Knitting

And Crochet....  I do love them both.  It was snowing, snowing, snowing and now it’s raining, raining, raining, but the temperature has gone up to 40F and I have high hopes that the rain will wash away some of the snow. This was the view off of our deck as of Sunday afternoon.  We have about 2 feet of snow in our front yard but I’m hoping it will rapidly go away with the rain and warmer temperatures.

I am two weeks ahead on my mitten project. If you remember, I have set myself a goal of two pair per week. Then I should be in good shape by next fall with no rushing to get to my goal of 125 pair.

Two more hats are done for the nursing home project.

I finished a dish cloth at church on Sunday.

My current project is a granny square baby blanket made with Lion Brand Ice Cream Big Scoop yarn in the blueberry color way.

I was FaceTiming with Piper this morning while crocheting on it and she informed me that her music teacher is having a baby boy and asked if she could have this blanket to give it to her. Of course I said yes! I just have the border to put on it and then I’ll wash it and send it off in the mail to my precious little girl to give to her teacher. I am so glad she has a heart for giving to others.  It was bound for the donation pile anyway and Piper is a very good person to donate to!

As I said, Piper and I FaceTimed for quite a while this morning. They had a snow day! She propped me up on a chair and proceeded to draw pictures for me, as she’s showing us in the picture I took on my computer below. We also had a few math lessons and a lesson about the different seasons. She is a very good teacher. She has an easel with a whiteboard on it and she lines all of her babies up on the floor and teaches them.  She is a demanding teacher and expects you to listen to her very closely. Ha! I can tell that she is mimicking her own teacher and I think it’s wonderful. She has done this ever since she started kindergarten and it makes me wonder if she’s destined to be a teacher someday. She doesn’t seem to be losing interest in it at all.  Just look at that smile!  How I wish I could feel her arms around me giving me a big hug right now. 
  
I have not been feeling very well, with some strange chest pain and extreme fatigue along with a lump in my throat that seems to come and go. Very odd. I did send in a download from my pacemaker yesterday to the cardiology office pacemaker department and they said everything looked fine with it, so I have an actual appointment with the cardiologist next Tuesday morning. I would appreciate any prayers you would like to send up as I’m not quite sure what’s going on. I’ve been staying home and just taking it easy since Sunday.

One thing they did discover with my download yesterday was that my transmitting device is not working correctly. It kept giving error messages. So I have a new one coming in the mail next week. The new one will download the information from my pacemaker and then transmit the information through my smart phone. Another learning curve for me as I have to figure out how to operate it.

I hope you are all doing well and staying warm if you’re in the cold areas.  I’m also praying that the rains will continue for those of you in Australia.

“From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised.”  Psalms 113:3

Blessings,

Betsy