A Stitch in Time....

I've reached the sleeve/body divide on the Field Cardigan.

I've actually worked past the 6th buttonhole now (photo was right at the 5th), but Sunday was gloomy, and the natural light wasn't good enough for a photo, so you will just have to imagine it just a couple of inches longer now. Meanwhile, I ordered these buttons from a seller in the UK on Etsy, Pink Button Studio. They should be here before I finish the sweater. The shipping cost more than the buttons. I think the design is reminiscent of the grain pattern in the sweater, even though they're just leaves on a stem.

The doggies had a spa day on Tuesday and came home looking spiffy. Sandy's hair grows much faster than Dusty's, so he will be looking shaggy again in a few days.

We took a walk after the boys came home from the groomer. Here the boys are in the woods, trying to live up to their names.

We even walked on Thursday, in the wind and rain, but we stayed on the sidewalk and out of the mud.

We uncovered the r-pod while the dogs were gone on Tuesday. 

We moved her to the front part of the driveway. She was a little dusty (not like Dusty the dog, but close), but then it rained several times, so she may not need a spa day herself.

I will have to clean the inside, though, even if I have to go out there with an umbrella. We will be leaving next Sunday to drive to Florence for a camping trip with Jim, Charlie's brother, who also has an r-pod. I'll have to do some cooking, too, so we have plenty of things to eat during our trip. We're concerned about the weather, though. On Sunday afternoon we had a hail storm and overnight it snowed again.

I drove myself to choir practice on Wednesday, because my ride wanted to be there early for a special event. It was dark when I came out to go home, and my headlights wouldn't turn on. I could get my high beams on, but not the low beams, so I had to drive home with the high beams on. It seems to be the bulbs, although I don't know how they could both burn out at the same time. It worked to replace them, at least. It took Charlie several hours to change one bulb, and he needed my help a few times. The next day he changed the other. He used a dental mirror I had, and two flashlights. I think we're good.

One other thing I worked on this week was a new story, another featuring Olivia. It will come out on Friday, at the usual time.

I have stories scheduled through the first Friday in May, but they're all reedited stories from earlier.

Stay tuned!

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What's on my needles: Still working on the Field Cardigan.

What's on my iPhone: Still listening to Jan Karon's These High, Green Hills, which is the third book in her The Mitford Years series..

What's on my sewing machine: Still waiting to do some repairs.

What's in The Doll's Storybook: In Going Hungry, Jolena finds out why Mariah doesn't need to take her water bottle when they go for a bike ride.

What's my tip of the week: We usually have a Zoom call with family at 12:30 PM on Sunday. I like to be prompt, so I watch my computer to see when the time switches to 12:30, but I've learned that the clock on the home screen of my iPhone has a second hand, so I can use that to see how much time is left.

Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with a few changes. 

The stories in More Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Welcoming a Stranger, The Rescue, Unmasked, Fuzzy Town––A Play and Sky Blue.

Our Favorite Verses: Poems from The Doll's Storybook. Poems included are Valentine's Day, Keeping Pets, Back to School, Victor the Vulture, The Week Before Christmas, Insomnia and Veronika's Vocabulary Verses.

The stories in Classic Tales Retold: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Little Green Greatcoat, The Boy Doll Who Cried Wolf and Lost in the Woods.

The stories in Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.

The stories in Mariah are Being Little, Besties, and Distraction.

If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less, because the publisher gets a cut. 

Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.

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