“If you listen to [your children], somehow you are able to free yourself from baggage and vanity and all sorts of things, and deliver a better self, one that you like. The person that was in me that I liked best was the one my children seemed to want.”

TONI MORRISON

Ok, so you know I'm not counting the books I read to Ruth right? Because I've read at least 550 books to her since Jan. 1.

1. Making Kind Choices by Ingrid NewkirkI noticed this book at work one day, and had to tell it home - gave a nice overview on pet and enviro-friendly houses/cleaning supplies, the use of animal products, a few recipes for ( Read more... )

Quick, I need some knitting help. I'm making a sweater for Rutti and I'm about to finish the left front. Here are the directions ( Read more... )

Gee whiz. I'm some glad we got the internet back, so I can sit here and look at pictures of yarn at 3am when I'm too tired to knit.

Wanna know what's kind of cruel, but pretty dang funny? The height the cats can jump when the toaster pops.

Happy Canada Day!

Being up this early, and kissing Derrick before he leaves for work reminds me of the summer, just after we got married when I was all roly-poly waiting for Rutti to come, and my days were filled with napping, and knitting and waiting for him to come back home. Happy times ( Read more... )

I can knit socks now. I dunno what all the hype is about, they are really quite easy ( Read more... )

Holy Wow ( Read more... )

Can you say skeet ( Read more... )