Capable Women

We just recently had the privilege of having some dear friends come and stay a night with us… We had a wonderful time of “catch-up” and, for extra fun, made Spring Rolls for dinner…

These pictured are Emily’s… she did a mighty fine job with those tender and delicate rice paper wrappers!  There were only a couple dissappointments to an otherwise a perfect visit! My dear friend wasn’t able to come because of illness and I found dust bunnies under a chair in the bedroom where “A” stayed (after being so careful to try and make that room “perfect” for her, honest! We emptied the whole room, switched beds from Emily’s room to John’s, swept, mopped and dusted right before they came, and there wasn’t a dust bunny in sight anywhere :} (John must carry them in his pocket unknowingly and then they jump out and hide while he isn’t looking!) Oh well!

Anyway, it was a delightful time and I did receive a number of gifts and a very special promise of a “raincheck” from my dear friend, to come for a visit soon…

Now, I DO have a set of knitting needles in size 10, but they are VERY long and keep getting caught in my sweater, so doesn’t everyone know that that is sufficient reason to get a new set of needles, shorter ones and double ended ??? Especially if they only cost $.59 (cents)! I am so happy with these “Make Them Yourself” brand of needles!!!

A little bit of dowel, a pencil sharpener, some fine grit sandpaper and some elbow grease!

Now, when I am a more experienced knitter, these might not cut it any longer but while I am still a beginner they are “perfect”!

What’s on your needles?

Look at what he brought home this time… another work of art, a masterpiece! He has more artist in him than he will admit!

And handsome ta boot…

No! He is not available for marriage yet! Sorry girls…. (:

Have a nice day…

We are working on a theater block at school and the Old Wiseman was supposed to make a debut at the first class. He accidentally got knocked down and his strings are hopelessly tangled…

He is very sad and stressed about it!!! I am not sure if I should restring him so he can lead the class next week or wait and show the children how he is built underneath (much easier to do when his clothes can be moved around without the strings in the way???) Right now he is in the hospital resting and waiting for the “doctor’s” prognosis…

Hope all your strings stay straight today…

Update: The doctors decided that, for his self esteem, he needed to have his strings repaired so he was able to do his part in presenting our Marionette Theater Block at school. He went into class with confidence and “stole the show!”

Before Matthew…

After Matthew…

While I am definitely mourning the loss of my chimney (which I really loved) I am glad it is down and that Matt didn’t get hurt while he was on the roof “playing”! He is such a hard worker and I am sooooo appreciative of his “hard work ethics”. He is truly amazing… did I ever tell you he was out chopping cords of firewood and the age of 12!!! I can’t believe I let him do it and bought the ax for him??? What was I thinking!!! But he seems to love hard work and I am the VERY grateful recipient of his love!!! and so again I am saying, “Thank You Matt!!!”

or hook actually… because this is crochet instead of knitting. See the round disc in the center of the picture…? This is my attempt at this

Mine turned out big… still working on the felting thing. But I love the way it feels and the yellow one is next to be felted. These stitch up so quickly and I love them when they are done…yipee for bean bags!!!

Hope you will try some…

Joy is when you are browsing through your favorite blogs and getting soooo inspired and then you look at the clock and it says it is only 7:30 pm…. still two hours before bedtime!!! (: Yipee!!!