Block 39!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Well the weekend is over.  Today was actually a relaxing day.  By getting all the errands done yesterday I was able to just spend time doing things that make me happy today.

We made pancakes for breakfast:

After lunch we headed out with the dog for a walk in the River Valley.  We walked just over seven miles this afternoon.  Unfortunately there was lots of really slippery ice.  I did fall twice but thanks to a diet based on milk and cheese I only have some big bruises and full use of all of my limbs ☺

 Crossing the Capilano Park Bridge.

Looking out across the North Saskatchewan.

Chilling with what is left of Frosty???

Happy dog and happy boy.  Both were exhausted and in bed and asleep no arguments tonight!

After bedtime for everyone I spent a wee bit of time in my craft room and completed Block 39 of my Churn Dash Challenge:

Tomorrow I will follow up on exactly how many of these I have to make because I HAVE to be getting close by now...

Now off to knit for a bit before falling asleep.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block 38

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Today we were up bright and early to get to swimming.  Then it was off to Costco for groceries and then to the library to return and pick up new books and finally to the line up at the car wash.

Took most of the day, but the errands are done and tomorrow is a free day!

This evening we watched the Paddington movie.  It was cute.

Afterwards I made block 38 of my Churn Dash Challenge:

Now off to do a bit of knitting and I'm not setting the alarm tomorrow!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block 37!!!

Good Very Late Evening Internet Friends!

It's finally Friday!  It seemed like a long week ahead when I started this week as although my FTE is 0.84 I worked M - F this week.  I am truly a fortunate person as I think I have the best job in the world as I always go home knowing that I have made a difference in someone's life.  I'm feeling a little sad at the present as due to the economic climate I have had to say good bye to two of my patient's this week.  One has had to take a job in Australia and the other was informed this morning just hours prior to heading home to Arizona as he does monthly to spend time with the family that he has been laid off with no expected return date.  We packed him up with all the extra pen needles and insulin that he could feasibly go with as his health benefits expire end of this month not only here in Alberta but he will not have benefits for the family at home in Arizona either as he has been laid off from an international oil company.  : (

Since I was feeling a little sad hubby decided that he would take us out for dinner.  Often when daddy is not home kiddo and I hit up burger joints on Friday evening.  This evening kiddo decided that we would try 5 Guys Burgers & Fries.  Not sure this will become a favorite hang out.  The burgers were HUGE and really meaty.  

Finally, I went down to my craft room and made one more Churn Dash Challenge block:

TAH DAH!  Block 37.  Only 11 more I think to go then 4 big ones, and I can start the assembly process ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

A Socky Kind of Day

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today has been what I am going to call a Socky kind of day.  My whole day has somehow revolved around SOCKS!

First off, check out these:

These are my new pair of ACHI compression socks!  Now, you may wonder why I would have a pair of these.  Well, Fit Essentials stopped by work today and measured all of us.  Just about all the staff that I work with MD, NP, RN, LPN, NA, SW and even a few of clerical staff picked up at least a pair.  Only the RD decided not to get a pair.  I decided to get a pair as although I do not have leg swelling, I realized that with nearly 4 decades of Juvenile Diabetes I should probably start being proactive with regards to my legs.  I believe in applying moisturizer twice a day to prevent wrinkles, so why not prevent leg swelling, weeping and ulcers ☺

So, there are my brand new socks.  They are surprisingly quite comfortable, but of course I don't really have leg swelling.  Might be different if I did.

After dinner this evening since my son has no school tomorrow there was not the usual rush of homework and bedtime so I took some time to knit.  I did another 18 rows on the socks I showed yesterday, but more importantly I finished the "Cursed" Socks:

I refer to these socks as the "Cursed" socks because not too long after I cast these on last September THREE (yes, I am superstitious) bad things occurred in my world.  These socks have been the longest socks on my knitting needles EVER.  As of tonight though they are cast off.  I only have to weave in an end on the cast on edge and then I can put these away, or maybe get rid of them...not sure yet.  They are done though and I can only hope that this year does not throw curve balls at me like September 2015.  ☺

Now off to bed as there is lots of fun to be had tomorrow!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Knitting Along...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I have been super busy this week and sadly crafting gets put to the side.  Wednesday evening is our catch up/re-group evening during the week.  There are no extracurricular activities, and no impending chores!

After dinner, and load of laundry and getting kiddo to bed I took out my September 2015 box of Yarn Crush.  This pattern has been a hard one for me to start because although it is socks, the socks are toe up socks.  I am not a fan of these.  I did cast on with a circular needle, however after the toe increase stitches I did switch to double pointed needles which I feel more comfortable with.

Here is the toe and the first set of pattern repeat for these socks:

I love the cables up the side!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block 36

Good Late Evening Internet Friends!

Tonight was Boy Scouts so it was hurry up and rush home from work, eat dinner, get on uniform, so that we could sit in traffic to arrive on time.  We did.

Since the weather was nice and warm I took a nice long hour walk, then came back to finish watching the last of the Nerf gun fights.  It was cute to watch these 11 - 12 year old boys hiding behind cases of Boy Scout Popcorn.

Home in time to walk the dog and get ready for bed.

I went down to my craft room for a bit and made Block 36 of the Churn Dash Challenge:

Now I should probably get ready for bed as I still have 4 more busy days of work this week! ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Block 35 ☺

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today kiddo and I awoke bright and early for some reason. After breakfast and what was supposed to be a little vacuuming we were going to have a pajama day.  Well, for some reason I could not stop cleaning.  My hardwood floors are all completely vacuumed, washed and then rubbed down with Orange Oil as was all the wood furniture including kitchen cabinets.  All sofas were vacuumed and the leather treated.  Light fixtures were washed and re-attached.  Basically, if it could have been cleaned it was.  That also included the dog and his kennel.  The entire kennel was cleaned.  He was vacuumed (yes I vacuum the dog, he seems to be okay with it and even rolls over for his tummy to be vacuumed), bathed and then brushed when dry.  All tiles were washed as well and all of the grout washed with the toothbrush ☺

As of dinner time this evening the whole house basically shines!  It makes me happy.

Tomorrow is a school day so after kiddo had his bath and story I went to my craft room to relax for a bit.  My intent today was to get caught up on some of my projects but 9 hours of housework sort of got in the way.

As of just a few minutes ago I finished Block 35 of the Churn Dash Challenge:

TAH DAH!  Now off to bed as I work all of this week.  No bonus days off for me!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy