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I got my little girlie football helmet hat done last night.  I want to re-do the football, but it came out cute.  Papa-to-be seemed to like both the pink and the blue.  Of course I forgot to take his picture with them.

I know that Father’s Day, like Mother’s Day, has it’s challenges for many people.  I am one of them.  It is a painful time for me in many ways, but the part that gets to me is the fact that I am so grateful to be married to a man who loves his kids and has been there for them.  We’re in a new era with 3 of our 4 kids and it’s really different for us.  Even though they have become adults and our childraising years are finished with them, we don’t quit being their parents.  We are so blessed and we know it.  They are great kids and to say we are proud is an understatement.

We have gone to one service at church for the summer and I think it is a good thing.  We had a great service today, but I think both the fellow who did the sermon (father of 2 young girls) and my hubby. who sang a song, were grateful they only had to do it once.

One daddy is still in the early years with his adorable little girls.  He is one who takes the job seriously and he had some great things to share today.  He asked hubby to sing a song, as I said yesterday.  I want to post the words to the song.

Cinderella 

by Steven Curtis Chapman 

She spins and she sways to whatever song plays,
Without a care in the world.
And I’m sittin’ here wearin’ the weight of the world on my shoulders.
It’s been a long day and there’s still work to do,
She’s pulling at me saying “Dad I need you!
There’s a ball at the castle and I’ve been invited and I need to practice my dancin’”
“Oh please, daddy, please!” 

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
‘Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don’t wanna miss even one song,
Cuz all to soon the clock will strike midnight
And she’ll be gone

She says he’s a nice guy and I’d be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says “Dad, the prom is just one week away,
And I need to practice my dancin’”
“Oh please, daddy, please!”

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
‘Cause I know something the prince never knew
Ohh-oh ohh-oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don’t wanna miss even one song,
Cuz all to soon the clock will strike midnight
And she’ll be gone
She will be gone.

Well, she came home today
With a ring on her hand
Just glowin’ and tellin’ us all they had planned
She says “Dad, the wedding’s still six months away
but I need to practice my dancin’”
“Oh please, daddy please!”

So I will dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
‘Cause I know something the prince never knew
Ohh-oh ohh-oh, I will dance with Cinderella
I don’t wanna miss even one song,
(even one song)
Cuz all to soon the clock will strike midnight
And she’ll be gone

It is a beautiful song.  I sat next to mama-to-be.  She is not a terribly sentimental girl (unlike me) but the song had barely started and she leaned into me and when I turned, she was just sobbing.  Of course, I was, too and we had one heck of a time getting through it.  Hubby had assured me that if he sang it 100 times, he wouldn’t get emotional when he sang it.  He did well and I think he avoided looking at us as much as he could because he knew I would be crying.  I am not kidding, I was fighting loud sobs.  I wasn’t alone, I saw dads all over the room literally losing it, moms, too.  He has the perfect voice for ballads like this and those who know him well know it wasn’t just a song.  He did well until he got to the part about “she came home today with a ring on her hand…” and he choked.  He has been a professional musician and he was able to just speak the words until he could sing again but if anyone wasn’t crying yet, they sure were at that point.  Dan, the speaker, told anyone who didn’t know that we have married off 2 of our daughters in the past year and that song had fresh meaning.  My dear daughter cried for about half an hour and I could barely handle seeing her hugging her daddy after.  The newlyweds were on the worship team today and when they came down after the service was over, the bride was in tears, too.  They love their dad and they know he loves them.  Now, we aren’t forgetting our boys………they’re the best.

Ok, moving on.  We had a pie auction after church and how I’d love to post the little video I took today of our son’s girlfriend as auctioneer.  I don’t think she’d like me to share it but she was adorable.  She’s shorter than I am (I’m 5 ft) and she stood on a chair with the mic….and our son stood behind her and she was only a little taller than him.  Cute.  They’re going on a mission trip to Mexico and this was a fundraiser that we do every year for that.  I didn’t end up with any pies but I did help drive the price up so that has to count for something.

We had a great barbecue this afternoon…we’ve started buying Western Sizzler Steaks, they go far and they are cheaper at the meat market.  The meat market is attached to a fruit stand so we got some great salad and fruit from there.  Hubby barbecued and we sat outside as long as it took us to eat before we came inside because the wind was so cold.  BUT…the sun was out!  Our son and girlfriend and the parents-to-be were here for several hours.  They all left and the newlyweds showed up.  By then, I was fighting to stay awake, but we had a nice visit with them, too.

Tomorrow is my day off!  Since I went to therapy last week, I get to stay home tomorrow.  Hopefully it is a fruitful day.

