New House

Well it looks like we are gonna get our home, FINALLY. We are going to the county tomorrow to get a leteer of approval to have the house on the parents property and then all we need to do is sign the paperwork. AGH what and ordeal. But it will be worth it. We will finally be on our own. Dad is helping me get our finances together and it really looks good on paper!!! Its a miracle. We can't wait to have lil d in his very own room.WOHOO!!
On the knitting front still working on a blanket for lil d for his new room. just squares of all different stuff knitted together. Still working on the corset-t it slow going very tedious. And good intentions and all I've slacked off on the roses for the womens league, OOPS. But I've picked out a fuzzy yarn for the cancer survivors get away and hope to get started on it very soon. Been plugging away on the dishcloths too. I think I'm gonna make a giant one as a bib for one of the uncles. So far we haven't killed each other although its come close. They are very set in their ways. AGH!
I think I need to work on some relaxation therapy thats my third outburst just in this post. Oh well gotta get

Hey I found the cutest pattern for a rose with small leaves and am going to knit up a bunch (like thirty). In purple no less. I went to the Las Vegas Womens Club this last week. And next months theme is to colect for womens shelters. For women and children surviving abuse. The theme color is purple. So I thought " Why not make these for the ladies in the group. They are so nice and very supportive of the community. I brought some boxes from Habitat for Humanity and several took them home to start collecting for them. Wow What a neat group. Tehy just bought dictionaries for the elementary schools. They offer scholarships to the local colleges. I am the youngest member for sure, there is even this one gal 90 yrs old. Shes amazing. I guess you can tell I'm pretty excited about this.
So on the knitting front still working on the corset -t about 1/3 done slow going it gets knid of tedious. This part of the pattern is just ribbing. K2P2. Also still working on small dishcloth size cloths with the letteres of LILD's name on it and looking for cute pics to fill in the extra blocks. I'm doing it in dark and medium blue acrylic for the boy. Its gonna need to be washed frequently. And of course there is the Dishcloth-KAL, currently on row 17 waiting for thext set of rows. This one I'm doing in "daisy ombre" its a pretty lacy thing. Probably will never see a dish. But oh well. I think the next ones I do will be in colors for our new kitchen. Yes we are waiting for the final approval on our new house. We can't wait. Just waiting for the road to dry out enough so we can get the trailer down it to trade in at the dealer. What stress. Wait Wait Wait. agh I'm going nuts. Took my mom and her friend to see it they both thought it was perfect for us. Its a small 3 bed,2 bath. We are gonna build a dining nook for the kitchen and eventually build on to it. Lild has allready decided how to do his room.
I am probably gonna get a second job here for the winter. The job I'm at now I am only getting 24 hrs. So I've gotta get some more. I spoke with one of the gals from the Womens group and she gave me her daughters phone number. I'm gonna see the owner of a home health co here in town in the after noon, after I sleep a little. The usually only work MON- FRI 8-5. Who knows this might be a new adventure for me. Of course I couldn't do the whole day but if I could pick up a few patients here and there throughout the week while Lild is in school. And Big D at work. It just might work. So I guess I had better sign out :)

Well its been an interesting week. I missed work on Monday due to a bad rain storm, 4 1/2 inches in an hour and a half !!!! What a crazy storm the the parents got here with the uncles. AGH!! CRAZY.

Well I finshed the September KAL It turned out so pretty. I also just whipped up the Swish with a twist Although I did it with a pretty ombre of pinks/reds/blues (FROM MY COLOR swap secret pal and it didn't turn out like I had pictured it. I think the ombre is too busy that its hard to focus on the shapes of the cables. Oh well its cute any way.

