A few of my favorite things

I love the pink veins on dark green leaves...


I'm one step closer to being called into the game in a freak emergency situation. Not that I want anyone to be injured! Also, the number wasn't picked because I'm a huge Jon Lester fan, but "for being 31."

Action shot of the soxs' terrible towel! We're "super dry"!


These are flowers that my boy can grow!


I bought this train in the mountains, where there are a lot of good metalcrafting places. I think it's cool since there are trains all over our town.


I've been wanting the space to put up these trains for quite awhile now. They used to belong to my Granddad. I might need to let my brother have a turn with them in a little while.


I always wanted to have fancy key hooks in my own house, and after looking for a year, found these. Fancy, and ironic!

Crafting

I've always enjoyed making crafts. This is an example of what I've been creating lately. It's even more fun because I joined a group that chats together while we work, and the people in the group are smart and funny. They are exactly the people I wanted to meet when we moved here.


I started making a rag rug a couple of years ago, before we moved into the second floor of the watertown house. We thought that place would be our home for a long time, and I was really excited to have a space that I could make my own. After we redid the floors and walls and ceiling in the whole apartment, I got some fabrics that matched our kitchen tiles and planned to make a rug and matching curtains. I didn't get that far. It's funny to think that I was braiding these strips of fabric a bunch of years ago, watching the superbowl at Ilya's house with Maks & Ale, when Victoria was not even an idea.

I finally got a lot of it braided in one long connecting braid. When I carry this monster around to the meetings, I have to use a huge bag.

And, I'm beginning to sew it up. Soon, it will be a real rug! The chapstick is there for size reference.

These are the things I work on when I should be writing or making my own applications. I'm also cooking a lot more and enjoying time outdoors. And, I'm happy. I guess I would be happier if I did the writing as well, but I never sit down at the computer to do it.