What do you think?

I’ve been staring at this skein of bulky, hot pink, ridiculously soft wool/mohair blend yarn that I got in a yarn swap for about 3 months now wondering what the heck I was going to do with it.  I saw this pattern on Ravelry and, well I couldn’t help myself.  All of the other hats people had done with this pattern were in Shrek green, but I decided we needed to step out of the box.

Pattern:  Ogre, My Ogre by Gunilla Levitt

Materials: 1 Skein Brown Sheep Lambs Pride Bulky in Hot Pink (I only used about half the skein)

Size US 15 16″ circular needle

Claire’s reaction is that the hat is “soft, fuzzy and has really silly ears on top”.  Works for me.  It has enough stretch to it that it fits well on her head, and on mine too!  Maybe I’ll be a pink Shrek for Halloween

As rendered by Claire, Age 3 years, 364 days.

Last night I sat outside on the deck and looked up at the moon and the stars on a beautiful crisp and clear night and took a moment to ponder all that has happened in the last few months.  Listening to the crickets chirp and the faint sounds of a quiet neighborhood at night, I took a deep breath of the cool air and closed my eyes.

The first thing that came to mind was my Faith and how blessed I am to have it, when so many others do not.

I thought of my beautiful family…..Jonathan and the girls….and how much love and strength they give me every day

And my friends — especially for all the wonderful times we/I’ve got to spend with Keith in the last couple months, despite getting absolutely soaked at the game this past weekend.

And for my new job.  Most of you already know this, but I started work at St. Pius as the Assistant Pianist/Organist recently.  In so many ways this is my dream job.  It came about in such an unexpectedly wonderful way - and to know that I get to do something I love and yet still get to be with the girls is a blessing in so many ways.  I’m growing in confidence every day and I know this is the first step in a life long career in music ministry for me.

Thanks be to God indeed.

…apparently isn’t fond of playdough.

Its a rainy day, so I got out the playdough this morning.

Madeline says

“ooooooh play dough…I eat it.  mmmmm. I hungry”

And proceeds to take a big bite out of the blue hunk of playdough that I gave her.

Apparently she didn’t like the taste because she spit it back out and said

“ew.  I no eat it.  Yucky”

Usually It’s Jonathan that posts more “political” things on this blog. Usually I try to stay out of the conversation.  However, I am incredibly excited about John McCain picking Sarah Palin to be his running mate, and I can’t hold it in any longer.

I could go into many many reasons why I am thrilled by her nomination, but rather than list them all, I thought I’d share an article published in the First Things blog just today:

http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=1161

It’s a worthwhile and somewhat emotional read, but it hits on the majority of the points as to why I’m all about Sarah Palin and her being our next Vice President.

As of today…

• I am officially employed again…part time anyway.
• 50% of our household has braces, and 25% of our household is really pissed about it 
• Sarah Palin still rocks in both of the voters of this household’s eyes
• I’m hungry, yet, I don’t feel like chewing
• It is 4 days until Notre Dame Football kicks off for the season…
• 10 days until ND vs Michigan (yay)
• Claire starts preschool tomorrow
• I succesfully have played 3 Masses at our parish, and in only one of them did my child bolt to the altar…