On the way to old navy:
“Mom, I need more purses and shoes, I don’t have enough purses and shoes.”

(photo taken at Tangle)

We live in Colorado. Colorado! You know, Rocky Mountains, Colorado? Wouldn’t it make sense that if people live in Colorado they might want to participate in winter activities on a regular basis? It makes sense to me. Nevertheless, when we decided to go sledding, it didn’t help us find sleds, or waterproof mittens for little kids or snow pants for mommy. In December. (Pssst, Target, really, it’s Colorado here, come on! And while we’re talking, did you forget that Toys R Us left town? I’m thinking so. I expect more from you, you know.)

We took the kids on their first ever sledding trip last Sunday. Eden, especially, loved it and even went by herself a couple times. Honor didn’t mind it too much once he figured out that the cold snow wouldn’t kill him. Yes, Honor, when you stick your bare hands right into a big snow drift, it may be a little cold. Just a thought, but I promise you’re not going to die.

And a few photos I snapped as we were packing up to leave:

Honor has been really giving me a lot of trouble lately, and just me, he’s fine for Jim and everyone else. I’m not quite sure what to do with him and I’m totally open to any suggestion, as remote as it may be. I’m pretty desperate right now and I continue to be awestruck at my child’s ability to never fail to make me look like a fool.

sigh.

The very best sock kit is back in stock.

just in case you wanted to know!

My friend, Tsia, recently came out with a book, Craftivity. I finally got myself a copy. I have to say, it’s amazing.

I really, really love the book. It’s the kind of book that is more and more inspirational with every page turn. And the kind of book that makes me wish I was creative like that. (A real goal I have for myself is to be creative with every aspect of my life – to pour passion into everything I create. And to not be so confined by borders.)

Christina (who works with me and has been so great for Tangle) and I set out today to create this pom pom rug for the store.

Isn’t it amazing? Christina is crocheting the base and then we’ll begin the arduous task of making dozens of colorful pom poms. Well, I’m sure it won’t be too bad. I know it will be so beautiful in the store.

Check out the book at amazon or Urban Outfitters or Barns and Noble (and hopefully soon for sale at Tangle too.) It’s one of those books that just makes you happy to revel in the art and beauty contained in the pages.

(Should have posted this earlier since I actually planned a menu this week.)

Sunday
Pitas stuffed with fresh veggies and avocado. Hummus (me) or Ranch (Jim) to dip.

Monday
Lemon and green olive chicken with mashed potatoes

Tuesday
Curried Cauliflower Soup

Wednesday
Chicken Picata

Thursday
Red Beans and Rice

Friday or Saturday In celebration of Hanukkah
Beef Roast in Red Wine Sauce, Latkes, Green Salad

Settle an argument for me:

Say you were at the drive thru. The girl tells you your total is $4.51. You give her $5.51. When she hands your husband back a handful of change, you make him ask her about your dollar. She then explains that she said the total wrong and it was $4.52. You’re holding in your hot little hand 99 cents.

Is it understandable to be annoyed?

Super Cute Cabled Bag

Twinkletoes from the new Knitty

Still deciding if Glampyre’s new pattern will make me look preggo. I carry the yarn in the store. hmmm…

I’ll possibly add more later…

I finished this hat over the weekend.

The pattern is from “One Skein” and I used Misti Alpaca Chunky. I can’t say enough how much I love this yarn. I did make some mods to the pattern. I wasn’t so sure how my pointy head would look in a hat that was purposefully pointy, so I decided to incorporate decreases into the top of the hat.

At a certain point (I don’t remember how far in, maybe 6″?) I began decreases as follows:

k5 in pattern, k2tog (or p2tog depending on the pattern), to the end
knit one round in pattern
k4 in pattern, k2tog (or p2tog depending on the pattern), to the end

so on and so forth. I tried my best to incorporate my decreases into the pattern. If I came to a spot where I needed to knit a purl together with a knit stitch, I turned that stitch into a knit.

Anyway, I’m just in love with the yarn and now I’m deciding which color I should make my new scarf. hmmm… I’m thinking chartreuse.

edit: Two corrections to the pattern too. The big cable should be twisted on the 8th row and then every 12th thereafter (according to the photo.) And I think it’s near impossible to get the gauge on 11’s, I’d start swatching with 10’s and that’s what I used.