Weekend Goodness

1.  Visiting a new, beautiful Anthropologie store & bringing home 2 plates.

2.  Getting the first brick workout of the year done.

3.  Beginning work on a sewing project.

4.  Packing up my Send Something Good box.

5. These cookies, with added chocolate chips.

Weekend Goodness

1.  Finding the 2011 peregrine falcon quarter in my change.

2.  Having the new Sophie Kinsella book waiting for me at the library.

3.  A certificate saying I'm a Trained Community Coach (Triathlon).

4.  Sunday bike ride with friends.

5.  My new mixer!

Excuse Me a Moment...

A quick "What I Love" post for my Send Something Good pals!

I love turquoise & teal, green & blue.
I love to read... Jane Austen, chick lit, biographies, travel books cook books.
I love boats without motors... sailboats & canoes.
I love to travel... especially to England & Europe.
I love to bake. and knit. and sew.
I love anything in miniature or smaller then usual size.

I'm a bit of a fibre snob; my heart sings when I see wool, linen, cotton! not so much for acrylic, polyester & nylon.

And that's all I can think of to write at this early hour!

Thanks so much to the three ladies who are making Something Good happen!
Gentri
Kaitlyn
Kristy

Let your secret package pal know what you like, don't like, or just simply get to know you!

1.	Lindsey @ NW Backyard Veggies	72.	Lisa @ Nowak Notes
2.	Mr. and Mrs. Powell	73.	April @ April all year
3.	Katie @ Sheridan in the City	74.	Jane @ A Few of My Favorite Things
4.	Kristy | Gastronomical Sovereignty	75.	Leila @ C O N F E C T I O N
5.	Kaycie @ Redhead Memories	76.	Punky @ Punky and the City
6.	Shauna	77.	Helen
7.	Oh Me, Oh My, Oh Lovely	78.	Lauren @ One Sweet Fairytale
8.	loren@Pandora's Craft Box	79.	TJ @ Creative Coastie Wife
9.	kaitlyn | isavirtue	80.	Aimee @ Like Mother Like Daughter
10.	Mariaana [ Let the Time Roll By ]	81.	Bev @ la la Love, Learn, and Laugh
11.	Tracy@Dear Life From a Mom of Boys	82.	Mandy
12.	Polly {this enchanted pixie}	83.	Becky
13.	Katie @Married to Red, White & Blue	84.	Emily
14.	Morgan (From Hello)	85.	Jasmine - Tinker Finca
15.	Laura~ Girl plus everything else	86.	Rebecca @ Just A Dreamer
16.	Jessie @ sweet little somethings	87.	Christy | Christopher Scott
17.	Adventures of a Misfit Librarian	88.	Ashlie @ Paintingbliss
18.	Shane @ Whispering Sweet Nothings	89.	Kaitlin
19.	ashley	90.	Lou from Foxy Whiskers
20.	Natalie@Spoonful Of Sugar	91.	Megan @ and today was a fairy tale
21.	Roopa Iyer	92.	mK @ From The Guest Room
22.	Eron @ in the Hopeful Kitchen	93.	Kim @ The Sasse Life
23.	Lauren @ how lovelee!	94.	kate, RED locks & BOLD frames
24.	Bethani {cheers, bethani}	95.	Ashley @ Adventures of Newlyweds
25.	Samantha @ petite femme jolie	96.	Melissa @ When One + One = Four
26.	Gentri Lee	97.	Nat @ Modern Buttercup
27.	Liz [Dance to the Radio]	98.	Katie @ Lemon Jitters
28.	A Maui Blog	99.	Rachel @ Hidden Beauty Photography
29.	Traci @Rose & Lou	100.	Megan @ and here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
30.	Sarah@ Crazy Beautiful Life	101.	Christi @ You Are So Deer To Me
31.	JJ @ Dexter Morgan's Mama	102.	Terri @ Life, Liberty and Wine
32.	jamie brooke	103.	Jes @ TwoSmuppies
33.	Anna [the library faerie]	104.	Geri @ the Languid Lion
34.	steph kelly	105.	Nadine @ Freebird
35.	Alisha and Brandon	106.	Deidre @ From the Desk of Miss Edmunds
36.	Alex @ Amelie Obscura	107.	Deona
37.	Nnenna* star-crossed smile	108.	Kylie [Love Always]
38.	ellie	109.	Jenn @ FeelthatFire
39.	Amy | Amy Is Thinking	110.	Lauren Cooper @tippeecanoe
40.	Ann // Perfectly Priceless	111.	lauren | lo and behold |
41.	Shelby @ Sweetness in Starlight	112.	miss ashley
42.	Hannah @ let it rain, love.	113.	Stephanie @ Qualls' Quirks
43.	Babi	114.	Hosanna Lee @ NEON STRUCTURE
44.	Carolin@Vintageologie	115.	A Muse in Purple
45.	Leslie- Little Mrs. Me	116.	victoria @one.crafty.momma
46.	Jenna @ I Never Really Told You...	117.	Sarah Rooftops
47.	Sue @ Hello. Also, I love you.	118.	Madeline Grace
48.	Elizabeth @ What I love About Today	119.	Beckie @ Beckie Explains it All
49.	jenn @ girldefyinggravity	120.	Kelley @ A Crooked Trail
50.	Carolin/10 things	121.	esther // paragraph cove
51.	Something Charming	122.	Christianna @ Dream On, Lovely.
52.	Nikole	123.	Who I am
53.	Emily @ Hope Squared	124.	autumn @ The Picked Poppy
54.	brielle @ mr. & mrs.	125.	Jessi @ Hopes and Dreams
55.	Kailyn @ Finding Fortitude	126.	Lauren Rollins
56.	Sami's Shenanigans	127.	Michelle @ On The Adventure
57.	Teaka- Life Like Honey	128.	Yuli Conversations
58.	Katie - Small Town Blonde	129.	Teagan @ Musings of Kyooyoo
59.	katie virginia (a country city girl)	130.	Laura (Betula`Loo)
60.	Jessica	131.	Jill Simpson/Gifted
61.	eryka from abcde	132.	Joy
62.	Mandee @ Life, Chaos and Quotes	133.	Elyse Alexandria @ Home Sweet Holmes
63.	Amy @ Life As I Know It	134.	Melanie/My Billie
64.	Cassie @ Come What May	135.	Donaville from Dearest Nature
65.	Amanda @ Dragonflight Dreams	136.	lori @ a crazy walk on the safe side
66.	The In-Between	137.	Eeka @ Live.Love.Random.
67.	Fab | wreckthisgirl	138.	Natasha @ Don't think or judge, just listen.
68.	Maggie B	139.	Kylie @ Her Sojourn
69.	Nanette Semon	140.	HOUSE OF SARAGER
70.	Cara // The Marvelous Flight	141.	Lena | mus·ing(s)
71.	Allison @ Two Inifinity & Beyond	142.	Gabrielle @ Design-Muse

