Yay for Salvation Army and 25% off furniture. Got this wonderful recliner for $37.50 ! I wonder who will use it more, dear husband or his brother who stays with us.
autism
food
Here’s part of what we ate tonight; there was also a millet/potato/veggie casserole. I love the sourdough bread, salad, hummus and raw veggies from Aldis. They have the best produce for the best price. I eat with chopsticks because when I was in Youth With a Mission outreach in Asia I learned to and bought some chopsticks in Hong Kong, which you see here in this picture. I bought 10 sets and only one has broken in all this time since 1987.
new year – happy
Best wishes for 2012!!! this is a picture we took from a train up the mountains near Leadville, CO September 2010. Beautiful area.
I’m trying to work on this puzzle and making some progress. I don’t know which picture I like best so will post them both. It’s a challenge, but I liked the word “Believe” on it and plan to make a wood back for it so that it stands up inside the window.
Also, I finished up these hats last night so will try to find someone who can use them.
Beautiful cold sunny day. We are going out soon to put up a bluebird house in the woods my husband and his brother made.
later: We went out in the woods and installed the bluebird house. Some pictures to show the occasion:
See the difference in these 2 photos. Which one looks better?
man hat
I finished this super hat called the man hat. even got chuck to model it – being autistic it’s nearly impossible to get him to wear a hat, although he used an umbrella recently in the rain. He looks rather pained to have the hat on but I was surprised he even agreed to put it on for me. yay chuck !! ! ! ! ! !
Man Hat
Size 8 needles
CO 64
Rnd 1 K1 P1
Rnd 2 K
Repeat to 7 inches ending with Rnd 1
Decrease Rnds
1 K SSK
2 K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
3 K5 SSK
4 K1 P1 K1 P1 K1 P1
5 K4 SSK
6 K1 P1 K1 P1 K1
7 K3 SSK
8 K1 P1 K1 P1
9 K2 SSK
10 K1 P1 K1
11 K1 SSK
12 K1 P1
13 SSK
8 sts remain
dreary december day
Here it is – the week before Christmas – I’ve only received 4 cards in the mail and haven’t mailed any. Life is different with social media. I sorta miss the cards, but then sorta miss the people who used to send them who aren’t with us any more. I’m sure I will receive more this week.
AUTISM = (A)lways (U)nique (T)otally (I)ntelligent (S)ometimes (M)ysterious
Adjusting to having husband’s brother stay with us – he does housechores, goes on walks with us, and then he retires around 6 p.m. to start another day. He actually is quite a mellow fellow.
WWII watch cap
I’ve been in a knitting frenzy for a while. The homeless we visit at a park on Sundays snatch my knit hats up quickly. I looked for some variations in patterns and found out about the WWII watch cap. I am knitting a red one for my son for Christmas unless it turns out too small
about WWII watch caps and instructions
hope to post pictures soon
and here they are ! ! !
starting another one!
Thursday -I spent most the day knitting this gift for my husband – shshshshshsh – trying to keep it a secret. I made it brown and green because he’s such a tree-man – loves anything about trees and even has a degree in forestry.
I used one of the cable patterns and turned our quite well I think.
I had to be the model since my daughter is doing finals – bless her heart !
Friday’s hat
Saturday’s hat
Dear b-i-l Chuck staying with us took the last pic. I think he needs a camera for Christmas. Being autistic he is a whiz with gadgets and of course thinks in pictures. I am 2/3 through the book written by Temple Grandin. – The Way I See It (her website)
Must put the knitting away until after Christmas and maybe beyond; it is way too addicting!
tuesday – 12.20.11
I didn’t quite put the knitting away but doing much less – trying to get my snowman puzzle done and working on putting fringe on bedroom curtains.
Monday’s hat will go to the homeless:
getting organized
Today I cleaned out our walk-in closet, emptied my dresser and took it to our new area of the house. Now it seems more real – Chuck moving in with us soon and very soon, but only 4/7 of the week. We are learning more about autism every day. My husband grew up with his brother. Chuck is 5 years younger than him. I am apprehensive about having him in our living space, but now that I am get my belongings out of his soon-to-be area it seems easier.
His walk-in-closet and room:
autistic people
Now we have had my brother-in-law over for supper; my husband is his guardian – it went okay until I asked him to play his song on the piano before he was finished with his cake – too many instructions. He wanted to leave soon to go back to his mom’s. He will move in with us before or after Thanksgiving. This is just around the corner. We gave up our bedroom with the bath for him and are moving to a smaller room; I hope all goes well and that I won’t be too bewildered by having him around 2/3 of each week. It is rather emotionally draining to clear out our bedroom for him and deal with all our accumulation to put it in a smaller space.
I read this essay by an autistic person about how the autistic people communicate, not so much with non-autistic people but with other autistic people. the article
I would love to call my mom up and tell her about this new change in our lives, but she died and this is the graveyard. I could call my aunt; I could message a friend, but the thing that helps me most is picniking a picture and finding some soothing scriptures!!!
Jill 