To Tea or Not to Tea....

I was just reading the Yarn Harlot's blog today. She was talking about having tea time in the afternoons - about how many people she knows couldn't imagine NOT having tea time in the afternoon. I am one of the people that can imagine not having it! I'm not a tea drinker - it just isn't my - well, my "cup of tea"... I do, however, have my version of an afternoon "after school" snack - but mine is "after work", being as how I'm a grown up now after all (well, that is what people tell me I'm supposed to be now)! LOL! I either do cookies and milk - or coffee and a cookie - or today, I'm having chocolate covered pretzels and milk - and later will get a cup of coffee... Sometimes I will grab a few miniature candy bars with some milk. My afternoon snack always seems to involve milk. I love milk! Even when it is cold out, my first thought turns to a big glass of milk and a sugary snack....

So, do you do tea - or not....

Some memories of my childhood....

Long summer days

Riding bikes

Playing Nancy Drew

Hula hoops

Jumping rope

Playing hopscotch

Walking to school

Scavenger hunts

Going to the library

Sitting in the front yard and reading

Playing spin the bottle

Hide and seek

Just being a kid - being able to go out and about without worry .....

the sound of the mothers on my street - calling their kids to come home - it was time for - Dinnnneerrrr.....

My source for knitted pumpkins

Someone emailed me and asked me where I got the pattern for my knitted pumpkins. In case anyone else is interested, I got it off of www.knittingpatterncentral.com Go to the directory and click on Food and then the pattern is called "Charming Pumpkins".

Linda

Little Changes.....

I was cleaning my powder room last night and trying to decide what to do with all my Santas and Snowmen on the little display shelf in there. I was a bit weary of them - they've been there for a long long time. Then I got the brilliant idea (this was around 1 in the morning) to rearrange them! Such a simple idea - so simple I couldn't figure out why I couldn't have thought of it a long time ago - duh! So I did just that and it made me feel much better about them. I almost think of my collections as being "real"...as having feelings. To prove this, I was going to put the biggest snowman away in a drawer for awhile, but didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I put him upstairs in my other bathroom - LOL!

P is for Pumpkin....

A knitted one that is! I found a pattern online and have already made this one here - and am in the process of doing an off-white one! These are quite simple to make - cute as a button - and so much fun! But I don't think they would make very good pumpkin pies - LOL!

Orange You Glad It's The Weekend!

I know I'm happy about it! And for me, it will be a four day one! I'm looking forward to being off and going out and about to get yarn, get some Christmas gifts, and get some new stash at the LNS! Here is a scarf I've been working on... and yes, you guessed it, it is orange!

More Good News!

My friend Joanne, who designed the chart for the poem that I just told you about - sent a picture of the finished piece to Hoffman distributors - and they ordered 48 copies of it. Hopefully they will all sell! All of them - and many more! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the pictures of this design, and the other designs of hers will be coming out on this Friday's newsletter from Hoffman! It will be beyond fun to see them!

Other good news - my car passed the yearly inspection that Virginia requires! Yeahhhh!

I've been doing more knitting than stitching the past couple of weeks. As soon as I get more done on each item, I will share them with you....