My Day

It was Twin Day at school…..nobody was my twin…but my besties in second grade were triplets…

The Three Kings came to visit

and I met a new puppy, Isabella, Izzy for short…

How was your day?

Surmount The Stash

So I decided to join this group this year…

Now I don’t have an issue with having  a large stash…and the Hubs doesn’t either…He calls it my “Retirement Fund”  But since I’m at least 20 years away from retiring and I know I’ll keep adding, I need to try shopping from the stash…

So my goal this year is to “shop from the stash”  I am not stopping myself from buying, just trying to buy more judiciously…

I belong to two yarn clubs and will continue to receive those shipments….but I’m going to try holding off on other buying until April for the Connecticut Sheep and Wool….we’ll see how it goes…

I’ve already shopped from the stash quite a bit this weekend!

But these are also my latest stash acquisitions…

Won online, it’s Cakewalk Yarns in Rhinebeck…I’ll be making something for Rhinebeck from this… Won online, it’s from Kitchen Sink Dye Works, which has since closed…

And the yarn for the sock kit I ordered from Schmutzerella Yarns for “Have I Ever Steered You Wrong?”  These all came in last week….

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

I’ve never made a collage before, so I just tried it…it was a tad frustrating, but I think I got it..these are my favorite things that I made from this year..

My Wil-key is probably one of the favoritest things I’ve ever made…and I free handed him an outfit….I love my Raspberry Sherbet, as a reader named the dog.  He makes me smile….

The Kathy Merrick flowered scarf/shawl is my favorite thing I’ve ever made.  I was wearing it yesterday and told the Hubs that….

Ba’al’s dagger was just fun….Deidre’s cowl…it made her so happy and she wears it all the time…the pumpkin was just cute, I hope the recipient liked him as mush as I did…My first knitted socks….one of the two birds I made this year, the other went to Germany…The Hub’s ripple, which he uses every day…and my Mission Falls set, which I so love…

I made 72 “things” this year…the most being fingerless gloves and hats…I had a productive year!

Here’s to making 100 next year!  (I count small things like squares too!)

It’s Wednesday….

time for some WIP’s

The afghan is coming along…it’s a little over 3 feet now…probably will go to 4 feet and then decide if I want it bigger from there.  I started it for my FIL, but he got a nice cuddly heated blanket for Christmas (he is always cold) so now not sure I’m going to give it to him, as don’t think he will use it….

The pink thing is my Tunisian scarf….I pick this up and work on it, but I think I may frog it…as it is suppose to be a scarf, but only one side has the stitch pattern….so still deciding on that…

and I am working on the gussets for my ugly green socks….I’m thinking of felting these when done and using them for slippers….they are big on me and this one is a bit longer than the other one…sigh….

I picked up A Dance with Dragons again….After slamming through the first 4 books, I was kinda lingering through this one….but now I have HBO and am watching the mini-series…so back to the book

and I got a nook tablet for Christmas – Yeah!  The funny thing is the Hubs has a regular nook and he can download his books anywhere….I have to be connected to wifi….we don’t have wifi, so the only signal I can get is standing in one spot in my dining room…after I download I am fine….but now I have ordered wifi, am waiting for the router to be delivered….

Oh so I finally started The Help on the nook….

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Baloo Gets a Gift

 

Baloo is our Pionus parrot.  He’s about 15 years old. And loves me and tolerates the Hubs.  I let the Hubs feed him for the most part, so he knows where his food is coming from….The Hubs bought him a present.

He tried to open it.

Finally, he said, “Hey!  I need some help here!”

The Hubs opened the bag and cracked a walnut for him (his favorite kind of nut….mine too) His beak is not quite big enough to crack a walnut.

He’s got such a great personality…Never thought much of birds having personalities, but he definitely does….

Merry Christmas

 I just returned from our Christmas Eve service.  I have not attended in many years.  I have been to church; to baptisms, weddings and funerals, but I haven't been to a service in my church in a very long time.

I'm not a big one on "organized" religion, it's more of a personal relationship for me.  But it is a good feeling to attend a church service and I've been thinking about it for awhile...I think I may start going back, at least once in awhile...

These were taken around 10:30 at night

Methodist church down the street (sorry it's blurry - took hurridly from car)

My church..I also went to school there from 5th-8th grade...that's the church office/school building on the right. 

My First Gift

See Indigodragonfly had a special offer for Holiday Giftapalooza. So essentially I bought an unknown gift for a stranger and was sent an unknown gift…

So what did I get?

A lovely skein of merino/cashmere/silk in “Laugh It Up, Snowball”  It’ really quite soft

A bag..I loves me bags…with mutant zombie squirrels

a tape measure and pattern from the lovely Natalie, who has some great patterns, but this is my first…

and a few smaller goodies…..yeah!

And I’ve won this past week two blog giveaways!  Since the Hubs said he didn’t buy me any yarn this year…I have to fend for myself!

Bawahwahwah!