Making a Happy Cat

We made a ton of Happy Cat Toys with our orphaned socks. I must say, we had a lot – I guess I have been way to optimistic about finding the lost sock mates. Making Happy Cat Toys is very easy and very quick – I’d say in about an hour we had over 30…

Knitting Project #? – Migration Socks

One of my goals for this year is to knit 12 things – I laid out (more than 12) projects in groups with patterns, yarn, and needles all organized in their own ziploc baggies. After 7 months, I think I am finished with 4 things – and I’m also thinking that maybe I need to…

Who Put me in a Time Warp? McKinley’s 10

Who put me in a time warp? I can’t believe McKinley’s 10 today – our youngest is now in the double digits. Wherever did the time go? McKinley decided that he wanted a donut cake (after the request for an ice cream cake and several other types were mulled over). I went out this morning…

Helping Others – Bone Marrow Registry

My paternal grandfather weighed 76 pounds when he died. He died of bone marrow cancer and he was in a lot of pain for the last couple of years of his life. If he could have gotten a bone marrow transplant he might have lived longer and died without being in so much pain. There is…