Dear Diary....

Dear Diary.... forgive me since it has been soooo long since

my last entry!

I thought I was going to be better at this the

last time I  did a post but we see I have failed big time!

I usually would get on the computer in the evenings after

work but ever since I started working on my Bernat CAL...

my evenings were dedicated to working on that with

not too many doing nothing.

But....I finally finished it this past weekend!

It's the biggest afghan I have made as I usually stick to

baby size because I get tired of working on the same things

for long periods of time...

Do you want to see it?

Here goes...

Voila!!!!

I am so excited how it turned out!

I thought for sure it would be pretty cattywhompas!

(Did you like my word? If you are from the South, you know

what I'm talking about!!)

I think I will put it in my Esty shop and

see if I get any nibbles.

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I did take some time out before the holidays to make a little

something for the girls at work.

My SIL turned me on the the fabric wrapped clothesline rope...

I believe I had posted a picture of a bowl I had made

sometime ago and decided to make a pencil cup for everyone's desk.

I was really please how they turned out...

unfortunately, everyone's favorite color was purple so there

wasn't much variety in the colors but

they still are pretty!

Tadaaaa....

Cute huh?!!!

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I also finished a baby afghan I had started in the summer

for my niece who actually delivered over the holidays.

The picture really doesn't show the details

as the pattern is a self bordering which was really nice...

Then there were the holidays...

Boy am I glad all that is over and back to normal!

If you are like me... you love looking at everyone's holiday pics!

So here are mine...

My Christmas cactus actually bloomed!

This was the view at the hotel where my work party was...

beautiful as the sun was going down..

Me and my honey...

Baby Kael's 1st Christmas...

Mom and Dad could have opened a toy store after

this holiday!  He made out like a bandit!

Next year should really be fun!

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Well... I have bored you enough...

I have a couple projects in my head so maybe

some new pics soon...

And now that the CAL is history....

my OCD self can start working on my

Gardener's Journal stitcheries...

woohoo!!!!