More crafty goodness

When we returned from our San Francisco trip, I discovered that the internet was not functioning.  Fortunately, I can check emails from my phone, but reading blogs and posting things to my blog and/or craft groups is not something I enjoy doing from my phone.  So, Monday last week the repairman came and replaced the modem.  Success!  and I was reconnected to my online community.  I uploaded all my photos, and posted to my blog, and knit and scrapbooked some projects. (I haven't stopped scrapbooking.  I did spend almost a year working only on cards, and picked up working on my LOs again in May.)  Anyway, I took pics of my recently completed LOs to post, and the internet was down again.  Obviously, it is working once more, thanks to a Saturday visit by the repairman.  And now, the proof of my scrapbooking efforts:


These are 3 LOs I completed before my SF trip.  :)

Pictures of Morgen with her lizard, Perky.

Pictures of us sledding/tubing down a nearby hill.

Pictures of us doing family things.

I have also been knitting, though :).  I started this hat:

on Saturday.  We had planned to be at a family reunion all day, but Hyrum threw up right as we were serving breakfast (he'd only had orange juice, so not a completely disgusting mess), and I ended up leaving Morgen with my in-laws and taking Hyrum home.  And, being completely bored, I decided to try to knit a baby hat for the baby shower I was attending Saturday evening.  I had to take several breaks (internet repairman coming, laundry for the upcoming hike into the Uintahs, etc), but I managed to almost complete the hat.  I had a few decreasing rows left, and I needed to weave in the yarn ends once I finished the knitting.  But, it was time to go to the shower, so I packed it up (along with the "real" gift I'd purchased for my friend's baby), and headed over to Salt Lake City.  Normally the drive is about an hour.  I gave myself an hour and 15 minutes, and thought I could finish up the hat after I arrived, and tuck it into the gift bag.  Sadly, I ran into a HUGE traffic delay.  As in, it took me 70 minutes to travel 15 miles.  I have seen traffic like this before.  I was in California.  This sort of thing NEVER happens to me here!  (except that it obviously did on Saturday)  Fortunately, I had my knitting, so I finished the hat while I was waiting in the car, and was only an hour late to the shower.  See, there was something good about the delay :)


Then, today I decided to rearrange my small stash of yarn.  I wanted to get a better idea of what kinds/how much I have, and I knew I had a few partial balls left over from projects.  This is what I'm working on now:

It's a stash-busting scarf, made on ridiculously big needles (size 15 american, or 10mm), with two strands of DK-weight yarn.  I have no idea who will be receiving this gorgeous work, but I'm sure they will be thrilled and humbled when it is presented to them. 


Gratitude List:
* Jared made dinner today :)
* fresh chard from my in-laws' garden
* a great (if shorter than I expected) visit w/family at the family reunion Saturday.
* Walker had an excellent experience at Scout Camp this year.
* My internet is working again!
* A new podcast about knitting ( Sticks & String ).
* Knitting to do when traffic delays prevent me from reaching my destination as planned.
* Scripture stories that inspire me to be a better person.
* Lovely weather today :)
* Cute puppies, and cute kids that wrap them up in old dishtowels "just in case" they get cold.
* My family.
* My friends, and the opportunity to visit with a few of them last night.
* God is good.
* I am blessed.