Tiny Needle Tuesday

Good morning everyone! It’s Tiny Needle Tuesday again and I have more progress to show you on the baby sampler. And more good news is that the baby has arrived and everyone is healthy, happy and home. I can’t give you any details to protect their privacy, except that she is a beautiful little girl with lots of dark hair and we are in love already. Grandma can’t wait to get her in my arms soon. I just FaceTimed with them and was able to see our little one sound asleep in her daddy’s arms. Aren’t grandbabies the best?💜

The cross-stitch sampler is almost finished. Just the border and a few details to add in the middle before I frame it. I especially like the monkey, but I think all of the animals are cute. As always, the outlining seems to have taken forever.

We found out last week that our oldest granddaughter who will be 17 in just a few weeks, was Prom Princess. She is a junior this year and that is the highest grade in their high school. The school was just built and her class was the first freshman class for the school. So they are always the oldest kids in the school! So it sort of made her prom queen didn’t it? 😂 She was absolutely gorgeous.

Her little brother chose to take part in a freestyle snowboarding event that weekend instead of going to prom. He took fourth place! We are very proud of him too. He’s just one year younger. They prefer to keep their privacy, so I rarely post photos of them online. They are our Montana grandkids and it’s hard to believe that she will graduate next year and that they are both driving already! I’m very grateful for the fact that they both have cell phones and are able to text grandpa and I often. thank goodness for technology when most of your children and grandchildren live so far away.

These socks have been my take a long project to Bible study and church for the past month or so. I was holding my breath to make sure I didn’t run out of yarn. It was so close I couldn’t even make them matchey-matchey. I think they’re close enough though, that the recipient won’t care. I do believe that Paton’s is definitely cutting their skeins a little short. I should have weighed the yarn first. I didn’t make the legs quite as long as normal and I barely had enough yarn left to kitchener the toes. One skein had about 3 inches of yarn left over and the other one had about six. That’s too close for comfort! I do like the pattern that the yarn made though, don’t you? These will go into the gift box for Christmas.

I hung up my spring garland in hopes that spring will arrive someday! You can see Zoey‘s playpen there in front. Both she and Lizzie love that thing. We never close the door, but they run in and out of it and it’s like a hamster wheel for them. They tumble over and over and around the room. I’ve been trying to catch a video of it for you but they’re just too fast. It’s like having a toddler in the house. There are always toys strewn around the floor in the family room. I love it! She makes us smile multiple times a day.

Dennis is officially retired as of yesterday. We spent the day busy picking up lawn fertilizer for mom, us and Mandy and Brad. Then Dennis had to get his phone switched over, but before anything, we went out to breakfast. That was the one thing he wanted to do to celebrate.

Mandy and Brad had us over on Saturday night for dinner to celebrate!. We had raclette. I have no idea if that is spelled right. It’s an electric contraption with granite on the top and eight trays, about 3“ x 4”, with handles that slide underneath the granite onto a heated grill surface. You can have whatever toppings you like. We had polish sausage cubes, summer sausage, corn, pineapple, bacon, onions, potato cubes, and three different cheeses. You put whatever you want in your little tray and then slide it in to heat up. When the cheese melts, you know it’s done. It is so delicious. I think it’s originally from Switzerland but it could be Germany. I’m not sure. I should have taken a photo for you. Next time we have it I will try to remember.

As always I’m remembering the people of the Ukraine in my prayers. Also my sweet blog friend Vicki and her husband have been very, very sick for a while. Please keep them in your prayers too. She has the blog “Stitchy McFloss” over on my side bar. There have also been several of you having surgery in the past few weeks. Please know that I’m praying for each of you too. Some are grieving losses of people who meant the world to them. Life throws a lot at us sometimes doesn’t it? I’m so glad to know that the Lord is always there, willing to listen to our hearts and the concern we have for others.

I’m wishing you all a wonderful Tuesday and I’ll see you all again soon.

Blessings and hugs,

Betsy