Day 289 of 2026

What's for supper? 

Tonight it's salad with apple, bacon and cheese 

with French dressing, 

white chicken chili, 

and homemade gluten free cornbread waffle.

Day 288 of 2026

I'm behind on my sock for my KAL with M, 

but I am going to stop the pattern here 

and do the forethought heel. 

This will help me determine when to start the toe. 

I don't think it is far away.

 

Day 287 of 2026

Sleeping so hard, but I have to wake him up or it will ruin bedtime.

 

Day 286 of 2026

It's another pink October sky.

 

Day 285 of 2026

Hello.

 

Day 284 of 2026

October sky.

 

Day 283 of 2026

With so many other things going on at the same time, 

the puzzle work is going slowly.

 I'm trying to spend at least a few minutes a day at it 

because, as I have said before, slow progress is still progress.

 

Day 282 of 2026

Evening walk. 

There are a lot of new characters in the neighborhood.

 

Day 281 of 2026

I had a little quiet time today

 so I decided to be more efficient 

and wound the rest of my colors for my current socks.

 

Day 280 of 2026

I have met the first goal for this sock KAL with the exception of 

placing a waste yarn for a future heel. 

I'll do that tomorrow when I am able to make sure I am doing it properly. 

Everything about this pair of socks is new to me 

so I expect a huge learning curve and two socks 

that may or may not be similar in any way.

 

Day 279 of 2026

Time to change color, but it wasn't wound yet. 

I thought today was the target date for the first stage, 

but it is really tomorrow. 

 

Day 278 of 2026

M and I have set a schedule and have started our knit along. (KAL) 

I have completed more than this but got caught up in a question

 about the row I was working on and didn't figure it out in time

 to get a picture for today. 

My hope is to be able to stick to our schedule

 and have a picture of a much further along sock tomorrow.

 

Day 277 of 2026

A great group of college friends got together tonight 

to watch the Hoosiers play football...

and catch up. 

Many of them traveled far to be here. 

The bond is still strong after so many years.

 

Day 276 of 2026

Happy birthday!

 

Day 275 of 2026

The next installment of my jeans from the 1970s

 is the knee area of the same leg as last time.

The pink plaid is a piece left over from a long skirt

 with a ruffle on the bottom I made in college. 

The solid pink is a knit fabric

 that was used for a project that I can't remember. 

I have the feeling it was also some sort of clothing, 

but I'm not sure.

 The red butterfly is a purchased patch. 

I am going to label these posts as "1970s jeans" so you can find them all quickly in the sidebar.

 

Day 274 of 2026

Finished. 

The Puffy Checks Socks are blocked and ready to be worn. 

I can now get ready for the knit-along with M 

without feeling guilty about starting another pair of socks.

I started posting about these socks in January 

as I was hoping for a pair of Valentine's Day socks, 

hence the vague heart formation for the picture. 

Feel free to go look at all the related posts about these socks 

which are under the label "the puffy checks socks."

 

Day 273 of 2026

GB#3's cross country meet tonight was the last of the season. 

The confetti made it seem like a celebration.

 

Day 272 of 2026

While in the attic last weekend, 

I found a box with some items I really love. 

These are the jeans I wore in high school and college. 

They are covered with lots of mending and embellishment. 

This freehand embroidery design

 is near the bottom of one of the legs. 

I'll share more soon.

 

Day 271 of 2026

Fireball and I worked on the garage again today. 

This is a box from an appliance we bought a while ago. 

Fireball opened it up and found three layers of walnuts

 from our tree stashed away in it. 

This is likely the work of one of our neighborhood squirrels.

It's too bad they went to all that trouble

 and never came back for them.

 

Day 270 of 2026

These are probably my most liked items I got at Comic-Con, 

the water bottle and the sweatshirt. 

They are definitely the most used.

 

Day 269 of 2026

My fast finish is improving. 

I completed the foot of sock number two last night,

 and then my needles that were supposed to arrive tomorrow

 arrived today. 

I was able to start and finish the first toe with the new needles 

tonight during the Indiana football game 

with the exception of the grafting.

 If all goes well, I should be done with this pair of socks

 sometime this weekend.

 

Day 268 of 2026

Today's puzzle setup was a little unconventional. 

 

Day 267 of 2026

Yogurt mustache.

 

Day 266 of 2026

I took a little time this afternoon 

to assemble the tree in my current puzzle. 

I guess I should have led with the fact that I got out my pick

 for the next puzzle to work last Thursday, 

but today is the first time I have actually worked on it.

 

Day 265 of 2026

Well, my fast finish is not going as quickly as I had hoped. 

I have been having trouble lately 

with stitches dropping off the end of my needle. 

Once I notice it, it takes quite a while to fix 

as the pattern is not easy to decipher

 when the stitch continues to unravel. 

I have tried to use the 9" circular but my hands cramp

 making it impossible to proceed with that method. 

