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Episode 303: Ask Me Anything Returns

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 303 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • From the Armchair
  • Knitting in Passing
  • In my Travels
  • KAL News
  • Ask Me Anything
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Gabriella’s Unicorn

  • Pattern: Shy Little Unicorn by Ana Paula Rimoli
  • Hook: C (2.75 mm)
  • Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver (white), Knit Picks Brava Worsted (cotton candy & various solids)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Total for Stash Dash: 116 meters

Sum-Sum-Summertime socks

  • Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the Colorway- thinner stripes- 2 colors of aqua, lime green, pink and an orange/peachy yellow. CC mini in lime
  • Total for Stash Dash: 293.3 meters

Stash Dash Total for this episode: 8,715.2 meters

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Hot pink spinning

  • Fiber: Mountain Vewe Coopworths Fiber in hot pink (no specific colorway name)- three 4oz bumps
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Twist direction: singles = Z plied = S
    • This means when I’m spinning, my wheel is spinning clockwise and when plying my wheel is moving counter-clockwise.
  • Progress: ~1/2 way through first bump. 1st bobbin full and the second is started
  • I’ve now spun in July and August so I’ve only missed 2 months so far this year.

Log Cabin Blanket

  • Pattern: Log Cabin Square by Julie Harrison. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Video tutorial available on the Little Woollie Makes YouTube Channel
  • Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Minis (mostly from Advent calendars 2023 & 2024)
  • Hook: I (5.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Inspired by Rachel (treehousefiberarts on Instagram) and Sue & Chelsea (Legacy Fiber Artz on Instagram). Check out the Floss Toss Ravelry Group for details on their Scrappy Blanket CAL. Ends December 21st (but you don’t have to finish. 2 prize drawings will be done).
  • My color placement is inspired by this project/pattern available on Ravelry.

From the Armchair

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister. Amazon Affiliate Link.

My Friends by Fredrik Backman. Amazon Affiliate Link.

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Knitting in Passing

I shared a story about a little girl in the nail salon who asked her mom if they could come talk to me because she wants to learn to knit.

In My Travels

Travel packing tips

  • Packing cubes- here’s an Amazon affiliate link to the set I purchased 6 years ago and still love!
  • I always pack some clothes pins/ metal or wood that I use for snacks/drink mix pouches and/or to keep curtains closed in hotel.
  • I have a standard packing list in Evernote that I customize for each trip. It saves so much time and frustration.
  • Pack a travel power strip- to keep all of those chraging cords in one place (also less likely to leave one behind)
  • Knitting project approach
    • At least 2 socks/stockinette hats for waiting, sitting etc.
    • A project that occupies my brain and makes a long flight go by easier.
  • Queue the audiobooks & download podcasts

KAL News

  • Splash Pad Final Winners were announced!

Pigskin Party ’25

Sponsor Sign Up is Open- click here for details

Key Dates:

  • Registration starting Thursday August 20, 2025
  • KAL Starts- Thursday September 4, 2025
  • KAL Ends- Monday February 9, 2026
  • Form Teams- starting Monday August 25, 2025
  • Virtual Kick Off- Friday September 5 & Saturday September 6

Ask Me Anything

Tune in to hear the answers to these questions:

  • Pat- loonyhiker asked: I know you have probably told this before, but I’d love to hear how you and your honey met. I also would love to hear how your parents met. (bonus audio of my parents talking about this by the pool in 2017)
  • Sandy, sjh801 asked:  Favorite children’s book? Both as a child and now as an adult.
    • Children’s Book (purely for sentimental reasons): Walk Rabbit Walk by Colin McNaughton. Amazon Affiliate Link. Hardcover available for ~$20 & paperback for around $7
    • Adult book: Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Amazon Affiliate Link.John Lee does the audiobooks for what is now this series of books. Book 1 of 5 now in this series. I love them all.
  • Dianne, woohoogirl asks: Do you have a Dream project that you’d really like to make that you just haven’t made the time, or plans, for yet?
  • Carrie, Gooberdawn asks: Do you have a project you have created that you feel most proud of? If so, which one and why? ETA: it doesn’t have to be yarn-related.
  • Laura, LauraKnitsPA asks: What is one book you would read over and over, and one movie you would watch over and over?
  • Dani, stitchintime82-  Any updates on designing? I’ve enjoyed your patterns and am wondering if you have any plans to make more patterns.

