Give in full measure!

I have been running all day giving to as many people as I could think of, but there was one give that was the best.  Yesterday, while I was at knitting, Cathy, the woman who is so giving, was admiring the ribbon yarn I was using to knit a scarf for Comfort Scarves-Pittsburgh.  I had found this yarn at Tuesday Morning.  It has a beautiful gold metallic thread running through it, which just…

Over the weekend, I went with my husband to visit family and friends in Houston.  Too many good things have happened since my last post to list them all so I will just report on a special moment I had today.  

This afternoon, I went to my bi-weekly knitting group meeting.  One of our members is a 50+ year old woman with Down's Syndrome.  She is a little difficult to understand, but I have found that it is well worth the effort.  She can knit, crochet and do embroidery very well, but…

To help out my husband, bought weed-n-feed for our front lawn and spread it before the rain started.  Hopefully it will help stem the tide of weeds and crab grass we fought all last summer.  

In the afternoon, went to visit Edith.  We had a nice visit.

A good giving day!

As part of my on-going spring cleaning, I came across the dress that I wore in my brother's wedding almost ten years ago.  It is a very pretty gown.  I have not worn it since and, even though I would like to think I will, I know the odds of me ever wearing this dress again for any event is unlikely.  It is still stylish and for a girl with a more adult figure, it would make a very pretty prom gown.

Last week, I walked past a storefront in the mall where they house prom gowns.…