Weekend full of family, looming, and fun!

Posted on May 28, 2008 by gettinitpegged

How was your weekend? 

My family and I spent a fairly enjoyable one, with lots of activities packed in…here are a few highlights:

  • My hubby and I went on a date Friday night to see Indiana Jones!  Dates are always fun, and this one was no exception.  What can be better than reliving old times with Harrison Ford decked in his “Indy Gear”?  We decided to see the movie at our old historical theater downtown, rather than trek up the 25 miles to Olympia and save a little gas cash.  To me, this just added to the fun of the evening…it was just perfect, and the movie definitely did not disappoint!
  • My youngest daughter and I went for a bike ride on Sunday…very fun mom/daughter time…
  • My hubby and I went out and picked up a new TV console to set his new b-day gifty on…and a new DVD player for the old TV that now has a new home upstairs…and of course a universal remote, and some DVD organizers…  Why is it that big initial purchases always seem to keep helping you spend $$$?
  • While hubby built the said TV console, I took my youngest daughter (my darling daughter #1 was actually under the weather all weekend  😦  )  to the opening day at the city outdoor swimming pool.  As a kid I always looked forward to Memorial Day weekend, as it was the traditional opening of the pool that I tended to spend most of my free time and spare change at.  I enjoy passing this no small joy onto my own kidletts.  🙂 
  • I actually got time while dd was swimming to work on my aphgan square #4, from Loom Class Yahoo Group.  This one was designed by Jenny Stark, and has all kinds of cute little bobbles running through it.  I think I’m going to have to revisit my first bobbles, as they all ended up wrong side out!  This is my first time creating them, and I want to get this great technique down pat.
  • I got to work on my new version of my Braided Cables Bag!  This one is coming along nicely, and has some really cute design features.  I have the front and back panel completed, blocked, and am ready for the sides and handles!  Loomy progress feels soooo goooood!  🙂

We also decided as a family to be more healthy, and work to be fit.  We spent all weekend being active, and have continued even thru today!  We live just a little ways from the high school track, and we’ve been going there and walking/jogging around…just a little at first, so that our poor sagging muscles can get used to the idea, then we’ll build up to more.  I’ll be starting to post a little at a time about my successes (or at least progress!) in this area, as I think it will be good to keep a journal record, and maybe it will help to keep me on track and motivated.  You can all be my support group, lol!  🙂

Have a great Wednesday!

Bethany~

 

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New Freebie! Basketweave Placemats~

Posted on May 24, 2008 by gettinitpegged

I’d like to share with you my Basket Weave Placemats pattern, that was featured in the Fall 2007 issue of the Loom Knitter’s Circle Magazine. It’s my Memorial Day gifty to you! 😀 These babies would be great additions to your summer picnics on the patio…

Just click on the pic to go to the Freebies page…there you’ll be able to download the pattern in PDF format for FREE!

Enjoy!

Bethany~

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Mt St Helens…remembering a volcano~

Posted on May 23, 2008 by gettinitpegged

I’m a little late for this post, but I just couldn’t miss talking about our very own Washingtonian volcano: Mt St Helens. It’s been 28 years since it’s big blast on May 18, 1980. I was only 9 and a half years old when it blew, but I remember it very clearly. It was a very monolithic event in our community. No one had any inkling what to do to recover after such a thing. We were feet under in ash, and everything just stood still for at least 2 weeks. My own brother was burnt on his back from trying to collect some of the extremely acidic ash falling from the sky, early that first morning. It looked like everything was covered in a blanket of dirty gray snow! Finally, people started venturing out wearing big rubber boots, gloves, and air masks to start cleaning up the streets by hand. It was like a huge street party, all over town…everyone was shoveling ash into their wheel barrows to be taken to the edge of town. This ash became hills, that eventually grew grass, plants, and even trees, so that no one would know to look at it now, what is hiding underneath.

It’s good to see the regrowth in the time that has past. Click on the picture to see very many more pictures by the USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington that show details of the explosions, and also great shots of how the mountain, and surrounding area is recovering. Even furry critters are feeling like they are welcomed back home. 🙂

Bethany~

PS: I’ll be posting a pattern by Sunday! My little Memorial Day weekend gifty to you. 🙂

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