Friday at home

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Spent most of the day at Connie’s yesterday, I stayed home today.  I’m slowly becoming a home body whether I intended to or not.  For a while, I would get restless if I stay home all day.  Now, I seem to find unending tasks to do and the day just flies by.

I started Leo’s sweater yesterday on the circular needle.  It’s just stockingnet stitches but it’s going pretty fast.  Today, I have been running between the laudry cycles, the knitting/kindle, and the computer working/messing with Photoshop.  Before I know it, it’s 2pm already.  We’re going to Sandy’s tonight for hot pot, I’m really looking forward to it.  Leo still thinks he can handle the spicy food better than Sandy.  But I think they are quite even honestly.

I am going to dig into the photoshop and learn more tricks and tips in it.  I could create more flyers for Esther by myself instead of looking at the same word templates hoping to find something I like.  Koyote showed a few basic moves Sunday and it really looked cool.  I can’t wait to feel comfortable in photoshop and making my own banners and graphics.

I am torn between the Kindle and the Audible now.  But I can’t really complain.  🙂  There are times when Audible is the only choice, like when I’m driving or cleaning the house.  I’m still practicing to knit and read at the same time.  But I make too many mistakes to fix when I read.  Takes more practice.

I have been thinking about making the wrist warmers for Elim and Logan.  If I have time, I want to do the Moebius wrap too.  For Eny and Brandon, how about mittens or socks.  I don’t have enough time actually to do all.  Next year, I need to start a bit earlier and start knitting the gifts to finish in time for christmas.

I’d also like to write more consistently here.  This is one of the creative outlet and I need to make it a practice to write here everyday.  Picutres.  I need to put more pictures too.

Leo’s cardigan

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Needle: size 5 circular

gauge: 4.5 stitches to the inch

yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in chocolate lot # 34650 100% Peruvian Highland Wool
hand wash, dry flat, 25 balls 110 yards/ 50 grams

Pattern: Elizabeth Yoke Sweather (Megan’s DVD)

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Bday #2

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Well, after I woke up this morning and finally gained some sense of consciousness, I remembered this is one of the birthdays.  I feel better about the day just having the thought of it.  We all like to feel special in some way and birthdays certainly put you there in a hurry.  Just like the wedding day for the bride, she gets to be the pincess for a day and everybody’s attention is on her and everybody brings good tidings and get dressed up just for her day. 

Now if we can feel just as special everyday instead of just one day a year or a few times in our lives.  And why not?  Do we like to put ourselves down normally and only feel justified to feel special on our birthdays?  We obvoiusly don’t need to.  But it does help when someone close to you makes you feel special all the time.  After listening to Irina’s torment about her relationship and the tears in her voice, I felt so lucky to have someone in my life now that adds to it with positives instead of negatives.  I know just exactly how she feels because I have been there.  And it is just like living in hell when you live with someone being very critical of you.  The origin is most likely not the victim but the aggressor.  There is something in their lives that are making them unhappy and they take it out on the one that’s closest to them.  It’s the greatest sin I think we can commit in our lives — to create a hell for the ones that’s closest to us.

So here I am in this stage of my life where I constatnly am thankful for the person in my life that only enhances the positives and my life is so much happier and easier.  I am the happiest right now thanks to him.  I wish every woman finds someone like him in her life.  

I am encouraged to pursue the things that I like to do.  So I’m buried under knitting projects, playing with the latest gadgets, learning more about technology and making plans for the next thing that expands my creativity and imagination.   And also I can extend myself to others that need some help and bring some sunshine into their lives.  I found that the kind acts make me happy and they agree with something deep inside as if it is something I am called to do.  Strange, sometimes it takes an outsider to bring the comfort a close one cannot provide no matter how great the actions and intentions they are.  Maybe we have this built in emotions that turn off the appreciation for the kindness our family shows us but appreciate what an outsider brings.  Or do we have higher expectations for our family members.  Or as family members they tend to be more harsh in their approach for a good intention and have less patience.  I don’t know the answer or maybe it’s all of those speculations.  Maybe that’s the lesson we are all given to learn as the recipient or as the giver.

I am extending all the good wishes to Connie and I am also thinking of mom and all my family.   I am encircling the light of healing and protection around every one of them.  I wish every one of them well each and every day so they all live in grace.