Life in February

It's more than halfway through the month and I have been slack in posting. I don't know what to say. Life has been move along predictably and steadily. The short winter days pass swiftly into snuggly winter nights. We wake in darkness and and find ourselves there again at dusk far too quickly. Some of what has been occupying us...

Our friend the opossum.

He came to the window one night and scratched like a cat waiting to be let in. He wasn't AT ALL scared of Jack. In fact, the dog got tired of barking and walked away BEFORE the opossum did.

Since then we have seen our little buddy many more times. Normy named him Squeaky. I have no clue where he got that.

We enjoyed a wonderful visit from Grandma the first week in February. She spoiled us all. Especially me. She cooked amazing food, gave me time away form the kids, and let me talk through just about everything under the sun with her. Plus, she gave Georgia and I long over-due hair cuts. It was a perfect week

It's been snowing.

a lot.

I designed and began a baby blanket for Lola. I was in love with it, despite the complications caused by knitting with double strands and eight color changes in a row.

Then I realized that I had made a tragic mistake. I began the project using left-over yarn from my niece's blanket. When I went shopping to buy more, I discovered that two of the colors critical to the blanket were discontinued. After scouring the city yarn shops, the Internet, and Ravelry, I finally had to concede that it would be impossible to get all the yarn I needed.

Ripping out the blanket took almost as long as knitting it had in the first place. Back to the drawing board.

Georgia has been dressing herself. She refuses to let me her choose her clothes. That happened fast. I thought I had till she was thirteen or so. At least she has great style.

We were given ticket to the local children's theater. We saw an amazing ballet called Rainforest. The kids were riveted. This was Georgia when we got home. She passed out sometime after the intermission and was comatose by the time we got home and we threw her on the couch like a little sack of tatters. Cute, huh?

This afternoon: 25 weeks

Watching Sleeping Beauty

SO, there are pictures of the grandkids. Everyone can calm down now. I'll try to bee a little more consistent the rest of the month. But, no promises. I might be spending all my free time in the kitchen. Smoochy and I just watched Food, Inc. last night... which means that I am freshly energized to improve the way we eat. It's been a work in progress for a couple of years now. But really, it's been three steps forward and two step backs. Lately, there has been a lot of backsliding in my kitchen. Food, Inc. really was the reminder I needed to invigorate my efforts. Let's just say we won't be buying just any old meat from the grocery store any longer. Too bad we have about another six month worth of ground chuck and pork loin in the deep freeze. Who knows, maybe that will give me something to blog about...