This month, Life’s A Stitch (the original – don’t be fooled by imitations), is two! To celebrate, I’m hosting a contest. So talk to me, give me some feedback. Tell me what you like or don’t like. Isn’t that brave? Each comment relating to my blogiversary this month will get an entry. The prize? Enough…

How do you justify occasionally spending $18 for yarn for a pair of socks or $48 for a scarf? You’d never spend $18 on a pair of socks in the store. As long as I don’t need the money for the necessities of life like food and mortgage I can justify it: 1. The time…

This is a a post about Touch Me, an exorbitantly priced,  ultra soft seductive yarn. It woos you with its sensuous hand. I am ashamed to admit I have given in to this temptation twice. But eventually, as in all steamy relationships, the hormones subside and reality sets in. It’s a proven scientific fact. Touch…

I was giving Gracee dog her ear drops today. It’s difficult since she has the ability to close her ears. That got me thinking what if we could close our ears like she can? It would be a physical way of doing "I’m not listening." We could adjust the volume of life by partially shutting…

I love the story about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist: two kids enter a room full of horse poop. One says, "Boy, it smells like shit in here."  The second says, "I know there’s a pony in here somewhere." I am generally in the pony camp. Even when life gives you a…

This is part two in the Catholic knitting category. As a child, when confronted by a daunting task, we were advised to "offer our actions up to the souls in Purgatory," the Catholic version of grin and bear it, except that as an added bonus, you were accumulating credits to get someone promoted from Purgatory,…

I’ll tell you what makes me cringe – finding out a pubic that would be public (thanks, Marsha) toilet seat is wet AFTER you sit on it. I check each time, but sometimes wet is clear. Eeeewwww. My knitting buddy, Marsha the nurse, tells me no worries, urine is most often sterile. Phew, I feel…

My health insurance contributes $300 to the price of new glasses every two years. Four years ago that covered the total cost of my progressive lenses in decent frames. Two years ago, it covered all but $126. Now, buying comparable frames and lenses I could end up paying over $200! What’s with this? Do the…

It was a nice relaxing weekend until Saturday night at 11:30. The evening was exceptional, Bryant home from his summer camp job for 24 hours. Since C was away, we shared a "Mumsy-Bry Night" (as he called it) starting with what is described as a genuine New York pizza from a new place in town.…

We Catholic raised kids had a solution to finding lost items. We prayed to St. Anthony, the patron saint of things misplaced. He has even come through for my husband who is of the Protestant persuasion. This week St. Anthony responded twice without being asked. When I finished the wedding sweater for my daughter, I…