Spring Knitting

Hello, dear friends.
I've admitted to you before, I am a most terrible knitter.  Slow.  Painful.  I am not sure if I'm a process knitter, one who enjoys the rhythm of the knitting, or a finished project knitter.  Or not really a knitter at all, but a knitter-wanna-be. Or maybe a little bit of all of that.  At any rate, I'm not highly motivated to finish a project.  And I do enjoy having a bit of knitting in my hand; but if I'm not knitting, meh, I'm okay with that, too.
Anyway, I have been knitting this silly sweater for too long.  I bought the yarn years ago.  For the middle child.  But now, it will have to be for the Pipsqueak.  I find it boring.  Tedious.  But I want it finished!  This is my year of finished projects and inspired knitting!  I decided to sit under my favorite loverly tree and, well, knit.

But it's beautiful outside!  And there were distractions.

And I felt like I was being watched the entire time.

Hmmmmmmmm it's loverly knitting in the spring sunshine and fresh air.  I think Keeper is in the right frame of mind!!  And I did manage to knit . . . . a few rows, anyway!

Happy-ness is distraction and playing!!
Go outside and enjoy your spring romp! Now!  Go!
XOXO

Sometimes Sadness

Hello, dear friends.
This has been a week of sadness.  A day of defeat.  I meekly stand and wave my white flag of surrender.
And....
I put on my favorite jeans.  And a favorite white linen shirt.  And I turn up the Italian opera music so loud even the neighbors can hear it.  And I make tea.  From a tea kettle given to me by my most favorite person.  A birthday gift.

And I mourn the loss of friends and loved ones with Buckeyes.  Not very pretty Buckeyes.  But therapy. Remembering.  Wishing.

Happy-ness is one more day. To love.  To be loved.
XOXO

Be True!

It has been too-too-too long since I have posted anything!

I have been busy.  And lazy!

There was a trip to Atlanta, Georgia to visit family.

Spring Break.

A few sick days.

Lots of sewing.

A little knitting.
Wine drinking.
Dinners with best friends.
Lunches with good good friends.
And a business launched.
You can see me here on Etsy.
I have always been about the natural body, home, lifestyle.  In this day of ultra conveniences and throw-away mentality, I embrace the simple even more.  Clothes drying on a clothesline.  Books borrowed from the library.  Handmade (everything!).  Fresh (air! food! everything!).
I have been making my own deodorant for years, I have been sewing since I was about 9, which is not so many years ;-) and I have been using essential oils to freshen (the house, the laundry, everything!) and to cure what may ail the body (the big teenager had a very big, very nasty blister on the bottom of his foot; so nasty and big that it was making me woozy just to look at it!  I used the magic combination of essential oils to soothe over the blister and it was gone the very next morning!)
So . . . . . when my friend (and business buddy!) approached me about starting an Etsy business, I don't think I hesitated even a fraction of a second.  I jumped up, gave a war cry and ran with it!  And, me being me, she did all of the leg-work/prep-work while I did all of the cheerleading!  And some sewing.  Stephanie is fabulous!  Her cafe mocha sugar scrub is out of this world!
Visit our shop!  Check us out! Support two moms with a love for the all-natural, healthy, holistic, simple lifestyle!!  You will find my deodorant, Stephanie's sugar scrubs, eye masks that relax with lavender or soothe a headache (hangover?!) with peppermint.  I have an indulgent body butter that I will be adding; new things are being made and added daily!  Leave your comments; let us know what you think!

Happy-ness is being a mom; a woman business owner; empowerment; doing and being the person I'm made to be!  Be true to yourself today!!
XOXO