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Mitzvahs and knitting
Feb. 5th, 2005 11:32 amThis morning, with us sleeping in after staying out late at a birthday party of Maggie's 3 year old friend, ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ulfrikr's daughter, and then driving home from way the heck out there, there was a knock on the door. selenite can get into clothes to make him decent quicker than I can, so he was sent down to it. Turned out to be the local Boy Scout troop doing a food drive for nonperishables. He told them we didn't have anything.
Well, I knew better, so after taking care of baby Jamie, I got into PJs and clogs, went downstairs and cleaned out the pantry - things I'd gotten to try on Brendan that he'd then turned his nose up on, experiments for recipes that didn't work out and then I never touched the rest of the cans of ingredients, things that seemed like a good idea at the time, the time I didn't tellselenite that "no, really, brand MATTERS to me on this thing on the grocery list" - that sort of thing. Filled up a grocery bag kinda heavily. Then I headed outside and found the scouts troop at the end of the block.
So I felt good. Did a mitzvah. And was done well by in return. See, normally I probably wouldn't have gotten these PJs out - they're the warm fleece ones I got before Maggie was born, and these days I'm keeping the house warm enough, what with her spending time half-dressed in potty training, that usually I wouldn't wear them. And stuck inside the leg of the PJs, missed during folding, was the missing sock from my handknit broadripple socks, which had been missing since the trip - the last time I'd used the PJs - and was upsetting me, as that's my very favorite pair of my handknit socks so far. I might not have found it otherwise for a LONG time.
Then I ended up going out to the store to pick up some A&D for Jamie, some stuff for breakfast, and what I needed to take food with me to the ORAC meeting this afternoon. I was amused to see that they now have two Lion brand yarn "Learn to knit" kits at WALGREEN's! One a novelty scarf, one a plain scarf and hat. Okay, knitting IS getting trendy, isn't it?
ulfrikr's daughter, and then driving home from way the heck out there, there was a knock on the door. selenite can get into clothes to make him decent quicker than I can, so he was sent down to it. Turned out to be the local Boy Scout troop doing a food drive for nonperishables. He told them we didn't have anything. Well, I knew better, so after taking care of baby Jamie, I got into PJs and clogs, went downstairs and cleaned out the pantry - things I'd gotten to try on Brendan that he'd then turned his nose up on, experiments for recipes that didn't work out and then I never touched the rest of the cans of ingredients, things that seemed like a good idea at the time, the time I didn't tell
selenite that "no, really, brand MATTERS to me on this thing on the grocery list" - that sort of thing. Filled up a grocery bag kinda heavily. Then I headed outside and found the scouts troop at the end of the block. So I felt good. Did a mitzvah. And was done well by in return. See, normally I probably wouldn't have gotten these PJs out - they're the warm fleece ones I got before Maggie was born, and these days I'm keeping the house warm enough, what with her spending time half-dressed in potty training, that usually I wouldn't wear them. And stuck inside the leg of the PJs, missed during folding, was the missing sock from my handknit broadripple socks, which had been missing since the trip - the last time I'd used the PJs - and was upsetting me, as that's my very favorite pair of my handknit socks so far. I might not have found it otherwise for a LONG time.
Then I ended up going out to the store to pick up some A&D for Jamie, some stuff for breakfast, and what I needed to take food with me to the ORAC meeting this afternoon. I was amused to see that they now have two Lion brand yarn "Learn to knit" kits at WALGREEN's! One a novelty scarf, one a plain scarf and hat. Okay, knitting IS getting trendy, isn't it?
