attend to her ...

She was a great example to us.

*Say no to something without an excuse. 

Allow yourself to say no. Nicely of course- 

*Sleep in or take a nap. 

You know I believe in naps. 

*How will YOu be good to YOu today?

Kathy B's Lilac Wine Knit up

I am delighted to show you my FO.  This baby came off my needles last night, while the Bulls lost game 2 in the playoffs. 

The Pattern is Savory Knitting's 

Lilac Wine. 

Since I knit it up in navy/creme I'll call it Blueberry Wine....

She used 359 yards of sportweight yarn

I used 363 yards of Superwash Merino.

Chunky. 

Ella Rae Lace Merino

 color 879.

At 23.00 a skien this is a 69.00 dollar 

cowl.  

This would make a great great gift.  It would also delight me to wear it , throughout next fall and winter.   Guess what?  It is mine.  

Channon, you'll be happy to know I have already decided it will look lovely with a creme colored turtle neck top. 

This was a very easy knit up in simple ribbed stitches in the round.  It did wear on my hands a bit but not nearly as much as the baby ponchos did.  

I would love to knit another for a gift sometime after my wrists and hands recover a bit.   

There is nothing Lacy about the Lace merino Chunky Ella Rae yarn.  It is soft and squishy; in the most delightful way.  It is "hand dyed in chile by Aracania Yarns" 

 Good news: my new Sock Yarn feels so light I'm not in any discomfort knitting today. 

What's your good news for the day?