Category Archives: Advent

Advent Day 23

I rolled out of bed and hit the exercise machine with my knitting. This headband is for Kai, a special barista who leaves me love notes and always has her hair pulled back. I happen to know orange is her favorite color. Bill and I had hoped to hike with Walker today out at Ondessonk […]

Advent Day 22

Today would have been my grandma’s 100th birthday had she not passed away last August. The text chain among my extended family went wild with memories and photos. This one of her and Sophia was particularly endearing. (That afghan on the chair was a church project but sadly went to Goodwill when the house was […]

Advent Day 21

Today was the first day of vacation for the boys and as such I didn’t see them very early.  That gave me plenty of time to jump on the exercise machine and knit another coffee cozy.  My collection is growing but I have a few more to go until I get to 30. Bill went […]

Advent Day 20

Bill and I woke up naturally and had time to ease into the day.  We went out early to walk the fingers before the day’s responsibilities took over.  It started out grey but then the sun came out.  Many houses were festively decorated.  When we returned, Bill kindly wiped down the entire fridge and freezer […]

Advent Day 18

Bill had today off from work and we took advantage of the time to go for an urban walk.  When we initially discovered Alvord Boulevard a few weeks ago, we walked north.  Today we parked near that starting point and walked south, making our way up and down the side streets which we called fingers. […]

Advent Day 17

Let’s start with a little update on the knitting.  I’m up to day 14 and getting ready to start working the back panel.  I spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen today. It’s not that I was cooking all day but I did do a bit of that.  I like to wrap the […]

Advent Day 16

After dropping off Mason at school today, I had to get busy. Having a limited amount of time upped my productivity.  By the time my 11 am meeting began, I had accomplished quite a bit including my usual chores of cleaning the bathroom, mopping, and vacuuming as well as wrapping gifts and baking granola for […]

Advent Days 14 & 15

Yesterday was a pretty quiet day around here.  Schmitt arrived promptly at 7:30 am to begin working on creating the zones for our home.  They turned off the heat and as a result, it got rather cold in here.  Thankfully, I had plenty of knitwear to keep me warm.  I puttered around the house doing […]

Advent Day 13

Today was a full day! Bill and I went for a nice long walk along the river.  We had a great time talking and catching up on how our weeks went.  We ran into our friends, Kristy and Brian, and exchanged updates on life and our kids.  Our boys are classmates with theirs, Ethan and […]

Advent Days 11 & 12

Yesterday was mostly an admin day.  Bill had to work in the afternoon at the Covid clinic but had the morning free since it was technically his day off.  We were both industrious.  I did elf work for Christmas and Bill patched the hole in the tub.  The contractor stopped by and we now have […]