The secret is out!

While surfing through some of my favorite blogs while I was recuperating from "the fall," I was grabbed by these cuties.                        

Not only did they look like quick gifts; but also they would use up more stash acrylic and a stash assortment of wiggly eyes! That's a winner in my book! I did have to purchase the ribbon, candy canes, and a small glue gun. I do not like guns of any kind. Even a glue gun. I can do almost anything (legal) with needles, but somehow I develop 7 thumbs,3 pinkies, and an extra toe when I use a glue gun...

This tree full of ponies went to my department at the library:

This hitching post full of ponies went to some friends and the grandchildren of some friends:

These traditional surprise balls for my grandchildren were guarded by some ponies:

This was a really quick, easy project that did not take away much time from my major project of the year, which has now been completed! I am planning for 2012, and have a project in mind that will keep me knitting as well as keep me decluttering!

The Year of the Hat

The Year of the Hat has ended!!

The final 2:

Of course, another helix hat!

For the final hat, I used the k3p3 pattern for prayer shawls.

I though it was appropriate to take time to remember all the hats as well as pray for those who would be receiving the hats. I will take them to church tomorrow, and let the staff determine the recipients.

Here they are, all together, for one last time:

And how did the rest of my goals fare? (Here's the link to the original post.)
The 10 pounds? Still there, but no worse.
The house? Still here, still a mess. I did pack up a few more boxes and took several trips to Goodwill.
The knitting? I made a dent in the acrylic and successfully finished the 52 hats. The overall amount is down considerably, but, like clothes hangers, unsharpened pencils, and dried up pens, more show up in the strangest places!
The genealogy challenge? I have moved most of the boxes to a new location. A few more have been weeded, but the ancestors are still waiting to be re-discovered.
Health? I had too many unhealthy meals, not enough sleep, and I gave away the treadmill (to make room for the genealogy boxes...) I did walk around the block for several months until it got too hot, then spent my break time at work walking with co-workers, either inside or out, depending on the weather. Unfortunately, that has been on hiatus since the fall.
Newbery books? Completed!!
Keeping hopeful? It's a daily challenge. I have learned about mercy in the down times. I've never thought too much about mercy, but it sure helps keep me hopeful!

I will have new goals and challenges for 2012 (as well as re-addressing the old ones from 2011!) More later.
One thing I know for sure is worth repeating: 
I hope to keep hopeful, to know more and more that "the God of hope will fill (me) with all joy and peace as (I) trust in him, so that (I) may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13