I Never Promised You an Organic Garden

I had a once in life time experience when it come to knitting.  I started a scarf for my husband a year & 1/2 ago using gorgeous bamboo yarn I got from Unwind Yarn Shop.  I made the mistake of letting my non-knitting husband pick out the pattern so it turned out to be a little more complicated that I intended.  It requires my undivided attention so I haven’t worked on it much.  Sunday night I picked the scarf back up and after doing some math realized I would not have enough yarn to finish.

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Very Exciting News: I have finished my first hand knitted wool sweater.  I started this in February, and I just finished sewing up the sleeves at 9:30pm this evening.  I still need to take the time to block it, but it is totally wearable at this moment.  For all you non-knitters, blocking is dousing a completed project in water and pinning it out into the final shape you want.  This helps to work out uneven stitches, ensure proper length and width, and generally improves the final look of your project.

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Well, after a month-long self imposed hiatus, I am back to blogging. Life has been very crazy the past month and something had to give. Unfortunately it turned out to be my blog. If anyone is still paying attention, thanks for your patience.

So what has been going on all this time, you ask? Matt and I have been, and still are, buying a house. Yes that’s right, buying a house. Now I know we said we were going to do the responsible thing and wait a year so we could save up a substantial down payment and then buy a house, but the more we thought about it the more now felt like the right time. It is truly a buyers market, interest rates are they lowest they have been in years and are only going to go up, and we are tired of throwing our money away paying rent.

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Checkout our recent photos of Garrett and Haley

Last night Matt was looking through old photos to find some for his new office, and it reminded me that we have been together for 9 1/2 years and married for nearly 5. It was quite humorous to look at us 9 1/2 years ago and us now. We have been through a lot together, and I am happy to say have only gotten closer over the years.

So I thought I would share a few photos from over the years (don’t laugh too hard):

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Some of you may have noticed a very conspicuous lack of posts here in the last couple of weeks.  This has been caused by a big change in our life that has been taking place, which used up a lot of my time both physically and mentally as I was processing everything.

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Introducing the newest member of the McKimmy family, Garrett McKimmy:

He is quite a handful. Very vocal and curious, but we love him. For more photos of our new kitty, check out my new photo album

After a weekend chock full of graduation festivities Matt and I are now in Virginia taking a well-deserved vacation before Nathan’s wedding.  We are having a wonderful time.  We had a bonfire Monday night to celebrate Matt’s graduation with our Virginia friends, and Tuesday we went camping.  We headed north to Cave Mountain Lake in the Jefferson National Forest, and basically had the campground to ourselves. It was a gorgeous campground with very nice campsites.

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This past Friday night (April 4, 2008) Matt had his pre-ordination interview and was approved for ordination in the Church of the Brethren pending completion of his degree at Bethany and a call (or job offer) from a church (You’ll be able to read more about his side of the story in his soon to be launched blog). In the Church of the Brethren, (I can’t speak for other denominations) the candidate’s spouse is also expected to attend this interview, along with any interviews at prospective churches. Therefore, as a good wife, I went with him to his interview. (more…)

Matt and I are trying a new experiment. We are starting “unplugged” Monday evenings. We are going to leave the computers, TV, and Wii turned off all evening. Instead, we are going to do things like read, knit, play racquetball, work in the garden, or go for walks. It should be interesting. Especially seeing as we are both quite addicted to our computers. Giving up the TV for one night a week, especially with Tivo, will be no hardship, but not checking our email, Facebook, RSS feeds, instant messengers, etc. is going to require quite a bit more self control.

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