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::every day in February:: day 26: 'soup...'

Oh.my. Yesterday I made the beef mushroom barley with kale soup from the current 3191 Quarterly. So amazing! A new soup on rotation now...num num. 

::every day in February:: day 25: 'happy...'

Friday was "happy hair" day for kindergarten...

::every day in February:: day 24: 'five...'

Friday 5...

tasting...peanut butter Puffins! I am not a big cereal person but love this stuff! 

hearing...the quiet gurgling of the fish tanks. Yep, my children are all at school!

smelling...hmm..wet dog...it's raining...blech...

touching...sock yarn! Working on my Frankenstripe socks this morning. 

seeing...that the pussy willow in my backyard thinks it's spring too. 

Happy Friday to you! Leave me a link to your 5...

::every day in February:: day 23: 'ahh...'

Oh my it really felt like spring this afternoon...

We just drank in the goodness and will store the excess away for the rainy (snowy?!?) days to come.

 

::every day in February:: day 22: 'wordless Wednesday...'

::every day in February:: day 21: 'park...'

The boys ran around while I played with instagram.

::every day in February:: day 20: 'skating...'

I had flashbacks to my childhood and time spent hanging out at the roller rink today when I took my kiddos to our local rink to skate. My boys have never been skating before so they spent most of the time clutching the wall. Lukas has some serious spaghetti legs & although he fell a lot, he kept smiling and laughing until he literally wore himself out. I hadn't been skating in decades (yep, decades) so I was happy that I didn't fall and could even help my boys get around the rink albeit quite slowly.

Our local women's roller derby league starts their season in April, and I cannot wait! I am in such awe over how those roller derby girls can whip around that track. I remain contented to sit on the sidelines and cheer, oh and knit! Now that's just my speed...

::every day in February:: day 19: 'rest...'

Wonderful restful day today! Just had breakfast for dinner: pancakes with strawberries, bacon, hash browns. Yum! Now onto knitting a small something or other (yep, more secrets!) and catching up on Downton Abbey!

::every day in February:: day 18: 'secret...'

I had a fun morning at Wegmans knitting* and gabbing with Cindy. Always enjoy talking about knits, beer, books, food...and the list goes on with Cindy! She recommended a documentary about beer (Beer Wars) that I can't wait to check out via Netflix streaming. 

 Happy weekending to you and yours!

*Psst...some secret knitting going on over here (ravelry link BUT if you are reading this and are one of my friends who is currently pregnant, DO NOT click or even hover over the link and spoil the surprise.)

::every day in February:: day 17: 'Friday 5...'

Whew! Where did the day go?...early dismissal for the kiddos and three day weekend ahead! I have to drive Miss Daisy (aka, Lydia) around a bit tomorrow but other than that it should be a relaxing family-filled weekend. Thought I would revisit Friday 5 for today's post...

Smelling...citrus...it's those Cuties again! I got a tart batch this time, and we seem to love them even more. It's a healthy addiction at this point... ;)

Tasting...Helios...ha, bet you thought I was going to say Cuties again. Fooled you! We are getting so spoiled with Victory as our local brewery. Cheers!

Touching...acrylic yarn & slippery metal knitting needles! I helped out with the 4th-6th grade knitting club today. Click clack! Fun times!

Seeing...the S U N! It got me out of my funk and made me feel alive again! Well, that and the Helios...I could also say that I am seeing the words in the novel Pure which I happily read this afternoon while my kiddos were otherwise occupied (no helicopter parenting here!). (If you look carefully at the photo below you can see my cat's reflection as she hovers nearby waiting to jump into my lap since she is cold!)

Hearing...my 7th grader practicing a piece of music on her viola this afternoon that I remember playing in a quartet when I was in HS! I rushed upstairs and had to play it too (okay, attempt to play it!)! Yes, it's been many moons, and she does it much better than her mama now, but it was fun! Such great memories practicing & playing all four movements of this with my quartet in a music festival!

Happy weekending to you and yours!