I can’t decide

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I can’t decide if it’s an age thing, excitement, or that I’m just tired but I can’t remember to take before and/or after pictures.

I purchased the cutest patterns from Little Cotton Rabbits and actually made one of the boy rabbits. I gave it to our one-year old grandson. He loved it as much as a one-year old can. I only finished the shorts for the rabbit but though it didn’t matter if the rabbit was fully clothed or not. The Shirt is currently on the needles right now. Do I have a picture of the finished rabbit? No. I will see if my daughter will take a photo and send it to me.

The twins loved the boy rabbit and one wanted a girl rabbit and the other one wanted a girl fox. Both were specific with the colors they wanted so once I get them made, I hope I will remember to take pictures for show and tell.

I’m still without a computer and am using Mr. Aitch’s computer right now. Sorry about that.

Hindsight

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I saw it coming and I wasn’t proactive. My computer is dead.

Kaput.

I didn’t back it up before I accidentally turned it off Sunday evening. I had been leaving it on 24/7 until I backed it up and then by habit, I turned it off. I realized it as soon as I clicked “shut down” and by then it was too late. My only hope is that I can take it somewhere to have the hard drive copied so I don’t lose all my knitting patterns, downloads, documents, and most importantly, all my photos.

Until I get a new computer, I will be posting from my iPad. And if you have tried to post with any type of tablet, you know how difficult that can be.

I’ll try to post at least once a week as I have a few things I want to tell you. Some yarny things. Some more culture. Some neither.

TTFN

Spring forward

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Patti_is_knittinginflashes

I’m sure that by now most of you reading this in the United States know that we turn the clocks ahead one hour tonight. And if you happen to live in one of the few states that doesn’t do this, well, I’m jealous. This action is called Daylight Savings Time. In the fall we turn the clocks back an hour and this is called Standard Time. I understand the concept but I still don’t like the first week (or two) as it takes my body and brain longer and longer to adjust each time we do this, though not as much in the fall.

My bladder was up by 6:40 this morning so I dragged myself out of bed and stayed up. Usually when the rest of my body doesn’t HAVE to get up by a certain time, I crawl back into bed and go back to sleep.

So far this morning I’ve put a load of clothes in the washer, watched the deer scamper through the yard, thawed a mini-loaf of pumpkin bread, had my morning tea and pumpkin bread, put the clean dishes away, got my hand sewing together, got my current knitting project out, and written a post.

Maybe if I turn the clocks ahead now, I won’t have any trouble falling asleep tonight as my brain will already be on the accelerated schedule.

Do you do anything special to get through this time change? Or does it not affect you?