LAST WEEK

And now the olympics are almost done. I enjoyed them so much this year. So fun to get into the excitement and see the genuine emotions of the athletes. I got into luge and biathalon and ski jumping and the team speed skating. I of course loved the figure skating along with Tara and Johnny’s fashions. And today we ended on a very high note with a gold medal for the men’s hockey team. Brian watched it at the same time and we texted throughout. We learned that his “live tv” is about two minutes more live than the US broadcast. Some of my favorite parts are the medal ceremonies and I laugh when they hand each athlete a couple stuffed animals. Seems rare to feel good after watching TV these days.

It’s also nice these days that you can stream whatever sport you want and really get into it. I always think of my dad – he so wanted to watch the cross-country skiing but it just wasn’t broadcast as fully as he would have liked.

I also loved seeing the beautiful pictures of Italy – they seemed to do a great job hosting.

Now just the closing ceremony remains.

In other news I am working on a couple projects. First my cable knit sweater – it seems to be taking forever but I made more progress this week. The sleeves on this pattern had shaping at the top that I’ve never done before. It was a challenge but I’ve tried it on and I think it’s going to be good.

I put my sweater in a bowl when I’m working on the sleeve. It’s easier to swivel the whole bowl around as you rotate the sleeve instead of picking up the whole project and turning it all the time. And, bonus, I like how my Catherine Holm bowl looks with the sweater.

I’m also working on project with my stairway. It’s an effort to make our house un-boring. I’ve been experimenting with different painted patterns to create the look of a runner. I want to use black because I think most every room benefits from a punch of black. So I think I have landed on this wavy pattern. The paper is just a test and hopefully this week I’ll begin painting the stairs

Beyond the olympics and my projects we continue to enjoy our little charges – Steve and Avery. They are so goofy when they play and then they give the sweetest looks of bliss when you pet them.