Lucy’s Crafty Thoughts

I hate going grocery shopping. Hate hate hate it. DH enjoys it. Go figure. We usually end up going together though. Best not to go when Lucy has an empty stomach. That means grouchy Lucy… and DH gets this
Anyway, we went to Wild Oats tonight as well, since I had run out of [...]

First off, the cuteness that is my sleeping dog and her bear:

It is views like that, when I can’t stand looking at my computer anymore, that make it all OK.
So one little quirk of DH is his habit of leaving beverages scattered about the home. Usually empty, but sometimes not. This doesn’t really bother me [...]

Earlier I commented that DH and I didn’t really do much for Valentine’s day. We didn’t feel like trying to make a reservation in town, etc. So we decided to do a belated V-day and instead, made a dinner reservation at a nice restaurant in town for last night (The Stained Glass). Yesterday afternoon, I [...]

I love the weekends. Until Sunday night and I lament not being more productive and also knowing I have to get up and work the next day. But I love getting to sleep in til 11 if we want. Staying in pajamas all day. Etc. Today it is like 5-degrees out here in Chicago. We [...]

While my uber-dork husband is chatting to some guys in Great Britain while racing them on his new XBOX 360…. I decided to take some pictures of my felted/finished Big Buttonhole Bag. And, I included the dog again so you can compare it to this previous post. And, since all dog owners speak for their [...]

A few of us from our knitting group are going to knit the Buttonhole Bag (from Mason Dixon Knitting). We ordered Sierra yarn from KnitPicks. Last week we used a swift and ball winder and wound all the yarn and this week we will start knitting the bags. I’m making two bags - one big [...]

So DH and I have started looking online for places for rent/sale out in Seattle. It is sort of fun to start picturing ourselves out there! And, my countdown has begun until we can buy real couches again! And have a real yard for the dog! And supposedly I will get to pick out a [...]