A Bitter Knitter

If you do not care to read religious blog posts, feel free to close this one now.  I don't mind.  Have a pleasant day. For those of you still here, I wish you a Happy Christmas.  I recently finished rereading Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol."  My favourite line in the book is when Bob Cratchit is speaking to his wife about Tiny Tim.  He says, "Somehow he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard.  He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day, who made lame beggars walk and bind men see." Tiny Tim put it well.  This Christmas season has given my family good cause to think of the Saviour.  We think of my tiny nephew, Tommy, who passed away this month and we remember on this Christmas Day He who suffered for our sins that we may be forgiven and then died and rose again that we ...

So Husband and I went out to visit Mom & Dad yesterday.  Husband and Dad finished the back fence.  Yay!  Mom took me to the LYS in Fallbrok: Labors of Love  and bought me these: They are Panda Superwash by Crystal Palace Yarns .  The colour is called "Joyful."  I absolutely LOVE it.  The jewel tones are simply marvelous.  And I was so excited that as soon as I got it home, I promptly cast on.  The pattern I have chosen for this lovely yarn is called " Pablo ."  And I have thus far finished the ribbing and one pattern repeat.  See? I'm calling them my "Joy in the Journey" socks.  "Finding Joy in the Journey" is the theme of Vista 10 Relief Society this year.  It comes from a talk given by the  Thomas S. Monson in November 2008 .  It says: "This is our one and only chance at mortal life--here and now.  The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief.  Opportunities come...