More yarn!

I have been hearing from all of my favorite podcasters this week that Hobby Lobby was having a yarn clearance. So the first thing I want to share is the yarn I bought this morning.

I paid $22.29 total for all of this yarn. The regular price would have been $87.13!! I am so pleased with the sales that I got. They only had four skeins in the color way on the left, but I think I will have enough yarn for these two colors to become baby blankets.

The three skeins on the left are #2 weight so will most likely become shawls or scarves. Then the “Cozy Toes” will most likely become socks and the last little package of minis is #three weight. I’m not sure what I will do with it yet. 

I also began working on my cozy memories blanket again late last night. I haven’t gotten very far on this nine patch yet.

I also began a new baby blanket a few minutes ago using the “Tune My Heart” pattern below. I’m not using the pinks and purples that the pattern shows, but instead I’m using a pale blue/green and tan to make it more for a boy. The yarn on the hook is Baby Bee Sweet Delight in the colorway “Naked.”

Miss Piper helped babysit a little girl in their neighborhood Saturday while her mom held a garage sale. Look what she bought with part of her earnings! Oh my! She actually wore these while we played a game of Uno. She did pretty well with those long nails! She also caught a cold somewhere along the way, so I spent the day with her Monday while Mandy worked. It was a hardship but someone has to do it.🤣😍 Mandy said she’s feeling much better now and she actually went to kids camp yesterday and her tennis class last night. She’s a pretty good tennis player.

Our middle son Jamie sent us this picture last week. He had bought it almost a year ago, but kept forgetting to send it and when we moved from Washington, at first he didn’t think we would want it anymore. Then he said the more he thought about it, he thought that it might mean even more to us now. He’s right. This is where we camped for 10 years from May through October. The mat is actually made of wood. We both got a little bit teary-eyed when we saw it. We have some wonderful memories of our years at this lake. Our RV was directly to the east of the part of the lake that is 100 foot deep toward the bottom of the picture.

Last week I got a new to us dining room set. If you remember we had a table and chairs and the china hutch that were left by the previous owners. The table was not big enough for our needs. I ended up selling it on Facebook marketplace for $150. I then found this one for $300. Honestly, I can’t believe it. This set is like brand new. There are no scratches anywhere on it that we can find. It also has an 18 inch leaf to make it even longer. It is solid wood. When Dennis picked it up he commented that it looked brand new. The neighbor lady was standing there and said that it should, because she never let anyone sit on the chairs! It is super heavy and they had to take the table apart just to be able to carry it.

It is a Trestle table and it’s made very well. So basically, I got this beautiful almost brand new table and chair set for $150. Isn’t that amazing? I am really enjoying using Facebook marketplace since we moved!

The kitchen has quite a few cabinets but they aren’t very deep. Some of my larger appliances wouldn’t fit and still have the doors close. When I was in Omaha last week I found the shelf at the “At Home” store. It folds up flat with the shelves folding upwards and the sides folding in. It was very easy to put behind the seat in the truck for the trip here. I also found this picture at Hobby Lobby in Spokane at the same time. I have never, ever had a kitchen wall to hang things on in all five houses that we’ve owned, until this one. Previously all of the walls were covered with doors, windows or cabinets.

Yesterday we had a crazy day. We had an appointment to sign our wills in the afternoon but at the last minute Monday, Dennis found out that he had to be available all day via zoom to do a deposition for work. After some on again, off again appointments, we finally made it to our attorneys office in the afternoon and signed everything. It’s a good feeling to know that everything is signed and taken care of in the event of anything happening to either of us. We’ve had our wills done twice before, once in Nebraska, then Washington, now Nebraska again.

I also have a bit of good news to share with everyone. We are taking a trip at the end of July to see Alex in London. I’m sure we will have to quarantine for part of it, but I am so excited to see him, as it has been over a year and a half since he was home for thanksgiving in 2019. They had planned to try to be here for a holiday last year but we all know how that went with Covid. We’re hoping that our quarantine will only be for five days and not 10, since we’ve been vaccinated. We plan to be there for two weeks.

 I hope each of you is doing very well. We have brilliant sunshine and 95°F temperatures today. A beautiful summer day.

Blessings and love,

Betsy