On a Happy Note

  • I was able to get my Apple watch to charge again after I thought it was dead.
  • Oikos yogurt shake/drinks with 23g of protein.
  • My friend Nathan had a heart and kidney transplant just over 1 year ago. He’s still learning to walk again after ECMO caused major nerve damage in his legs- and we just went to see the musical he directed. Sometimes this world feels so dark right now but this made me incredibly happy.
  • The night we had tickets for the show, we lost power, so we made it a full date night and went for dinner too.
  • A visit from my cousin Gayle. We enjoyed a great pool day on Sunday and dinner in our town Monday night followed by a walk along the harbor.
  • Gayle chose Mom’s Trickle shawl as the item she wanted of hers. I took a photo of her and Google photos turned it into a pop-out.
  • I gifted Gayle the pair of Stranger Things 2 socks from DVD as an early birthday gift and she sent me a cute photo of her wearing them the next morning.
  • Great customer service from an Etsy maker to order pins.
  • I had fun putting together photos Millie, Teaghan and Rhiannon asked me to take a couple weekends ago at the pool of them jumping off the diving board and making their bodies into the shape of the letters of the alphabet. Fun memories!

Quote of the Week

“It’s not hotels and nightclubs I crave, or even spectacular beaches — it’s isolation and solitude, time away from the human world and a chance to measure life on a different kind of yardstick.”

― Peter S. Adler

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Episode 302: Bayside & Poolside

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 302 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • Brainstorming
  • From the Armchair
  • Crafty Adventures
  • KAL News
  • Events
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Stitched by Jessalu (2nd Episode of the Month) check out her new prints now in the shop! Check out Stitched by Jessalu bags and so much more at Fiber Revival in Newbury, MA- August 16th

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Tom’s Cozy

  • Pattern: Ball Band with a Twist by Jennifer Lassonde. $2 Crochet pattern available on Ravelry & LoveCrafts
  • Hooks: G (4.25 mm)
  • Yarn: Loops & Thread Classic Cotton in Tomato & Royal Blue. Lion Brand Re-up in White
  • RavelryProject Page
  • Modified from the original Ball Band pattern to fit this larger sized cup.
  • 38g/ 58 meters

Let the Mystery Unravel 2023 Blanket of Calm

  • Pattern: Blanket of Calm by Casapinka (free crochet pattern)
  • Yarn: Woolen Women Fibers- Let the Mystery Unravel subscription + Cascade Heritage Sock yarn in the Forged Iron Colorway
  • Hook: 3.25 mm (D)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • You can find my Let the Mystery Unravel Unboxing Video on YouTube in this Playlist
  • Border: 2 rounds of half-double crochet- first in charcoal, second in teal.
  • Stash Dash total: 2,368 meters

Woolens & Nosh 2024 Advent Socks #2

  • Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Used contrast mini (dark gray) for heels and toes
  • Stash Dash: 263.2 meters
  • Made for Laura to match mine. Thanks again for Michele of Woolens and Nosh for sending this.

Bayside Shirt

  • Pattern: Bayside Shirt by Briana Luppino ($9 pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm) US 3 (3.25 mm)
  • Yarn: Handspun Yarn from 2 bumps from Wild Air Farm Shetland & Pygora- Melody & Cadence + 4 ounce braid from Jakira Farms 85/15 Polwarth/Silk (Ravelry Project Page for handspun) Finished in 2023.
  • Size: 32″ bust
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • 200 grams used. 324 meters

Stash Dash Total for this episode – 8,305 meters

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Granny Stripe Top

  • Yarn: MC= Woolen Women Fibers 80/20 Sock in the Watermelon colorway. CCs= Hedgehog Fiber Sock in Harvest Colorway + Legacy Fiber Artz minis from advent calendars
  • Hooks: F (3.75 mm) to cast on & D (3.25 mm) for body
  • Pattern: none
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Goal is 36″ around
  • Progress: I did rip out and start again.  With MC: 156 Foundation SC/ 52 clusters.
  • 11 rounds so far.
  • Watermelon every other round. minis in between.

