I'm Looking For My Mojo...

...do you have it?

Dear friends, I find after a day or two away from this space, I lose my enthusiasm.

The joy I normally feel when sharing my "stuff" with you...my "mojo".

I looked up the word mojo and it means, personal magic, charisma, confidence,

or special power to succeed.

I'm not sure I would have defined it in that way, for me, I would define it as a feeling, 

or excitement in one's self.

So what have I been up to...not much.

I am still feeling a little Covidy, slow and sluggish, with mild cold like symptoms.

I have been home since the 16th of February.

We started this week with a blizzard on Sunday into Monday, getting more than 2 feet of snow.

I texted son Mike to let him know about the upcoming storm...

 - his reply - 

do you have enough yarn? 

Ya gotta' love a kid who knows his momma.

Since I have been home, I made these 2 ornaments to gift this coming Christmas.

They should look familiar, I have made these before.

I hope there are enough friends and family left who don't already have one.

I started my third blanket.

This is the second start to this one...

I was about 10 rows in when I remembered I was supposed to hold 2 strands of yarn together.

I had to take out about 10 rows, each row has 100 stitches...

to say it was difficult would be a huge understatement.

But...it is an easy knit, knit and purl stitches only.

This is a kit for beginners, and although I have been knitting for 10 + years,

I find these kits fun and inspiring.

The kit includes all the yarn, the circular needle, the pattern and a tag for the finished product.
This kit is from Sierra Yarn.

 It is their Dream Cloud Blanket in light blue/ivory.

The yarn is 60% Baby Alpaca and 40% Pima Cotton, it is as soft as a cloud.

I bought this yarn holder dish at a craft show, and I don't think I have ever used it.

It is beautifully hand crafted and holds the yarn perfectly as I knit.

I am just now realizing how much I like it, and that the yarn rolls better when I use it.

On February 21st I couldn't sleep...

I woke up at 3 am and was hoping I would be rewarded with a beautiful sunrise.

As the sun came up the air was misty, foggy and this was what I saw.

I was not disappointed, it felt mystical...magical.

I have cooked, or the hubs has cooked every single night since we have been home.

We usually eat out once or twice per week, but between me not feeling well and the snow, we have not.

The hubs helped me make the trustly ole' cream of potato soup, it made enough for 3 meals.

The hubs picked up a chicken at Costco before the storm, another 3 meal item.

He bought this box of 40 cards for me for $ 14.99, that's a steal at the price of cards these days.

I know people don't send cards as much these days, I wonder if it is a dying tradition.

I love cards and prefer a card to a gift.

Here's a picture of this month's 

Brookly Swenson Bucket List Calender 

proof I need to get out of the house!

I really love this calendar, and I am sure March will be much more colorful!