It's been a while since I've written on this site. I've been over on the other blog (you've been over there, haven't you?) but I really miss it here. I love the colors and the sheep. I hate the problems it gives me though. I do have MY PEOPLE working on switching over the other site to the Sandysknitting.com address. I guess that will be good.
So, shall we do some random?
~it is wonderfully chilly today. I put on a turtleneck and pulled out a wool sweater. It's the kind of day that gets warmer outside than in. That means the heating season is not far off
~I bought a couple of my favorite candles today, making me super ready for fall. Yankee Pumpkin Spice votive. It has been my fav for years and nothing has changed there.
~I also bought a butternut squash at the farmer's market. Does anything say autumn like butternut squash??
~the weeds, they are out of control. I vowed that I would pull them this weekend. I hope they are quaking in their roots.
~Overheard at the butcher shop today:
Butcher boy: We will start to bring in roasts and whole chickens now that the weather is cooler
woman: are they your own chickens?
Butcher boy: no, but they are all natural and organic
woman: Oh, good. They will be hormonal free?
heh.
~Speaking of hormones. And we were. Today a little yellow butterfly flew into my car windshield on my errand run, squashing the little guy. The weird thing? I couldn't stop crying. Sobbing for a little yellow butterfly. Cripes all mighty. When my wonderful father in law died last October, I could barely squeak a tear out. What the hell?
~And speaking of Andy's family. My Mother in Law fell last Sunday, breaking her hip. She has had surgery and is now in rehab. All I can feel about it is exhaustion.
And yet that butterfly? Sobbing.
~I am cooking some dried red kidney beans right now, grown locally for a big pot of chili tonight. I cannot wait.
WARNING:
If your name is Faith and you are reading this, please do not read any further. I am warning you. I will go over there and smack you one. I'm serious. Click the x.
~Is she gone?
Good.
I am knitting.

Goes right along with the autumn theme with the wonderful colors. If I were to name that color it would be "AUTUMN BURST". I love it. The pattern is Relm by Jared Flood. The yarn is Magallanes by Arucania. Faith picked out this yarn on July 4th weekend and I am knitting it up as a Christmas gift for her.
RELM HAT ON RAVELRY
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Mad for Knit Carol is running a half marathon for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. I hope you will consider pledging some money to her. She is having a great prize giveaway.
Read about it here
See the prizes here
Donate to Carol's half marathon here (WE can get her to that $1500 goal, can't we? A wee bit at a time?
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Do you have anything random to talk about?