Swap soaker in Lion brand wool!

Its pretty! I still have a drawstring and the leg cuffs to add.

Wow the garden really grew!

Its amazing how much!

Time for some more knit updates!

Little knit dress. Pattern is called Elenka from Knitty.

Beautiful Three Irish Girls Capri/Longies

Latest knits!

I have been productive. Owl shorts, Sm Rainbow soaker, Rainbow yarn I dyed and the beginning of a tomten sweater, shorts for KateLynn, and a Skirty for Lilly.

School’s out, summers here!

Lots to update, as always! I suffer from blogging procrastination. Anyway lets see. School is out so I have my 6.5 year old home. This makes for fun days which I enjoy for the most part, excepting the fussing with her sis, which gets old fast.

We finally got the garden going. It took forever with all the rain we’ve had. I think final count was close to six weeks straight. I am so glad that is done. Here are pic’s of our garden. See the wild bunny, so cute but she’s gonna eat my veggies so we’ll have to fence it next.

More knit goodies!

Working on our summer shorts stash! 

Perfect Mom dyed by Huckleberry knits

And Purewool Pilaraz

Made a knit washcloth

Its pretty but bigger than I need. Will have to try a different pattern next time.

Spring is here!

On thriftier eating

Much like many others the economy has begun to hit us. Dh was cut back at his job from  supervisor to fitter/welder. Were still feeling grateful though because its still a job. The money cut hurts though. So I do what I can to stretch things more. Today I am making stew. I tend to forget stews when we are doing well financially. But there is no denying the value of throwing a bit of this and that together for a tasty meal. So today’s recipe is

Beef stew

2lb of ground beef from aldi’s

6 potatoes sliced

1 onion

some garlic

1 can of green beans

1 can of corn

1 can of tomatoes

A couple handfulls of baby carrots I got on sale.

And some various seasonings I had on hand.

Salt, pepper, meat marinade, and italian seasoning

One big stewpot and enough water to cover plus a bit.

This will be tasty and feed us a couple days at least.

My little monkey

Must always be on my guard with this sweet child.

My little monkey