all good things must come to an end. . .

i have about 45 minutes left of my vacation time. i think it was time well spent, of course, another day would have been nice, but i'm sure i would have found more stuff to do.


Goals met:

recipe journal:

recipes were sorted, and index made for recipes to try, and recipes to keep, but will be put in another journal of some sort. some of the "to try" recipes are not available on line so i'll have to figure out some sort of storage.
i also had some household and decorating hints i wanted to keep. so the journal continues to be a work in progress

landscaping:

as posted earlier got the planting done that I wanted. looks good. Mary asked about the sunflowery thing, it is called a rudbeckea-i would have liked to put more in the ground, but with the draught . . .


scrapbooks:


i got all the scrapbooks caught up, plan is to keep them simple as you can see from the photo. a little journaling, the focus is the pictures themselves. 2008 i will probably use some fun paper and embellishments on a few select photos.

it's been difficult keeping up with a family album (yearly) and one for each of the boys. the only one left to do is the Mars Hill Church, Women of the Church scrapbook which does not have a deadline, so i'll probably get on it this weekend.











Knitting:

finished the 84 rows for the SOTS KAL, not sure what I think about my results, but i am not going to rip it out-

don't think this yarn would survive any ripping. anyway i love the challenge, and the adding the beads adds a little je nais qua (sic).

i have special plans for this stole which i will share when it's complete. this clue was pretty time consuming, so i hope it doesn't interfer with my other knitting!!!










speaking of which, made more progress on sock #2 of pair #1, and it is substantially smaller than the first one, i'll be ripping it out as i'm running out of yarn! it has made for good practice nonetheless, so i'm not fretting at all.

i'l just continue plugging along since i have some sock yarn i can't wait to start on-- plan to work on the jo sharp tonight while mom is at her bible study group, it will just me, the moss, and a cup of starbuck's, maybe a dessert???!!!


Stash: got my invite to Ravelry, and managed to catalog and photograph my stash, I love Excel! i agree with Mary, i'll investigate the whole thing this weekend, a bit overwhelming!


Christmas Cards:

did 4 prototypes, which I'm doing as a separate post, need some feedback on these a couple seem to be lacking something.

looking forward to a 3 day weekend in november, then some time off for thanksgiving, hard to believe that the holidays are just around the corner.

these last few days have been very refreshing---♥

pj has an orthodontist appt, andrew soccer and mom bible study- i should knit a chauffer hat!

ttfn