More on knitting!

 From the last post, here is a photo of Project #3:


That was so much fun, I made another.
Project #4: Rainbow shawl
This one was a gift for a very good friend.

I have kids for 3 more shawls and 2 more afghans, so look for more posts!

KNITTING!

 Several months ago, my daughter informed me that I am going to be a grandma! My first grandbaby! 30-35 years ago, I used to knit up a storm! Sweaters for the children, mom, dad... But I hadn't knit anything for that many years. Did I even remember how? Because now, I must start knitting something for that baby!

I ordered a kit for my first project.

Project #1. Baby blanket for my granddaughter. I picked an easy pattern that looked like fun. And here is the result:
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This was so much fun, I ordered more kits!

Project #2: Afghan 
I next made this cute throw in teal and gray. No photo, because my daughter wants to be surprised and it's in transit. After she sees it, I'll post a photo.

Project #3. Calming desert shawl. I found this adorable shawl pattern and bought several of the special huge balls of yarn to make them with.

Love your life!

So many ways to say this..
"Keep what is serving you; eliminate what does not serve your higher good."-Sifu John
"Count your blessings."-the holy bible
"Make a gratitude list every day."-Alcoholics Anonymous 
"You will attract what you project."-The Secret
"In the USA, we are guaranteed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.-Paraphrased from the Constitution of the United States

Clearly, the message is all around us. No one is responsible for our happiness except ourselves.  Looking back at my life so far, I realize that, whenever I was unhappy, I had to take the steps myself to change my life. And what held me back? Mostly fear. However, with every new step, letting go of my fear becomes easier and easier, especially when the results are positive. Sometimes not, offering an opportunity to learn.

I  now find myself in the enviable position of loving my life! Woo hoo!

Pork squash à la community garden

A community garden twist on a Filipino dish. 

Chunks of my home bred pig, with vegetables from the community garden harvest table: onion, tomato, snow peas, peas, some green cabbage, and 2 tender pipinola squash, cut into chunks. Alas, I did not have the fresh garlic or the fish sauce to make it more traditionally flavored. I made do with garlic salt, Bragg's amino acids, and Hawaiian chili pepper paste (my go-to seasonings).

The 

I may be watching too much tv!

Yes, I stopped what I was doing and laughed out loud, for several seconds, maybe a minute, Heck, I'm still smiling, so it can't be ALL bad! And at a commercial. A young father finishes feeding his baby in the highchair. BIG mess. All over high chair, all over baby face, all over. He says, "you wait right there, buddy, while I go get a wipe to clean you up before mommy gets home." He goes to the kitchen, comes back a moment later with a container of wipes, looks at his baby, and..... The baby is perfectly clean, face, chair, everything but the little stain on the bib. He gapes, then looks over at their big shaggy dog, licking his lips and looking proud of himself. The father shrugs his shoulders, says, "Works for me," and puts the wipes back. The next scene, he's giving the dog a cookie (guess it's a reward) that guarantees fresh breath. "So your pet can get closer." Which is what the ad is for. Wait! This keeps getting funnier! It sounds like they are advocating dog nannies that perform oral clean up. (Lack of opposable thumbs limits their ability to effectively use wipes.) Oh, no, ok, it's medium funny. I think they want your dogs breath to be fresh because that's going to happen, whether it's planned or not. Dogs can reach kids' faces. Period. Kids faces always have interesting stuff on them. Interesting to dogs. Ergo, dogs will lick kids' faces if they are within reach. I don't understand why they aren't pushing clean or antibacterial saliva or some such nonsense. I'll have to watch for it again. Maybe it was, but I was laughing so hard, I missed the punchline of the ad! It could have been "clean" instead of "fresh". Hmmm.

More good stuff from Tom Selleck

Please don't come my cable off, but I learned another good one from Blue Bloods. 

When someone threatens me with, "I could blah blah blah," I've been saying either, "Yep, you can do anything you want," or "Do whatever your conscience allows." But this one, from the PC is better: "That's your choice. I've already made mine." That ends the subject, I suppose.

Wisdom from.... Wherever!

Words of wisdom from the Reagan family on "Blue Bloods ":

If you can't afford to pay both your rent and your car payment, pay the car payment first. You can live in your car. You can't drive your house.