What's up with Elisabeth & George?: knitting

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Reusing a body puff?

I'm all for eco ideas, but I have trouble with even continuing to use body puffs after a couple of uses. I like wash cloths for that. You use them, then wash them.

So this idea seems cool... but gross to me. Knitting a pot scrubber out of a used loofah? What do you think?

Friday, March 13, 2009

Everyone's invited for a Knit Together at my house next week!

Let me know if you're interested and I can send you additional details. Guys are also welcome! We don't have any officially in our group yet, but I know of at least one who may be joining us at one of our knitting sessions. And, no, I don't mean George.

By the way, there is still time to get your images in for the custom portrait art giveaway. Just email me your photos by midnight my time (or in timezones even further west if you happen to be there.) I will be announcing the winners tomorrow. I have about 14 entrants with some 35, or so, images. Good luck to everyone! Only five will be selected!

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Knitting Urges

I'm a social knitter. If I don't have someone else to knit with, I quickly lose inspiration, motivation, and therefore momentum. I lost my momentum altogether less than a quarter way into my NaKniSweMo project in 2007! I have tried to motivate myself, but just haven't been able to knit more than a few stitches since then.

Enter Teddi! She just started knitting again recently and now I am too! Here are some of the things I want to knit. And no, the baby stuff isn't for any *particular* babies, but I'd definitely be knitting some if I had some newborns to knit for.

Since my boy is too big for those cute little baby things:

And if I were really crazy and had insane amounts of time on my hands:

How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.