Bits and Pieces...

My Status:

I recently resigned from my job (that I love) and am so very happy with the decision I made. However, I will continue to work until my replacement is hired and trained. Hopefully sooner rather than later! My hope is to have most of December free for enjoying the Christmas preparations and last minute gift making, but I'll happily go with whatever happens. Regardless, I'm making plans for the future including getting back on a regular schedule for home-keeping, mothering and hobbying. At this point all of those things are being handled in an exhausted haphazard manner and I feel as if I'm riding on a roller coaster in Chaos Land!

Progress:

I'm about 10 rows from finishing the second "fetching" glove. I'll give a peek of the completed project in a day or so. I completed another note taker for my sister-in-law's birthday. I made some improvements as you can see below.

Weather:

After spending Saturday afternoon taking care of some of the outdoor fall chores, we woke up to this on Monday morning. My little people thought it was "soooo beautiful...." It really is but I wasn't prepared to get the rest of the winter gear out yet!

Happy Hobbies!

An afternoon outside...

Saturday:

The sky was a nice mix of gray.

The little people were busy raking leaves.


HobbyHubby was busy raking too!

I worked at cutting back all of my herbs.

(something I should have done a month ago)

Today we went to church and are keeping cozy inside.

Happy Hobbies!

More Blogs...

I'll update this list from time to time. Please feel free to leave me a comment making recommendations! I love to be inspired by other bloggers.

A couple whiles
a friend to knit with
A Very Mary Design
AJ Quilts
Allsorts
Anny Purls
Autie's Quaint Quilts
Bits of Life
Blue Moon River
Buny Tales
CraftSanity
Craftygirl
Crazy Mom Cooks
Creative Juice Studios
Cultured Purl
Dances with Wool
Felt like Knitting
Fluffy Flowers
French Knots
have you any wool?
i have to say...
Katie's Beading Blog
kirstencan
Knitspot
Life at AJ's
Little Busy Bee
Mary Lee Illustration
MOONSTITCHES
My Zoe Bug
OH NO IT'S THE FRO
Sarah P. dot
Simply Sewn
splityarn
sulu-design
the stitching room
The Wooden Spool
tiny happy
Wee Wonderfuls
yarnstorm

Per Her Request

"A purple dinosaur with green spots and blue spikes, Mommy."
No perfect, but complete.
A three hour sewing session finished just in time to attend "Zoo Boo" last night.
I guess I can't say I don't make costumes anymore!


Happy Hobbies!

The First Note Taker

I can definitely see room for improvement on this.

I'll probably piece the front section for future

note takers to add a bit more interest to the outside.

This was a gift for my husband's aunt and she loved it!

The pattern can be found here.

Happy Hobbies!

Cables and a Tiny Tale of Dinosaurs

I did it!

Cables are so much easier than I thought.

I know, I know, my pictures don't really show them all that well.

The finished project will photo better!How funny is this?

We tucked the little people in and came into the hall to see some of our friends heading out!

Wonder where Mama Dino is taking Baby shopping?

Target? The mall? It must be Barnes & Noble.

Oh to be a 5 year-old!

Happy Hobbies!

Getting the Hobby Groove Back!

Picking out patterns from these!

Thinking that Christmas is coming!

Starting this bag with yarn from my stash.
(A little knit-a-long with some work gals. )

Making progress on the cozy I started so many weeks ago.

Finally making this note taker from Pink Chalk Studio.

Fabrics from my stash.

More note taker fabrics options...

Making my first costume since a pre-made dinosaur for Little Miss was not to be found!
I was told, "purple dinosaur with green spots and blue spikes" Yes Mam!!

(Thankfully a gal pal was able to locate a pattern from her stash since I couldn't find a pattern anywhere either!)

Many other things on the list to finish and more to start!

Happy Hobbies!