TheEnabler and I needed to head out to California for my Aunt’s memorial service in May. We decided that if we were going to make the trip, that we would head out a few days early and visit some friends in San Francisco before heading down the coast to Los… Read More »San Francisco Visit: Alcatraz and Chinatown
First, I’m still here! I know I said I was taking off August, and now we’re in the middle of October… let’s just say that for all I knew the move would be intense and take a lot of time and energy… I still was wayyyy too optimistic about what… Read More »Some quick updates
Cliffs of Moher – some background On Sunday I finished my Cliffs of Moher needle felt piece. I’ll show it to you in a bit, but first I wanted to give you some background on the Cliffs of Moher and what they mean to me. As I believe I’ve mentioned… Read More »Change in Approach
As we were driving back from Voroneț to Iași, my aunt remarked that I had clearly been working on multiple things over the holiday and asked just how many I brought with me. And was I working on all of them? Or had I finished that red yarn before I… Read More »So how many projects did you bring??
We have had a couple slow paced days here so far, which is a nice change of pace from our usually pretty action packed travels. We arrived safely at my aunt’s house late Friday night after a rather intense 3hr drive through foggy country roads. One problem with driving in… Read More »First days in Romania
My aunt has been traveling to Romania regularly since I was in grade school since she did Peace Corp there. Both my siblings have been, but until now life hasn’t worked out for me to visit with her. Last year when she stayed with us for Christmas, we discussed the… Read More »Off again, this time to Romania
That’s my excuse for the time between posts. I never had any intention of taking the time to post while visiting AwesomeE and my folks last weekend, but I sort of thought I’d post sometime this week. But here we are Saturday, and I’ve only got time for a quick… Read More »Jet lag sucks…
Get Lots done on Shawl: Check! I spent most of my plane knitting time working on this lovely item. It now looks like this: I am several rows into the first set of charts and second section of the shawl. Finish Socks Achieved! I even wore them yesterday, though hidden… Read More »Best Laid Plans…
Blog post brought to you from Heathrow Airport as I wait for my flight to the US. Headed to one of our company offices for several days of work meetings, but then going to visit family and friends including AwesomeE for a few days before I fly back to Germany.… Read More »Headed to the States again
Or “Woolies prove their value” Friday October 4th was our big hiking day. We really had our fingers crossed that the weather would cooperate and all would go well. We wanted to do a proper hike in Wales, but for a variety of reasons, this didn’t work out. We’d started… Read More »North Face of Ben Nevis
