Category: Life

  • Weekend Reading

    Oh, how I love books and magazines! This weekend we had gloomy weather, and my car decided that Sunday would be a good day to die. But luckily I had a collection of great things to read to take my mind off of the less pleasant parts of my weekend. On Friday my copy of…

  • 2013 Purlygirls Knitting Retreat

    I had the best knitting-filled weekend ever. My knitting group, the Purlygirls, had its annual retreat to Fort Worden in Port Townsend, and it was so much fun. The weather was amazing, especially for Spring in the Pacific North West. It was warm and sunny, and we spent the weekend eating, drinking, shopping, lounging in…

  • Dogs, dogs, dogs!

    I’ve had it pointed out to me that I haven’t done a dog post in a while. Those comments were well timed because I went to visit my parents recently, and I’m happily able to put one together! It’s been a long time since I posted about the dogs so I’ll give them a brief…

  • 2013 Plans

    I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions, but last year I had a few goals for myself: 1. Graduate College 2. Get a Job 3. Don’t Move Home 4. Knit More Sweaters 5. Write More Patterns I managed to accomplish 1-4 quite successfully. The first three are kind of a big deal, and I’m pretty proud of them, but they…

  • Back to California for Bean

    When my parents brought up some of my things from California, they also picked up Bean to take her back home with them. I mentioned awhile back that she wasn’t settling in well, and she still hadn’t when it came time for me to move. I can’t really blame her. If you were a dog…