My "Meredith Shawl" TaDa

Good Friday morning to you!   I finished my "Meredith Shawl" recently.   I call it my "Meredith Shawl" because I saw the pattern for it on my friend Meredith's blog.  I have continued in my quest to become a real knitter.  I have completed a couple of decent projects now, and am enjoying it very much.

This is just straight knitting.  You add two stitches every row, until you get to the size you desire.  I put a crochet trim on it.  Now I am wishing I had made that trim a little bit longer.

I enjoyed making this from the first stitch to the last.  There is something so comforting about having a soft 

heap of yarn on your lap.

  

We took a long car drive a couple of weeks ago to attend our niece's wedding up in San Luis Obispo.  I was glad that I was able to finish the shawl on this trip, as I wanted to gift it to a dear friend of mine that I would be retiring with her husband, and moving to a small village in Mexico for an adventure of a life time.

I actually enjoyed making this so much, that I am thinking about making another one.  I had to borrow a friend's 40" cable for my circulars to make this.  So I need to buy one of those first.
I know I have been very sporadic at blogging.  I feel badly about that.  I have been very busy, but am also having some computer issues that make it kind of hard to do a blog post right now.
Over Spring break, I let Noah have a few friends over for a Skylander party.  He was so excited!  The boys were all perfectly behaved!  They each brought their own collection of Skylander figures, and spent the entire
three hours playing their game on Wii.

It was the cutest thing to watch for this Grandma!  He has chosen such nice friends.

They took a short break of cookies and Capri Suns to recharge their powers, and then straight back to their game.

While two boys were taking their turn with the controls, the others played so nicely with their Skylander guys spread out all over the place.  I think I had a smile on my face the entire time.

I was so glad that I got a photo of all of the boys together.  It was a fun afternoon for Noah, and for me!
I had the girls over one day on Spring Break to make Easter cookies.  I only got a photo of Clairey though, as  Hannah was more interested in watching Noah play Skylander!  I know...I was shocked!

I also recently celebrated a sort of big birthday!  My husband sent me the most beautiful roses.  They got prettier every day.

I am now an official SENIOR!  GAH!  So now when my Mom wants to drive through McDonald's after an afternoon of our shenanigans for a "senior cup of coffee", I can also get one for myself.  I admit, I used to refuse to place the order!  But it's not so bad.  Come on Mom, let's go get coffee!!!!
I got such thoughtful gifts from my children.  Genny and Jake got me a diffuser for essential oils.  And oh how I love it!

Erika got me a gift card to Lowe's.  Which is still burning a hole in my wallet!
Drew got me the prettiest outdoor pillow.  He knows how much I love birds!

His darling girlfriend Christine, got me some much needed gardening supplies.

She didn't get me the jar of dog bones!  That is Dusty's supply.  He makes a mess with them, so he has to have these outside.
With birthday money from my Mom, I got myself a new chaise lounge for the patio.

Time to wrap this up.  I have a busy day ahead.  We are leaving at 4:00 tomorrow morning for a mini vacation to New Orleans.  Mom's Christmas gift to all of us.  Mom and all of my brothers, and spouses.  We went a few years ago, and had the best time.  I will also be meeting up with my friend Teresa who is already there on a vacation with her daughter and sisters!!!!
Catch you later!!!  Be Sweet!
XO  Kris