Update Alert!

I messed around with the dates of 2 old posts. Sorry if those re-appear in a reader. I've also added old posts, some as far back as November. I wanted to have those memories dated, and some of them might be interesting to you, but I don't think a reader will pick up posts that old. Here's a list...

• Mining for 7's birthday
• Happy Birthday 7!
• 7's Rocket
• The Rocket Races
• The Trophies
• Kitty Kitty
• Kid Socks 7
• Kid Socks 6
• Kid Socks 4
• Bird of Paradise Socks

I guess if I had been blogging all along there wouldn't have been so much to catch up on. I'm glad I don't scrapbook too. I'd feel horrible that I haven't even printed my photos yet, let alone cropped and designed a page. There's still a bit more to come. And then...I hope this has gotten me back into the rhythm. I've missed posting.

I heart ladybugs!

Because my camera dates photos...I can remember when things happen. Without that I might be lost. When 2 of my kids were in Napa for a week, we did lots of special things with the middle one who was home. This evening, we were at a nursery buying fertilizer for our blueberries and picked up some ladybugs. Who doesn't love some ladybugs?

6 giggled the whole time...they tickled him. I guess there could be such a thing as too many ladybugs though. More postdated posts to come.

OUT OF ORDER

Thanks so much for your prayers for my mom. It's been good for her that we have Rex, and he's benefited from some of Tigger's fancy cat combs and such. Now, she's off for for a visit to Northern CA. That's always good for a soul recharge.

My computer has been OUT OF ORDER. Switching to a new one was just not that easy for us. We ended up backing up photo files from the old computer online (Carbonite if you're interested). Then, buying an external hard drive to plug into first the old computer and then the new computer. We've been limping along. Both of our camera memory cards were completely full. Today, I think I'm finally back up and running. There may be some posts coming that are dated to reflect the time when things actually happened. Like my Lexie Barnes Bag! I saw the photos updating on Picasa this morning and I couldn't believe I let something like that slip without a post.

Posts I intend to write:

• Lexie Barnes Bag
• Kid Socks
• Bird of Paradise Socks
  
• Spring Forward Socks
• KP&S V-neck a 2nd time
  
• More yarn dyeing
• Yarn for a FLS
• alphabet days (on the 50 states blog)
• state experiences (on the 50 states blog)
• some belated thanks
  

We're heading into Spring Break next week...and I have many things planned for myself. Hopefully all the blog catch up happens! I'm also cleaning house and decluttering and donating clothes that no longer fit my children. That might not seem like a lot...but really my house is busting at the seems right now.

Kid Socks (3...almost 4)

3 (almost 4) isn't much smaller than 6. There's 25 months between them and many times people will ask if they are twins. They do look alike. And they're almost the same size. I knit them the same size socks. They both got the 6yrs size. I kept the ribbing going on the top of the foot since 7's socks were a bit loose. Here's what happens when you want a toddler to model. Wiggly feet. Well, the feet are actually wiggly all the time...not just when I want a photo.

These socks are blue raspberry, strawberry lemonade, and grape KA.

She LOVES her socks and asked for her next pair to be knee high and green!

Pray for my mom...

Today, my kitty, the one that came to live with us when I was a Freshman in High School will be put to sleep. On Saturday he stopped eating and drinking. We knew that at 20 he didn't have long, but still, he went down hill so quickly. My mom talked to the vet on Saturday and decided to take the weekend to say good-bye. My brother volunteered to take him. That's a huge praise, I'm not sure my mom could handle much more. (In the last 3 years, we've lost my Gram, our other kitty, my mom's poodle, my dad, and my mom's best friend. Just recently, another of my mom's friends said good bye to her young daughter (late 20's). Breast Cancer took her away. The memorial was on the anniversary of my Gram's death.) Anyways. It's hard to say good bye to a pet that's been a part of the family for so long. If I can find a photo of him...I'll add it. Tigger was a good kitty.