Finally off for a day!!!

I'm finally off today. Wow what a long week. Its really a drain working night shift. I'm thankfull that Lil D has been out of school, so I don't have to try to keep up with his schedule too. Agh. We've been doing alot of fishing and will probably go again tomorrow. Give the nerd something to do for summer break. Its hard living so far from town, to keep him entertained. Tonight we are going to a friends to watch rodeo practice. That should be interesting... Pics to follow.

This pic is of lil d just messing around. Now he thinks he has super powers due to watching "Sky HIgh" A kids movie about super heros. Its actually a pretty cool movie.

I've signed up with a color swap and am so excited. I can't wait to get shopping. Its gonna be so fun. Oh yeah the pattern I was using for MONSTERS poncho turned out to be bogus. Two paralelograms that are exactly the same can not match up to make a poncho.. FROGGED it and now am starting over. Straight knit stich. Gotta get it done fast. Only have 2 days to finish knitting sew it and embelish it with the fun fur and then mail it. Talk about cutting it close. In fact I had better get off of here.:)

Life's To-Do List
Borrowed from It's Rocket Science (as everyone else, the ones in bold are what I've done.)
01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20.Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146: Dyed your hair
147: Been a DJ
148: Shaved your head
149: Caused a car accident
150: Saved someone's life

Favorite Color Swap Questionnaire

1. What are your top three favorite colors? GREEN,PURPLE,PINK

2. What crafts do you really enjoy?KNITTING,SEWING,JUST GETTING INTO CROCHET,
SCRAPBOOKING
3. What products do you really covet?KNITTING NEEDLES

4. What other activities do you enjoy besides your favorite crafty things? SPENDING TIME W/MY HUSBAND AND SON, PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER, READING

5. Is there anything you collect? FROGS!!

6. What is your zodiac sign and/or Chinese zodiac symbol? LIBRA/PIG

7.What are your favorite…

…scents/smells?VANILLA,COCONUT,LIME

…types of music and/or bands?COUNTRY

…authors?CHRISTIAN NOVELS, NARNIA, LOTR

…animals?FROGS, CATS

…places to shop?WALMART, TARGET, JOANNS, HOBBY LOBBY

…season?WINTER

…yarn/fabric/paper/other craft supplies? ANY

…candies or goodies?ANYTHING CHOCOLATE

8. Do you have any wish lists?ANYTHING

9. Are you allergic to anything?ANY KIND OF WEED AND SOME FRUITS, WOOL

10. Do you have any pets? What are they?CATS-BUD AND DORY,DOGS-BUBBA AND KEYANA

11. Please include anything else you would like your secret pal to know about you- anything that would be helpful in finding you little gifts that you will really enjoy. LOVE MY FAMILY

48 Hour Day: A new Spin on Knitting in Public

48 Hour Day: A new Spin on Knitting in Public

From left to right Well this #1pic is Monsters Poncho. I started making this one the other day and it has 30 stitiches. Unknown to me the pattern I chose to do to " mix it up " cause its the same color as Beans#3 So knit 3 border,k1,k2tog,yo1,k1,repeat til last 3k turn k3 purl accross k last 3 and it turned itself into this parralelogram how cute is that. It makes a natural cut of a poncho. #2 is for Didi-teal her favorite color. This is one I had made and it grew to an enormous size,it was too big for me... So after many tears ripped it out started over and Voila'. #3Beans started second and then put on hold till after the redo and then loking at the calendar noticed that her B-day was last in the row . So then on to Monsters which is still in progress.










I bought the yarn for the clapotis(shawl) that next on my list, but I think its the wrong color yarn Agh.

Well hello. We've been awfully busy. Working and LilD in karate Hes an orange belt right now. Second for the rank. Hes doing so well wont be long till the next one. We had a fun time fishing this summer. I've been doing alot of knitting. Two b-day ponchos done allready, and working on the last one the neices all have their b-days one after the other. Pics of work to follow soon gotta lay em out. finally got our computer working and got our pics off the camera.

Well we fishing again this time caught nothing. All the local lakes have lost too much water and we were pulling up weeds. AGH how frustrating. The only thing I did get was a tan. We even took the dogs with us. Oh what fun. They were actually very good. Lil D is really good a caasting out and even was hooking his own worms. What a little man. I'm back at work now Yipee!!!. Just plugging along. My sis Dink is going back to school. I'm so proud of her shes super smart and gonna be a great nurse. :) Well pictures of our fishing trip to follow as soon as I can get the home comp up and running, and download from the camera. Still working on BEANs poncho. And have yet to start on MONSTERS, gonna have to start hers now in order to get it done in time. Oh well I've got some days off I should be able to get it done pretty quick. I have joined a new knitting group and they make some strange french scarf called "CLAPOTIS" Its actually shaped like a paralelogram not rectangle and more wide. It should be interesting. Im trying to figure out what yarn to use. Color I want dark. Most that are so pretty are in and ombre( coregated) and silky yarn. budget is an issue so I'm gonna shop around. Well I had better get on going. Lunch is over

What a great 4th we had. Lil D was so excited. We have never been able to do fireworks. So he had a blast. Even if I say so myself we put on a pretty good show. Out in the middle of nowhere. On our driveway. Poor mom got smoked out. Weve just been hanging out and getting ready for more fishing. There is a local lake in our town so were gonna try it out. Lets see if I can beat the boys again. HAHA. Still working on BEANS poncho. Its soooo cute. I just really love to knit. Its so satisfying to start with a ball of yarn and really make something. Allright enough of that..
We've got to redo our garden some beast squirles got in and ate everything. So another layer of wire must go up. Its almost too last to grow anything, but we will try some squash and sunflowers and tomatoes that should be enough for the lil guy to enjoy. Big D is gonna start work after the 17th thank god cause hes going stir crazy. All is well on the homefront, later:)

Well its the fourth of july and its only 4pm and Lil D is begging to start the fireworks show. What a kid. How about the shuttle? doesn't matter how many times you see it, it still takes your breath away. What an amazing experience. Well its been pouring down and lightning storms here so we were worried we wouldn't get to do fireworks, Can you believe they are legal in a state of fire emergency. The local town is not even gonna do them, very disapointing. Well we got sparklers an snakes so that should entertain the lilguy especially since we are from an area in Cal where it was illegal so hes never had any except what was at Disneyland or the baseball game. Well I've gotta go the storms are kicking up and I'm gonna lose the satalite signal again. Hey Dink&UNC check out the changes I made. Is that better? Thanks for the eye opener love ya:)

Well we went to ALB for my MRI and EMG. Oh what fun. The EMG they put these little needles in the muscles in my leg to see if they responded.DUH!!! If you can believe it the MRI hurt worse. The first part wasn't bad.I actually fell asleep. SNORE. But then the tech came in and said we need to tape your toes together to keep your hip in the right position for the next part. Well lets talk about pain. My hip doesn't do that any more. I was crying for the whole second part. Lots of prayers were going on. I'm sure thats how I survived. :) It was so difficult. I almost called her but I didn't want to prolong it. Can you believe for about thirty min. AGH. And now I just wait. We went camping to Lake Cochiti. Oh what fun. We went fishing and spent some good family time. Lil D was so great. And now guess what hes lost his first tooth. With alot of pain from an incomong six year molar. Poor little guy. Pictures to follow. Well lunch is over. Hope all is well out there, gotta go