Saturday December 21, 2019

My father passed away Saturday. He had a PhD in psychology, worked with kids in Australia, taught in Korea, Japan and other countries, and worked at the Department of health for many years.

But I will remember him as a father that dressed as "Mr. Surprise Man" every night for many years to give us comics if we were in bed on time, that got us McD cones as a treat, played the stock market game with us whenever we wanted, and took us to Tilt every week and gave us a couple bucks to play video games.

He was generous and happy and people loved talking to him wherever he was. I was lucky enough that he let me take care of him during his battle with ALS. He is now traveling the universe with Mom.

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These buttons were so cute, I had to make a bright looking hat to go with them! 

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The buttons on this hat are a bit more subtle.  Since the hat is a bit busy, I put the buttons on as a sort of surprise when you look at it.

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Since I got a bunch of different adorable buttons, I wanted to make a garden theme hat with them.  I made some blue sky and then used fuzzy yarn for the grass!  I almost kept this cute hat, but decided it's so cute I had to give it away!

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Light blue yarn with a couple of different baby yarns together make a pretty simple beanie!  My sister commented how she wishes she liked wearing beanies because then she could steal this hat!  Luckily she isn't a hat person or I'd have to lock up my hats when she's around!

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Quick DC hat with a brown yarn paired with a variegated yarn! I always like hats with 2 yarns, it makes it look interesting. 

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Adding a little fall color to a hat!  Plus a couple cute little buttons!

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I had some light brown variegated yarn and I had some dark brown variegated yarn so I just did them in stripes to give a little contrast.

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Sometimes you just want to make a nice black and white hat! 

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Cute little Elf hat with some pretty buttons!