One Small Change - June

My One Small Change for May was to get a small garden started. I must say, my plan was to grow vegetables, but I just like flowers so much more! I did get one tomato plant planted topsy-turvy style. However, that's about as far as it went. I think it might be too late to plant much else, but I plan to look into it.

These were taken several days ago. That one little tomato is a bit bigger now!

So, while May didn't go so well, my plan for June is sure to be successful. I started learning to knit a few months ago. I love it, but have not been doing much lately. For June, I plan to get back into knitting and make my own reusable dish cloths. You can read about our change to a paper-free kitchen here. I started on a pretty little cloth this weekend. We will be heading to the beach soon, and I figure the long car ride will be a good time to get to knitting!

I am also reading a book my mother-in-law let me borrow.
It is full of great resources for making small changes.

Saturday

I have been busy lately. It is the end of the school year (5 more days!!!!), and I have so much to do at work around this time. I haven't thought much about my blog until today. I think it's because I took some time this afternoon to do some enjoyable things. Things I like to share here. I broke out the camera, and got busy!

One reason I haven't been blogging much is this.

DROID. I have been trying to figure out how to use it. John and I spied new phones last weekend when we were actually supposed to be helping my mom pick out a new phone! She still doesn't have a new one, but we went back and got these.

Back to today...
We did a little gardening.
I made this. What do you think is in it??? Look hard.



Oops! Wrong end! Look again :)



I found this post at Elizabeth Anne's Designs. I had tried to make a topsy turvy style planter out of a plastic soda bottle, but ended up getting too frustrated. I came across this much prettier version and knew I had to do it instead. I had a planter I got for Christmas just waiting for this project! I hope it works. I broke a few limbs of the tomato plant when I put it through the hole, but hopefully it will survive.

I had a helper when it came time to water the plants.



Remember when I was so excited about this hydrangea bush?



Look at it now!



There are lots of flowers about to bloom on it! I'm so happy it is thriving.

I started a new project tonight, but I will save it for another post :)

Finally...

This is what I saw when I woke up this morning :)

I finished her scarf last night and left it laying on the ottoman. She found it and snuggled up!

The finished product.

I need to figure out how to weave in my ends a little better. One is already starting to un-weave. Overall, I'm happy about this little scarf, and AK seems to love it!

The Weekend in Pictures - with words today!

I took a lot of pictures this weekend. I thought it might be necessary to explain some of them :)

A little bit of knitting in the sunshine.


A look of sheer concentration.


Chocolate chip cookies from our neighbor.


AK's yard concoction.


Silliness in the sun.


A singing Easter Bunny...thanks Momo :)


Sunday morning word puzzles.


My ever present, always adoring, Kramer.
He just stares at me with intense love in his eyes...always.
Or maybe he's just waiting for his canned cat food treat.


Then the rain came.

So this is what's cooking. Taco soup and brownies. Yum!

The Weekend in Pictures

Look what I've been buying...



I am seeing a color theme here. I don't know what it is about blues, but they just appeal to me. Tuesday Morning had yarn in their flyer last week, so I knew I wanted to get over there to get some. I went today and found the yarn on the far left as well as the solid blue baby yarn. I got the chenille yarn at Hobby Lobby on clearance this past weekend. The yarn on the right is a soft, fuzzy yarn I found at Wal-mart when I got the pink yarn I am knitting AK's scarf with. Speaking of...



It's gotten a bit longer since the last picture. This is only my 3rd knitting experience. I think I may have pulled my stitches too tight because it's pretty thick and dense, not very flexible and squishy. Anyway, I hope it turns out good in spite of that.

Back to the yarn...



I have this yarn that came with my Knit a Washcloth kit that my Mom gave me several years ago. I plan on trying another washcloth soon.

Now, hold on to your socks. Here is the yarn AK picked out for me to make her next scarf (because every 5 year old needs multiple scarves).



It actually looks better in this picture than it does in person. If I had to describe it using one word I would say BRIGHT!

I can't wait to use all of it in various projects. I just have to figure out what to make!

The Weekend in Pictures

I have seen other blogs feature a "Wordless Wednesday" or other days where they just post pictures on their blogs. I thought I would start that on Sundays. I will post pictures from our weekend. If you have any questions about what was going on in the picture, or where the picture was taken...just leave me a COMMENT! Have I mentioned that I love comments? I check for them several times a day :) Here we go!

Have a great week!