Ripple Effect

I don't post about her often, mostly because I like to respect her privacy. But she gave me a beautiful son, she shares her life with me, takes care of our son while I work, and in the meantime is amazingly talented. She supports and encourages my creative endeavors, but has a whole bunch of her own. There is the novel of course, but this post is dedicated to her crochet. Before e was born, she made him a blanket. And just recently she made me one too. They are ripple blankets and so warm and cozy. They are not easy to make and crochet is time consuming. Each color is carefully planned and executed. And I love that it brings her joy to make them, since they take a long time to make and are luxury.

here they are:

e's

mine before it was done

e in his kitchen. a $15 yard sale find. Yep, she found it. See, amazing.

Some random things about me

me in the early 70's, wish i still had this toy

what order are these in? Stream of consciousness order, of course.

• i have never lived anywhere more than 8 years
• i was born in buffalo NY
• i have a lot of 22's in my birthday. 12-22 at 22:22 hours
• i think the 22 thing is pretty cool
• i lived in germany for 3 years when i was a kid
• i have been mistaken for a boy many times
• i have been mistaken for a grandma 3 times
• i would rather be mistaken for a boy anytime
• i consider myself a poet though i don't write poems anymore
• i used to play the flute
• i fantasized of being famous until we had our baby
• i didn't wear a bra for about 3/4 of my twenties
• i used to drink a lot of gin and tonics
• when i was little, i cried a lot
• i used to live on an island
• i was a drum major for my marching band
• one year, at band camp is and introductory phrase which applies to me
• i wish i didn't look so old
• i love positive reinforcement
• 3 of the places i lived are actually vacation spots: Germany, Outer Banks of NC, Niagara Falls
• i used to work on a farm
• i was in the army reserves for 8 years
• my father was my recruiter
• my favorite dog breed is Mix, then english shepherd, then toller, then shiba inu
• i have run in one full and two half marathons

me as a pumpkin

me carving a face for my pumpkin

trying for 30

Now, it's no secret that I don't post as often as some people do. Part of that stems from the fact that i am busy, part of it comes from being lazy, and then I also think no one reads anyway, but that's not the point, I guess. So even though it's november 3rd and I am going to need to play catch up, I am doing the NaBloPoMo challenge. It will give me a chance to articulate all the crazy stuff that's been happening of late.

And hopefully make me a better blogger.

I am going to take this moment to say that while I mostly write about peanut, I'm going to try to write about other things too, like crafting and maybe even politics, Or to bore the life out of you, my life story.

I'm also trying to lose weight, could write about that as well.