Funny but true, and what's been going on
First the "funny but true", and then the "what's been going on":
Last night I dreamt that I was taking some sort of class with a priest. I got the feeling that it was a cello lesson of some kind. But I was paying for the class with a little bit of cash and a lot of very nice yarn! I remember thinking that there was no way I'd be able to keep it up with the yarn because it was too expensive.
Then when I woke up, I realized that the priest was actually Jared Flood.
The priest of knitting.
I finally cast on my February Lady this week after a lot of hemming and hawing about what yarn to use, and lots of yarn lusting on Jared's Ravelry page. (By the way, I'm on Ravelry and I think it's about the best thing in the universe. You ravelers can find me under the user name "uncommongrace".) Anyway, I think that explains my dream, which I'm definitely filing under "funny but true".
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And as to what's been going on, well, it seems that there have been lots of things happening around here, and I have about seven posts waiting in the wings, but I haven't had (or wanted to have, honestly) much computer time lately. I've been wanting to focus on finding our footing in our new summer rhythm, and all that it is:
::swimming lessons
::the new bike-riding prowess of a certain seven-year-old girl (and, oh my goodness, the tears that I cried tonight when I realized that we'd somehow deleted 30 photos from the day she learned to ride!)
::new knitting projects
::dreams of sewing
::rainy days
::a baby shower and blessingway to be planned for my sister (and the arrival of my first baby niece this fall!)
::some projects around the house (like, um, finally unpacking -- remember, my long, long, long pregnancy followed right on the heels of our move last year)
::peonies!
::birthday parties
::a bit of gardening
::several new cello students
::and, wow, just basking in the still-new babyness that's happening around here.
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So, it's been good. Exhausting, but good. I still have so much to learn. So much! But I am -- we are -- finding the way.
(And thank you to all who have written to check in during my two weeks of silence here in this space. I am constantly both uplifted and humbled by this community. Really and truly.)