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In the knitting world the buzz has been the lovely Princess Kate and her shawl... What a wonderfully modern Princess, picking up those last minute items for the Prince's dinner!   People have been trying to come up with a shawl pattern that will replicate the one HRH has on. I think this is close. Not cashmere - are you kidding, not for this Montana girl anyway.  The shawl is in a different color - I wanted to be able to wear it with anything . I’d never knit with the natural marl colorway but do love the natural, earthy color. This would be absolutely the best project for a car trip or a conference knit, even the pleats are easy once the pattern is set in the first row. This combines two of my favorite things, knitting and shopping!  Pattern: The Milk Run Shawl, by Cat Wong Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Colorway: Natural Marl Amount: 4 skeins Needle size: US 7 Hubby has been at Melita Island for the annual work session. I've been home, warm, dry, and knitting...

Rule number one: Don't get out of bed until 7:00 am. I was up at 5:30 this morning with a cup of coffee, my knitting, holding a cat, and watching The Knit Girllls. Oh my... Rule number two: First thing in the morning - exercise. I'm sitting on the couch blogging after two hours of knitting, drinking coffee and watching old episodes of The Knit Girls. Hmmmm, exercise can and will happen - later. Rule number three: Don't stress.  No judging ANYTHING! 8:00 am:  I realize that, Wow, udontcallmeles is my VBF Jo, and I'm l ala incarnate ("you don't call me les" and  lala are the hosts on The Knit Girllls) . Udontcallmeles loves intricate patterns, fitting the sweater s to individual bodies, and adding cables or whatever where ever she wants. She loves to have several projects going at one time. Udontcallmeles has a stash that never ends.   Lala (my twin) must have socks that are "matchy matchy" - the colorway on stripy yarns must line up.  She...

Just a quick photo of the happy little mother to be! It's a girl!

John, a coworker of mine, brought his dog Harley to school. He'd been a stray that John and his wife took in. Harley turned out to be a great dog. He was so well behaved, great with the kids, but to me most importantly Harley had kind eyes and reminded me of my first dog, Bo. (Short for Little Bo Peep, I know very lame but what do you expect from a three year old?) My Mom and Dad took in Bo's mom, a collie that they soon found out was going to have puppies. They kept Lady long enough to produce eight very collie like pups and one Heinz 57 (Bo). Bo never had formal training but was the best protector ever.  At the time we lived on the Puget Sound and instead of a sidewalk we had a wooden boardwalk. The boardwalk was probably two blocks long, about three feet above the beach and made of wood. I learned to ride my tricycle on this boardwalk and every time I'd climb on the tricycle Bo would be right there ALWAYS on the side that had the three foot drop to the beach - to keep m...

It's been a rather productive rainy Memorial weekend.  The lentil soup is on the stove simmering and I've made some "Angel Biscuits" to go with it. Angel Biscuits 1package dry yeast 1/4 cup warm water 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar 2 3/4 cups floor 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup buttermilk Dissolve yeast in the warm water, set aside. Mix dry ingredients. Cut in shortening. Stir in buttermilk and yeast mixture. Blend thoroughly. The dough is ready to refrigerate or roll into biscuits. Turn dough onto floured surface and knead lightly for regular biscuits. Roll out and cut with biscuit cutter. Place on greased pan. Let dough rise slightly before baking at 375 degrees. Bake 12 minutes or until browned. If dough is cold let stand longer to rise. Dough will keep up to 5 days in a covered bowl in the refrigerator. I finished the Peasy sweater... I'm not a bit happy that it is too small! All that work and no one...

I had a little trouble getting home tonight....   A new stream had developed over Johnson Lane and the highway. I had to turn around, return to school, and take another route home. Even that new route wasn't pleasant but I made it! It has been raining for the last week and a half. Today we had a record setting amount of rain. Three and six hundredth inches in one day for this prairie is unheard of. Add that amount to what has been soaking the earth and we are way over normal for this time of year. The average rainfall in Eastern Montana is 1.92 inches for the month of May and we are now at 8.45. That's 6.53 above the norm. There's more rain predicted before the month is over!   It's so green it's beginning to look like Seattle and tonight's weather forecast is not promising any sun!

 Life isn't going to wait for us to get our acts together.   So get on living.   Enjoy what you have.   Love who you are with.   Hug and Kiss.   Laugh and chat.  Make ice cream and cookies. Be happy Well, this hit me like a ton of bricks! Thanks to nat*schofield for the wake up call! I HAD been doing a countdown to the end of school....10, 9, 8, 7, really it began about 25, 24, 23... Now, bring on the margaritas - oh, I mean ice cream and cookies!