knitwit

11.30.2010

where has the time gone?

has it really been over a month since my last post? wowzers!

i guess i've been pretty busy this past month though. besides homeschooling and other normal daily activities, i've been given the opportunity to start a home business using my knitting and crochet skills! yay!

so i've also created a new blog for my business adventure, perfectioKnits. i'll be starting off by selling baby hats, pods and cocoons (photography props mostly) on Etsy with plans to expand and sell other items like fingerless gloves, cowls, and miscellaneous other things too. it's exciting and a little bit scary. i've started doing a little designing as well which has been a bit of a challenge...especially getting the items to fit right! but i am enjoying the experience and am glad to have the knowledge and skills to be able to do this!

i'm also grateful for other designers who sell their patterns and give license for other knitters like myself to sell items made using their patterns. if someone else has a pattern i can use to make items that i can turn around and sell, that saves me from spending time and energy on designing so i can get right to making things instead!

10.25.2010

Goat Milk Stuff Soap

One of my favorite soaps is Goat Milk Stuff's Purity soap (bar soap). My hubby is very sensitive to perfumes and other smells, but Purity is one great soap that doesn't bother him AT ALL!

I love how squeaky clean it get my hands. And the kids' hands. And it's great in for in the shower too!

Why am I telling you this? Well, the great people who make this fabulous Goat Milk soap are having a contest from 10/24/10 - 10/31/10. And blogging about it (and leaving them a comment so they know I did) is one way to enter! The winner will receive 4 bars of soap plus 1 bath bomb, 1 lotion stick, and 1 lip balm of their choice! Sounds wonderful to me...plus it'd be fun to try some more of their products besides their soaps!

10.10.2010

it's a busy life!

I am once again busy home-schooling. Teaching a 10-year-old everything from Math and Science to History and English (and everything else he needs to learn too!) while attempting to keep a 4-year-old occupied can oftentimes be a real challenge! Thankfully, CJ now likes playing with Play-Doh and can stay entertained with it for a relatively lengthy period of time which allows Bubba and me to get through a lot of our work in the mornings. But for read-alouds we need it a bit quieter...he needs to be able to pay attention as I read. So we wait until CJ's naptime and do our read-alouds then.

Bubba played soccer again this year. We have a local home-school/Christian school league with 3 teams. So there are practices, home games, away games, and even a tournament! The season is basically done...we had our tournament yesterday. Bubba's JV team took 2nd place. It was a long day (and we didn't even have to be there at 9am when the tourney started since our first game wasn't until noon) but it was a lot of fun for the players. I am glad the season is done though. As much as I enjoy visiting with the other soccer moms at practices, it takes up a lot of our time and a bit of traveling too.

I'm helping out with our church's Pre-K Sunday School class (CJ's class). This year I've switched from working with our AWANA Sparks to helping with the AWANA T&T girls. It's a nice change working with just girls and the older age group (3rd thru 6th grades) is also a nice change of pace for me.

CJ turned 4 on September 30th. We had a birthday party for him last Sunday--just a small gathering of family, but he really enjoyed spending time with his cousins. And I celebrated my birthday on Thursday the 7th by watching an afternoon soccer game and then dinner out.

What else have I been busy with?

Lots of knitting {and crocheting}, of course!