Blue Skies!

Last week, there was some Blue Sky in my mail box. Isn't it lovely. This is a present from Allison. It was such a surprise! And looking at it on the shelf in my living room is like feeling a hug every time I glance at it. I KNOW that my gray cloud can't follow me forever. And glimpses of Blue Sky help to maintain HOPE! (Thank You Allison!!!) Any ideas of what I should make? This I definitely want to be for myself. I want to try to make these handwarmers with this yarn. I had to buy new needles. And now I have them. So as soon as the blanket is done I'll start some smaller projects. This probably should be a hat...in honor of Allison. And it will be cute at a set...that's not so matchy matchy. Any good pattern suggestions? Or is it calling to be a scarf?

This week:

Blogwise: I've been interrupted by a lousy email that is trying to kill my computer. Somehow it got stuck on send...and I've been receiving it every 5 minutes for over a week. I now have it set to permanently delete but it's still clogging my inbox. This was from a family member. She's so sorry to the 50 people that are stuck in this dilemma. But, that does nothing for my outlook. On the plus side...my Gmail is unaffected. I can still email all my bloggy friends.

Yesterday I was interrupted by a puddle in my yard...that turned into a new water heater. I'm so thankful that my water heater is in a little closet off the garage. There was no yucky puddle in my house. And this was a good reminder about how much I take hot water for granted. It's a luxury that many in our world don't have. Many don't even have clean water, let alone running water. I'm so grateful for the blessings I have.

Knitwise: Last night I added the 5th ball to the Wedding Afghan. Thanks for all the lovely comments. I know a knitter would swoon over a gift like this. I hope that a non-knitter gets that it's a gift of love. And...I sort of feel bad about giving anything of warmth in June...in Las Vegas.

Some of my knit time this week was sucked into a g00gle calendar. I had a curriculum meeting with another homeschool mommy. She brought over all the books she's ordered for next year...and I shared mine with hers. That was fun. Do I really have no life when I get excited about text books? And then I started a g00gle calendar for our school year. I just love that I can print in month/week/agenda! And...sharing calendars...that's so fun. I am easily amused.

Kidwise:
I though I'd try a fun/easy experiment for my kids. We picked some more Shasta Daisies from the yard. Then, I added Wilton purple food coloring to the water. So, do you have any idea why they flowers turned a bit aqua? My Friday Flowers this week have been in my kitchen since Tuesday...getting a bit more aqua with each day.



And...did you notice that the aqua matches the Blue Sky yarn? This must be my new color of HOPE.