Heading to Wisconsin

I’m sitting in DIA waiting for my flight to Milwaukee* to board. I found out on Monday that my Grandma had passed away and I’m flying home for the funeral. We knew the time was coming soon, but of course, it’s still sad. Especially since I haven’t been back to visit in quite a while. I’m traveling alone because Nathan’s Grandfather also passed away this week! He & his brothers will be flying to Illinois on Sunday.

It will be nice to see a lot of family and friends this weekend, although I’m not looking forward to the heat AND humidity.

Nathan & I were talking about how liitle time we seem to have to do the things that are important to us. We always seem to do things we “have” to do and not what we want to do. Make sure you tell your loved ones how much you care about them!

Enjoy the rest of your week & weekend! I hope to be back next week with more normal blogging and knitting

* Does anyone else hear Alice Cooper saying “mill-e-wah-que”?

Petite Purls

Do you like knitting items for babies, toddlers and kids? Then you have to check out the premier issue of Petite Purls! My friend Allegra is co-editor of this new online magazine and they have the cutest free patterns!

That’s Not Where I Left It

I hope you all had a good weekend! I did, and I was even able to work on some knitting! On Saturday I finished another Barn Raising Square…this one’s for you, Wanda I still have 3 more to make so I cast on for another one and worked a few rows before putting it down.

There’s a secret project I needed to start, so I went upstairs to get the yarn. Of course, I hadn’t wound it yet, so I had to set up the swift and ball winder. The first skein went just fine…the second one was a bit tricky. The skein was pretty knotty, so Nathan had to help out. Finally I was ready to get back to knitting. When I went downstairs, this is what I saw:

At first glance, Charlie may just look like an adorable kitty sitting on the chair. However, looking more closely, you’ll notice my Piddly bag is tipped on it’s side and there’s yarn trailing out of the picture.

And through the living room, into the kitchen…

Until she apparently couldn’t go any further. Isn’t this a cute little heart Charlie left for me? Luckily my knitting was not harmed in this little adventure.

Now, I know I can’t leave my knitting or yarn lying around because Charlie loves to play with it. I thought I would quickly be upstairs and back down before she had a chance to do anything. Just another reminder that I must put everything away before leaving Charlie alone!

When I started my other project, Charlie decided she’d better stay close in case there was anything she could help me with

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You can check out more cat stories and pictures at Whiskers on Wednesday

Whiskers On Wednesday

As if you don’t have enough to do already, I thought I’d invite you to check out this funny game:

I should probably add that it’s quite addictive…enjoy

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You can check out more cat stories and pictures at Whiskers on Wednesday