Posted in adventures, general, painting, projects, tagged adventures, painting, watercolor on July 19, 2008 | No Comments »
This summer I have been having a great time driving around on the cart paths. There is just so much to see and do around town.
With the price of gas I have been using the cart for most of my errands too. Peachtree City has about a 100 miles of cart paths that are [...]
Posted in family, general, knitting, projects, tagged baby carrier knitted, baby sling, knitting on July 12, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been working diligently on the Baby Carrier. It is a very sturdy, beautiful carrier. I don’t think I would ever make another again because of how complicated the whole process was. I found I don’t really like to change colors this much and working in all the ends. But I enjoyed making it for [...]
Posted in family, general, tagged family, new baby on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Alaina Marie
June 20, 2008
8 lbs 14 ounces
I am pleased to announce our first grandchild. She is beautiful like her mother and dad. She is content and oh so soft! Her granddad and I are so very happy!
So you can see why I have been away so long. Miss Alaina has been our [...]
Posted in general, tagged general on July 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Hello Everyone! I am so sorry to have so many long pauses in-between postings. Sometimes I feel like a circus performer balancing balls in the air. Unfortunately this is the ball I let fall to the ground. But I am back now and have all kinds of news from the summer travels and family events! [...]
Posted in books, general, knitting, projects, tagged crochet hat, knitting, knitting projects, projects on June 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I bet you thought I fell off the ledge of the earth! No I have just been really busy with home, however, I am never to busy to knit. Or maybe this time I should say crochet too! I have been working on several projects. I finished Paul’s traveling socks, started a red Secret Garden [...]
Posted in adventures, general, tagged adventure, japan trip on May 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I went back to Nagasakaya Kamjoooka Store to get two more knitting books.
I promised a friend that I would go back and get her two books too. She knits and crochets a lot and designs too. Japanese books have great charts and illustrations so you are able with a little effort to [...]
Posted in adventures, general, tagged adventures, japan, temples on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today May 18th Sunday we took the Rapid Train to Kita-Kamakura and visited five temples that lead us all the way to Kamakura. We walked and walked and walked and then climbed stairs through some of the lushest and green area of Japan. Between Kita-Kamakura and Kamakura there are 30 temples or shrines. Each had beautiful [...]
Posted in adventures, family, general, tagged adventure, japan, yokohama on May 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Paul finally had some time off so we went siteseeing. We decided to go to Kannai Yokohama. We went back by were the Silk Museum was. We first visited the Osanbashi Pier Yokohama and the International Passenger Terminal. It was just as impressive the second time! What a neat pier I think it looks like [...]
Posted in general, knitting, tagged podcast, yarn thing on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My favorite yarn podcast is “It’s a Yarn Thing”and I just won stitch markers Marly makes from the podcast! I was checking my email and posting a note on the site when I saw that I had won. I have not listen to any podcast because of all the running around so I did [...]
Posted in adventures, general, painting, tagged adventures, japan, silk museun on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Long day but really great day! I went to the Kannai neighborhood of Yokohama. I visited the Silk Museum it was wonderful! It was about a 20 mintue walk from the Kannai train station. I pasted the baseball stadium and finally saw my first church! On the way back there was a wedding coming out [...]
