A Weekend to Rest

On Friday Sammy and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We celebrated by taking Friday off from work and having a weekend without the kids. My family agreed to babysit, many thanks to Sam and Cathy.

We took Friday pretty slow. I love where we live right now. So many things are in walking distance. We ate at the Original Pancake House after I dropped my car in for a tire rotation. I had pumpkin pancakes...so yummy! I'm in the "pumpkin should be in everything" crowd (except for beer...I don't like pumpkin beer). Then we watched a couple of fun nerdy movies and enjoyed some cheese and crackers for lunch. I feel like it's a standard celebratory meal for us. We were able to get some things done around the condo and relax this weekend. Our cars are even washed and vacuumed...such a relief. We park under some trees that have been blooming.

I've been working hard on my final test knit which is a very time intensive project. I have about two weeks to get it done. With the holiday on Tuesday, I'm so hoping to get things wrapped up quickly. The list of things I want to make after completing it keeps growing and growing. Also, I want to design a few things along the way as well. Designing is a time intensive process (especially as a novice).

To clean things up, I was going through my pattern library in my Ravelry notebook. I have over 1,000 patterns in my library from over five years of searching. Clearly, there is no need for me to purchase any new patterns soon! There are some things I have finished, so it was nice to post some pictures and remove them from the list.

A six pattern chunk related to doilies that I had made for my brother-in-law's wedding. They had an adorable vintage theme, and they did it well. Gilly, my now sister-in-law, had been collecting doilies, so I asked if I could make her some. She agreed and confirmed the colors. I really needed something to focus my attention in a positive light. Here are a few pictures.

The doilies were such fun to make, and it was nice to feel like I had something to give to the wedding. My older son and hubby were part of the wedding. With a six month baby, I wasn't very useful. Of course, others had children in the wedding party...so no excuse.

Here is a picture of my little guy and me at the wedding. Sadly, my look was more 40s than 50s...I tried :).

Sharing in their special day was nice. Now they have a beautiful baby boy, and all seems really rosy :).

Have a great holiday week and enjoy the beautiful weather!