Yarn Dreams

Really? March? Wow.
I think the second biggest secret to being an adult is that time moves faster and faster the older you get. (The first is that you will never feel like an “adult” the way you expected to as a kid.)
Aside from the fact that we have had piles and [...]

Once again I find myself woefully behind in my online life. I guess that’s a good thing – it means real life is going well.
I hope everyone who celebrates had a wonderful Christmas with their families. We had our last family party today, and I am a little sad that it’s [...]

Since we moved last April and I wound up with an entire room for myself, I’ve been trying to find the best way to organize my craft supplies.
It’s been difficult because while I would love to have things in the perfect place, labeled, and in attractive containers, I’m paralyzed by my fear of putting something [...]

I have been asked if I really was able to put a costume on my cat and how long he tolerated it for.
Well, the headband lasted all of 15 seconds (too bad, since that made him look awesome) but he really didn’t seem to mind the jacket. Here are a few more photos of [...]

*No cats were harmed in the making of today’s post. One was mildy annoyed, but cheered up when he saw that there were treats involved.
**I’m really not the kind of person who likes to dress up my cat. Really. This was on sale at Target and I couldn’t resist.

Cold. It’s cold here. The heat is on, my wool socks are out, and the cat has been sleeping under the blanket against my side. (Which at least keeps me warm even if I can’t roll over.)
We watched the Iowa vs. Michigan last night on TV and at one point they showed [...]

As much as I hate to admit it, Fall has arrived in Chicagoland. This has both bad (weather) and good (football!) points.
It is pretty easy to tell when college football season begins around here. Every time I turn the TV on, it is tuned to ESPN or the Big Ten network. Radios are tuned [...]

For the last few years, I’ve done a little contest/giveaway for my birthday on August 1st. I think it’s fun and I always seem to get a good response to I guess some of you think it’s fun too!
(For the record, I turned 29 – for the first time, not the [...]

So a few weeks ago, Steve and I stopped by IKEA on the way home from my parent’s house to pick up a shelf I wanted to add to my wire basket yarn storage tower.
This is the ($7) shelf:

And installed:

Perfect.
But. Despite my best intentions to walk out of that damn store with only [...]

Still not doing much knitting as I would like. For some reason, even though the days are longer in the summer I feel like I have fewer hours to squeeze everything in.
Somewhere along the line, I stopped blogging about everyday things and I sort of miss it. I think about starting [...]