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May has been a busy month.  We drove to DD’s college to pick up her stuff at the end of the semester and then also get her outfitted for a trip with her school. She is now off on her trip and headed out to wide, wide world.  One son started his new job and the youngest is still homeschooling. We are schooling year round the next two years. It will be good and seems to be just what we needed to do. The stress level in our house has dropped. School and church activities have slowed down considerably and we are delighted to have this change in schedule.

We have had a bunch of rain. It has caused quite a bit of flooding. We were under a flash flood alert when I took this photo. We were in no danger the highway at this point is built up higher than the surrounding fields. The rain is good as we have had drought in the summers the past few years. The lakes are starting to fill back up to a more normal level all across the state.

On the creative side of things. I did get some crochet hats created for a craft show that is no longer happening.  It was great fun to create some quick projects that use up the yarn. (I am feeling burdened by my stash of yarn.) I have been in the process of sewing coffee press cozies, cup cozies, bibs and other lovely things.

I am rather out of steam lately and I think it is time to just be and enjoy family and friends.

Talk to you later,

Karen

Sister weekend is happening… somewhere in Texas! I had a great time this past weekend with my Mom and her sisters. It was her sister weekend. We gather and talk, eat, talk, sleep, do something fun, talk, eat. I am sure that you get the idea. These are some photos of the great time we had this weekend. I left out family photos to protect the innocent but you can see a little of the great times that we had. There are no kids allowed as it gives us much needed adult time to visit without tending to all of our little and not so little ones. In fact, until the daughters turn about 25 or so I think they aren’t invited.

The beautiful view on the way to my Aunt’s house.

The ten minutes we got to sit and enjoy the sunset before we launched into either more talking or dinner.

This year we did paintings as our fun activity. This is the part where we are spattering paint on our flower paintings.

These are just quick glimpses into our weekend.

Talk to you later,

Karen

Crochet hats seem to be on the hook this month. They are pretty quick and fairly easy. I hope to get several more crocheted during the next month or so. I’m using my stash yarns for these hats. They look cute and are getting crocheted pretty quickly. Pardon the awful photos, I took these really late at night. I am counting these towards my Use My Stash items.

My photos for the yoda hats turned out pretty dismal so you are going to have to take me at my word that # 34 and 35 are in fact Yoda hats

#36 and 37

I made two Batman hats. They turned out great! You can see through the eye holes or roll the brim up and just wear it as a hat.

#38 and 39 Fox hats

These were fun to crochet and both of my models tried the hats on and broke into the song “What Does the Fox Say?” One is child sized and the other is adult sized.

#40 and 41 Two Ninja Turtle hats

#42

1 Cabbage patch doll hat on order for a friend. Her daughter has red hair and the hat turned out so cute!

It seems to have been a productive week and things are happening around the house. What have you been working on and how are your projects going?

Talk to you later,

Karen

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I did get my squares finished this week for the 4 blocks a week Granny square sampler blanket. The photos are pretty bad and I will need to retake at least one if not all four of the blocks. I have started with a new crochet book. This one is called The Granny Square Book by  Margaret Hubert. The directions in this book are great and she includes pattern directions to make different items using the granny squares. I think it is always interesting to see how the squares can be combined to come up with new items. The 4 blocks for this week are beautiful and I think they will do well in the blanket. I have a full zipper bag of squares now and they are looking very beautiful. I can’t wait to get started putting them together.

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 Things are moving pretty quickly here at home in spite of it being a Spring break week. We are lucky enough to have two Spring break weeks. The first is when our daughter is home from college. She usually brings a couple of friend sand then we are busy doing nothing until they head home. This week is different as there are definite things that need to be accomplished that they need my help completing. My daughter’s room mate is engaged and getting married this summer. So, we have wedding things to shop for and think about. It is nice to be thinking and doing lovely bride things without having the emotional part of being Mother of the Bride. I know that I will be totally emotional when our time comes. We have also had some doctor visits to take care of since one of the friends has been feeling very unwell for quite some time. We handled that on Monday and I think things are beginning to look up. The weather has been rainy but is supposed to be beautiful for the rest of the week. I am ready for some sunny spring weather.

Talk to you later,

Karen

P.S.

Last week was so hectic  that I didn’t get this posted. I am finally able to sit down and edit this post. The week is over and the college students are back at school. This is our Spring Break week and it holds the promise of being a slower week (I hope).