Today I got an email from one of my "graduated" students. She was having problems with knitting in the round and changing colors. So I found this information for her, and wanted to pass it on.
Jogless Stripes
I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day. For the first time in a long time the kids and I had a perfect weekend. I got to knit, and relax and drink Mango Margaritas. (fresh mangos, oh so good), grilled baby back ribs, had fresh corn on the cob and Sara made dessert. It was great. We laughed and had fun all weekend.
Hopefully I'll get off my butt and get some finished knitted pictures for you. Let's say, sometime time this week. (grin)
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Something to read and think about.
I have no idea who wrote this, so I can't give credit to them. But I would like to share this with you. I got this in an email this morning.
I have the right to ask for what I want.
I have the right to say no to requests or demands I can't meet.
I have the right to change my mind.
I have the right to make mistakes and not have to be perfect.
I have the right to follow my own values and standards.
I have the right to express all of my feelings, both positive or negative.
I have the right to say no to anything when I feel I am not ready, it is unsafe, or it violates my values.
I have the right to determine my own priorities.
I have the right not to be responsible for others' behavior, actions, feelings or problems.
I have the right to expect honesty from others.
I have the right to be angry.
I have the right to be uniquely myself.
I have the right to feel scared and say "I'm afraid."
I have the right to say "I don't know."
I have the right not to give excuses or reasons for my behavior.
have the right to make decisions based on my feelings.
I have the right to my own needs for personal space and time.
I have the right to be playful and frivolous.
I have the right to be healthy.
I have the right to be in a non-abusive environment.
I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around people.
I have the right to change and grow.
I have the right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
I have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
I have the right to be happy.
Have a wonderful day! And thank you to those who encouraged me to just go ahead and start those summer socks. I have plans for sock knitting this weekend.
I have the right to ask for what I want.
I have the right to say no to requests or demands I can't meet.
I have the right to change my mind.
I have the right to make mistakes and not have to be perfect.
I have the right to follow my own values and standards.
I have the right to express all of my feelings, both positive or negative.
I have the right to say no to anything when I feel I am not ready, it is unsafe, or it violates my values.
I have the right to determine my own priorities.
I have the right not to be responsible for others' behavior, actions, feelings or problems.
I have the right to expect honesty from others.
I have the right to be angry.
I have the right to be uniquely myself.
I have the right to feel scared and say "I'm afraid."
I have the right to say "I don't know."
I have the right not to give excuses or reasons for my behavior.
have the right to make decisions based on my feelings.
I have the right to my own needs for personal space and time.
I have the right to be playful and frivolous.
I have the right to be healthy.
I have the right to be in a non-abusive environment.
I have the right to make friends and be comfortable around people.
I have the right to change and grow.
I have the right to have my needs and wants respected by others.
I have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
I have the right to be happy.
Have a wonderful day! And thank you to those who encouraged me to just go ahead and start those summer socks. I have plans for sock knitting this weekend.
Monday, May 21, 2007
I no idea what to title this. LOL.
Life's road lately has been pretty up and down hill. Well maybe not lately, more like the first of the year. But things took a strange turn over the weekend. And you don't know how much I would love to share with you about it, but for legal reasons I have to sit here with it all by myself. But, lets just say that for some people rushing head on into things can prove to be disastrous.
I on the other hand believe that I have found a new home. Now to get out of this one. LOL. You know all those hours of knitting, looking at those needles and each stitch, not looking up at the things around here I could have been doing is catching up with me. Actually, it's more like going through boxes, closets, drawers and stuff like that. We regularly clean out our old clothes and things we don't wear, but some of this stuff was packed away to keep when the kids were little and have to be gone back through. Anyway, back to the house. It's a beautiful contemporary home on a wooded corner lot, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, loft, den newly painted, new carpet and stainless appliances. I just love this house. And most of the colors they painted are colors that I adore. So now I have to get this house cleaned up, a few repairs and sold. I am so motivated to get it all done now.
In the knitting world, I am still working on the second prayer shawl. It's coming a long slowly. But it's very relaxing. I have this stirring in my knitting soul, to start a pair of light weight summer socks, but I feel bad about the fact that I have two pair of socks on needles sitting here looking at me. I guess because they are very detailed and I couldn't just sit down and knit without really thinking and watching the pattern, that I got burned out on them. And the fact that they are heavy Fall and Winter socks. So we'll see about the summer socks. I really miss the days where I could knit for a few hours at a time with no interruptions. But maybe there will be those days ahead again.
