Making

There has been knitting, unsurprisingly.  I finished two Bloody Stupid Johnson hats

The kids picked the colors they wanted and absconded with them almost as soon as they were off the needles.
I went stash diving, (something I've been doing often this year already), as soon as the Seasons of Love wrap by Tif Neilan went live.  It's been a joyous knit, which might explain why I am over half way through the wrap in a rather short time frame.

I kept it simple with only two colors.  The gray is Deep Unrelenting Gray from Blue Moon Fiber Arts Targhee Worsted and the tweedy cream is Lion Brand Fishermen's Wool in Birch tweed

I made lotion and lip bars.

The recipe I found online wasn't bad, but not quite right for the personal preferences of the house, so they got melted down and re-worked to much better effect, though not as entertaining to look at.

I pulled out a bunch of yarny fingering weight odds and ends to start on a Granny Stripe blanket, which is crochet and there is no rhyme or reason to the colors I put in the bag, so we will see how it works out.

I've started some seedlings already since our warm weather season isn't overly long.  I also needed to replace the catnip plant as it was gotten rid of during the move.  I haven't been able to find a replacement locally.

It's very much been a mentality of use what you have, to make what you actually use.

The house is mostly put together, some refinement as well as extra shelves and the like are still needed, but there is no doubt we are making it our own: