Excuse My Absence

Where have I been?  Obviously I think about posting more than I actually do it!

The Spring we thought was here was pretty short-lived. The flowering plum from the last post is sad these days. The blizzard made short work of all those pretty pink blossoms.

DD thought it was great fun... as did the dogs.

I didn't even want to step out on my beloved back porch. Would you?

This is more my speed for blustery snowy days. Where's the hot chocolate? The kids inhaled these cookies!

We have also had a flurry of company. Nephews passing through on their way from west to east, and niece passing through on her way from south to north. 

Cousins have a special bond (ok, so the tall one is not related to us (but we will happily claim her as a honorary cousin!). The 2 girls on the sides are travelling pediatric intensive care nurses - not a bad deal for the young and unattached. They are headed back to North Dakota after working all winter in San Antonio. They are kind of young to be snowbirds, aren't they?!

Meanwhile, I have had a lot of work and only a little time for knitting. Our Saturday morning Meet-Up group had a dishcloth/facecloth swap this week. There were all kinds of cloths in every color, and the swap was a lot of fun. My 2 cloths were made from this book -- one was green and the other was blue. 

This is Jackie "modeling" her ruffled swap.

And this is my haul! Lanora made the bath mitt (and the cute bag), and Amy made the checkerboard cloth. Fun time!

One more thing... check this out. How to ask a girl to the prom has changed! Apparently the boys try to be uber-creative in their date requests at our school!

Time to get back to work.... and here's hoping that I will find time to play with my fledgling lace project, too.