A little bit of this and a little bit of that… Lots of random things to catch up on after my unexpected blogging hiatus. I’m still not 100% I dont get email notifications on posts anymore, and I’m thinking the only thing to do at this point is bite the bullet and wipe my install of WordPress entirely and restore my DB backup. Sigh.
Right now I’m loving how my office space looks in the early morning, when the sun is streaming in
I’m loving how I can leave the machines setup mid-project and leave scraps on the floor and just ‘get back to it later’ (a luxury I didn’t have in the apartment)
I’m loving that I walked past the back door to find that this man had taken the Umbrella right off my patio set so that he could BBQ in the rain!
I’m not loving that these socks, although BEAUTIFUL and perfect in stitch, GREW when i washed them. EEEEEKKK, how will they ever fit the recipient now? WAH
I’m not loving that I have so many lingering projects… time to clean house
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If you once again came here and discovered a black screen with a little devil and some funky writing, you would be correct in assuming that my hacker woes have been persistent. WHAT ANYBODY WANTS WITH A LOW TRAFFIC KNITTING SITE I’LL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
But anyhow. I’ve got friends in interesting places who didn’t mind lending a hand getting me back in when I had exhausted my surface knowledge and comfort with these things.
I HAVE SOME FINISHED OBJECTS! and some new ones to share. Photos soon, now that I’m back in to my admin panel 
If you came here in the last few days and got some nonsense I apologize. Some dorkie little piece of humanity thought it would be funny to attack my site and change a bunch of my files, causing me no real damage but a lot of wasted time cleaning up his .php nonsense and java script shenanigans. Prick.
Anyhow, back to the more important things in life. like knitting. See you soon.
There are some really beautiful differences to living a little out of the city compared with being inner city dwellers. For instance, we are often amazed that we can put our garbage out at night and nothing gets into it before the morning collection. When driving home we see cows and horses, and even foxes dashing through the fields along side our little community. The first time we did some gardening out back we discovered toads living beside our shed! Now we are by no means in the country or anything, but we are far enough away from the city chatter and the crammed subdivisions to enjoy a little more nature than we are used to. And quite enjoyably, this includes a family of bunnies living near our yard somewhere!
Recently we have seen a big big mamma bunny loping into our yard for some fresh greens and now all of a sudden I have seen some wee bunnies! Last night a particularly playful one was zooming in and around our yard jumping and frolicking and stopping to snack on my weeds (good bunny! eat ‘em up!)
Rena and I watched and enjoyed every delightful jump and decided to see how close we could get.
I see you little bunny…
Rena wonders if she can get a closer look…
A Little Closer…
A Little Closer…
A Little Closer Still…
TOO CLOSE!
Rena insisted we leave a carrot by the bush for the bunny, because he may come back. How could I say no?
And shortly there after when I resumed doing the dishes, he came hopping back in the yard again to race around the pool and enjoy my fine weeds!
I spent some time in my little office space this weekend organizing a few paid projects I have outstanding and i felt the re-kindling of my crafty urges for personal fun. I’ve been pretty much knitting exclusively since we moved and haven’t taken on any sewing or spinning projects.
A quick browse through my bookmarks reminded me of all the things I have really wanted to get to, like some lunch box equipment revamping with things like These Sandwich Wraps and These Take Along Lunch mats with Utensil holders! Definitely some of These awesome snack sacks And no lunch box is complete without some Homemade Napkins to keep with the green theme.
I’ve posted some of these links before, with grand ambitions for re-jigging our lunchtime gear, but I’m hoping to get some of these done before school starts up in September again. I’d love to send the girls back to school with super green lunch boxes!
A have a million other things floating around in my head, but today I wanted to put together all my lunchbox ideas about sewing so I can come back here and find all my consolidated links
There are only so many hours in a day and I wish I could devote more of them to my domestic pursuits but alas, money must be made to keep the lights in the house on and the roof paid for !
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Time is just zipping along in scary little torrents for me. What have we been up to? Well everything and nothing all at the same time.
We have done a lot of visiting with friends. Enjoying having good friends and family over to the house to enjoy a day together.
And of course with good friends and a little time comes some good food and drink… (like the amazing Jerk Chicken pictured below)
And we have even done a little night swimming, when it was hot. And enjoyed our little backyard fire pit.
Shane and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary. And he finally got it right and took me out to a lovely dinner and surprised, really truly surprised me, with this
We took some time to explore our new neighborhood, including our local library. Which we ALL LOVE!! WOW the Library in Whitby is nice nice nice. So we’ve been spending some time finding quiet spaces in the house to enjoy a good book.
I have been knitting, but not tons. And I miss my spinning wheels something awful. I feel that itch and suspect it will be scratched very soon. I hope whatever you are doing its cooler than the heatwave we are having in T.O right now. Enjoy!
That is her name. Scarlett. How fitting because I picture her in room in the south with huge ornate draperies hanging down the floor to ceiling windows on either side of where she sits.
Who is she? My new Vanity
I have wanted an antique vanity for so long and have been searching Kijiji for anything local under 300 bucks. But nothing came up. At the same time my Step dad has been telling me to take this ‘old dresser’ from the storage shed and put it in the house and my mom kept saying, ‘oh you dont want it, its old and damaged’ Turns out, it was a GORGEOUS ANTIQUE VANITY!!!!
When i got it, it looked like this, all dirty and dusty, neglected and full of spiders.
The wood was so dry but I loved all the details, like this carved center piece..
And she has all her original drawer pulls !
After a thorough vacuuming, a bath in Murphys Soap oil and then a thorough polish down with some lemon oil she looks like this
There are some minor age spots on the mirror, and there is a crack in the wood from neglect that can never be repaired, but I think her character is shines through and whats important is she is exactly what I wanted. (and I got her FREE)
I will love and cherish this piece for as long as I can.
I mentioned these a few times but wanted to post a little progress update.
I’m really enjoying these socks. I find the pattern logical enough for me to memorize without looking at the instructions for every row. I can tell by the previous rows YO where I need to make the next one and there are little lines of purls running up the sock that act like markers dividing each ‘section’ or chart repeat. I love how they look as well! I think I may try to modify the pattern a little to make a child size version of these as well as I seem to make quicker progress with these then any other sock pattern I’ve ever done!
I am so happy its done. It looks great and being able to shower is fantastic! I’ll post some final pictures and be done with this construction business. For now anyway.
Ahhh, and its the little touches that make me happy with this Reno. The tiles are all edged in a brushed steel type boarder, the fan is a light, the floor tile looks great with a boarder, the accesory stand was bought separately but matches my vanity perfectly.
And that curved shower curtain rod is to die for! it makes the space inside the actual tub/shower area feel like its doubled because it pulls the curtain away from you while you shower. Awesome-ness.
Sigh. Okay, knitting content next post I promise. I have made good progress on my diagonal lace socks and have been happily knitting.
Thanks for all your kind comments during my reno insanity. It was very difficult to have a family of four with no shower for almost two months, but worst when we had that almost two week stretch with no tub either! But life should resume to normal now… for now long is anyones guess but I’ll do like Monty Python today and look on the bright side of life.
And Shannon said ‘Let there be light’
And there was, and it was good.
