Movie Monday - 3/25/2019

I wasn't sure if I would like A Quiet Place, starring Emily Blunt and John Krasinski (who also directed and helped write the screenplay). It's a post-apocalyptic story set in the not very distant future. There are some creatures who can hear quite well, but can't see a thing. The story follows the Abbott family and their struggle to avoid being killed by the creatures. It was good, actually. I'm not sure I'm ready to watch Bird Box though.  

MK out.

FO Friday - 3/22/2019

Y'all! We got home from our Spring Break trip two-and-a-half hours ago and I've unpacked and had dinner. That's a real record.

And, while we were on Spring Break, I finished a sweater and I steamed blocked it and I wore it.

Pattern: Humulus by Isabell Kraemer
Yarn: Madelinetosh DK Twist in Silver Fox and Silence was Golden
Comments: Y'all! I really enjoyed knitting this sweater. After I knit the entire body and determined it was just too oversized for me, ripping it back to the yoke and reknitting it...I just love how it turned out. 

The pattern is well written. I can definitely see knitting more of Isabell Kraemer's patterns.

Madelinetosh yarns are favorites of mine. DK Twist is at the top of my list.

MK out.

Book Chat - 3/14/2019

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

This book is about a boy (although he's an adult) and his dog. The boy meets a girl and marries her. Then, they have a baby girl. The dog rolls with the changes and gets settled in his routine. Then, the wife dies and the routine changes drastically, but the dog does all he can to keep his family together. The story, as told from the dog's point of view, has a metaphorical theme running through it. It was very good.

Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

Miranda Schuyler returns home to Winthrop Island after many years. She learns that her former lover has escaped prison. He had been jailed for murdering her stepfather eighteen years prior. Many secrets about the wealthy families summering on the island and the working class people who attend to them come to light. I loved it.

I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll

Ella is riding home on the train and notices two guys coming on to two teenaged girls. She figures out the young men have just been released from prison. She considers calling some sort of authority to alert them, but decides against it. The next day, one of the girls turns up missing. She's still missing a year later, and someone is watching Ella's every move. It was good.

MK out.

Movie Monday - 3/11/2019

Back in the day, the US and Russian space programs were racing each other to be first with different aeronautical milestones. In the early 1960s, the US planned some dangerous missions in an effort to be first on the moon by the end of the decade. First Man is the story of how we got there. Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong and Claire Foy, plays Janet Armstrong. Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler also star in this film. I was a little girl on that July night that we saw the grainy television images of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon. It was really something. The movie was good too.

MK out.

FO Friday - 3/08/2019

I've been knitting, but I don't have any finished objects to show today.

I have been maintaining my, albeit slow, pace for the 2019 Decrapification Challenge. Earlier this week, I was looking for something in the cedar closet. I ended up taking everything out that was piled up on the floor or was in any of the spots that are empty in these pictures. (I'm mad that I didn't think to take a before picture.)

Here's what came out of all those empty spaces.

And today, I finished putting it all back together.

I know those socks aren't very KonMari Method, but it will have to do until I find a drawer unit that will work in here.

MK out.