I am not a fan of magic loop knitting but I may try two circulars. 

I think that may stop the dropped stitches but not bother my hands. 

I need to order several needles to finish this pair

 and to be ready for the first SAL pair M and I will be starting soon.

 

Day 264 of 2026

Breakfast: 

hard-boiled eggs, avocado, Italian dressing and strawberries.

Fireball opted for lunch.

 

Day 263 of 2026

This is the best example of what it means to be a team. 

Runners cheer on one of their teammates 

who was injured but continued to run. 

As soon as he was close enough, 

they all ran on the inside of the track 

alongside him until he finished the race.

 

Day 262 of 2026

I went into my studio to find something. 

I found a suitable item. 

I set it aside and then promptly started categorizing these books

 as they have gotten quite mixed up. 

I have more in stacks around the room

 so I plan to make some decisions on what to let go

 so that all the ones I'm still interested in will fit. 

Now, of course, I can't find the item I had gone here to get. 

I may have thrown it back into a bin of similar items, 

but for today I will just have to do something else that doesn't require it.

 

Day 261 of 2026

I finished cutting out a new quilt today. 

It has been my nap time cutting project for a couple weeks now. 

The stack in the back will need to be sorted and put away. 

To the right of the fabric stack is my colorful pouf. 

That's where the unusable bits are going.

 

Day 260 of 2026

It's time to bring the red socks back out. 

I think the last time I posted about them here was in May. 

I am at the straight foot part of the second sock. 

I am motivated to get them done

 so I can begin an informal sock along (SAL) with M. 

I think I'm going to give myself

 a minimum number of rows or repeats

 to do each day for a fast finish.

 

Day 259 of 2026

You might think that G#6 is examining his tongue, 

but he is not. 

He immediately went closer to lick the mirror.

 

Day 258 of 2026

Last load of the day.

It's been a rough one. 

I had an eye treatment today which I was expecting 

based on my vision and the time since the last one. 

It really zapped my energy today, though, 

which has not been the case lately.

 

Day 257 of 2026

A trip to Home Goods helped me find 

just what I was looking for.

 

Day 256 of 2026

Penrod Arts Fair was today 

and the weather was all over the place. 

It was cloudy for a bit, it rained off and on, 

and it finally got sunny and very hot and steamy. 

To prepare for all this, R wore her rain boots. 

Later we discovered that she matched some of the artwork.

 

Day 255 of 2026

My birthday was a few days ago. 

Upon request Fireball got me a tilting and rotating

 puzzle board with drawers for sorting. 

Then we got a new puzzle to go with it.

 

Day 254 of 2026

Following yesterday's theme, it's also choir season, 

which is pretty much the whole school year.

 It will kick up significantly in the spring

 with show choir competitions 

with two GBs participating this year.

 

Day 253 of 2026

It's cross country season again. 

Due to many weather cancellations, 

today was the first completed meet this year.

Day 252 of 2026

I can't really call this done yet as you can see 

I still have ends to weave in, 

but I did get the fancy bind off done today.

 

Day 251 of 2026

Time to let a few more things go.

 

Day 250 of 2026

GB#6 and the bubble machine

 

Day 249 of 2026

Lots more work in the closet happened today. 

There is still so much more to go

 but it is definitely looking better. 

There will be a lot of labeling to do once I have finalized 

the locations of the items I decide to keep.

 

Day 248 of 2026

We have a flurry of birthdays this month. 

GB#4 is the first. 

She becomes our newest 12 year old.

 

Day 247 of 2026

The sky tonight was amazing.

 

Day 246 of 2026

GB#6 is curious about the puzzle. 

Teach them young.

 

Day 245 of 2026

I'm out and about downtown for lunch with Fireball. 

I've taken this picture before but can't seem to find it. 

If I come across it, I'll link it here so we can compare. 

I finally found it. Click HERE to see it in 2015.

 

Day 244 of 2026

I just finished the second row

 of my two row repeat of this blanket

 only to realize 

that there is not enough yarn for the next row, 

let alone another repeat. 

I am not too broken up about it though. 

It means I get to start the next color sooner. 

 

Day 243 of 2026

To end the weekend, Fireball and I spent some time before dinner

 looking for more clothes to donate. 

We managed one full bag and one very full bag. 

 

Day 242 of 2026

Newest color.

 

Day 241 of 2026

Early this morning at 12:12 

was the peak of a 96% partial lunar eclipse.

 It was visible here in Indiana.

 Shortly before midnight 

it occurred to me to look up how to photograph it. 

I took quick note of the equipment I needed and the settings to try. 

I went to the driveway and set it up. 

I got two photos that were fairly clear. 

I'm happy with my quick try.

 

Day 240 of 2026

USA State Flowers. 

The puzzle includes a list of each state and what the flower is. 

The puzzle itself it so beautiful. 

I have had my eye on it for years. 

I finally saw it at a sale price I've never seen before.