I love celebrating other people's birthdays, but I like to have mine pass without much fanfare. Yesterday was my 37th birthday, and I honestly went back and forth on deciding to celebrate in a bigger way than I normally do this year. YOLO, right? Why NOT have a huge party every year that I'm alive!? …
Tag: happy
Knitting on the round, and so many knots.
After my last knitting post I jumped straight in. I went to a local yarn shop and walked around like I knew what I was doing. I picked out some beautiful blue sport-weight wool yarn, and then told the shop-keepers that I was brand new and wanted to try knitting some socks on a round …
How to be happy when you have cancer
I'll admit that as a new mother, when people would tell me that "every moment is precious" or something like that, I'd wipe my son's projectile sneeze snot off my arm and try not to roll my eyes too hard. Some moments are just not so awesome-- and when I was tired or frustrated I …
between the busy 