off my needles

 This baby blanket, as previewed here,  has been shipped off to a dear friend who is awaiting the arrival of her daughter in August. I am giddy with excitement for this little one.

The pattern is from Anneliese of Aesthetic Nest and can be found here. As promised, it was relatively easy to crochet and worked up quickly unlike the crochet project I last reported in my on my needles post. That blanket took on a very pronounced trapezoid-ial shape that I couldn't live with. I doubt it was the pattern I was following, having much more to do with the inexperienced crocheter (me!) who was working the pattern. I have since placed an order of the yarn used in this project, in orange. I will yet have myself an orange blanket!

4th of July

This 4th of July was a busy one around here. We awoke to the most amazing sight of gray stormy skies, and almost considered getting out of the car when a few raindrops hit the windshield on our way to the parade. Instead we opted for an umbrella and rain jackets which, of course, jinxed the entire rain potential for the entire day. Nevertheless it was a treat to enjoy a gray overcast day in what is usually a very long and hot parade. Bejos boy was overjoyed with how freely random strangers handed him candy, popsicles, and other parade loot.

Later in the day we returned to town for a little live music and let this little bejos boy get his dance  on and exhaust himself in the bouncy house.

birthday wishes

Happy Birthday!

xoxo

keeping cool

We are dying for some rain here in AZ. Each and every day we are taunted with wind, a slight drop in temperature, and that sweet, sweet smell of rain. Rain in the southwest is by far the sweetest smell of all.

In the meantime we are keeping ourselves cool in this unusually warm weather with visits to the pool and dips in the local watering holes.

peanut butter

from my phone

We recently had the perfect summer outing. A BBQ festival that had a little for each of us. Lots of sunshine for the me, meat for mr. bejos, cold beer for us grown ups, and trains for the boy.

Project Chair, the end

This has been dragged on way to long, and for that I apologize.
I took pics of the final product almost a week ago but one silly thing has been holding me back.
I wanted to name the chair for a proper introduction. 
I've been toying with "Don" because of its mid-century appeal but I don't think it is sleek enough for the Don Draper I imagine.
Yes, these are the silly things that keep my mind occupied when I am not thinking about training a new person for my job and starting a new job and....you know what I mean.

So, without further ado, my unnamed chair

BEFORE

AFTER

Isn't he handsome? I'm sure he is blushing with that last photo (an afghan, really??), but seriously this project turned out beautifully - thanks once again to mama and papa bejos who not only spurred it on but did the work. The only problem is that I can't actually sit in the chair. Bejos boy has become a little possessive with his couch. "My couch mama, out!"