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Is it Spring Yet?
Mar. 17th, 2015 10:21 amYesterday the temperature supposedly reached mid-seventies -- today we're back to cold winds in the forties. Which is still better than minus whatever back in February.
I need to get my act together and apply for a passport so Mom and I can tour the Canadian fall foliage in September. Am wondering if I should try to get a newer copy of my birth certificate since the one I have is threatening to fall apart at the fold lines. I DO need a photo for certain, as my driver's license photo was taken years ago when I made the mistake of trying to go blond -- lighter hair is NOT a good look on me, unless I go to a lot of trouble and get fancy with make-up (I don't have the patience) on a daily basis!
Hopefully the pending arrival of Spring will sooth the 'Must Make HATS for the Children' itch -- especially since I have at least four projects on the needles, three of which are more likely to be finished than the fourth in a timely manner: 1) a mostly grey with multi-colored accents triangular shawl, and 2) a brightly multi-colored lacey shawl -- both of these designated for the church's 'Prayer Shawl' ministry -- the brightly multi-colored yarn being a prime example of 'lovely to look at, not so lovely to work with'; and 3) a gloriously multi-colored cardigan using some of the yarn I bought at The Fold last year, which has resulted in a few difficulties in that the yarn gauge is smaller than I'm used to working with and the colors do NOT work very well when double-stranded; and I had a heck of a time finding a workable pattern for smaller- gauge needles. However, I'm almost finished with the back panel, and as mentioned previously, the colors are GLORIOUS! The plan is to have it finished by September.
(the 4th project being a pair of half-fingered gloves intended for my husband to match the Uhlan hood I made for him last fall -- except the hood was too small for him; a bit snug on me, even. So the gloves have become low-priority, especially with Spring almost here)
So..... How about those CUBS?
I need to get my act together and apply for a passport so Mom and I can tour the Canadian fall foliage in September. Am wondering if I should try to get a newer copy of my birth certificate since the one I have is threatening to fall apart at the fold lines. I DO need a photo for certain, as my driver's license photo was taken years ago when I made the mistake of trying to go blond -- lighter hair is NOT a good look on me, unless I go to a lot of trouble and get fancy with make-up (I don't have the patience) on a daily basis!
Hopefully the pending arrival of Spring will sooth the 'Must Make HATS for the Children' itch -- especially since I have at least four projects on the needles, three of which are more likely to be finished than the fourth in a timely manner: 1) a mostly grey with multi-colored accents triangular shawl, and 2) a brightly multi-colored lacey shawl -- both of these designated for the church's 'Prayer Shawl' ministry -- the brightly multi-colored yarn being a prime example of 'lovely to look at, not so lovely to work with'; and 3) a gloriously multi-colored cardigan using some of the yarn I bought at The Fold last year, which has resulted in a few difficulties in that the yarn gauge is smaller than I'm used to working with and the colors do NOT work very well when double-stranded; and I had a heck of a time finding a workable pattern for smaller- gauge needles. However, I'm almost finished with the back panel, and as mentioned previously, the colors are GLORIOUS! The plan is to have it finished by September.
(the 4th project being a pair of half-fingered gloves intended for my husband to match the Uhlan hood I made for him last fall -- except the hood was too small for him; a bit snug on me, even. So the gloves have become low-priority, especially with Spring almost here)
So..... How about those CUBS?