My parents are on their way with the two uncles ! They will be here tomorrow afternoon. I called my mom and they were having a "super" time in a motel with them(I hope they don't kill each other) Oh well thing should settle down once they all get home (yeah right) But we will survie and its the best thing for them. My Grandpa would be so proud. Of them for acctually coming and us for bringing them. We are probably gonna need alot of prayers. Big D has been working his but off cleaning and making space in the barn and getting there bed linens ready. What a trooper the house is spotless. (for now)

Well working on the September dishcloth KAL . Its a cute leaf. I might dye some other yarn to make the colors I need to make some more in fall colors. It should be interesting. We are doing well Wiating for Bill and John to come and live with us( my grandpas brothers) They are both in their 70's. Two hermet bachelors. It should be very interesting... We'll see how it goes sharing a bathroom with them. I though it was bad taking care of the one my two guys are in now add two more. oh golly. Well gotta get. Pics to post soon of current WIPS. :)

Well I have deleted all the personal pics from my blog. So now its just gonna be knitting/sewing. All kniting/sewing all the time. Just an update still working on corset-t knit two purl two. All ribbing for the whole body. I'll probably try to put some kind of lace border to the bottom edge. Also still working on the aug mid month dishcloth. Still have in the bag a pattern and yarn for a small knitted purse.

The house were are trying to buy. Three bedroom, two bath very cute. We will know very soon.Wohoo








Current WIP Turning out very cool.

FOS AND WIPS

This is lilD definetelly a work in progress. For miles up and down our road there are these sunflowers. Its so pretty.











August mid month wip.














"Fetching" caron ss in lavendar












Forgot, I think january dishcloth













Stil work in progress

Well Lild made it through the fisrt day of first grade. All smiles. What a trooper!!!
















Nope its empty, NO HOMWORK.YEAH!!!!!













Lild had a great time and a great first week of school. He did great.

Well I've been working on a corset-t from knitty gritty. Its knitting up very nicely. I'm on a serious budget and am doing it in an acrylic from my stash. So we'll see how it goes. The neckline is in dusty rose and the body in a lighter rose color. Very girlie, and its actually for me. The pattern is so very easy. I might even make one for my sisters hmmm... if they have been good. LilD has finished his first week of school and survived. The teacher loves him, "he' so good and smart"Wait till the honey moon is over.I can see a difference in him. He seems much more mature, and helpful in the classroom. Hopefull it'll stick. Hes a good kid. He called home with the teachers help to say his stomach hurt, an old excuse from last year whenever they are getting into writing. Teacher was thinking maybe he is worried about the letters and doesn't want to make mistakes. So practice, practice, practice.
My Mom and Dad are so funny. We have some cows visiting and the owner brought over a small ATV to let Dad keep an eye on them. So here my parents are driving around on the ATV and mending fences with a little wagon on the back and their dog Patch in between them. Not the picture you would expect. I laughed histerically when Mom told me what they had been up to . Too bad I was asleep a picture would have been great. I might just have to " wreak" a part of the fence just to catch them at it again. For prosperity. HAHAHA.
Oh yeah still working on the dishclothes I have finished a kitty one in burgundy
blue cabled stitch jan mid month
and in progress aug mid month burgundy and ecru very cool and enjoying it alot. All these new and interesting patterns. Can't wait to apply them to a blanket or sweater.:)

Well I made it to Santa Fe. We bought some new uniform clothes for LILD for school. Tomorrow is his first day of First grade. He is so excited he can't wait. We went friday and met the teacher again ( who is grandma to his good friend from kindergarten) He wouldn't stop talking. He showed DAD around the classroom and the lunch room/gym, which they get to play in during the winter months. Also the cool playground.

I got to go to HOBBY LOBBY yipee!!! I found the rest of what I needed for MY secrect pal and am going to wrap it up tomorrow. I all ready had a few small things from Wally world, but I had to get the " gift" Its so cool. Then we went to JOanns and I got for myself a new pair of needles. I got these bamboo ones size 7 for the dishcloth knitalong. I have allready made a few dc's and am really enjoying the cool cable patterns. I can't wait to apply them to a blanket or sweater. Thats the main reason for joining. Plus and excuse to buy cotton yarn. By the way ,I am loving the way these new needles feel. The yarn just glides along. I am just going to have to get started on some new project. I also finished a couple of baby hats. I almost gave one to Kathy-mom(a friend at work) but then remembered I want a picture first. Its purple with matching booties.( MOMsfavorite color). And then another one mint green. but it needs a small bit of lace to make a hat band.

