Faith (Havadk), Hope (Hooys), Love (Ser), and Baptism (Mgrdootiun)

Last night I was baptized in the Armenian Orthodox Church.




I was raised in the Christian faith, but my parents chose not to baptize my sister or I so that we could be able to make our own decisions about our religious preferences. I started attending this parish with Matt, and I was very drawn to the symbolism and the way Christianity was celebrated. This was a step towards our marriage in the church, but the decision was mine and I am very glad I made it. Matt's brother is my god father, and a very close family friend is my godmother. Kinda neat being able to choose your own godparents!



There is a neat story behind my cross. A gift from Matt's godparents, this is the same cross he was baptized in as an infant. They then asked Matt's parents to keep it and give it to the woman he was going to marry someday.

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I've been zen knitting on Thermal and only Thermal all week. I think I am craving some simplicity in this circus that has been wedding planning. True comfort knitting, if you will.

Idle

Want to see how much knitting I've done since Thursday?



Wait for it.....





Pretty sad.

I'm Going After Knit Picks With a Camera and Proper Lighting

Two massive boxes of yarn arrived this week. One was stuffed to the brim (it literally exploded when I opened it) with Lion Jiffy, and the other was from the binger about a week ago. And of course, i've been dupped by Knit Picks AGAIN. Behold the recent purchase (a mini-version, of course):



I love the Pumpkin/Gloss and Cinnamon/Andean Silk, but that "Coal" is not as it appears on the site AT ALL (although it seems there are new pictures there today. GAH!). With the flash it looks sorta grey, like it used to online, but it is definitely jet-black in person. I'm debating sending it back for a lighter color, or holding onto it for a future project. I sort of hate the post office so the latter of the two sounds more appealing.

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I'm also harboring a mad-love for buttons these days:



The toggles are for Glee and the small irridecent ones are for jazzing up a blouse but the rest, Uh, they were purty?