by Kat | Sep 8, 2025 | General, In This Moment
It seems as if September turned off the summer switch… it absolutely feels like fall outside and the AC has been off for over a week now and I am not complaining!
Today I am pulling out the “fall decoration” bin from the garage and doing a bit of decorating for the season but first… there is some laundry (of course) to get started on! And the weather seems perfect for taking beauty shots of those baby blankets before I ship them off to my son and daughter-in-law.
I have also been deeply contemplating this space lately… I keep knocking its future about in my head and many days it seems to be getting closer to reaching its end. I contemplate on…
See you all back here on Wednesday.
by Kat | Aug 18, 2025 | General, In This Moment
August rain: the best of summer gone, and the new fall not yet born. The odd uneven time. — Sylvia Plath
There has been some August rain recently here in the South Hills of Pittsburgh…which has been extremely welcome because things are dry, dry, dry.
August also dramatically takes away daylight… we lose 70 minutes of daylight between the 1st and the 31st… sigh. Although, those August rains coupled with slower sunrises have made for some beautiful orange skies on my walks last week. I will date myself, but as I amble about with Sherman, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds plays in the soundtrack of my mind…Marmalade skies are glowing around me and it is quite delightful. The birdsong has diminished on our early morning walks so that soundtrack has no competition! Ha!
May your Monday usher in a week that has some bright spots and perhaps some “marmalade skies”! See you all back here tomorrow with a stitching update!
by Kat | Aug 11, 2025 | General, In This Moment
August is sure Augusting! The warm hot weather and the humidity are back with a vengeance. I am doing my best to avoid it… early morning walks and then mostly hibernating in the AC.
Bonus, I can return to eating real food this week! Woot! Hello all the veggies and salads! I am planning to make the bean salad Vera shared last week… my mouth has been watering for it! I do love a good bean salad!
I will be back tomorrow with a stitching update!
Happy Monday everyone!
by Kat | Jul 21, 2025 | General, In This Moment
As summer continues to be warm and muggy I am trying to stay in the present rather than dreaming of autumn. But the struggle is real! I really am over the constant hum of the AC… and, more honestly, I am so over the AC is running all the time electric bills!
I do have some family updates to share. My son and my daughter-in-law learned last week that their twins are girls!
And I can finally share some news that I have been keeping under my hat for some time now… my Heidi is also pregnant and due in early November. They are not finding out “what they are having” and they are working on getting ready to welcome another baby to their house! (but she is very happy it is just one baby versus the twins her brother is having… ha!)
Hitting the Nana Lottery is a very good thing! I am almost doubling the number of grandkids I have this year… from four to seven just like that!
Now for the reminder… next week Monday — July 28 — is our monthly word update! I will have my post up early and will leave the link up open for the week! I am excited to share with you how I did in July and I am eager to read about how you all did!
That’s all I have for today… see you all back here on Wednesday!
by Kat | Jul 14, 2025 | General, In This Moment
Is for finding gratitude…
Thank you so much for all your thoughts and well wishes for me last week. Gratitude Number One… I am so thankful for all of you!
Not only was it a “test-a-thon” of a week… I was also tested with the road construction! Yes, if you are in Pittsburgh and you think every road is under construction…. you’d be right. Both the tests and the roads tested the limits of my patience. I survived… and I am grateful. Gratitude Number Two… surviving is absolutely something to be grateful for.
All the test results came back within “normal ranges” which is a very good thing. Gratitude Number Three… being tested and having good results.
I am hopeful that as the week progresses finding gratitude will become easier and easier.
Happy Monday everyone!
