family | homemaking | knitting
Simple Watchman’s Cap
I am rarely asked to knit for other people. It is even rarer that I know the recipient will actually use what I knit for them. And rarer than that…
Kids Done Grown
I didn’t want to title this post, using the dreaded nest reference. You know the one. I don’t dread for it’s meaning, just the overused cliched nature. Also, I’m still…
Episode 13: Stuffity Stuff Stuff
In Episode 13 I show progress on my Plum sweater for Junko June and July Knitalong. I also talk about jumpstarting my health and share how you guys have tried that. I also share some home DIY projects.
This Guy
I’m just going to get right to the point. I am about to be an empty nester. Remember that awful sit-com in the eighties- Empty Nest? Well, my son is…
Redeemed
This all started about a year ago. Things were calming down in my life after a long spell of crisis. My daily schedule was starting to look like a…
animals | homemaking | kal | knitting | linkage | thinking out loud
I Adopted a Thing and I Finished a Thing
If you know me from Instagram, you’ve probably seen the oversized puppy we’ve adopted. I can’t help but take photos of her because she’s often in my face. I’ll post…
cheap stuff | craft | diy | family | homemaking | linkage | my home | phoneography | photography | thinking out loud
Oh Yeah, I Was Gonna Do a Christmas Post.
Oops. I hope you all had a great Christmas. I’m going to get right to the point: I have conflicted feelings about Christmas. As far as celebrating Christ’s birth, I…
It Only Took 13 Years…
Thirteen years ago, while staying in a cabin outside of San Antonio, I collected native air plants (ball moss, I believe) from a trail to bring home and hang from…
family | homemaking | knitting
We Don’t Say Dis
So I’m maybe a third of the way through Lilith Ubbelohde’s cowl-neck shell, Sexxxy Librarian. Yes, that’s sexxxy with a triple x; though, as I knit this in my ginormous yoga…
DIY Tufting Comfort Works Slipcovers for my Ikea Sofa
This story ends with an incredible, tufted, velvet mid-century styled sofa. However, it begins with a giant Ikea scratching post. Remember when I decided, on a whim, to buy an…