T
...is for trim.  I picked this bounty up in NYC.

...is for tree.  I love the one in our front yard.

U
...is for ulcerative colitis.  I have this disease.  Most of the time it's okay...right now, not so much.

V
...is for voracious.  I have a good appetite.  That is a problem.

Q
...is for quilts.  I am becoming better acquainted with my walking foot.  This is a good thing.

...is for quiet.  I need quiet to concentrate.  No talking to Mommy when she's counting her knitting stitches.

R
...is for radio.  We are lucky to have a few good public radio stations in our town.  I turn the kitchen radio on every evening while I am cooking dinner.  I also listen to it up in the studio - much more often than I listen to my ipod.

S
...is for sewing.  Oh yeah.
...is for shoes.  Look at my new ones!  I heart Dansko! I know I already said that.

...is for sleep.  I need a lot.  I am happiest when I get 9 hours, but that doesn't happen very often anymore.
...is for school.  It starts on Wednesday.  I think we are all ready.  Kate is entering the big time - Kindergarten.  I don't plan on crying, but you never know with these things.  They have a tendency to catch me off guard.

M
...is for Mexican food.  Enough said.
...is for margaritas.  With the above food or by themselves.  I did say I like limes.  Recipe here.

N
...is for notebook.  I was thinking about these great things to make and then couldn't remember what they were so I recently started carrying a notebook around so I can jot down my ideas before they escape.
...is for New York.  Fatty and I had a great getaway.  We walked so much that I have shin splints.

O
...is for onions.  I love them.  Really.
...is for orange.  This color is really growing on me.

P
...is for pedicure.  This is the one beauty treatment that I will always get.  I am so hard on my feet.  See above.
...is for popcorn.  Most likely my favorite food.
...is for patchwork.  What is there not to love about patchwork?  I am crazy for it.  Patchwork pillows are next on the agenda.  Sketches are drawn and fabrics are picked.  Just waiting for the time.  And speaking of patchwork....look where I am in this photo.

...is for love.  I am extremely thankful that I love and that I am loved.

...is for laps.  Like Meg, I am trying to put some swimming into my routine.  It starts today.

...is for limes.  They are my preferred citrus fruit.

...is for ladybugs.  Hands down, the cutest bugs.

...is for lists.  I should make lists more often because I get things done when I do.

...is for lazy.  Exactly how I feel today.  Maybe I should make a list.  Now.

...is for Kate.  Funny, funny Kate.  I adore you.

...is for kites.  I look like such good fun, but I was never really good at flying them.  That didn't stop me from trying.

...is for knitting.  I have a love/hate relationship with my needles and yarn.  When it is good, it is really good.  When it is bad, it just sucks.  I stick with small projects because if I don't love it, at least it is over soon.  I thought the last project would be fast and it wasn't.  It is sitting on the needles, untouched for a couple of weeks.

...is for kudos.  This photo is an old one.  Really, I can't believe I could match recent ones up with the letters all the way to K.  Patting myself on the back right now.

...is for Jane.  Sweet, sweet Jane.  Mmmm...I love her so.

...is for jokes.  I like the dorky, stupid chicken crossing the road ones.  If the punchline is based on a pun, I appreciate it even more.

...is for jam.  I grew up with homemade jam.  My mom made it every year and my grandma did too.  I do not like store bought jam.  Since Jane was born, I have made my own every summer.  Well, I take that back - I didn't make it this summer.  I know I will be cursing myself in mid-winter when we run out of our current back stock.  Really, I could kick myself for missing the strawberries.

...is for jump rope.  When I was in elementary school, I jumped rope at recess.  If I wasn't jumping rope, I was playing four square.  Seeing a jump rope make me smile and think about being a carefree kid.  I hope my girls will have those kind of memories, too.

...is for Japanese craft books and fabrics.  I can't get enough.

...is for justification.  I had to think of some good excuses for buying four unnecessary, but very good, craft books.

...is for Irish.  With a name like mine, you'd never know I am Norwegian, too.

...is for indecisive.  I think this drives Fatty crazy.  Example:  I never can pick where we should go out to dinner.  I don't like making those kind of decisions.  I will tell him where I don't want to go, but beyond that he has to choose.  Yeah, the more I think about it, that has got to be annoying.

...is for inclement.   It was very rainy in New York yesterday.

...is for indulgence.  Rain means shopping.  Doesn't that suck?  We made some purchases.  At Purl.  And Purl Patchwork.  I will go back before we go home.

...is for imbibe.  All that shopping made us thirsty.  You have got to love vacations.

...is for H.  I collect them and am quickly running out of wall space.  I've had this vintage one for over a year, but just haven't decided where to hang it yet.

...is for hair.  My red hair has always been my most defining physical characteristic.

...is for house.  Houses of all types and sizes make me smile.  I am in love with our 96 year-old, beautiful and quirky house.

...is for hugs.  Big squeezes from the girls are my favorite.  Fatty gives long ones.

...is for haircut.  It was time.