I have been a very bad blogging friend this week - I barely had time to check out your blogs and leave comments. I have been breathing and dreaming work for almost the past two months. I have four major deadlines for four tomes replete with numbers, technical stats and other riveting information. You know your work becomes your life when you wake up stark-raving mad in the middle of night because you can't add a column of numbers in your sleep. I spend my days talking to three different lawyers about 'regulatory disclosure' all of whom tell me something different. I promise I will visit everyone this weekend.In the meantime though look at how I have been de-stressing! Are those granny squares not the most scrumptious thing ever!! They are as addictive as making socks and oh - such instant gratification. I am enjoying making really small ones now. I figure if I make about 200+ I should have enough for one of those awesome granny square blankets.
So I leave you all with granny squares and flowers. Happy weekend.
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relax...enjoy your well deserved weekend...and I understand the work issues completely Raina.
lovely granny squares...
Isn't it amazing how the weeks just scream by -- it's mid-March already, for pete's sake! Love those pretty little squares -- that's going to be a fun project!
aww man if you're a bad blogging friend, that makes me the worst! i hope you're doing well and i love the granny squares!
Some weeks just fly by
I love your granny squares, do hope they work there de stress magic! Have a great weekend.
Ah yes the weeks fly by and often I miss one for blogging but as long as you are destressing that the best thing - loving your grannies they are beautiful. Hope work gradually eases. Jane x
Those granny squares look sweet and beautiful. I'm sure the blankets will turn out great.
Have a wonderful weekend.
at least you have your photography and crafts to loose yourself in... wishing that the work / home balance becomes a little more even for you very soon.
warmest wishes for a relaxing weekend
x
Those wonderful colors will make a gorgeous blanket!
Take a deep breath...deeper...There! Now, isn't that better?! ;o) Not to worry...slow down when you can, and just enjoy when you can. The days just zip by, they have a crazy way of doing that. Thank goodness for creating, which keeps most of us sane in between it all, I think--LOL! Your grannies are beautiful, Raina--love those springtime colors too. I can definitely see lots & lots of them put together in a lovely blanket of bedcover. This year I would like to improve my crochet skill--my first grannies were none too pretty...haha.. Oh, and look at that sexy ruffle of a tulip...be still my heart! Enjoy the weekend, have fun! ((HUGS))
Every week flies by so quickly now, amazingly fast.
GORgeous flowers and your squares? wonderful and delightful, great colours!
but.. about that bit of linen on the counter top? I was trying to figure that out, apron?
Have a fabulous weekend! xox
yup, this week just flied by....
I completely understand. I blinked and it was Friday. Love the granny squares!
I made myself a granny square blanket to take to college. It's on my 13 year old son's bed now. He loves it! My mother's friends donated leftover yarn from their projects, and truly, it was more fun making the squares than assembling them.
Your photos are stunning and I so enjoy seeing them. And the granny squares are great, very pretty colours and addictive to make. I made a poncho with granny squares when I was 16, still have it tucked away. Remember those green socks you made a while back, well st patrick's day is coming up. I have a green mohair sweater saved for wearing once a year.
I like that book that you made. Why don't you go to work as a stylist for some life style magazine? You have a good eye.
You are a fab bloggy friend Raina! Some weeks just disappear don't they? I don't envy you your workload - but I do envy those granny squares. I managed to make a couple of basic crochet baby blankets when Miss Muffett was a baby but I just can't get my head around a crochet pattern. It makes me so mad!
The granny squares (and your photos) are absolutely gorgeous! Good luck with those deadlines coming up--it's tough staying sane when you are trying to add columns of numbers in your sleep!
Yes...they are scrumptious!
I sure hope your Saturday was restful and that Sunday will be serene~
xoxo
Robin
I just love the monochromatic granny squares. THOSE I want to learn to make.
Have a happy week, Raina!
I completely understand! No worries EVER about missing my blogs - I realize people have lives, jobs, and might "gasp" have better things to do than read what twaddle I put out there - LOL
I feel your stress. My advise about disclosure (having practicing securities litigation and successfully sued major companies) disclose more rather than less - but do so in ways that bore people too much to bother reading ;)
I myself am sleeping fitfully due to work "issues." When I wake up I simply get up and write down whatever I'm thinking about and then I'm able to let go and go back to sleep. Just keep pen and paper handy.
I know the feeling! I am about to go on maternity leave and have still so many loose ends at work I wake up at night thinking about them and not about this baby! We need some de-stressing :) I think those granny squares are a good start :)
Your kitchen table looks such an inviting place to sit! I hope that your work load eases soon, and that the granny squares are good therapy in the meantime.
The weeks do seem to just fly by lately. Love your kitchen!
Oh, I just stumbled across your blog and am so glad I did! Your images and words are so lovely. I love your de-stressing technique! :) Have a lovely Sunday afternoon!
I feel your pain with work (it was a bad one for me this week too) and hope this weekend gave you a chance to unwind and regroup.
Words can't describe how much I love the color combination you've chosen for your squares...normally I don't gravitate toward pastels, but whatever these end up being, I know it will be beautiful!
What a beautiful blanket it will be, and then you can cozy up in it to de-stress!
I know I am work-stressed when I dream in AutoCad...:)
Gosh, your work just sounds too stressful. The colours in thiose squares are wonderful.
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hope your weekend was perfect! such gorgeousness on the blog as usual! the colours make me long for Spring to awaken my garden - alas, today more snow on the way!
I hope it all eases up for you soon babe. *hugs*
Loving the Granny Squares.. :) I've been making some of my own too!!
Ooo! I've been dying to learn to make granny squares and make a blanket too. Maybe this summer...seems like a good summer project.
Hope work is easing off for you! Life is crazy here too...
You need a break! I can't live and breathe work. I can barely attend work!
And sadly, the Cookie Stealing belongs to only he with thecookie jar...
I'm glad to know you have your granny squares to help you de-stress. I hope those work dreams end soon, very soon.
Happy St. Patty's day!
just wanted to say that I discovered you blog today and am looking forward to follow it. Lovely selection of photos :)
Your photos are spectacular! Love the colours and granny squares.
work has consumed my days and dreams as well... ugh. Hope you get some wonderful rest and relaxation after your deadlines.
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