This 4 hour glucose tolerance test had me really nervous as I remember having this test about 50+ years ago and it being nasty.  Of course many changes have happened in that time.   I think the worst part of it was that they also wanted us to take a tiny bit of blood each 15 minutes during that time and record the number on a glucometer.  No, they were not looking for diabetes, but apparently there are a number of other health concerns they can find by reading that test.   Anyway, it is done and in two weeks, I should know the results.

I took my knitting along, although, with having to lay it down every 15 minutes to take a snippet of blood, I didn’t get as far on these socks as I had hoped.   They are just straight stockinette stitch, so will have them as a car and waiting project.

Easter is the time of year, we think even more on what the Resurrection means to us.   This past month has been full of loss:  Planes, a mudslide, a ferry, a bus accident, and 3 extended family members gone.  I long for the time when this is over and we meet with our Lord to never part again.

Some of us went for a walk in the park this beautiful morning to get our steps in and to enjoy each other’s company.   Shaula, my DIL and my son, Darrin gave me these beautiful flowers.

Then we came home and  weeded in the greenhouse and my nephew came over to get some tomato starts .  Then it was time to feed the bees, dogs and us.

I did get this pair of socks done which makes the 4th pair this year.

The mudslide near Darrington, WA was about 1 1/2 hours from here.  It was where my grandparents lived much of the time they were raising their younger children.    Many people are still missing and our prayer is that they were not there and since Darrington lost power for days, perhaps they just haven’t been able to report their whereabouts.   Our prayers are with those who have lost loved ones in this ordeal.

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Here is where you get to see my cooking mistakes as well as wonderful successes.    At lunch I failed to bake the wraps to crisp state BEFORE putting pizza toppings on them.    So we ate them folded over with a fork.   They still tasted good.     Tonight I crisped them (about 8 minutes in the oven) before putting the tostada toppings on and they were even better.

The past week has had it’s share of trauma and depression so I needed something really cheery with which to work.  This yarn somehow found it’s way into my yarn bin a few years ago.  I think it has been there for so long, because I didn’t really think I would wear these colors.  I don’t even remember buying the yarn.

However, because of  happy  colors, I pulled it out.  It is just so much fun to knit these sherbet colors, that I’m having trouble putting them down.   They look so much prettier knit than in the ball.   These socks are cheery and I will definitely be wearing them.   I am using a Christine Pike pattern which you can find by double clicking the red.

It’s a fairly easy pattern, so if you already knit socks you might want to give these a try.

Today was the first real day of retirement for DH.   Some of today was spent discussing what adjustments will be made.   We just needed clarity on things like which days will be spent doing things we will do together – such as shopping and which will be at home.    He knows I will never run out of projects I want to do and he will work at getting projects he wants to do, though for the immediate future that may be lots of reading and the gym.

I was ready to start a new pair of socks and found this pair had a few inches knit.   It also had a pattern with it, but not the pattern that the socks were being knitted.  I’m not sure how that happened.    I undid a few rows to figure out the pattern and am now knitting them as my March pair of socks.  Since they are larger yarn and larger needles, they will go faster than the last socks.    I’m using “Mountain Colors  Golden Willow”  from Weavers Wool Quarters which is 100% worsted wool.