Canoeing? No. Camping? No. Hiking? Yes!

It is true! The soccer game wasn't until 5 pm, and we had time to go hiking this morning.
The morning was sunny and deciding to go hiking wasn't hard.
This time we mostly stuck to the trail and that wasn't half as wet as last time when we walked through the marsh.

It was a great hike. It was a bit cold but good though. I'm so pleased that we finally had time for a hike. Will there be canoeing and camping next time?

I can't help it

I'm longing for canoeing, camping, hiking and just a whole lot more of the outdoor life for the party of five.
But either hubby is traveling abroad or we have to spend the entire weekends on the soccer field waiting for another opportunity for my two boys to show off. No time for stellar nights stargazing, no time for harmonic dipping of paddles in calm water at dawn.
I just love this time of the year. The beautifully colored foliage and even the moss changing color into the variety of fall. The cold nights and the sharp mornings... Oh, how I long for it all!

But for now: Back to reality and soccer fields...

Beads on a string

Well, that's probably where they should have been at least.
Last weekend I was walking around the house barefoot like I usually do. Everywhere I go I have the feeling of walking on the sandy blacktop at school. But this isn't sand nor blacktop. It is my adorable pink little princess creatively making necklaces and bracelets in my house. She has these tiniest little beads and not only a few, but thousands and thousands of them. Okey, that isn't true any more, but it used to be true a week ago. But constantly having them under your feet makes you feel like they are penetrating your feet.
No beads on the string, all beads on the floor.
I thought the living room was bad. Then I saw her room... There were beads all over the place. I wisely found the vacuum cleaner and once I turned it on, this funny sound of rattling and jangling started, and it just didn't end! It was like vacuuming on the beach. Amazing!

The lesson to be learned is: Buy bigger beads.

Note to self: Put your socks on.

Why don't we just go outside find some berries and thread them onto straws?

Another great trip

Two Saturdays in a row with bright sunshine! That's a lot more than expected! I mean - almost every day in between it's been pouring down, but not today!
All the five of us hiking together - this time not very far from home, but still a great place. Vassfjellet was our goal and we made it all the way - about 12 km or 7,5 miles and about 540 vertical meters (590 yd)!

It's been a long time

Not exactly blogging every day. But I'm still here - hanging in.
Not too much knitting, not too much of other stuff either - except working.
But yesterday we did one of our scout trips. A great day!

I've bought some yarn today :)

That means my next project is in progress. It was hard to decide the color combination today, but the result looks good so far :-)

It's sort of late now. I've been in the hospital the whole night, and now I'm just not ready for going to bed. I can sleep in tomorrow morning because the kids are at a sleepover.

It's weird sitting here all by myself with nobody else in the house.
For a while I had hubby on the phone and it felt like he was here, but now he's not anymore.

Well, I'm considering going to bed... should I stay or should I go now?

Knitting to my nephew

I've been knitting the last week.
I still have half the hat to go, and my mom is making the pants - I don't like knitting pants, but here is what I've done the last few days.

And here is a closer look at the pattern: