My goodness it's been a long time since I've been here. I'm still trying to figure out the photo "thing." I really can't justifuly paying for a blog, but blogspot seems to want money to have me post pictures. Maybe I'll delete some old ones??? What have some of you done in similar circumstances?
I just returned from almost a week in Portland, Oregon visiting our daughter. She's 13 weeks along with our newest grandchild! We had a wonderful time. She's still pretty sick but seems to be getting a bit better. We went to IKEA and bought a new duvet and cover for our bedroom. I've wanted a nice duvet since we were in Paris a few years ago. They're so nice and squishy and snuggly!
We also bought yarn for a baby blanket I want to make for the new baby. I've never attempted charts but I think I'm going to try it for this blanket. It's a free ravelry pattern with sheep around the borders and the sun and moon. Hopefully it will turn out nice. I wanted my daughter to choose the colors she wanted and now I just need to muster my courage to begin knitting!
Hubby was in Indiana for business last week so on Friday he flew into Portland and had the weekend with our daughter too. We drove home together yesterday and it's a much nicer drive with company. Especially since I got to knit the entire way until it got too dark.
A friend from church that is in the military is being sent to Tokyo for temporaty duty. He leaves next week and he has offered to take Alex a care package. Since it costs around $75 each time I send a small box to him, we are eagerly taking Mike up on the offer. I have a video, book, calendar and some Easter candy for him so far. We don't want to overload our friend down but it's nice to have "free" shipping!
We hae blue sky and temps around 40F today but there is a winter storm watch for tomorrow and tomorrow night. Possible a foot of snow in the mountains and 4-6 inches down here in the valley. Blah!! I'm so ready for spring. Flowers were in bloom in Portland and it was so beautiful.
Well, I need to get my laundry going. Take care and please know that I love knowing you are all out there in blogland. Please leave a comment so I know who is there.
Blessings,
Betsy
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Whew! It's Monday!
Hello everyone! I made it through the weekend in one piece. I think. It was the complete whirlwind I had been expecting, but it all turned out very well.
Friday afternoon our college kids arrived. They were the most polite, curteous teenagers that we've hosted in recent years. They even made their beds both days! For some reason I think it's funny when guests make their beds the day they leave. It's like they believe they're preparing for the next people to stay in that room. Do they not realize I wash all the bedding between each person who stays here?! Just a thought that popped into my little mind!
Saturday morning ten ladies from church came to the craft morning, plus the three teenagers. The boy was the only one who crafted of the teens. He used my round loom and made a knitted hat in about 3 hours! The girls were very cordial though and visited with everyone.
Three of our friends then spent the afternoon with us just eating pizza and visiting. I hadn't seen my young friend from Oklahoma in almost 3 years so it was wonderful to catch up with her. Their little family wants desperately to move back to the Northwest somewhere to be closer to family, but no job has been found yet. She stays at home with their 3 & 4 year olds and loves it but misses having family close. My hubby performed the wedding ceremonies for her and her husband and our other young friends that also visited with us on Saturday afternoon. We had a wonderful time remembering how much fun we used to have together. We met with both couples weekly for Bible study as they were all new Christians. Our own faith grew and was strengthened by studying with them since we were seeing the Bible with the eyes of people who had never read it before.
Saturday evening hubby and I had a nice "date night" at the Spokane symphony. The featured "soloists" were a brother team that we had seen in Hawaii on several occasions. It was fantastic. I couldn't fathom how Hawaiian slack guitar sounds could meld with the symphony orchestra but they did it in a beautiful sound. We had front row seats and sat directly in front of the harpist! I spent the evening just watching her hands. Amazing!
Sunday was just as busy. Church in the morning, bridal shower in the afternoon and then evening services. After evening service we went to Arby's for dinner with about 10 other people and had a nice hour or so just visiting and relaxing. Can you believe Arby's was out of roast beef!? We had a laugh over that and then ordered chicken, fish or ham!
So----that was my weekend. Almost no computer time at all. I did read emails but didn't answer any until late last night. Since I last posted pictures I've been so busy that not much knitting has been accomplished. Only two little pictures to show you.
I finished another baby sweater set. The sweater was almost finished when I last blogged, so it probably shouldn't count! So really I made two hats, 1 pair of blue socks and one solitary pink sockie. The other pink sock is on the needles right now. I must admit I'm tiring of these sets but I still have 3 babies on the way and I'm not sure of the gender of any of them. I'm making 3 of each color just to be prepared! Any sets I don't need can always be donated to one of the many charity groups I'm in. A friend also keeps buying them almost as fast as I've made each set. She has bought 3 rainbow blankets and 3 sweater sets in the past 6 weeks for new babies in her life. She pays me well and it helps purchase more yarn so I'm not complaining. I just need to get busy with more sets before I lose my motivation!
