Back At Last...

Hello to anyone who might see this. I have been soooo busy, my computer died, and I only have my pictures on one of the not-networked computers. Excuses, excuses. Anyway, thought I would try to keep up on this. Time will tell.

Anyway, this summer we had a few 'biggies' happen in our lives. The biggest is that we upgraded campers! Below you can see us driving off with the 7 year old pop-up. It had served us well, we have many fond memories and will never forget the years we had it. Now onto the new camper!!!! The best things are: bathroom, 3 real beds, bathroom, full size refridgerator, bathroom, the main area is hardsided - ready when we get there! and did I mention... A BATHROOM!

I know it might seem odd that I am so excited about the biffy, but at my age I fell I deserve to travel only a few feet in the middle of the night or bad weather, not 1/4 -1/2 mile!

As we were setting up our new digs we had a few minor changes at home too. We now have new air conditioning and furnance. OK, not the most fun big purchases, but we live in Minnesota - need them both in WORKING condition!

Anyway, the camper is hibernating and the furnace is on. Now all we are having to deal with are the bills! ladeb

Knitting Show & Tell

Some of my projects this past year:

Gelato Felted Purse

Ellie Elephant (Designs by Cid)

Modular Knit hat, scarfs & mittens (MDT Warm Hearts)

Bright Winter Hat (MDT Warm Hearts)

Bibs & Booties (bib from Mason Dickson).

Matching bib & booties

were a gift, the rest are for MDT Warm Hearts.

Felted Clog Slippers (before & after)

That is all for now. Still to come: socks & tops.

Lazy Sunday

Another first for our family! We all went down to Lake Nokomis last night (11:30pm) and walked around 1 lap with Pastor as he continued working toward his goal of completing the 24 hour marathon. He wasn't running when we took our shift with him, but the fact that he had been moving since 8am and wasn't supposed to stop until 8am the next day was crazy. You are probably wondering why a 52yo man would decide to do a 24 hour marathon - he is so committed to reaching youth and those who aren't comfortable going to 'church' for Jesus. His goal was to raise $75K to complete our gymnasium - where our congregation plans to use it for outreach, after school programs and make it available for community stuff. He completed 74+ miles and his body did finally give out at 4:30 am. We will learn of the financial status next week, last I check, we were over 2/3 the way there.

WE ARE SO HUMBLED TO BE LED BY SUCH A COMMITTED GODLY MAN. YEAH GOD & DAVE!

As for our family, we made 1 lap and went home to bed (1:30am). It was a first for our children (esp. the time of night) and we all learned that there was no way we would attempt 24 hours. Today we are being extremely LAZY, after we went to church this morning.

Pictures of Completions

Knitting relaxes me. Here is more of what I have created since I took up knitting again last March.
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Always Learning

Like the new title! I have being trying to think of something catchy that wasn't already taken. If it isn't new, oops and my apologies.

I find it amazing that I learn new things daily. I believe that when this stops occurring, I will probably be dead. However, I suppose I will learn a great deal in heaven (like the answers to all the yet unanswered questions). Anyway:

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY:
I am not a consistent journal'er or blogger. My intentions are good, but the follow thru is not. I think that is true in other parts of my life. Knitting however has been good for me, fairly quick gratification. Scrap booking works that way as well, but I think I need to print some pictures - it has been over a year since we got that digital camera!

Since that last post I have completed some more bibs, have only the last 1/2 of the hood on my wallaby and the toe of the left foot of the flip-flop socks. I know - need pictures!

This weekend I had a lovely time at Shepherd's Harvest with 6 gals I have gotten to know at Amazing Threads. It was sooo cool to see all the different stages of yarn, the different types, etc. I was especially intrigued by the silk hankies. Of course I had to purchase a few (along with the rest of the crew). The other thing I brought home to try was hand spinning (small wooden spindle vs. spinning wheel). Hindsight, I should have tried it there with someone experienced helping me, but, oh well. Another thing learned.