Chuffed*

Lots of things are happening this week, and I'm pretty ess-ited!

 

1. This coming Monday will be our one year anniversary.** Yay! So that means...

 

2. VACATION TIME! We're going to go camping and roadtripping to wherever we want to. For now, we have no idea where we're going and will most likely wing it half the time. We bought some gear and other goodies to bring so tons of stuff to pack and prep tomorrow and possibly this weekend. Now, with vacation time around the corner, it also means...

 

3. No work! Oh yeah!

 

4. After three years, we're finally going to visit the Puyallup Fair. I know it's loud, cluttered, and chock full of raggamuffins causing obscene noise, but it'll be fun. We went to their calender and made an itinerary of the fun things we want to see like yarn spinning from raw fibers, 4-H horses, fiber and yarn dyeing, woodcarving, snowshoe tracking, textile demonstrations (whatever that means), archery, and other cool things. Plus, we located all the foods we wanted to eat - SCONES, funnel cakes, CARAMEL APPLES, elephant ears, taffy, mini donuts, and other things to help obstruct any healthy flowing arteries we have left.

 

5. With the re-opening of Little Knits on California, I am back on a knitting spree. I had started a couple of projects last month - one is a hat for a friend, and the other is a neck warmer for me. I used Malabrigo Rasta - a bulky weight yarn with variegated purples, reds, freckled with blue hues, and I used a pattern I found from Phydeaux Designs. Pictures will be posted postscript because I need to find a good button to keep the ends together. And, I'm almost done with another hat I'm making for myself. Aaand, I bought more yarns today when I already have tons of skeins in my yarn stash*** I've been wanting/needing to use. Plus, I promised myself I will be knitting my very first sweater this fall. We'll see how that goes.****
 

 

BUT.

 

With exciting things ahead, there are a couple things I've been a little meh about--

 

1. Last month Jason and I registered for Redemption Group*****. First let me preface this by saying, I love my church. It is proactive in spreading the gospel to everyone because, like MHC, I believe every single person needs Jesus. But after witnessing a few friends from church go through the class and seeing the sunken eyes from crying (Kleenex is readily available) and hearing the depth of emotional transparency encouraged by those overseeing the group, I got real scared real quick.

 

This blog is a project. I am not this open. My emotions are pushed aside frequently and I only say what I wish to reveal. To sit with a group of other women and talk about ourselves candidly is going to be difficult. In a word, I am terrified. I asked for prayer from my CG in this, and mentally, I understand openness is necessary to take anything away from the class, but, emotionally and physically, I want to round up my stuffed animals sit in my closet and hide.

 

So yeah. Pray for me. 

 

2. This is not as paramount as joining Redemption Group, but for our roadtrip, I really wanted to visit Powell's Books in Portland. I would have loved to spend a day looking through the shelves and adding to my collection, but for the sake of time and money, we'll only be in WA. We also wanted to see Tillamook Farms because the 18th is National Cheeseburger Day.

Boo.

 

 

Well, things are cooling down and I foresee many changes in the future. My sources tell me they will be good. And sorry if the structure of this post was scattered. Adding footnotes organically came out of this post and I just stuck with it. Plus, I think my writing can be more stream of consciousness, thus a little annoying.

 

My bad.

 

Anywho, I hope to write more often and visually assult anyone who reads this blog with badly taken photos of PNW and my life, and induce headaches with my non-linear writing.

Until next time,

Q

 

 

 

*Not to be confused with chuff. (lol.)
 

**Techncially, it's been four years, but once you get married, I was informed the wedding anniversary supersedes any other anniversary dates. This year, it worked in my favor because I forgot our first date anniversary. But it doesn't count anymore so I was in the clear. But no worries, he's getting something good.

***My stash equates to an overfilling 16 gallon storage container, plus skeins stuffed inside duffels, reusable bags, and those hidden around the house.

****My actual first attempt at knitting a sweater was over two years ago. I worked from the bottom up, and stopped right underneath the armpits because the instructions told me to separate the sts onto different needles, place x number of sts on these needles and from there knit the sleeves from the cuff, and afterwards you knit the yoke and decrease to y number of sts, etc. (If you understood any of that, let me know because I didn't.) And FYI, knitting socks sucks too.

*****For the non-Mars Hillians, it's a class offered by our church for those who currently struggle with past or present sin, or things in their lives that pervade, hinder, or obstruct close relationship with Jesus. The class can be a pivotal event that may lead to a deeper closeness with God.