Weekends

 

Good morning! How was your weekend?

Mine was great! It's been fun ignoring the summer heat and sitting inside my home in AC knitting a wool sweater. I highly recommend this. Supposedly it's going to rain today. 

Friday night, we went to my sister and brother in law's house for dinner and board games. We always have fun together and I love to not cook dinner.

Saturday and Sunday were my 'chill' days. I read some of The Secret Garden and started The Princess Bride which I have never read before and only recently seen the movie for the first time.  As you can see in the above photo, I worked on my sweater, adding inches to the body. I do love mindless stockinette knitting.

My intention this week is to journal more, doodle more and show up more in my notebooks. This weekend I nailed that goal and I hope to continue this the rest of the week.



Comments

  1. BonnyJuly 29, 2024 at 8:10 AM

    You've got some lofty goals there! :-) Enjoy!

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  2. AsKatKnitsJuly 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM

    I love your "doodle" (which I would not call a doodle at all!!) Have an amazing week! XO

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  3. JuliannJuly 29, 2024 at 9:32 AM

    What a pretty pen. One of my summer adventures has been using my fountain pens. I still need lots of practice 😂

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  4. VeraJuly 29, 2024 at 11:20 AM

    Your sweater is coming along nicely!! I'm still in the ennui state...not really interested in doing much. BUT...I am walking agin which is wonderful.

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  5. LeftycrafterJuly 29, 2024 at 11:23 AM

    Another lovely weekend for you. Ours was pleasant also. Enjoy your week.

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  6. JaneJuly 29, 2024 at 8:22 PM

    Look at the inches added to that sweater. I can tell you are enjoying that project. Enjoy your notebooks, journaling, and sketching/doodling this week. We had a quiet weekend with our usual pursuits, church, coffee on Sunday. I did can another batch of pickles on Saturday.

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  7. DiannaJuly 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM

    Your weekend sounds lovely. I hope you did get the rain that was predicted for you. We did not. Our weekend was good too. Didn't do anything exciting aside from going to church yesterday, but it was just the way I like it. :)

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  8. Hena TayebJuly 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM

    While the Secret Garden had been a favorite of mine I too had never seen or read the Princess Bride. We as a family watched the Princess Bride earlier this year and had such fun.

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