I don't think it'll surprise anyone that this has been the picture of my kitchen table on most evenings and every Sunday for the past few weeks. I do wish I would get better at doing a quick, little check-in on a day-to-day basis, though :)
Cassie's volleyball season concluded with an all-day tournament last Saturday. That alone is a symbol of how fast this school year is zooming by already!
BUT LAST SUNDAY..... I crocheted the day away!
((and sadly paid for my lack of AP-Statistics prepping throughout the week!)) :p
The "hexagon flower" units were wrapped up late Sunday evening, and then I started connecting the motifs together a little bit on most evenings this past week.
Today, I finished connecting 28 motifs; the recommended amount for the Kaleidoscope Challenge given out by Mikey from the Crochet Crowd. HOWEVER, now that it is together (with loose ends still needing my attention), I will make another 22 motifs (2 more rows each of 5 and 6 motifs) in order to make this closer to a throw-size. Even Candace said "it's too small; even for ME, mom!" :)
Ah yes..... and one day this week while walking through Shopko, I came upon this lovely sight!
I didn't dare take a picture of my cart after the damage I did to this bin. And in all honesty, I hit up the store twice that day; the first time Paul was with me, so I only did a little damage. But later on that evening, I brought the girls with me. I couldn't BELIEVE how empty the bin became from my afternoon visit to my early evening visit! I guess I wasn't the only one who loaded up. This picture was taken after my 2nd dig.
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5...
That would be then number of months that have gone by since the last of the "white stuff" disappeared for us in Northern Wisconsin. Even though we all enjoyed the excitement of the first snow fall today, it's still waaaaaay too fresh in my memory about the OVERLY LONNNNNNNG winter we had last season! *sigh*
And darn!!!!!! I'm kicking myself for having my lazy night a couple of days ago! I SHOULD have gotten my bum outside to pick the last of our tomatoes in order to give them to MIL. We had our first hard frost over night for the past two evenings, so...... they're done/gone/damaged. I suppose they still COULD have made up some great sauce/juice, had I picked them yesterday, or evening today. But..... I guess it is what it is. I have plenty of juice and whole-tomatoes stored away for my family AND for the inlaws. It's still easy to kick yourself about letting anything go to waste, though :\
I can't believe that you've had snow already. It just amazes me that you're able to grow so much when you have such a short growing season. We've just got loads of rain. I could grow some winter veg I suppose, but I'm too much of a fair weather gardener.
ReplyDeleteLove how your Kaleidoscope throw is turning out! You had snow already? Yikes! Please keep it up there. I'm not ready for the white stuff yet.
ReplyDeleteSnow.... oh how I miss you but not in October! You are one busy lady - how in the world do you stay sane?
ReplyDeleteIs that frost or snow??? LOL I understand your feelings about waste though. Just don't beat yourself up over it......YOU, my friend are a busy worker bee! Your kaleidoscope project looks great with that dark color in between them!
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