Trying Again

Ariana Mayıs 18, 2022

I am going to try again to post what I tried to 5 times yesterday. We’ll see if it disappears again. I sure hope not.

I received a box in the mail from Sherri in Las Vegas. She made nine pairs of mittens for me to donate to the school. Aren’t they great? They are going to keep some little hands nice and toasty warm this winter. Thank you so much Sherri.

She also sent me a couple of sweet little gifts. A little snowman ornament and a project bag that has a built-in tape measure and DPN holder. Best of all? It has camping trailers on it! You are so thoughtful Sherri.

Look at the expression on his face. Doesn’t it look as though he’s keeping a secret? Most of you know how much I love snowmen and with space limited in the trailer I won’t be able to have very many things out this year so this little guy is the perfect size.

I was able to deliver over 115 pairs of mittens yesterday morning to Stevens Elementary school in Spokane. I also took well over 100 baby hats and 10 baby blankets to Holy Family Hospital yesterday. It was a good day! I wasn’t able to go into either building but people came out to meet me and get the bags of yarny goodness. I also want to thank Nita for letting me keep them at her house until deliveries were accepted again.

I finished Piper‘s pink sweater. I haven’t sewn the buttons on or washed it yet but I love it.

Here is the back. I have started her lavender sweater and have the back within a few inches of being completed.

We were also able to get the skirting finished on our trailer just in time. It is supposed to be 29° tomorrow night and will get below freezing toward the end of the week too. I took all four pots of flowers over to Larry and Nita’s house on Sunday. She has a covered patio where hopefully the frost won’t bother them for a few weeks yet and she can enjoy the blooms from her kitchen window.

I don’t remember if I told you that there is a very small airport right behind our trailer. These hangers are literally only about the equivalent of three city blocks from us. Sometimes if the weather is nice, I’ll take a chair and go sit along the back edge of the park and knit and watch the planes takeoff and land. Brad, Mandy and Piper could literally fly into this airport and walk over to our place. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful surprise?

Piper has been giving me art lessons most days after school. We FaceTime and she was very disappointed I didn’t have any crayons. I took care of that in my grocery order yesterday. I ordered a box of crayons but would you believe Walmart of all places, was out of crayons? So I broke my own unwritten rule and stopped on the way home and ran into Target just to buy a box of crayons. They had a display set up just inside the door so the only person I was near was the cashier. We both had our masks on and I ran out of there quickly. But now I have my crayons for my classes with Piper.

OK, I’m going to close this quickly so I don’t risk losing it all again. I hope you are all having a wonderful day.