Socks

I bought tons of sock yarn from my favorite online yarn store, grabbed my knitting needles and waited for the yarn to arrive. It did and I was sooooo excited, but wow that's a lot of socks to make!



So, naturally, like any overwhelmed knitter...

I made these kitchen hand towels instead.



And then this dishcloth...



Alright, enough fooling around...

I ignored the pile again and grabbed a pair of socks I started for Arielle before Isabelle was born. Then I put down that project to "organize" my yarn and unfinished knitting projects for a few days. But I persevered and finally finished Arielle's socks. I dragged them everywhere that my hands wouldn't be occupied by steering wheel (that one's negotiable) or Isabelle.

Here they are...



Feeling great about finishing projects, I picked up a sock I started for Isabelle a while back. It's so cute with pink fur on top. Of course, by the time I finished it the sock was way too small. Isabelle likes to play with it, so it lives in her toy box.




Now I've started a pair for Michelle - dragging them everywhere too.



I'm sure I'll be "re-organizing" my stash of yarn and unfinished projects soon. Or maybe, I'll get adventurous and pull out and "organize" my unfinished sewing and quilting projects.

Or, maybe I'll join Charlie and take a nap.

Isabelle's First Easter

Doug's mom used to tell me that I was the most disorganized organized person she knows. Which would explain why I am so behind in my blogging. All the entries are organized and pictures picked, just nothing posted - yet. I'm about a month behind...

Easter was a lot of fun. It was just us this time and we stayed home. Isabelle had fun hunting for Easter eggs in the backyard. She caught on pretty fast and she liked the one's that jingled (money makes a fun sound surrounded in a plastic egg). Being more excited about the eggs themselves, she willingly donated all her money to Arielle's college fund.

I made a crazy cake that took me a couple of hours to put together. It was a Rocky Road Death By Chocolate Cake. It was pretty good and very rich. We could only have little pieces.

Our neighbors liked it too!

Our Garden

Doug made us a raised garden for our vegetables. He used a lot of chicken wire around the garden and underneath it to keep away rabbits, squirrels and gophers. It took two days and three trips to the nursery to fill up the garden with dirt.

Michelle and I played at Sunshine Gardens in Encinitas. We bought LOTS of tomatoes - 3 different kinds, cucumbers, arugula, green leaf lettuce, artichokes, celery, strawberries, watermelon, zuchinni, onions and beets. We bought a bunch of herbs that are in pots up on the shelf. Even Isabelle had fun in the garden.

We finally have our roses planted too. And we put bark on our steps. It's pain to try to grow anything on them; we've been trying different grasses since we put the steps in four years ago.

I'm hoping my thumb is still green. It's been awhile since I gardened seriously.