Just in Time for the Heat Wave

Greetings from the Excessive Heat Watch! I know it's summer, but mid-June is a bit early for mid- to upper 90s F in my neck of the woods, which is what we're expecting all this week and through next weekend. With the heat index, it's not out of the question that it'll feel upwards of 100º F. In case you're wondering, I am not a fan. I run cold generally, but I also don't like heat and humidity, so I will be spending as much time as possible in the air conditioning this week.

And because my timing is always impeccable, I've chosen this week to launch my latest knitting pattern! (I guess at least it's not a heavy sweater.)

You all saw this while it was being worked on, but now it's officially been blocked, photographed, written up, and edited. I'm calling it I'm Still Stranding -- I just love a good pun. It's up in my Ravelry and Payhip shops now, if you're interested, and an email is going out with a discount code to newsletter subscribers later this morning.

We had a really nice weekend before the heat set in. On Friday, in addition to doing my running and baking, Mo and I did a little shopping, first at Michaels for craft items (she's been into making stitch markers/progress keepers out of polymer clay lately) and then at Old Navy for some new summer duds. I found a couple of great summer dresses that I kind of want to live in this summer; she got new jeans, a cute tennis-style dress, and a two-piece bathing suit -- all in women's sizes (yikes!). She wore the suit and the dress yesterday when she went to the pool with my parents and my nephew, and then she came home completely wiped out from all the sun. Yesterday we had brunch with our parents, siblings, and nephews for Father's Day. My youngest nephew just started walking in the past week, so it was so cute to see him and the middle nephew toddling around!

Mo and I officially wrapped up all our Downton Abbey watching early last week, and now we've started in on Gilmore Girls. I've been working on my rainbow Bousta Beanie the past several evenings while we watched. It's moving right along, despite having to tink back a couple of times because I've forgotten that the rainbow yarn is the MC and the black is the CC.

I have a feeling this is going to be a very busy week -- I received all the content for a magazine late Thursday -- but I also have Wednesday off for Juneteeth, and I think that break midweek should keep me from getting too stressed.

Stay cool and well hydrated, friends!