Some Finishes

I finished a lot of projects here at the lake over the weekend. My back was amazing! I certainly hope it stays like this. Although I tried very hard not to overdo it, I was able to take some walks and actually sit outside in my folding rocking chair with everyone. It was wonderful. Today I’m pretty much alone up here. Everyone went home in our area last night except us and Paul and Lori. Paul and Dennis went into work early this morning and Lori will go home in an hour or so. I’m planning to stay until tomorrow when I have a doctors appointment and then I’ll be back on Friday! Oh, how I love summers at the lake.

It is so quiet today after the busyness of the weekend. But, I do love watching the children on their bicycles and there were even some brave swimmers in the lake with the water temperature at only 61°. I can’t believe they weren’t blue when they got out!!!  I enjoy the bursts of activities of the families on the weekends, but I do love the quiet of the weekdays here.

Now for some of my finishes.  Another dish cloth from Hobby Lobby’s “I love this cotton”. I barely had it off the needles when Lori claimed it.  She’s already using it to wash dishes in her trailer! I absolutely love it when that happens.

I finished the border on another nine patch square.

And I finished another baby blanket I started when we were here last weekend. This is using the “Granny’s Favorite” dish cloth pattern, with size 10 needles and Loops and Threads Big ball of “Impeccable” yarn.  I weighed the skein before beginning and I knit until I used 1/2 of the yarn and then started decreasing for the other side. It worked out perfectly and I only had about a yard and a half of yarn left. I have to remember to do that more often.  I weighed it first because I wasn’t sure whether to believe what the label said was in the skein or not. It was correct though.

Dennis ordered me a set of Pioneer Woman mixing bowls off of Amazon. I have had these sitting in my cart on Amazon for probably six months or so, but didn’t want to spend the money on myself. I absolutely love these. There are five bowls all with different patterns and lids for each one. They are made of melamine, so I don’t have to worry about breaking them and they aren’t heavy at all. They are perfect for the trailer, but I will definitely be taking them home and using them this winter in the “big house.” The quality is very good on these, plus they have rubber grips on the bottom of the bowl so they don’t slide while you’re stirring. Yesterday I made a coffee cake for breakfast at the camper and it was so much fun to use these bowls. Isn’t it amazing how a simple bowl makes it fun to cook?

It finally stopped raining on Sunday and we were able to have a campfire.

The wood was so wet though, that it didn’t burn for very long. It turned into smoke signals going across the lake. :-)  Lori and Nita were determined to make a fire, but they finally gave up. They used bellows and lighter fluid and they still couldn’t make it burn. We really wanted to have a campfire this weekend while everything is so green, because we know within a month or so all campfires will be banned because of wildfires. It happens every year.  And we wanted Smore‘s. That didn’t happen either, the fire didn’t burn long enough and the coals weren’t good.  We still had a good time sitting around and talking.

I picked this bouquet of lilacs yesterday. They smell heavenly.

And guess who had her last day of kindergarten last Friday? Isn’t she sweet. I just love this little girl.

She also got a new bicycle this weekend. Look at that helmet! You can’t miss her coming down the road. It’s Poppy from “The Trolls” movie. She even has a baby carrier on the back to take Paddy along with her on her rides.  Would you be able to guess from these photos that her favorite color is pink?

Mandy and Piper took Grandma, Dennis‘s mom, to the cemetery yesterday to visit all of the graves. Mandy was sweet and sent us pictures of all of the gravesites with the flowers that she took decorating them. All of our family is buried there, except my grandparents who are buried at the Stateline church on the border of Kansas and Nebraska.

I hope you all had a good weekend and if you were in the United States, took the time to remember those who have died for our freedom‘s. It seems that it is getting less and less popular to honor those who fight for us. I think it is so important to remember those who have given the ultimate sacrifice and also to honor our veterans who are still alive.

I hope you all have a wonderful week and are enjoying the spring weather if you are up north and for those of you down under I hope your winter isn’t too severe.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” Second Corinthians 4:16

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7

Blessings,

Betsy