Pardon my dust

It was so wonderful to have my littles back this morning and walk them to school!! They are still at that age (5&6) where they don't mind holding Nana's hand, and I love it! Their mommy (my daughter) has decided to return to school, and I'm so proud of her. She only has a couple more classes until she receives her degree, and only has to go part time, so she will pick the little guys up from school. I took the long way in and out of streets in my neighborhood to get a good walk in this morning, after walking the boys to their class. I had some breakfast and then decided it was my dogs' turn to get some exercise, so we went to the dog park. They love it there so much and we all have such a good time! It's pretty busy there in the mornings with a lot of dog owners, but I don't sit down. Instead, I make it another training session for me and walk the laps around the grassy area the whole time we're there. Maggie and Izzie both follow me, that is, until the "pied piper" shows up. Hahaha This guy apparently shows up every morning with treats in his pocket and every dog there knows it, except my two. I was very proud of them...they hung back and waited to see if he was going to dole any out. I wouldn't let mine have any anyway as I'm very strict with their diets. We had a good time and walked for about 30 minutes, then it was off to the store for groceries. We will definitely be going back!

Yesterday, I did something that was very liberating!!!! A couple of years ago, my stalker left me some very cruel comments here on some posts, and I hung onto them for later proof. Of what, I have no clue because it's not like I want to contact people and say "see, look, see what I was talking about? See how evil she really is?" It's also not like I was going to go ahead and publish them eventually. I moderate my comments for a reason, and one of those is so she can't just leave random comments that hold no value whatsoever for anyone! I guess I needed to hang onto them all this time until I finally realized what a bag of hot air she really was/is. She no longer intimidates or frightens me at all!! Her words no longer hold any clout with me, my family or my friends. I have built a new life back in my hometown in spite of this crazy woman and my ex-husband, and what they say or do, where they go or don't go, means absolutely nothing to me!!! I could go on and on about this, but you know what? I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!!! I can't tell you how freeing it was to sweep those vile comments into the trash once and for all! It's about time I'm doing some housework around here!!

The leg section of one of my mystery socks was completed last night and I'm now working on the second sock. When I say completed, I just meant the last clue we got last week. I'm not sure what the next clue will be, whether or not it will be more leg, or we will begin the heel. It's so pretty so far...then when I got up this morning and had some coffee, I picked up my brother-in-law's sock I'm working on and put several more rows on the foot. I'd say it's about halfway now with the foot portion!

I definitely can see my brother in law getting excited over these..it's the first pair I've ever made him with some patterning and I love them!!!