office plant! [120.365]

One of my writing students, who had decided that my office was too dreary and depressing in its decor (he is correct on that front) decided to give me an office plant. It had been his dorm plant, but since he can't take it back on the plane with him, he thought my office would…

my kid is adorable.

Alternate title for this post: It's my knitting blog, and I can post cute pictures of my kid if I want to! We went to the playground on Sunday in hopes of getting "nice" photos of M - we didn't so much succeed at that, but she's still awfully cute, and she was wearing babyStripes!…

last day. [119.365]

Me, after meeting with my WRT 105 students for the last time on Tuesday. I'm gonna miss those kiddos - I mean, I ought not play favorites, but this really was my favorite group of students (and considering that I've now taught 6 semesters of this class, that's not even an empty thing for me…

post-work snuggles. [118.365]

This kid. She is SO snuggly lately! I love it. I come home from work, she squeals with glee to see me, and then she gives me giant hugs, squishing her cheeks into mine, and saying "I love you I love you I love you!" Can't really get a better "Welcome home!" after walking home…

future lopi affection.

Along with all of those OTHER things I'm planning (and some I've not yet mentioned...I might have a wee bit of a planning problem!), I'm planning to make myself a Lopi Affection cardigan. Y'all know how I love yoked cardigans. And garter stitch. And stripes. So...yeah. How could I not knit myself one of these?…

WIP Sunday. [117.365]

I'm still madly in love with my Mitered Crosses Blanket project. Finished square number three (of twelve) today. I actually ended up taking a boatload of pictures today, but y'all can go look at Flickr if you want to see them all, because I'm too lazy to link any more pictures here tonight :)

square number three.

Square number three took a bit longer than squares numbers one and two (two weeks instead of one, but given that it's the end-of-semester-crazytimes over here, that's not so bad). I actually did a fair amount of the knitting while my students watched a documentary in my language development class last week! This square was…

rainy day. [116.365]

Just a dreary Saturday here. We went out to run some errands and M wanted to jump and/or stare at her reflection in all of the puddles :)

friday. [115.365]

Flowers on the tree outside the library where I work...which oddly still has no leaves on it. None of the trees around here even have much in the way of buds. Such a depressingly late Spring. I need some green! Come on, nature! Friday was an exhausting but good day. I worked all morning, writing…

blue skies! sunshine! [114.365]

Today was GORGEOUS! A bit on the chilly side, but it was so sunny, and the sky was so blue, and I just wanted to drink it all in. I needed a sunny day. Today I taught my last lecture of the semester. There's still one more class period left, but my writing students are…

fun with bandanas. [113.365]

M insisted that we both tie bandanas around our head "like Miss Tanya!" (one of her teachers at school), so I obliged :)

daffodils! [112.365]

The daffodils outside M's school finally bloomed! I love daffodils. Finally, a sign of Spring!

happy kiddo at the playground. [111.365]

We were able to go on a family walk to the playground after dinner tonight, and M was SO happy about it. I ended up walking a ton today, because before that, I walked the 2.5 miles home from campus, and FAST, because I didn't want to be late for dinner. So though I'm no…

busy sunday. [110.365]

Making playdough with M at her friend's birthday party this morning - she put a lot of flour in my lap! Today was a very full day. M's school-friend turned 2 today, so we went over to their house with another family from the school to celebrate this morning. It was a lot of fun…

let it go, this too shall pass. [109.365]

This Ok Go video with the marching band is M's new obsession. I love it, too - it's just so joyful! I feel so lucky that I have a kid who shares my joy for music.