Ten Things…

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…I Love About the Letter C

1. Christ! – without Christ I would not be able to handle the trials that life has thrown at me. ’nuff said!
2. Circular Needles – Without circs I would not be able to do the Magic Loop which has made sock knitting soooo enjoyable!
3. Carrots – raw or cooked – my Favorite vegetable. I remember pulling them out of the ground and eating them as a child…can’t remember washing them (ugh)…and they were still warm from the ground.
4. Children – well, mine at least! 😉
5. Crochet – not that I do it much anymore – but if I had never learned to crochet 17 years ago in Portland….I’m not sure I would have ever tried to knit.
6. Cake and Cookies – yummy! 😉 Carrot Cake is my favorite!
7. Chocolate – again, yummy! (I think I got the best letter for this meme! LOL)
8. Country – I like to drive through it – not sure I could live there though
9. Calendar – it’s a love/hate relationship – I’d be lost without it – but I hate when it tells me I have to leave my house again! 😉
10. Colors – Have you ever imagined a world without color – it would be a sad place!

Thanks Lorri!

If you would like to participate in this meme, leave me a comment, and I’ll assign you a letter!

SLOW DOWN!!

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Man…life is just passing me by! I feel I’m in slow motion and everyone else/everything is going at lightspeed! Sorry for not posting! I’ve had things I wanted to share…and now that I have a minute I’m blanking! lol

How about I just give you quick updates on what I’m up to!

Cardigan – Front sides, back and now sleeves are done. And, I’m afraid that my seaming skills are not up to par so I’ve put it in a drawer until I find something to tell me how to do it best. After seaming it up I’ve got the collar and two front bands to complete and it’s done!

Purple Socks – one is done through the heel/gusset and the other I’m just starting the gusset.

Something Lace – I have done about 18 inches (maybe less – I’m not good with measurements) of Knitty’s Branching Out scarf for my Secret Sister at church. I have not been able to knit anything for her because she knows I’m a knitter – and there are only a few of us. But the ‘reveal’ is coming up so I can now knit for her! 🙂

Tonight is Knit Night – Annika (my niece) is joining us for dinner and then we are going together. I’m looking forward to sharing it with her.

I’ve got a fun meme to do from Lorri at MacandCheeseChronicles – I’ll do that next and then it’s back to work for me!! Hope you are all having a good day! Oh! For those of you who are knitters and mothers – check out this group I just found: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/knittingmothers/

Another Convert!

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Last Wednesday I taught my niece how to cast on and knit – she’s a lefty so I taught her Continental like I knit. And, she’s addicted!!! Tee Hee!

Tonight she came to show me her progess on her way to work – I’m so proud!

Tuesday night she’s going to come to our Knit Night – can’t wait to share it with her!

Now, where was I?

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This week has FLOWN by! Wow – Friday is looming and I feel like I’m still on Monday afternoon.

Sunday I made it to church. But when we got home DH was starting to feel lousy. So he slept for most of the day. I went grocery shopping. That was it! Boring day but productive compared to sick days!

For some reason I have no memory of Monday. It probably filled with a little work, homeschooling J2, a water class, lots of laundry, cleaning kitchen at least once, and maybe even some knitting! 😉

Tuesday – that was an adventurous day! After water class and homeschooling J2, I wanted to run to Sacramento to get a Sacramento library card…having talked to the local library and the Sac library reference desk about how I could access their digital books (MP3 downloads) I knew I needed my license so I snuck a quick peek to make sure it was in my purse. Yes, I was…but the address was wrong…and, worse yet, it had expired! In August!!!! Where were my renewal stickers! I had renewed it online or via mail….hadn’t I? I live very close to the DMV office so I drove over and – miracle!! – there was NO line! 5 minutes later I had my renewal in hand! Phew! Packed up J2 and headed to Sacramento. Where I was told I did NOT need a library card because I have a Woodland card. Back to Woodland – go to library and tell them. Librarian says “have you tried it?” “Uh no” Back home…try it….^&(*^(&* …she’s right – It does NOT work!  So now I need to go back to Sacramento – but with DH being sick I’ve been driving alot….and I keep having these stupid headaches because of the weather changing.

Wednesday – I taught my niece how to knit – she’s taking to it like a duck to water and we went to Target – new purse on clearance – gosh I love buying purses! LOL  Also, this week there was a cub scout parent meeting, my knitting night – always fun, and I’ve started on a lace scarf. I’ll try to post pictures tomorrow. For now maybe getting away from this monitor will help my head stop hurting!  TTFN

2nd FO of 2007

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Well, the Red Scarf is done!! See below (and gallery later today) for picture. Also, look for a new gallery format later today – this one is NOT acceptable to me! 🙁

Turns out, I can knit like a crazy woman to Pride and Prejudice lol If you haven’t checked out Craftlit yet – and you find yourself like me, having to choose between reading and knitting – check it out! Even more important to me – Heather is a former high school literature teacher. So, she is helping me understand this story that I’ve tried numerous times to read on my own but abandoned due to…well, the language. My head just swims with it all!

Today – I’m downloading more P&P and going to work on my sweater. I’m better but very weary. I’m going to take my day of rest today with hopes I can make it to church tomorrow for the new pastors new sermon! Oh, and I guess I’m going to figure out a different gallery! 🙂