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First Sweater - Done!

This sweater I started in January is done!  I'm pretty impressed with having it done in three months (I figured I'd give myself a year when I started); the winter is a good time to sit and knit so I had a fair bit done after just one month and before two months were done I had just the sleeves to go!  I almost lost steam doing the sleeves but pressed on (Googled the magic loop method helped) and got it done.

I love the colours. I love the pocket.  I love saying "I knit that".

I really love it from the back!

Weekend Goodness

1. Reading and being inspired by In A Heartbeat, by the couple depicted in The Blind Side (which I finally saw last weekend).

2.  Crafternoon with the girls, puzzling out how to make stuff we'd pinned.

3.  Running my dad's first 5 km race with him. 

4.  Trying a new cookie recipe.

5.  Finally hanging these pictures.  (P.S. They were taken in 2008!)

Five Favourites

Homework from a podcast?  For real?  OK, I'll do it!  The ladies on the Joy the Baker podcast assigned homework two weeks ago (I'm just sneaking in before the deadline!): a blog post about your five favourite things; here are mine!

1.  Sigg water bottle.  Hydration is key.  Siggs don't leak.  Enough said. (Plus it happens to be my favourite colour.)

2.  This necklace from filou.  It's my current go to necklace.

3.  iPhone.  Sad but true.  Up til last August I was a cell-less girl and now I'm in love.

4. Bamboo needles and yarn.  Knitting is like sitting and doing nothing but still being productive so you don't feel bad about sitting and doing nothing.  Bamboo needles make it better!

5.  Good mail.  I love it! Always have, always will.  If you're interested check out this mail swap project!

What are your favourite things?

A Bale of Turtles

These little turtles were made to celebrate the first bike ride of the season.  They attach to handlebars and are the perfect mascots for Team Turtle! 

Team Turtle came about last year when the girls & I were out on a ride and we found some turtles in need of rescuing (listen turtles: the middle of the road is not a good place to stop!).  I also maintain my motto is "slow and happy"; I'm out to enjoy myself not knock myself out by getting to the finish line first.  So Team Turtle it is.  A great excuse to try out this tutorial over on Ric-Rac.

The original turtles aren't meant to hang off bikes so I added a hair elastic at the tail end which wraps under the handlebars and clips onto a button at the head end of the turtles.

In case you were wondering, their names are Speedy, Harrison & Earl.  Speedy doesn't like the wind, Harrison likes riding upside down and Earl had the good sense to stay home when it was hailing!

A New Addition!

I'd like to introduce you to my new camera!

So exciting!  I bought my first (digital) SLR last weekend!  It's something I'd been thinking about for a while... replacing my 7 year old point and shoot (which has a couple technical difficulties now and then).  I thought about getting another point and shoot but I really love the quality of photos you can achieve with SLRs.  My main concern with an SLR is the size of it; not exactly something you can throw in your pocket, but I'm hoping the quality of pictures makes up for the slight inconvenience of carrying it around.  (I feel a camera bag craft coming up!)  I'm really happy with the few photos I've taken so far and am ploughing my way through the users manual (nerd alert: I'm the kind of person that does actually read the whole manual cover to cover).

And here is my family portrait of cameras: iPhone, compact point + shoot, "big" point + shoot, SLR.

(Does four cameras seem excessive for one person?)