Germy Weather

It's been a challenging week, and I think this "hooo-huuum" face says it all:

On a normal Friday, I would have fought harder to keep that beagle-face off my dinner table, but a week of late-April showers and gray weather

coupled with the germ I've finally succombed to, Strhinovid, maybe? (Strep, rhinovirus and covid have infected several around me lately...)

have weakened my resolve, and curtailed the fun knitting. Just a single sock supports me so far this week. 

So I'm taking it easy today, and thawing a chicken for soup to support my immune system,

and hopefully I'll be feeling so much better before next weekend...because opening day is only a week away! 

It is in these moments, friends, that I'm glad we can connect online, without sharing these snotty germs, so...

Thanks for stopping by, wash your hands, and Knit in Good Health! 

Ups ⬆️ and Downs ⬇️

This has been a week of ups and downs, but nothing too dramatic. I've finished up a pair of socks, a test for a friend ⬆️. They turned out really well, even if they aren't as snug as I like, but that's because I was a bad tester ⬇️ and ignored the instruction to use fewer stitches! Lol...

I received a lovely gerbera daisy plant the week before spring break, with pink flowers, and it was lovely! ⬆️ But I forgot to ask anyone to water it while I was gone...and though I'm trying, I'm not sure I can bring it back. ⬇️

I'm starting to feel a little sad that I'll miss my 40th high school reunion this summer ⬇️, but I'm enjoying rifling through the memories as I chat with our Facebook group! The muse was a literary publication produced each year that I was in high school. I even had a couple of poems published way back when. ⬆️

Finally, the weather here doesn't feel very spring-like today (except for the rain, which all the "experts" agree will bring flowers next month), it's quite chilly and gray. ⬇️ On the other hand,  there are only 14 days until Summer fun at Cedar Point starts! ⬆️

Whatever your ups and downs may have been this week, I hope you are dwelling on the ⬆️s, and making the best of the ⬇️s, because that's the best way to "just keep swimming" through this life...like my little friends at work.

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Party People

Today, we are party people, because this well- balanced boy turns 4!

Peppa's friends are ready to party, too...

Though they were not enthusiastic about jumping into the gift bag for the drive over, I know they'll be excited when they see this spread! 

Mommy lets the boys pick their party theme, so this one's a combo: Peppa Pig and Danny Go!

It's going to be a fun day, but that doesn't leave much time for a thoughtful blog, so this post will be short...and sweet!

Maybe you don't have something this fun planned for this weekend, but I'm here to remind you that are only three weeks left until we can all have fun weekends at Cedar Point!

Until then, thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Decisions, Decisions...Birthday Edition

Our youngest grandchild will turn 4 very soon, and my daughter has requested a certain character knit for this fine young Peppa Pig loving kid! I bought a book of patterns online,

went through all my worsted-weight, acrylic yarn

and determined I did not have exactly the right colors for "Candy Cat," so I went shopping...and now I do. 

In fact, I have a nearly completed Candy Cat in my bag right now!

Trouble with that is that the kid may have a new favorite character now. By our best estimation, that would be either Rebecca Rabbit or Pedro Pony. Referencing the photo above, I certainly have the patterns for both...and I may even have the yarn. Of course, there is the distinct possibility that I'll need to go shopping again, which (let's be honest here) is no tragedy for me! But gosh...I do have some yarn here.

Still, if I can't find the right colors, there will be shopping, and decisions! After all, the party is coming, and I do NOT have time to knit ALL of the characters! (After all, I've "wasted" significant portions of my spring break playing with these hooligans...lol!) 

So, it seems that it is time to make a decision! I wonder what I will choose for this kid...?

Whatever the choice, I am sure that the toy will be well loved, and that will be a birthday-edition WIN, so I'll take it! I hope you are also having some wins where you can, and if it's your birthday soon, I hope you have cake!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

Happy Everything!

Happy April!

(aka - Happy Birthday to meeee! Thanks, kids, for the celebration!)

Happy Easter!

(Well, tomorrow, but we're nearly there! I've filled chocolate eggs for the boys...shhhh! And knitted eggs for the office. )

Happy Spring! 

(This is one of my favorite office decorations so far, and it can stay up all month!)

A time of remembrance and renewal, and a celebration of color, which has been reflected in my knitting!

Whatever you are celebrating this spring, I pray that you will be surrounded by hope and joy, and an explosion of color to brighten your world! If you're celebrating the Resurrection with me tomorrow, He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!