The colors of Valentine's Day

When I think of Valentine's Day I don't only think of red, I actually prefer pink and as I was listing the hat above in my Etsy shop yesterday I was struck by how much it made me think of food, or candy, or better yet chocolate with some scrumptious pink sort of filling inside.

So with the holiday fast approaching I thought I'd show you a little knitting (it's long overdue!) and share a personal credo: there is nothing wrong with having a little chocolate every day. And for those of you who won't let yourself go there, might as well wear some, or maybe just put it on your baby.

Passing it on

I received this nice little present the other day from a fellow Virginia blogger who I like to think of as the goat lady. Oh, and make that bunny lady too. Her highly entertaining blog can be found under the name puffthemagicrabbit and if you visit you'll see that she clearly knows all things goats, bunnies, roving, fiber, spinning, crazy cats and how to best feed your goats coffee. I thought I'd pass it right along back to her and just a few close friends, tenten, yarnandpaper, Hickory Green Farm and kindnessgirl who may or may not choose to play along. Whatever you do ladies, just know that I love popping in on you, and feel like I know a little bit of what's going on in your lives even when we don't get the chance to talk. So in this month of hearts, flowers and chocolate candy, I'd like not to forget my friends who mean so much.

Award - Lets be Friends

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Well no wonder

On this day of LOVE and all things romantic, irony has had it's way with me. I just found out I have MONO. So while the rest of you go out to dinner or have a lovely evening with your siginificant other, I will be in bed with the computer, a box of chocolates, piles of yarn and the March issue of Country Living Magazine.

No really, go on, have a great time, just wake me when it's over.

She's crafty

Who remembers that Beastie Boys song, from the late 80's, was it? I don't think we're using crafty in the same sense. ha!



I've never really considered myself a "crafty" sort of girl. Then I found knitting and heard words come out of my mouth like "craft store", "crafting" and "craft show". My husband just laughs and says, "that's alot of craft talk for a girl who doesn't do crafts"!



For Valentine's Day I had a few requirements for the cards. First they had to be made out of what I already have at home. I can't go back to Target. Yesterday I wasn't sure I was going to make it across the store and back (I even considered taking a seat in the middle of the floor but decided against it). Then, they needed to be cute for the girls and not too cute or girly for the boys. I was out of inspiration and so I decided to try my hand at the idea Molly had over at the purl bee for crocheted valentines. I'm very happy with the way they turned out and now only have to add a personal note on each one. That and a little package of chocolates for each recipient and I'm callin' it done.








It's the perfect day for staying inside and I'm trying my best to figure out how to do just that. We went to sleep to rain last night and woke up to find it frozen and still raining. The kids had a two hour delay to the start of school, Allie is happy in her swimsuit and I'm indulging her in some cooking shows. So far so good on not going out to this:







This forsythia bush is right outside my kitchen window and this morning the bright red cardinals perched in it were a beautiful winter sight. I only wish I could have gotten a camera shot with them still there.

Oh crap

I've been a bit under the weather the past few days and strangely enough can relate to my car:





I've even been too tired to knit or blog and that's getting pretty bad. Before this "whatever it is" ensued I indulged in some comfort knitting, you know, the knitter's version of comfort food. Simple but useful knitting is calming and I find the finished product appealing. There's no better face cloth than one that's been handmade as far as I'm concerned:

And as luck would have it I'm in charge of my daughter's Valentine's Day party at preschool tomorrow. This is 2 years in a row I've been sick for it, I swear I'm not signing up for Valentine's next year!