Log Cabin Blanket

  • Pattern: Log Cabin Square by Julie Harrison. Free crochet pattern available on Ravelry. Video tutorial available on the Little Woollie Makes YouTube Channel
  • Yarn: Legacy Fiber Artz Minis (mostly from Advent calendars 2023 & 2024)
  • Hook: I (5.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Inspired by Rachel (treehousefiberarts on Instagram) and Sue & Chelsea (Legacy Fiber Artz on Instagram). Check out the Floss Toss Ravelry Group for details on their Scrappy Blanket CAL; you do not have to use this pattern. Any scrappy crochet blanket counts.
  • My color placement is inspired by this project/pattern available on Ravelry. The basic idea is that you use 1 main color for Rounds 1 & 3 (center and outer square), and then 4 separate colors for the 4 sides of the middle square)
  • Round 1 & Round 3 done using same colors (2 sock yarns held together)- totals about 22g (11g of each colorway)
  • Contrast Colors: total weight of yarns used (reminder- yarns are held double so I only need half the weight listed for each mini). CC 1 & 2: 2g needed. CC 3 & 4: 4g needed
  • Blocks made so far: 6

Dirty Crayon Box Socks

  • Yarn: Fiber Stash Strong Toes Sock (80% SW Merino/ 20% Nylon) in the Dirty Crayon Box Colorway
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Progress: I turned heel on the first sock at the pool last weekend.

Sum-Sum-Summertime socks

  • Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock in the colorway Sum-Sum-Summertime
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the Colorway- thinner stripes- 2 colors of aqua, lime green, pink and an orange/peachy yellow. CC mini in lime
  • Progress: finished first sock. Several inches into the second sock. Cuff, heel and toe in lime contrast color.

716 Splash Pad Socks

  • Yarn: 716 Knit Sock Set  in the 716sock base in the colorway: It needs to be ok with getting on a boat with Levar Burton and never coming back.
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the yarn: stripe of black, stripe of bright poolside colors (orange, yellow, peach, greens & aquas .
  • Cast on June 1 for SPP Kick off.
  • Jenna of 716 also sent me the mini skein set which is part of her SPP Exclusives.
  • Progress: Finished sock 1, with contrast (aqua) for cuff, heel and toe. Cast on for the second sock. Riley knit on them a bit last weekend.

Brainstorming

  • Seattle travel knitting musings
  • What to buy at Flock Fiber Festival?
  • Rhinebeck Sweater Plans- do you have any yet? I’m not even 100% sure I’m going but I’m thinking about it.

From the Armchair

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Crafty Adventures

  • A Crafty Day with Emelie was on my 25 for 2025 list and I’m happy to say I checked that off. Emelie (almost 7) came over with her mom, my cousin Kara, and her brother Teddy (5). Millie and Riley also joined in the fun. We ended afternoon with ice cream!
  • Learned from Gretchen Rubin’s newsletter that July in World Watercolor Month! I’ve been looking for resources, inspiration etc and there’s lots of cool things there.

KAL News

Splash Pad Party ’25

  • Splash Pad Party Registration is open
    • View Stats and/or Verify Registration here.
  • Check out our Sponsor List
  • Splash Pad Official Rules
  • Enter your FOs using the Summer Celebration Form. Then come over to this Ravelry Thread to share pics and let us ooh and ahh with you!
  • Submit something incorrectly? Need help? Fill out this Support Form & we’ll be in touch.
  • Projects must be finished by the end of the day July 31st, but you can enter your FOs using the form through 8/5.
  • We’ll announce final winners in the next episode after all submissions are in. Winners will be emailed after I return from my Seattle trip.

Splash Pad RAVELRY Links

Pigskin Party ’25

Sponsor Sign Up is Open- click here for details

Key Dates:

  • Registration starting Thursday August 20, 2025
  • KAL Starts- Thursday September 4, 2025
  • KAL Ends- Monday February 9, 2026
  • Form Teams- starting Monday August 25, 2025
  • Virtual Kick Off- Friday September 5 & Saturday September 6

Events

On a Happy Note

  • Finally getting my hair cut & colored (and combining that with a fun night at the pool)
  • Impromptu date night with Dan to a local brewery and restaurant
  • Our nephew Will turned 18. We got beautiful weather for his party.
  • My friend Christine & her family came to stay for a long weekend. We all crashed with my Dad. Pool time, Penny Drop (game), a Plymouth harbor cruise, night swims and lots of laughs. Millie knit on her hat & scarf a little bit. Riley knit on my socks.
  • My cousin Chris’s wife Kim delivered a beautiful and healthy baby girl- Vivienne!
  • I got an adorable Strawberry Shortcake sweatshirt on clearance at Target for $7
  • Going to The Snug for live Irish music

Quote of the Week

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.”

