I mentioned that I’d knitted the shawl in my last post for a wedding we attended in New Orleans.
We left on a Wednesday and returned on Sunday, and in between was a whirlwind trip that was part vacation, part logistical wedding assistance, part gluttony (oh, Etoufee, how I love you), and nearly all awesome. [...]

I TOTALLY DID IT.
2:00 a.m., October 28th:

Evening of October 31st:
Finished Object. On time/deadline. Happy Bride. TOTAL WIN, I tell you.
Project: Goddess Knits Samhain Shawl
Yarn: Handpaintedyarn.com laceweight in “Natural”, one skein
Beads: Glass “Pearl” drops purchased at Potomac Bead Company, Old Town Alexandria, VA; approximately 4 tubes/1300 beads
Needles: Addi Lace Turbo, US 5
Mods: Stopped short [...]

This is the shawl that doesn’t end
Yes, it goes on and on, my friends!
One day I started knitting it,
not knowing how it was,
and I’ll just go on knitting it forever just because…

Cast on for a wedding shawl for my daughter’s godmother with the only requests being that it be useable as both a wedding shawl [...]

We’re still all wrapped up in house purchase things — we were supposed to settle Thursday, and then it was going to be yesterday, and now it’s MAYBE going to be Monday but we’re not sure…well, you get the idea. It’s been very frustrating and a totally encompassing project, but in the meantime, we did [...]

Yesterday, The Sainted Husband (TM) and I put in an offer to purchase our first home together. (We’ve rented for the 9 years we’ve been together)
Today, the sellers accepted our offer.
Holy CRAP, we’re buying a house!!!!
Und now iz ze time on schprockets ven ve FREAK OUT! But in a good way.

Or, a story to tide you over until I’m past the craziness of trying to buy a house.
So Maryland Sheep and Wool festival dawned this year and I attended with a dear friend, husband, and daughter in tow. Although I adore all the people with whom I attended, it reminded me that when [...]

My husband and I have neither of us ever had especially fabulous credit. Back at the beginning of our relationship we were fleetingly pre-approved for a mortgage, but ultimately everything fell through and we ended up not being able to purchase a home of our own, after all. Given the state of the market at [...]

1) That I will always have something to say,
1a) but seldom have photographs attached to the words actually available.
2) That I will have daily ideas for Things I Should Blog, but do nothing because of items 1 and 1a.
3) That my blog shall always lay dormant should I keep preventing myself from just getting [...]

I know, cheap excuse.
Here’s what’s been going on: My eldest stepson moved out about a month? two months? ago. My youngest stepson joined the Army (!!) infantry (!!!!), graduated from basic training two weeks ago, spent a week with us during which he got his first tattoo (see below), and then flew to Kentucky [...]

It’s another of those times where my inability to be faithful to a single project at a time bites my blog in the ass. (Sorry, blog! Neosporin should clear that right up, though. Wanna bandaid? We’ve got Dora and Hello Kitty, but we’re out of Transformers…)
I worked on several different projects this week, none of [...]