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Today was jam-packed.

We started the day with knitting in public to celebrate World-wide Knit in Public Day.  It was twice as fun as last year and that is because Shanda stepped in and organized it … she had prizes, drawings, buttons and did a great job of keeping it all moving along.  We met new people and even had one knitter born! 

It was pretty cold outside…this was before Bunni and I ran to the shop and got her pi shawl and a blanket to wrap her in.

Some people stayed inside, smart.

Pallas brought her naturally dyed yarns on a color wheel and they are to die for.  (tee hee)…truly, they are so beautiful.  It was great fun.

Then I had to leave this fun early because I had Bunni’s pinning to go to…she has completed the nursing program and is qualified to take the test now to be an RN.  I am so proud of her!

Here comes her hubby to pin her.

Pinned.

Happy it’s over, I think.

And get this.  The little imp actually wore his tux jacket with his jeans, it looks really cute…but we asked him to put his socks on in the car. It was not until we were seated that we noticed he must have gotten distracted.

Well, he’s always good for some kind of entertainment.

We went to a barbecue in Bunni’s honor and when we got home, I was dead tired.  I still have to put the finishing touches on a Father’s Day gift for the papa-to-be….I hope I remember to take a picture before I give it to him.

Hubby is going to sing a song at church tomorrow…probably everyone knows about it but me, but it is called Cinderella, about making sure you dance the dances with them while they are still little because one day they will go off with their Prince Charming.  Having married off 2 daughters in 10 months, I’m not sure how he can sing it without crying.  He assured me that if he sang it through enough times, he will be able to do it.  I heard it once and cried.  Father’s Day is always overly emotional for me.  I am so, so grateful that my children have the father they do….

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This is my second time here today.  Mama-to-be brought her little hat to me because her camera battery was dead.  Nothing exciting, just a plain little hat to go with a little sweater.

The set

And this was rather humorous.  She did not even realize she wasn’t holding the sweater with her hands.

Baby was kicking up a storm today while they were visiting us.

I had a nice date with hubby tonight..a little shopping, a little reading and coffee drinking makes for a nice evening.  I even bought a book.

I liked the pictures and what I read.  I gave hubby a test on internet lingo but he miserably failed…. LYS, Blog, FO, UFO, tink, frog, WIP 

Tomorrow is WWKIP and I’m excited.  The coffee shop we are meeting at already has it on the marquis.  We have a new street market on Saturdays so we should have fun if we have nice weather.  I hope everyone has somewhere to knit in public!  I will be leaving that early tomorrow, though, to attend a good friend’s graduation from nursing school.  I am so proud of her for making her dream come true…way to go, Nurse Bunni!  She’s an RN!

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Remember I mentioned yesterday that we wear the suit every day, many times a day.  Well, this is what I just saw…

There he sits in the middle of his “nest”….so excuse the mess, but I love the touch of the red spiderman pajama pants.  LOL

Weather today?  We have cloudy drizzle….supposed to be 59 and partly sunny. 

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I really am not going to complain about the weather when I think of the horrible tragedy in Iowa and the flooding going on in the midwest…but at the same time, this is the first time we’ve seen the sun in about 2 weeks and I really have to mark it on my calendar!  This has been the strangest year.  The whole town was excited when it started clearing up this afternoon!  Maybe it will warm up, too.  (we’ve had 40’s to 50’s)

I finished another simple little hat for SweetPea to match the bolero but I took it to mama without taking a picture of it.  I asked her to email me a picture but she didn’t get home until after dark tonight.  She is so thrilled at the simplest of things.  So is daddy….they take pictures of baby’s closet and send them to me.  The little bolero I made for mother’s day is hanging in the closet and it is soooo funny hanging on the hanger…the sleeves stick straight out.  I love that they are having so much fun getting ready for the big event.

Knit night the other night was really small, but we really had a great time.  Everyone came in pretty early and we just had a great time laughing and knitting.  I wasn’t going to put a picture but I thought maybe the daughter of one of the knitters might like to see her mom having fun.

See Ravelry open on the laptop there and the pink t-shirt? 

A daily occurence in our household is for the little imp to put on his tux.  I am serious.  Some days it is 4 or 5 times. 

Notice the executive pose.  (and the dressy shoes)

Now for a closeup of the collar and tie….

I love his creativity and enjoyment of life.

It just occurs to me that I had better get knitting a hat for Father’s Day for daddy-to-be.  I think I’ll make the pink version of the football helmet and give him both of them and he can return whichever one they don’t need.  I can’t think of anything he’d enjoy more than a football hat for baby.  They haven’t seen any of the other hats I’ve made…I want to give them when baby is born.