This is a picture of our gray skies this morning. That's Mt. Spokane in the background! Ha! This morning when I woke up it was beautiful. Covered in fresh snow and blue skies. Something happened in the past couple of hours. Clouds have appeared. Just north of us about 30 miles or so and up to the Canadian border recieved 8 to 14 inches of snow Saturday night, including Mt. Spokane. We woke up to about 1/8 of an inch yesterday. By the time church was over everything was melted away and that's just the way I like it. Snow in the mountains but not here.
I've spent a lot of time at my sewing machine recently sewing bandana's for myself. After much prayer and study, I have come to the conclusion that I do need to start covering my head for prayer and worship at the minimum as it tells in 1 Corinthians 11. I just can't find the cultural argument no matter how much I tried. And believe me I tried. Remember me? I'm the one who dyed my hair for the first time about two weeks ago and cut a lot of it off three weeks ago. I've been fighting this for all I'm worth, but what I've discovered is this. If we discount this as a cultural thing, what else are we going to deem cultural and thus stop following that Paul and others taught? It's a slippery slope we find ourselves on. I'm not trying to be legalistic and I definitely am NOT trying to put my beliefs on anyone else but I have to follow where I believe the Lord is convicting me in my heart.
Okay, enough preaching. That's not what this blog is all about, but it is about my life and that's an important part of my heart. So, I've been sewing and it's been fun. I haven't sewn much in years but I'm enjoying my time behind the machine. Do any of you sew? I used to make all of my daughters clothes and a lot of mine when she was small. The price of patterns, material and notions became so expensive though that it was less expensive to buy things and so my machine was brought out for repairs or quilting, etc.
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and I'll try to be back soon.
Blessings,
Betsy
Friday afternoon our college kids arrived. They were the most polite, curteous teenagers that we've hosted in recent years. They even made their beds both days! For some reason I think it's funny when guests make their beds the day they leave. It's like they believe they're preparing for the next people to stay in that room. Do they not realize I wash all the bedding between each person who stays here?! Just a thought that popped into my little mind!
Saturday morning ten ladies from church came to the craft morning, plus the three teenagers. The boy was the only one who crafted of the teens. He used my round loom and made a knitted hat in about 3 hours! The girls were very cordial though and visited with everyone.
Three of our friends then spent the afternoon with us just eating pizza and visiting. I hadn't seen my young friend from Oklahoma in almost 3 years so it was wonderful to catch up with her. Their little family wants desperately to move back to the Northwest somewhere to be closer to family, but no job has been found yet. She stays at home with their 3 & 4 year olds and loves it but misses having family close. My hubby performed the wedding ceremonies for her and her husband and our other young friends that also visited with us on Saturday afternoon. We had a wonderful time remembering how much fun we used to have together. We met with both couples weekly for Bible study as they were all new Christians. Our own faith grew and was strengthened by studying with them since we were seeing the Bible with the eyes of people who had never read it before.
Saturday evening hubby and I had a nice "date night" at the Spokane symphony. The featured "soloists" were a brother team that we had seen in Hawaii on several occasions. It was fantastic. I couldn't fathom how Hawaiian slack guitar sounds could meld with the symphony orchestra but they did it in a beautiful sound. We had front row seats and sat directly in front of the harpist! I spent the evening just watching her hands. Amazing!
Sunday was just as busy. Church in the morning, bridal shower in the afternoon and then evening services. After evening service we went to Arby's for dinner with about 10 other people and had a nice hour or so just visiting and relaxing. Can you believe Arby's was out of roast beef!? We had a laugh over that and then ordered chicken, fish or ham!
So----that was my weekend. Almost no computer time at all. I did read emails but didn't answer any until late last night. Since I last posted pictures I've been so busy that not much knitting has been accomplished. Only two little pictures to show you.
I've spent a lot of time at my sewing machine recently sewing bandana's for myself. After much prayer and study, I have come to the conclusion that I do need to start covering my head for prayer and worship at the minimum as it tells in 1 Corinthians 11. I just can't find the cultural argument no matter how much I tried. And believe me I tried. Remember me? I'm the one who dyed my hair for the first time about two weeks ago and cut a lot of it off three weeks ago. I've been fighting this for all I'm worth, but what I've discovered is this. If we discount this as a cultural thing, what else are we going to deem cultural and thus stop following that Paul and others taught? It's a slippery slope we find ourselves on. I'm not trying to be legalistic and I definitely am NOT trying to put my beliefs on anyone else but I have to follow where I believe the Lord is convicting me in my heart.