― Og Mandino

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Episode 301: Summer of Color

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Thank you for tuning in to Episode 301 of the Down Cellar Studio Podcast. Full show notes with photos can be found on my website. This week’s segments included:

  • Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins
  • Brainstorming
  • From the Armchair
  • Crafty Adventures
  • Knitting in Passing
  • KAL News
  • Events
  • Life in Focus
  • On a Happy Note
  • Quote of the Week

Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: Fitness by Mara

Off the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Same as It Ever Was Hat

  • Pattern: Same as It Ever Was by Sarah Jordan ($6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Yarn: Hypnotic Yarn Plush Sock (Yarnable Box January 2025) in the Intergalactic colorway
  • Needles: US 2 (2.75 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • 94 grams of yarn
  • Stash Dash: 376 meters

Kim’s Trenta Ball Band

  • Pattern: Ball Band with a Twist by Jennifer Lassonde. $2 Crochet pattern available on Ravelry & LoveCrafts
  • Hooks: G (4.25 mm)
  • Yarn: Loops & Thread Classic Cotton in Royal Blue and Aqua
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Modified from the original Ball Band pattern to fit this larger sized cup.
  • 38g/ 58 meters

Felici Granny Stripe Blanket

  • Yarn: Knit Picks Felici in Colorways: Punky, Whatits Galore (50g), Space Disco, Carrot Cake, Base Jump, Game Over, Secret Garden, Fiesta
  • Pattern: Granny Stripe by Attic 24. Free crochet pattern on Attic 24 website.
  • Hook: I (5.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • 7 colorways with 100g, 1 with 50g.
  • Size:
  • 11.64 skeins-  582 grams
  • 2316.4 meters

Stash Dash Total for this Episode: 5,291 meters

On the Needles, Hook or Bobbins

Let the Mystery Unravel 2023 Blanket of Calm

  • Pattern: Blanket of Calm by Casapinka (free crochet pattern)
  • Yarn: Woolen Women Fibers- Let the Mystery Unravel subscription + Cascade Heritage Sock yarn in the Forged Iron Colorway
  • Hook: 3.25 mm (D)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • You can find my Let the Mystery Unravel Unboxing Video on YouTube in this Playlist
  • All of the 9 block squares now have been seamed and have their 3 round gray border.
  • Border- undecided.

716 Splash Pad Socks

  • Yarn: 716 Knit Sock Set  in the 716sock base in the colorway: It needs to be ok with getting on a boat with Levar Burton and never coming back.
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the yarn: stripe of black, stripe of bright poolside colors (orange, yellow, peach, greens & aquas .
  • Cast on June 1 for SPP Kick off.
  • Jenna of 716 also sent me the mini skein set which is part of her SPP Exclusives. What should I do with my minis??
  • Progress: Cuff and heel are in contrast aqua. Approaching 1st toe (will also be aqua)

Granny Stripe Top

  • Yarn: MC= Woolen Women Fibers 80/20 Sock in the Watermelon colorway. CCs= Hedgehog Fiber Sock in Harvest Colorway + Legacy Fiber Artz minis from advent calendars
  • Hooks: F (3.75 mm) to cast on & D (3.25 mm) for body
  • Pattern: none
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Progress: I crocheted a few inches but its coming out too large. I will likely rip back and restart.

Dirty Crayon Box Socks

  • Yarn: Fiber Stash Strong Toes Sock (80% SW Merino/ 20% Nylon) in the Dirty Crayon Box Colorway
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Picked back up old WIP- started October 2024. Nearly to heel of sock 1

Over the Rainbow Socks

  • Yarn: Cashmere & Coconuts MCN Sock yarn in the Somewhere Over the Rainbow colorway
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the colorway:
  • Yarn- gift from Kris on Mom’s 1st heavenly birthday. Part way through the leg of sock 1

Woolens & Nosh 2024 Advent Socks #2

  • Yarn: Woolens & Nosh SW Targhee Sock
  • Pattern: OMG Heel Socks by Megan Williams ($5 knitting pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 1.5 (2.5 mm)
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • Passed heel on second sock (contrast heel)

Same as it Ever Was Hat

  • Yarn: fingering weight yarn from stash (no ball band); maybe MCN base
  • Needles: US 2 (LOOK UP NEEDLE SIZE MM)
  • Pattern: Same as it Ever Was by Sarah Jordan $6 knitting pattern available on Ravelry
  • Ravelry Project Page
  • About the yarn: all different shades of gray with blips of a mustardy/rust and turquoise
  • 8g for the crown increases

Bayside Shirt

  • Pattern: Bayside Shirt by Briana Luppino ($9 pattern available on Ravelry)
  • Needles: US 4 (3.5 mm)
  • Yarn: Handspun Yarn from 2 bumps from Wild Air Farm Shetland & Pygora- Melody & Cadence + 4 ounce braid from Jakira Farms 85/15 Polwarth/Silk (Ravelry Project Page for handspun) Finished in 2023.
  • Size: 32″ bust
  • Ravelry Project Page

Brainstorming

The Traveler by Andrea Mowry ($9 knitting pattern available on Ravelry & the Drea Renee Knits website)

Log Cabin Blanket

  • Sue and Chelsea from Legacy Fiber Artz are making the Log Cabin Square by Julie Harrison (free crochet pattern)  Ravelry Pattern Page.
  • I’ve had this pattern in my favorites for more than 2 years.
  • I was looking for the Julie Harrison pattern and came across this Ravelry pattern by hookloopsarah which features a log cabin layout that’s more of a background color with 4 pops of color that seem to leap up from it. Love this idea!