Too bad I have so much to do tomorrow, but glad it’s quick!  Oh yeah…and Saturday is WWKIP so I’ll be knitting all day.

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This is the first time I have participated in an SP swap but I guess this i a new feature.  There will be a question of the week for everyone to answer.  Here is the first one:

What is your favorite summertime drink??

My latest love is Starbucks Triple-shot Iced coffee.  LOVE it.  I also love the Java Chip Frap no whip but try to stay away from them and just make them a treat.  I love diet Pepsi but am really trying to stay away from that, too.  It would be nice if I could say ice water but nah.  I have to force myself to drink water.

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I am going to be happy with whatever we get in August when grandbaby is born…but I hope at some point I get a granddaughter to wear this hat!

I wish I had a head to put it on to show how adorable it is.  (I don’t know what I will do for a background when we get rid of the grass we grew in pots for the wedding, I’m loving it for pictures but we’ve promised it to a friend and just haven’t given it to her yet).

Anyway, I love, love, love this hat!  I love the vintage look of it and I think to see a little girl turning her head back and forth with those white loopies will be so cute!

Do you agree?

And now I need to flip through the book and find another hat to start on.  I’m so glad that my friend helped bump me out of my inability to make a decision on where to start knitting for baby.  It helped to think that this is probably just the beginning of several grandchildren and I can put away what isn’t needed this time.

World-Wide Knit in Public Day is this coming Saturday.  Do you have plans to be knitting somewhere in public?  I do.  We’ll be knitting downtown at the new street market our community has.  I have to leave early to go to a very special graduation but I get over 4 hours at WWKIP so that’s good!  If you don’t have a plan in your area, grab a friend and sit at the park or at the mall or on a bus.  It’s great fun!

And now I just got a call that Comcast is at the shop to change over my internet and install a tv connection so I had better get ready to go.  Hubby is taking care of the technical part of it.  Woohoo!  I found it was cheaper to change over to them and get phone, internet AND tv than it was for what I was currently doing for my slow connection.

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Today took quite an unexpected turn.  I was looking forward to a day at home, I planned to get something done in this house and just have a quiet day.  Not to be.  Last night I got a call from the little imp’s therapist reminding me of his appointment today. I thought it was next week. 

This morning I tried to take a little bit of time to relax after a rotten night’s sleep so I wouldn’t be stressed out on the hour drive.  I decided to move my shawl to my lace needles.  I didn’t realize my lace needles were unoccupied.  Well, I knit a row and moved the shawl and managed to drop 2 stitches…but no worries, I’ll fix that when I knit the next row.  I’m excited because the next colors coming up are purple and lavender.  I love how Noro does their colors, the lavender pops.

Next time you’ll see a definite change.

Today was wildly rainy and windy.  It was a horrible drive up to therapy. 

Can you see the capital in the distance?  This picture didn’t really capture the weather but it was so wild out that I wanted to get a picture.

At least it’s a beautiful drive.

After therapy we ran several errands and the little imp really got a kick out of walking down the street under an umbrella together.  We had to park a block away from the shop we were going to only to watch ALL the parking places in front  open up as we walked up.  haha.  He thought it was great fun and while we were in the shop, it poured buckets and then there was a lull long enough for us to get to the car.

I tell you, the rest of the country is experiencing a horrible heat wave and we are mid-50s and never-ending rain and wind.  I did see on the news tonight that we’re supposed to be getting nice weather.  We already had 2 nice days this year.  lol  Seriously, I’d probably rather have this than the horrible heat and storms they are getting.

We did get to meet up with the mama and papa-to-be.  They both have horrible colds.  They were going to the mid-wife appointment and wanted to connect up for a little sit down visit at Barnes and Noble.  It was pleasant.  I love watching the little imp and his brother-in-law hanging out together. 

When we got home we had to finish cleaning out the RV as the owners are taking it tomorrow.  It’s funny, we had that great week away in it, trying to rest up from the wedding.  When we got home I wiped out unloading it in the pouring rain.  Then it’s just easy to let the last little bit go for weeks because we had time to do it…and the funny part is, I can never figure out the locks so I can’t get into it if the fancy struck me to get it cleaned.  It took us less than half an hour. I took all my handy dandy green cleaning supplies out there and scrubbed away to the sweet scent of rhubarb.

