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Knitting Mittens for My Kittens

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My Top Ten Tips for Socializing Real Kittens ♥♥♥     Once upon a time, long long ago, three little kittens needed some mittens . Although their momma was still a novice knitter, she took on the challenge. She followed Kelly's Mitten Class   from KnitPicks. She began with the oldest and proceeded to the youngest.   The results weren't exactly perfect. In fact, her young son's mittens had some rather large thumbs! Nevertheless, her kittens loved their mittens.     Once day, recently, the littlest kitten, who now has her own little kitten, sent her momma a Marco Polo video. Her little hands were tucked into her sleeves as she tried to drive! Oh my! Momma's needles to the rescue! Just as soon as momma's needles finished with her grandkitten's mittens, they began clicking away on little mommy kitten's mittens.       Mommy Kitten's new mittens Grandbaby Kitten's Mittens     My little kitten was thrilled to have mittens for her and f...

A New Year's Choice

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  Have you made a new year's resolution or two or ten? I haven't this year.      I have thought about what I'd like my life to look like. I want more community in my life. That fell off in 2020, when we left the church we'd been in for many years. We were overworked in that church. It made both my husband and I timid about getting over involved again in our new church. The result has been that we've been on the fringes at church... involved but not involved.  There have been too many excuses. But, truly, I haven't made church a priority.       I've been seeking God through His word, a Bible study with ladies in the next town, videos and podcasts, weekly Sunday morning attendance. But. I've been feeling the longing for some time now to feel more connected to the body of Christ. That takes time and commitment.       Do I believe a person must be there every time the church door opens? No. But. That's the way my husband and I...