While in Santa Fe we even made it to the OLIVE GARDEN. Wow what a treat. You don't realize what you had till its gone. The restaurants in our small town anre all small and MOM &POP which are good, but there are definetelly no Itailianos living here. I miss the selection of foods. WAHWAHWAH. All right enough of my whining. Have a great day and be good the next project might be for you.....

PICTURES OF CLAPOTIS

Here is Lil D in the Clapotis
This thing is soooo big 6'4''x23''

See the ladder detail, this is a dropped stitch. Very scary to do the first time. Worried the whole thing will fall apart. But it did not it turns out great. I love this shawl/scarf.

CAMPING PHOTOS

Well the day started great. It was beautiful, Big D had a couple of nibbles and caught two small mouth striped bass. Then the clouds started up and we decided to go back to our tent....

We stopped at the side of the dam for a couple of pics.

Then the rain started so our tent get soaked . It didn't have much of a chance esp since we lost the top and have a couple of tarps tied on it.

The storm then calmed down a bit and this is what it looked like. I acctually had to park the Jeep on top of the tent to keep it from blowing away. We had to cut out the bootom to let the water out of it. The poles were bent and we had to throw it away. While the storm raged on we had to take it apart. Lil D and the dogs stayed in the camp ground lean to.

Well my son was playing in his room and said " thers a wasp in my room" my husband went to investigate and there was a SCORPION on the celing. How weird is that I was reading a blog re that and blogged back about how we have them too. No I have not checked my knitting bag by the door. Now I'm afraid. Oh well gotta get back to work hehehe. The sweater for Lil D is coming along nicely. I finished the back allready and casted on the front. I too took a pic of this but the camera is at home and I didn't bother to try due to the probs w/blogger. Really I gotta go.

Well I finished THE CLAPOTIS Pronounced: clap-oh-tee. It turned out gorgeous. I'm so excited I can't wait to get some really nice ombre/mix yarn and do another. Of course still having probs posting pictures. AGH ! Next project is a cute sweater for LilD in Lion Brand Homespun colors Colonial- dark blue and black (forgot the fancy name. He picked out the colors they are his favorite. I had to since all the last projects were for the neices.
We are all doing well and enjoying the RAINY DROUGHT.. Go figure. some of the local roads by our house are washed out. I finally got to mail off my neice MONSTERs poncho. Can't wait for the reaction. Well is almost scholl time oh dear. Lil d is so very excited, He can't wait to get started back up. I'm afraid this summer has been a little boring. Esp with me working nights and sleeping days. He's hanging in there though. New news on the home front. My two great uncles are going to come and live with us. It should be interesting. At least a couple of months. Due to having to order and wait for set up of there new mobile home. They possibly have a buyer for there home in Yucca Valley CAL. But otherwise its been same old, same old. So I'll sign off :)

Finished Monsters poncho and have it ready to send off. Didi got hers in the mail and was so excited to get it. She saved the package and opened it in front of her friends at ther party. She couldn't believe that it was made just for her. She doesn't remember all the blankets and the sweater I made for her. Oh well. I'll be sending off the package to texas on monday. The box almost weighs thirty pounds. Hand me downs for cousin Pres. and gonna pack the stuff for Monster in the middle. She will be surprised for sure. Now just have to wait forBeans b-day to send hers off. I'm sure shes anxious to see what Auntie made for her since big sis got something allready. Maybee I should send a gag gift ahead HMM. Well LilD is getting more and more anxoius for school to start. Hes going crazy at home. We tried to go camping and had a terible storm that wiped out or tent. Poor little gut. He didn't even get very long to fish. We will probably go on my next day off. Big D caught two fish. And I sat and knitted allmost the whole time. I am allmost finished with a pretty shawl/scarf called " clapotis " I have done it in black and it is turning out very pretty. Well i had better get back to work breaks over.

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