I’ve not been feeling too good so yesterday I spent quite a bit of time knitting.
I finished the Christmas Stocking for Brett & Christy’s newest addition:
And, FINALLY finished my Sweatshirt Sweater – I just need buttons and I can wear it. Well, and it needs to get colder (we are having a heat wave!!)
Here is my beautiful niece modeling her birthday present. I loved it so much I made myself one in purple (no photos yet)
For my Kniting Friends – this is the Headline News hat from Stitch & Bitch Nation.
Thanks Dad, Connie, Mom, Russ & Nancy for my birthday yarn!! I’m so excited about it!!!
In the back is Jaggerspun Zephyr lace weight yarn in Mushroom and Plum.
In the front is Kauni fingering weight yarn in their rainbow pattern.
Can you see the rainbow?
What about this shot?
The sweet pickles were a nice treat, but my Hubs prefers dill pickles. I’ve been saying I need to look for a recipe, but I’ve had zero time! But today I got a copy of Taste of Home magazine and there on page 35 of the June/July issue is a refrigerator dill pickle recipe! Sweet!
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Eric and I are going to start the South Beach Diet on Saturday. We’ve been toying around with the idea for awhile and it really seems to be dovetailing in well with my desire to feed the kids less processed foods. I’m trying to remain optimistic about it.
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I’ve been sick for a few days. Not so much that I must be in bed 24/7 but just enough to make me miserable and depressed.
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On the plus side, when I’m sick I have more opportunity to knit. I finished the sleeves of my sweater and am only 2.5 skeins away from being done!! Still love it and can’t WAIT to wear it! I also figured out who is due a Christmas stocking and started one of them.
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I haven’t subscribed to Taste of Home magazine in quite awhile….it’s really different! In fact, they have advertisements now!! When did that happen?!
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I have ordered all my curriculum for our homeschool year 2009/2010. We still needed J2’s math and our science book. One blessing: since I delayed buying J2’s math at the beginning of the summer, they started to sell it differently. I was able to order exactly what I needed and save $30!!
I’m not responsible for J1’s homeschool curriculum, and we haven’t heard from the teacher yet. That makes me nervous, but I keep reminding myself it’s not my job to worry about it!
I had a knitting dream and shared about it in Ravelry. I think it’s too funny not to share here too:
Last night I was knitting in my dreams!
Was I knitting a beautiful blanket?
A cozy cardigan?
A lace shawl?
Nope.
I was knitting 6†tall gnomes and a ball to knock them down with! Yep – I was knitting so we could do gnome bowling! How weird is that?!?!
Off to see if there is a pattern in Ravelry…..
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oh my goodness!! I found the exact ones I was knitting in my dream!
lol
weirder and weirder!
