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Our little family had a rough one this year.  I am pleased to say that despite all of the heartaches and trouble, we are in the Christmas spirit and enjoying the holidays.  We are looking forward to what the God has planned for us in the year to come.  I am thankful for what he has already done for us and how he has changed our lives and how all things glorify Him. So what have I been up to lately?  Coming out of the forest has made a big difference to what I have "felt" up to doing.  I've taken up a "hobby" if you can call it that helping out a friend restore his WC35 ( I think).  It's been a learning experience as to what goes into restoring a historic military vehicle.  I also have learned a lot of its engine parts and how to clean and paint them for installation. I've knitted a partial mitten and then discovered it would be too big to wear and realized the yarn was most of the problem.  I also knitted a purple monkey for a friend who asked...

right.  they always say they are preshrunk until you wash them and then they shrink.  in weird ways.  not because you weren't careful, but because they weren't really preshrunk.  you can always tell too.  the shirt fits perfect, or it has a strange sizing, or they say they are and you can't believe what the tag says. [insert women's sizing and the obsession you all have with that stinkin' number].  I really don't care as long as it fits.  of course I'd prefer to have the smallest number, but that isn't reality. remnants of a shirt gone bye bye there was very little remaining that didn't get tested on since my machine went on the fritz just as I was starting the sleeves so here was my hubby's pre shrunk shirt, that could fit me except it didn't shrink in all the right places, so it looked really weird.  it also had the inability to fit right over a long sleeve shirt that just made me look even weirder.  so here's the crazy id...

Just a quick not to say hello and share what I've been up to - Apple Picking at Gopher Glenn Gopher Glen - See Canyon Road Loading up the car with 15 lbs of apples! Korean BBQ at SizzlinGogi yummy pork jowl cooking on the grill And a fun Halloween Party at the local Children's Museum waldo, Japanese lady, a ladybug and the exterminator