I on the other hand believe that I have found a new home. Now to get out of this one. LOL. You know all those hours of knitting, looking at those needles and each stitch, not looking up at the things around here I could have been doing is catching up with me. Actually, it's more like going through boxes, closets, drawers and stuff like that. We regularly clean out our old clothes and things we don't wear, but some of this stuff was packed away to keep when the kids were little and have to be gone back through. Anyway, back to the house. It's a beautiful contemporary home on a wooded corner lot, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, loft, den newly painted, new carpet and stainless appliances. I just love this house. And most of the colors they painted are colors that I adore. So now I have to get this house cleaned up, a few repairs and sold. I am so motivated to get it all done now.
In the knitting world, I am still working on the second prayer shawl. It's coming a long slowly. But it's very relaxing. I have this stirring in my knitting soul, to start a pair of light weight summer socks, but I feel bad about the fact that I have two pair of socks on needles sitting here looking at me. I guess because they are very detailed and I couldn't just sit down and knit without really thinking and watching the pattern, that I got burned out on them. And the fact that they are heavy Fall and Winter socks. So we'll see about the summer socks. I really miss the days where I could knit for a few hours at a time with no interruptions. But maybe there will be those days ahead again.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day!
It was a perfect day in my house. We had great weather, good food, lots of laughs and presents. LOL. But most of all we had a lot of love. I am so blessed to have the two kids I have and that's the best Mother's Day present of all.
I hope your day was wonderful and filled with all the best.
It was a perfect day in my house. We had great weather, good food, lots of laughs and presents. LOL. But most of all we had a lot of love. I am so blessed to have the two kids I have and that's the best Mother's Day present of all.
I hope your day was wonderful and filled with all the best.
Friday, May 04, 2007
A No Picture Post
The fast pace around here is now the norm. Like I have mentioned in the past we've been dealing with a lot of change and closure on things because of a decision my EX made. One day soon I will share the whole thing. Now his life is wonderful and he is happy, but it's at a great cost and he doesn't even realize it. His kids are the price.
Like I have said before we are moving, some where. We are staying in GA. With Sara's internship at the bakery and GT about to finish homeschool and take his GED, I can't see moving out of state. We have so many friends here and our roots are pretty much dug deep in the red clay of Georgia. We've been looking at house and some of my friends have been taking time out of their days and going and looking for me too. I'm still trying to make a dent in what to get rid of and what to keep. Some of the furniture is beautiful expensive furniture we got when were got married and now I can't stand to look at it. So it's going first off.
Ok I don't want to talk anymore about that let's talk about knitting. About the only knitting I have been doing is on a shawl. I will take some pictures of the first one soon. I started a second one Monday night. Nearly all my knitting students are making shawls. We are all giving them away. I have some wonderful knitting students, each of them bring such a great energy to the classes and we have a good time. I look forward to them so much. I can only hope that I give them when what they give to me.
And for those who know Gunther. Gunther is now 21 months old about 127 lbs and maturing into a find boy. His training is on going and he has been the therapy in the world for what we have been going through.
Like I have said before we are moving, some where. We are staying in GA. With Sara's internship at the bakery and GT about to finish homeschool and take his GED, I can't see moving out of state. We have so many friends here and our roots are pretty much dug deep in the red clay of Georgia. We've been looking at house and some of my friends have been taking time out of their days and going and looking for me too. I'm still trying to make a dent in what to get rid of and what to keep. Some of the furniture is beautiful expensive furniture we got when were got married and now I can't stand to look at it. So it's going first off.
Ok I don't want to talk anymore about that let's talk about knitting. About the only knitting I have been doing is on a shawl. I will take some pictures of the first one soon. I started a second one Monday night. Nearly all my knitting students are making shawls. We are all giving them away. I have some wonderful knitting students, each of them bring such a great energy to the classes and we have a good time. I look forward to them so much. I can only hope that I give them when what they give to me.
And for those who know Gunther. Gunther is now 21 months old about 127 lbs and maturing into a find boy. His training is on going and he has been the therapy in the world for what we have been going through.
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