From the Armchair

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Crafty Adventures

Watercolors are still keeping my creative attention. Loving it!

Knitting in Passing

  • On a July 3 MBTA ferry commute, I sat with a crocheter. We talked about our projects and fav LYSs. I showed her how simple magic loop knitting is.
  • Laura brought socks to her client David when she got back to NY. He sent me a photo asking if they were Cashmere because they were so soft and noting how great they looked with the pants he had on. Then I got a pic of his foot under his desk at work the next day. (Ravelry Project Page)
  • On July 7, a man chatted with me on the Red Line about memories of his mother, sisters and daughters crocheting.
  • Emelyn has been wanting to crochet again but is feeling rusty. On July 4th I reminded them how to single & half-double crochet. Last weekend, they started a star project so we worked with DC and how to work corners and getting used to reading a pattern.

KAL News

Splash Pad RAVELRY Links

Tune in to hear if you won a participation prize!

Events

Life in Focus

July 2- half way day

25 in 2025 List

  1. Donate Blood at least 4 times (January, March, May, ) – on track
  2. Go shopping for plants with Dan 4 times in the year (my Christmas gift from him) – not yet
  3. Buy new ski boots- DONE
  4. Go camping- DONE
  5. Kayak 2-5 times- DONE
  6. Do at least 5 walks with others- DONE
  7. Take 2-5 yoga classes (outside of the house)- not yet
  8. Do at least 30 lessons in Mondly- not yet
  9. Spend a day at Raffa Life- scheduled for September
  10. Record 2-5 things I’m grateful for each day before bed (more days than not counts)- I’ve fallen off. Looking forward to getting going again.
  11. Read all of Simple Abundance (ideally daily or close to)- not loving it. some parts are more religious than I expected… may pop back in, but I’ve gotten out of this.
  12. Read at least 60 books- all books count (even poetry etc)- 28 books by end of June. It’s possible!
  13. Get at least 2 massages at Oasis – DONE
  14. See 2-5 movies in the theater (Paddington in Peru)
  15. Knit 2-5 garments for me – 1 done, # WIPs
  16. Finish and enjoy my Christmas Granny Square Blanket- on pause until after Stash Dash
  17. Crochet at least 5 toys- DONE
  18. Use my spinning wheel at least once a month (January-April done, I think I forgot to spin in May and June. Going to get back in. Will still be better than most years!
  19. Have a crafty day with Emelie- talked to her mom about this.
  20. Knit a slouchy hat for myself- not yet
  21. Try out 3 new to me podcasts (Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, White Lotus official podcast, severance official podcast, Cramped) – DONE
  22. Watch White Christmas with Jenny & Kara (bringing the tradition back) — talks have begun!
  23. Buy a firebox and put important papers inside (working with Dan on list of things to put in it)- not yet
    1. https://www.thenokbox.com (Debbie, deafelis recommended)
  24. Create a list of things to pack in case of an evacuation – not yet
    1. https://www.thenokbox.com/ -deafelis- Debbie told me about it-  not yet
  25. Purge at least 20 items of clothing/accessories/shoes- DONE

On a Happy Note

  • Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge (with brunch beforehand)
  • July 4th pool day
  • Ending an awful workday with drinks outdoor at Trillium, then apps and more drinks and picking up Laura to take her home on the Ferry watching 3rd of July fireworks.
  • Making our rainbow sunglass photo!
  • July 5th secondhand shopping, lunch with Megg and Laura + ice cream (of course)
  • Rewatching Gilmore Girls
  • Line dancing at the beach + seeing a really cool rainbow
  • Dinner outdoors with Dad, Millie and Dan.
  • 2 pool party day last weekend.
  • Shout out from Kelly in the Two Ewes Fiber Adventures podcast. Thank you!
  • Seeing a young buck in the driveway

Quote of the Week

“Love is a creative act. When you love someone you create a new world for them.”

-Trevor Noah

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