The List

Let's check the status of my to-do list, shall we?

• Complete the Honey Cowl
• Finish painting the kitchen
• Watch the rest of season 2 of The Good Wife
• Finish one of the baby sweaters that I have on the needles
• Get my hair cut
• Enjoy the beach
• Work on my gifted class assignment

 

So as usual, I didn't get as much done as I had planned, but that's okay.

Here I am with the haircut and the cowl, and the unfinished kitchen in the background.

And although I didn't finish the baby sweater, I have made good progress on it. I finished the body and I'm working on the button band, so it's almost done.

 

 

Melissa posted this picture of the two of us on my Facebook page this week. This was taken at Natural Bridge when she was either three or four years old, which would mean I was thirty-two or thirty-three. Isn't she adorable? I love her little hand on my leg. The time has definitely flown by.

 

Hard to believe we were this young, not so very long ago.

 

Weekend Goals

I have a few goals for the three day weekend, but mostly I'm planning to have fun and relax.  Thankfully, this week was so much better than last week, so I'm not as desperate for the time off as I was last weekend.

Here's my list:

• Complete the Honey Cowl
• Finish painting the kitchen
• Watch the rest of season 2 of The Good Wife
• Finish one of the baby sweaters that I have on the needles
• Get my hair cut
• Enjoy the beach
• Work on my gifted class assignment

Those are what I call do-able goals, don't you think? Except for the homework part. 

Happy Weekend!

Birthday Fun

I had a wonderful birthday today, despite the fact that I didn't get home until 9:00 p.m.

The Bay was quite misty, and while that doesn't make for the prettiest photos, it is beautiful in its own misty way.

 Steve gave a knitting book that I cant wait to dig into, plus a Wawa gift card!  Oh, and he put money on my favorite coffee shop account too, which was a nice surprise as well.

 Melissa stayed over last night, and her gift was waiting for me when I got up this morning.  I think these will look great with my new kitchen color, don't you?  Plus, she surprised me by coming to school on my lunch break and bringing me a birthday balloon!

 This card just warms my heart.  I am such a lucky mama.

 My students sang to me in every bell today, my coworkers bought me lunch, my mom brought me a Diet Coke to help me make it through my class, and when I got home, I opened the gift that Meredith had sent me!  She sent me a spa gift: beeswax candles, a knitted washcloth, a knitted soap, chai tea bath sachets, and a pair of handwarmers, all handmade by her!  

 It was definitely a wonderful birthday.  And tomorrow is Friday!

 

Lucky Me!

Remember the wind chime I saw when I was in Baltimore a few weeks ago?  My sweetheart bought it for me as my Valentine's Day present!  I am so excited!  I'm going to hang it in the kitchen, probably in the window.  Still loving the paint color too.

 I started another baby sweater last night, using Cascade 220 Superwash.  A little ADD knitting going on around here this week.

 Tomorrow is my birthday, but I won't be doing much in the way of celebrating because I have class right after work, which means I won't get home until 9:00 p.m.  My birthday fun will begin on Friday and continue throughout the three day weekend, so I can't complain too much now, can I?

A Birthday, the Beach, and a Baby Sweater (or Two)

 We had the "kids" over for Andrew's birthday this past Sunday and they all played Night Sky Monopoly, the astronomy nerd version.  It was so much fun watching and listening to them.  The empty pink chair to the left of the photo was my knitting and listening spot.

I overslept this morning and didn't take my beach walk until after work.  It was a nice bridge to the evening, although the light is much prettier in the morning.

 

 I've started another knitting project; the Striped Cardi from 60 Quick Baby Knits, in blue and green.  I really want to make the Seed Stitch Cardi, but I think I'll do that in a heathered green I have.  I still need to finish the Tulips sweater, but it looks so big that I've lost interest for now.  Of course, I should be doing homework, but no need to panic.  Yet.

Old & New Photos

I was reading my old blog this weekend, and found some photos that I had forgotten about.  This one is from our first Valentine's Day, in 2007.  We were in Annapolis for the weekend; this was the restaurant where we ate breakfast.  I remember it was so cold that weekend, with snow on the ground.  I loved that trip and the historic B&B we stayed in that was directly across from the Capitol.

 

This photo of Steve was taken at First Landing State Park, but I don't remember the date.

 The starfish is from a trip we took to the Outer Banks a few years ago, right after a major storm.  I have never seen so many shells; I must have brought at least ten full size conch shells and twice as many moon shells home from that trip.

 And this is one of the few photos I have from our trip to Ireland; they were all lost due to a computer crash.  If only I had had a blog before that trip, I would have saved them.  I really hate that I lost them.

 I took these photos this morning.  Even though it was around twenty degrees out, it was surprisingly comfortable on the beach because there was no wind.  The few waves that you see are really the wake generated from the ships leaving the harbor.

 

 

 

 

I so enjoy starting my day with a quick visit to the beach.   How do you like to start your day?

 

Snow!

The sky is so pretty this morning.

 We got a light dusting of snow last night, and the temperature is in the twenties today.  I think this is our one day of winter.

 I refilled the bird feeders.  

 Here's one of the visitors.

 I am very happy with the shade of blue I chose.  It has just a touch of grey in it, and I think it makes the white trim look crisper.

 

 This is a really close match to the colors I'm knitting to make the Tulips sweater.  I think the Mission Falls 1824 Wool is a little heavier weight than the Dream in Color Smooshy, so even though I'm making the smallest size, it looks a little large.  But it will fit someone, right?