Crochet in the news

Here's an article I ran across in the Deseret News. I knew crochet was therapeutic but I had no idea!

INMATES CROCHET FOR CHILDREN

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Officials at the Salt Lake County Jail are using crocheting in their continuing effort to rehabilitate inmates. Earlier this month, jail officials and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who cosponsor the program, presented Primary Children's Medical Center with a number of crocheted items that female inmates had been working on for the past year.

Read the full article at http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695214691,00.html

A great idea, in my opinion. They should have the male inmates do it too. Really, it's okay for guys to crochet! Here's my favorite crochet guy.

Power to the Hooks!

PS In case you were wondering, I still don't have a calling. I'll let you know as soon as I do!

Insectropolis

So we went to Insectropolis and it was really cool! And a little creepy. They had several displays of different varieties of cockroach. Looking at them gave me the heebie-jeebies. But the boys loved it! (Not the cockroaches, but everything else)

After we walked through the displays, we got to the "Zoo" where we got to pet some of the bugs, including a cockroach (shudder), a couple of LARGE millipedes, a tarantula, and a scorpion. I did fine holding the smaller of the two millipedes, but when the big one started to uncurl in my hand I had to hand it off to my dh. I've never thought of myself as the squeamish type, but those big bugs were just too much for me. Maybe next time we go I'll work up the nerve to hold the tarantula.

My younger ds held both the millipedes and petted all the others except the scorpion (understandably) and my older ds (who is afraid of touching most living things) worked up enough courage to pet the tarantula, which he described as "fuzzy".





I hope I never find one of these in my house.


PS That's my dh's hand.

Free Museum Day

When: Saturday, Sept. 29th, 2007
Where: Your participating local museums
Why: Cause it's free!

For more info: http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/museumday/

We're planning to go to Insectropolis. Where will you go?

Calling Contest!

Whew! We're here in NJ and mostly unpacked (why do we have so much junk?). AND our records have officially been moved to the Toms River ward. So we are expecting callings quite soon.

What do you think my new calling will be?

Post your vote in the comments!
The winner gets a crocheted washcloth (but only if I know who you are).
I'll give you a helpful hint: They already have a RS pianist, ward organist, and primary pianist that all seem pretty settled.

My dh will be having a similar contest on his blog (which has moved) so check it out if you want.

Ready, Set, Go!
Alberta

Zucchini

For all of you who have more zucchini than you know what to do with, here are some ideas for using it that I posted last year.

Sad to leave my garden,
Alberta

Sweet 100

sweet 100, originally uploaded by awsyoung.

Saying goodbye to my garden. Click on the picture to see more.

Another winner!

It's July, which of course means it's time for the OC fair. This year my older ds was old enough to enter the farm and garden competition and get a free ticket. Knowing this, I asked him several months ago what he wanted to enter. Of course, he wanted to enter a giant zucchini. He had planted a zucchini himself earlier, so that was perfect. We entered it last week and when we went to the fair to see it displayed, we discovered it had won first place! He was so excited. Yesterday his journal entry was all about his prize winning zucchini. Unlike last year, we are definitely not going to miss picking up his ribbon.

Green thumbs must be hereditary,
Alberta