Yarn Along

Joining in with the Yarn Along hosted by Ginny of Small Things and this is my first one...knitting and reading, how can that be wrong?  Since I'm not the fastest knitter I'm sure this will be in many pictures but I'm ok with that and hopefully you will be too.  This will some day be a Friendship Shawl that I picked up a free pattern for at Michaels like years ago, when I first started knitting.  I knew that someday I would be able to understand the then foreign language that it was written in.  At this point I work on this at night when the boys are in bed so I don't have to set it down as much.  So far I'm pleased with how it's turning out but frustrated with how slow going it is.  Patience and Peace...that's what I'm working on!  How about you?

As for my book, I actually just started reading Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most by Brooke McGlothlin and I am loving it!  Yes, lately if I want to read something it almost always has to be on my Kindle app.  Being a mom with two active boys I never know when the random downtime is going to strike so I take advantage when I can.  I'm so often overwhelmed by being their mother and trying my hardest to raise them to be amazing Godly men.  Prayer is the key and I know it makes a difference!  As hard as it is for me to imagine, God loves them more than I do and He made them to be something special!  I'm just trying to not get in His way!

The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY

Outside my window...Amazing mountains with just a hint on snow left on them.

I am thinking...I really need to do something with the day but I'm just not sure what.  I know my boys would be fine just playing outside with the neighbors but going to the playground may be a better idea or even a bike ride!

I am thankful...for my amazingly hard working husband and the fact that he went fishing for halibut when he doesn't even eat fish!  I am so blessed!

In the kitchen...there is a pile of pots and pans that need washed, a dishwasher that needs emptied and reloaded, and a pot of coffee that I will drink as I blog rather than clean! : )

I am wearing...yoga pants and a hoodie!  This seems to be a norm for me and I'm ok with that!

I am creating...currently, two projects going right now (for a knitter that seems to be rather impresive!), a shawl and another hat. 

I am going...somewhere...later. For right now I'm staying put babysitting my friend's sweet little girl, Kinley!

I am wondering...what my two boys are up too since they went outside to play.

I am reading...Warrior Prayers by Brooke McGlothlin.  Just picked it up on my Kindle this morning!

I am hoping...make it through the day unscathed!

I am looking forward to...getting my hair done, these roots are out of control!

I am hearing...the sound of three little boys riding their bikes/scooters in the cul-de-sac and their joyus laughter!  One of my favorite sounds!

Around the house...there are chorse to be done and I'm content watching Kinley sleep while I type away.

One of my favorite things...a clean quiet house!  This doesn't happen nearly enough but when it does...WOW!

A few plans for the rest of the week: Soccer, soccer, grocery shopping, and praying for my husband/boys everyday!

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Recent Stuff...

Here are some of the things I've been working on lately. I am still a newbie to this but here we go:

A friend of my showed me this pattern and I just had to try it! So cute and simple! I just used some inexpensive cotton yarn from my stash and away I went. Now I just have to find a little girl that it will fit!

I made this for my dear friend Ginna who is having her first baby in a couple months and I'm over the moon excited for them! There is something so adorable about a baby in a sleep sack. I think I would be tempted to knit myself a adult sized one if it wouldn't take me forever! This was also my first attempt with cables of any kind and it was surprisingly simple! I was so proud of myself when I finished it! I still need to block it but I've decided to work on a little hat to match. I love baby stuff! I definitely need to give props to http://comfortwool.blogspot.com/, I really love most of the stuff on there and I'm sure there will be more knitting ideas coming from that blog!

I also knitted a matching hat! I'm very excited about this since it's my first hat ever! For some reason I had this preconceived notion that hats were so hard to do and I'm pleased that this hat mystique is completely behind me now! Look out...I see hats for my families' future Christmas presents!

I've been only knitting for a short period of time. My mother-in-law and my grandmother-in-law have been instrumental in teaching and guiding me in this adventure. I owe them for introducing me to a world that I never even thought I could be apart of. Family is an amazing blessing sometimes!

Welcome!

Welcome! My name is Heather and my family and I live in Anchorage, Alaska. I'm married to a wonderful man and we have two amazing little boys.

Living in a house full of testosterone I have found that creating is a great outlet for the craziness that is my life!

I'm starting this blog to share some of my creations and my journey in becoming creative. Hope you join me as I continue to post more.