Made With Love

With all of my recent "doom and gloom" posts, I've decided to write something a little less depressing. Several weeks ago I came across a blog post about a charity group looking for crocheters. Several of my family members are involved with various charities that they care about, putting their skills and talents to good use. I have very little to share with others, but I have been crocheting for over two years now and I'd like to use it for good. This group, Made With Love, has asked me to make Amigurumi (crocheted animals) for foster kids. And I am happy to say that I've finished my first bear. It took less time to make than I had imagined. It's a habit of mine to perfect a pattern before moving on to a new one. And with the amount of spare yarn we have, there will be enough to practice with. My biggest fear is that this first bear is going to traumatize the kid who gets it. This bear has the ears of a pig/devil and I'm afraid one of it's appendages will come off. It's hard to judge just how much to child-proof it. Here's the link for Made With Love: http://www.hillcrestcf.org/crafting/about/

The other good piece of "news" is that our little grocery store has a new flavor of whole-bean coffee. I had asked them last week what new flavors of coffee they would be getting and when they expected the shipment. Barb, the lady in charge, asked me which new flavor I wanted and she ordered it specifically for me. I bought a package today and it smelled so good. Now I can lay off the espresso I normally drink for a while. Sometimes it's nice living in a small town. Sometimes.

~Staci~