First Post

A few years ago, I had a blog called, "Plays well with yarn...and sometimes others."  I wrote for a few years and then just sort of gave up on it.  I just deleted it a year or so ago and regretted it.  Everything posted gone.  Oh well.

Just to update everyone, I got married in 2012, after having been single for 20+ years.  Yup, TWENTY PLUS.  My husband is a good man.  I really don't know how I managed that! lol  But I guess after twenty years, it was time.  Thank you, God...I no longer have to date!!!  My son is well on his way to being 23.  Where has the time gone??  I'm stepmom to two twin girls who just turned 13.  I still knit.  Got out of it for a few years, but am back into it again, with a vengeance!  I also sew so I've been stashing fabric as well (Amy Butler has been a favorite so far).

Lately, I've felt the urge to write again.  I've had stuff to say, and nowhere to put it.  I've join a few subscription box sites.  Some good, some not-so-good.  At least one of the sites I haven't found anything online that was negative, which is a surprise.  Mmm...service-wise, the site was GREAT.  Product-wise, not so much.  I'll get to that a little later.

We are now in the midst of spring and husband and I are trying to fix up our yard.  For the past 4 years or so, we've planted tomatoes.  This year is more of the same, but he just built us a raised garden bed about 8' long by 4' wide (and about 12" high).  We plan on growing vegetables this year, or at least try!  We decided on a raised bed garden because since we live in a canyon, we have a BAD gopher problem.  :-(  I've lost maybe 4 or 5 rose bushes to gophers.   I fricken HATE gophers!  So our raised bed will have a gopher barrier in it which consists of a metal screen-lined bottom.  

While weeding yesterday, I flipped over a brick and found this little fella.

A friend told me that it was a rubber boa and that they were that shade of pink when they were young.  It was probably about 6 or 7 inches long.  The first time I saw one of these things, I put the rock back over it and called it a day! haha  I'm getting used to seeing them now.  Last year there was a bigger one hanging around, and a few years ago, I think there was one in the cypress tree either trying to eat a bird or trying to get into it's nest.  There was a huge commotion in the cypress and I heard birds squawking and even saw the snakes tail whip out of the tree!  I call it a day on that one too and went inside after that.

We are also trying to get the house in order and fix and update.  Recently we got rid of a HUGE and ugly secretary that husband's ex left behind and replaced it with another secretary desk which was smaller and less clunky.  We just finished bathroom remodels, both master and guest bathrooms (the girls' bathroom).  Next up is the kitchen and it is going to be MAJOR.  All countertops, appliances, window covering, and paint.  We replaced the floor 5 years ago, so we're going to wait another 5 years and re-do again.

So anyway, welcome to my blog!