I love this stuff and I really don’t mind cleaning the RV…funny how that doesn’t transfer to the house!  :-s 

My mom called me today to tell me that a lady she knows sent to Michigan for some Finnish toast that I grew up on.  It’s hard to find in this area and my siblings and I LOVE it dunked in coffee.  I’m bummed that we have no coffee in the house but I did eat 2 pieces while taking a picture.

I was so happy that even though I got back to town too late to pick it up from her, it appeared here anyway.  Not sure how, but I’m happy to have it and plan to run to Starbucks in the morning! 

And last but not least…the matches are out for Secret Pal 12 and I’ve heard from mine and contacted the one I get to spoil.  I’m so excited, I have never done this before and am excited to participate.  My pal sent me a Hoops and Yoyo card…adorable!  She must have investigated enough to see that I love them.  I have a little friend (2nd grader) who visits me occasionally and that’s what we do together…we watch them at Hallmark.  I hadn’t seen this one so that was really fun!  Wooohoooo!  This is going to be great fun!

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Late yesterday afternoon, I started a little hat.  I knit while I visited with friends.  Then I went on a date with hubby.  When I got home, I finished the hat…good feeling.  A sweet pea hat for my little Sweet Pea.

I think I might have taken a picture of our rhodie a day or two late…but we need something to remind ourselves that it is actually spring.  The weather continues to be cold, windy and rainy.  It’s getting a little depressing.  I don’t really love hot weather, but it would be nice to at least not be freezing cold.

That bush was tiny when we moved into this house.

I always love this time of year across the street.

Today I had a wedding to go to.  Hubby played guitar during the service and little Sweet Pea danced in mommy’s womb. I laid my hand on her tummy and enjoyed.  That little one will fit in this family just fine.  It’s grammy is the only one not musically talented, but I enjoy it all so that’s all that matters.

I raced back to the shop after the wedding where a friend was watching things for me.  I started a new project.

Same pattern as the first attempt with the yarn I didn’t end up liking.  I think it’s going to be really pretty.

After the shop closed, my friend was going to go look at a couch so I offered to go with her.  What fun.  We had to practically climb through all of the furniture  in the window to get to it but it was really worth it.  The couch is big, comfortable and round.  It is so perfect for snuggling up with knitting or a book.  She took the cushion home to try it in her living room and I walked over to a friend’s shop.  I couldn’t believe what I found.

The hat kind of goes, but I might knit another one and match the colors. 

So that’s it for me today…I have a little bit of a headache and am going to try to deal with it.  I think I didn’t drink enough water today…

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I spent most of my workday trying to get a bank statement to balance.  I do not get how you can click on each entry and still come out wrong…twice.  My computer went into super slow mode, it took about 5 minutes to load the reconciliation after I closed it so I could come back in and make sure I got the ending balance and service charges in correctly.  Ugh.  Tomorrow I will uncheck it all and go at it again.  ugh.

I had an appointment this morning that was 20 minutes late so look what I did.

The beginnings of a hoodie for Sweet Pea.  I found an adorable pattern.  I forget the name of it but will show you soon.  Isn’t it cool that it’s possible to relax when people are running late if you have something to do?  I thought the Yarn Harlot put it great in her new book, Things I Have Learned from Knitting….she said knitting alters the sensation of time when you knit while waiting for an appointment. But if your knitting is taken away, you go “raving out of your tree”.  True? 

I have 4 rows to go before I start stockinette and then 4 rows to begin the pattern on the front.  The pattern calls for knitting the front and back separately but I am going to take the lead of many of my friends and knit it in the round instead. 

As promised, I took pictures of my new Kureyon Sock yarn.

I have to say that I have enjoyed the gift of friendship from my friend and really am grateful for the yarn.

She didn’t need to, but she replaced the yarn I got on our week off after the wedding…the one I just couldn’t make work, so I gave it to her.  I will probably make the same pattern I started with the other yarn.  Go see what The Dip Lady is doing with the yarn I gave her.  She found a great pattern for it and it shows the colors well.

I got a gift card from #1 son for Mother’s Day and I got to spend it today!

A Whirly-Pop!  We borrowed one for making plain popcorn for the wedding and we all loved it.  I had to wait until they got more in, but it was worth the wait.  I even love the box it came in.  (I always drive hubby nuts saving boxes, but I’ll part with it)

We won’t get to try it out tonight.   It was just hubby and I home tonight, the little imp went with mama-to-be to Word Alive at church tonight.  We ate kind of a late dinner and hubby was really tired so I told him to go to bed early.  Sometimes that’s just fun…he’s probably watching tv before he falls asleep.  I’m just enjoying some alone time myself.

I’m hoping tomorrow night we can give the Whirly-Pop a whirl!

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