Okay, enough preaching. That's not what this blog is all about, but it is about my life and that's an important part of my heart. So, I've been sewing and it's been fun. I haven't sewn much in years but I'm enjoying my time behind the machine. Do any of you sew? I used to make all of my daughters clothes and a lot of mine when she was small. The price of patterns, material and notions became so expensive though that it was less expensive to buy things and so my machine was brought out for repairs or quilting, etc.
I hope you all have a wonderful Monday and I'll try to be back soon.
Blessings,
Betsy
Monday, February 13, 2012
A Foggy Morning
Good Morning Friends!
It's a gray, foggy day here in Spokane but I've had a productive morning. I caught up on my Bible reading before leaving my bed today. Somehow I was a few chapters behind and thought I would take this day to play catch up and do some research into some scriptures that have been on my heart lately. I'm just going to throw it out there and see if any of you have opinions on this. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 This passage just sort of "leapt" out at me recently and I've been praying on it and asking for clarification from the Lord. I've never really given this much thought but for some reason it keeps peeking into my brain! Please let me know what you all think if you're comfortable sharing.
I then got up, ran to the grocery store to pick up a few necessities. I've done laundry, vacuumed, dusted and spent a few hours on the computer doing the mundane tasks I always put off. For example, I keep a list of all Christmas cards I send/recieve every year with all the addresses. That makes sending the cards each December a much easier task. No searching for the correct address, everything is in one place and handy. For some reason, every year it's February at least, before I get myself organized enough to update the list. It only takes half an hour or so, why do I procrastinate?
Then I did some computer stuff for our ladies ministry at church. It's all done now and this afternoon I can knit with a clean concious. Did I spell that right? We did have a very busy weekend, but I toted my knitting along and finished a boy baby sweater set and started another one.
I do love these sweaters. It's a variation of the 5 hour baby sweater, although I've NEVER finished one in close to 5 hours. It's more like 7 or 8 hours for me if I don't have many interuptions.
I picked up a small box of Valentine Candy this morning for my elderly friend at the nursing home. She loves chocolates but she will eat the entire box in a very short time if I take her a bigger box. This small one should be perfect for her.
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you about my other friend at a different nursing facility that I made the crochet blanket for. I delivered it last Friday and I how wish I had taken my camera. The look on her face was priceless! She just sat there smiling and hugging that blanket the entire time I was visiting her. It made me feel wonderful to do something so small that made her so happy.
And now, I'll leave you with a last picture of my Chloe-baby. I'm going to try to take her on a nice long walk in a little while if the rains stops long enough.
Isn't she precious? She is so much company for me. But, she has spoiled us for any other dog. Hubby is already saying that we'll never have another dog. She's so good it would be an impossible act to follow.
Have a wonderfully blessed day everyone and I look forward to reading your comments.
Blessings,
Betsy
It's a gray, foggy day here in Spokane but I've had a productive morning. I caught up on my Bible reading before leaving my bed today. Somehow I was a few chapters behind and thought I would take this day to play catch up and do some research into some scriptures that have been on my heart lately. I'm just going to throw it out there and see if any of you have opinions on this. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 This passage just sort of "leapt" out at me recently and I've been praying on it and asking for clarification from the Lord. I've never really given this much thought but for some reason it keeps peeking into my brain! Please let me know what you all think if you're comfortable sharing.
I then got up, ran to the grocery store to pick up a few necessities. I've done laundry, vacuumed, dusted and spent a few hours on the computer doing the mundane tasks I always put off. For example, I keep a list of all Christmas cards I send/recieve every year with all the addresses. That makes sending the cards each December a much easier task. No searching for the correct address, everything is in one place and handy. For some reason, every year it's February at least, before I get myself organized enough to update the list. It only takes half an hour or so, why do I procrastinate?
Then I did some computer stuff for our ladies ministry at church. It's all done now and this afternoon I can knit with a clean concious. Did I spell that right? We did have a very busy weekend, but I toted my knitting along and finished a boy baby sweater set and started another one.
Oh! I almost forgot to tell you about my other friend at a different nursing facility that I made the crochet blanket for. I delivered it last Friday and I how wish I had taken my camera. The look on her face was priceless! She just sat there smiling and hugging that blanket the entire time I was visiting her. It made me feel wonderful to do something so small that made her so happy.
And now, I'll leave you with a last picture of my Chloe-baby. I'm going to try to take her on a nice long walk in a little while if the rains stops long enough.
Have a wonderfully blessed day everyone and I look forward to reading your comments.
Blessings,
Betsy
Friday, January 20, 2012
Comments???
I've been told some people are trying to leave comments and they aren't working. Will you please send me an email if you're trying to comment and it's not being saved? I'll try to figure out what is happening.
Thanks for your help.
Betsy
queenbetsy2@gmail.com
Thanks for your help.
Betsy
queenbetsy2@gmail.com
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