Tag: birthday

• The wagon hath run me over.

  

  I’ve really fallen off the wagon with lots of things that bring me joy and it’s time to climb back into the driver’s seat. We’ve got a bit going on over here in my house; work is busy, we’re right in the middle of the birthday gauntlet, and Joshua is finishing eighth grade. I think…

  Cortney (she/her)

  June 9, 2019

  baking, fermenting, garden, knitting, life stuff, quilting

  baking, birthday, ferment, fermentation, fermenting, goals, knitting, making, mohair, motivation, swatch, sweater, sweater knitting, WIP, work in progress

• Birthday.

  

  Today is my birthday. Oddly enough, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten more into my birthday. I used to not set much stock in my own birthday, but now I think I’ve learned the value in taking a day for yourself and letting it be special. Kevin treated me to chocolate this morning with my…

  Cortney (she/her)

  August 2, 2018

  knitting, life stuff

  birthday, enabling, FO, knitting, making, sock knitting, socks, sweater, sweater knitting, WIP, work in progress

• The Bear and the ShiShi: a birthday gift.

  

  About a year ago, I had an idea. For the sarcastic among you, yes, I’ve had ideas before and since, but today we’re talking about this one in particular. The idea centered around the cute woodland animals that my mom knits: I thought that the story of how they came to live with my mom…

  Cortney (she/her)

  July 26, 2018

  life stuff

  birthday, children’s book, gifts, illustration, writing