A little decorating.

I was looking through my past posts the other day, and realized that I have done a little improving on my bedroom since you last saw it.

A lot of the decor came from redecorating my living room for summer (and putting spring stuff away, or in our bedroom...), but I am certainly enjoying it in my room. And that dome??? It makes a great snake catcher!! :)

And as for painting my accent wall? THIS is as much as I have done.

(Sorry for the blurry picture....)
Well, it's progress, right?? :) I think I'd actually better go just a tad lighter than that chip. It will look so much darker on the wall.

A little knitting

It's been a while since I shared an actual knitting project. I haven't been knitting much recently. I haven't had quite as much time and the main project that I have been working on took so much concentration I couldn't do anything while knitting.

My mom and my aunt both have birthdays in May. So my cousin, Jennifer and I, while she and her family were down visiting this spring, decided to knit the same pattern as birthday gifts for our moms. Jennifer is way ahead of me, and actually finished her project around the birthday time. I however, got stuck.

It's a doily, knit with teeny tiny yarn. (think thread almost)


It's really hard to see the pattern scrunched up on my circular needles. It's very pretty - but getting all those yarn overs can be kindof tricky. I haven't done much lace knitting. You can see my Ravelry project page here. Here is a link to the pattern.

But here's why I'm stuck now. The pattern as written is HUGE! Jennifer sent me a picture of her finished doily, and her little girl is sitting in the middle with LOTS of room around her. :) Mom didn't want her's quite that big, so I'm ready to stop. The problem is, I don't know how to finish it off. I'm not real good at improvising the pattern. Fellow knitters, HELP! :)

My other current project is quite a bit easier, and much more relaxing. :)

As you can see, there's not much to it yet. Oh, well. It's a cowl. Kindof lacy, but very repetitive and an easy pattern to memorize. I love the color too. :) Here's my Rav page and the pattern link. The pattern link has pictures of the finished pattern, so you can see what it's supposed to be! :)

I hope you've enjoyed seeing my projects! What have you been working on recently?

A Tale of Three Tails

I told you yesterday that I had a crazy week... well, here's my story. :)

Tuesday morning I was working around the house, minding my own business... laundry etc... I walked into our bedroom and saw something (besides laundry...) on the floor. My first thought was "how did a worm get in here?" Then I saw the head! A Snake! After screaming, I started looking about wildly for something to put over it. My (empty) coffee mug was kind of small so I grabbed the next best thing - one of my glass domes. I then proceeded to have a meltdown while calling Mark, Dad and Mom (in that order). Dad came over and killed it for me. Whew!! Thanks again, Dad! :)

Tuesday evening, I got the chance to repay Dad, as his truck wouldn't start and he needed a ride home from work. Later, that evening Mark came inside from spreading "Snake Away" around the house, he said that there was a cat stuck in our tree outside. Of course, I had to go look. :) It was a kitten that someone had dropped off, and his brother wasn't too far away. Poor things!

I brought them inside and made a safe temporary home in our old pet taxi. (They were so glad to be in a secure spot.) They were a little wild, but by Wednesday night they had calmed quite a bit and I had even got both their purrs going. :)

Dad put out an email at his office and one of his coworkers decided to adopt them. (There was no way I could keep them... I have no good place for them, and some of our frequent guests are allergic.) But I enjoyed being a foster mom for a little while, for the most part. I am glad they have a good home! :)

Well, I hope you've enjoyed my little tale. :) The ending is better than the beginning - but that's what makes a good story, right? :) I hope you have a great weekend!! (free of all unwanted tails!)

Finished Object Friday

I have had quite an eventful week! (Thus the unplanned bloggy break.) :) I had some posts planned out in my mind to share but life kindof got in the way! I will tell the tail tale later. But for now my (almost finished) finished object Friday! :)

As I've said before, I work at a local church library and bookstore. Sometimes product will come in that have minor defects - like a chip, a scratch or dent... They don't want to sell these in the store, so the manager gets credit for it and it goes in "the cabinet." Sometimes these almost perfect things come home with me for free! :) (can't argue with free, right!?) Did I mention I love my job? ...for more reasons than that of course... it's just one of the perks.

Anyway... this clock was one of those freebies:


What's wrong with it, you ask? Well, it was mounted crooked. I wouldn't have minded so much, it was a really cute clock, but in the original style, I had nowhere to put it. (It is too loud for a bedroom.) Where I really needed a clock was in our family room. Time really flies when you are having fun! So the little clock got a makeover. I took it off the stand and removed the hands, surronded the outside with painters tape (as well as covered the gears in the middle) and sprayed away! A beautiful cherry red (leftover from this project, and this one...) :)



I am probably going to add something for the "numbers" - painted dots or diamonds... I bought a black paint pen for that purpose, but haven't gotten that far. I'm still enjoying the simplicity. And it goes great in my family room.

What about you? Have you improved anything recently? Or been hard at work on a project and want to share the progress? If you're new to FOF, be sure to read this intro post! :)

Happy Friday!!

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1. The Coop @  Pink Parsonage 2. Little Boy Blanket at Nikkis Notes

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Sunday Blessing

I want a principle within
Of watchful, godly fear,
A sensibility of sin,
A pain to feel it near.
I want the first approach to feel
Of pride or wrong desire,
To catch the wandering of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.

From thee that I no more may stray,
No more thy goodness grieve,
Grant me the filial awe, I pray,
The tender conscience give.
Quick as the apple of an eye,
O God, my conscience make;
Awake my soul when sin is nigh,
And keep it still awake.

Almighty God of truth and love,
To me thy power impart;
The mountain from my soul remove,
The hardness from my heart.
O may the least omission pain
My reawakened soul,
And drive me to that blood again,
Which makes the wounded whole.


I Want A Principle Within
By Charles Wesley