Long Over Due Update

In August/September 2010 I moved back to Logan, mainly to become the care taker of the family home while my Parents finish their mission. It took a couple of months, but I finally procured full time employment the week of Thanksgiving. I'm now working for a company called Conservice, they are a third party utility billing company, I'm a member of the Transition Team. It's kind of hard explaining what we do, but you can find more about them here. As mention is a previous post I'm also teaching cake decorating classes. So far I've just taught one, which went really well. I hope to teach more in the future as well.

Besides a continual job search, and going to several interviews, I found other ways to entertain myself during my unemployment stage. First off my ward asked me to participate in several activities/callings. I am the pianist for the Ward Choir, teaching Relief Society, and a Visiting Teaching Supervisor. I was also asked to help plan the Relief Society Christmas party. At home I kept myself busy puttering around the house and yard, and doing oodles and oodles of projects, most of which ended up as Christmas Gifts. One of my claims to fame in 2010 is that every project I had previous begun and started in 2010 I finished by the end of the year! Now that the holidays have past and gifts have been given I can share some of those projects that kept me busy.

First up is one for me. I found this pattern years ago and wanted to make it immediately, the specialty beads are fairly pricey so I didn't get around to it until this year. The pattern called for far more than the few birds and snowflake I got, but I'm happy with the results. I procured the supplies in early 2010 and worked on it through the year. It's not an awesome framing job, just done by me, and all the beading made it quite bumpy, later on I plan to smooth it out and make the finished look better.



Next up is an afghan I made for my friend Katie. When I first started this project I was knitting, but as I got into it I basically detested it and just left it idle for a couple of years. I decided I still wanted to do it, just differently, so I pulled apart all the knitting, and started anew with a crochet hook. The undoing doing a while since I'd already knit through a couple of skeins of yarn, but it was actually quite enjoyable! Once I was finished I started making granny squares. I enjoyed working on the reinvented project and am happy with the results. First up is a photo of an overall view, then a close up of the granny squares (I did three different ones), and last is a close up of the edging.





A few straggler projects have not yet reached their recipients, once they have I'll share more details. I don't want to spoil the surprise even though I am quite tardy in getting them delivered.