Oops, we had a Chinese New Year parade at school and these are some pics of our dragons. My class's dragon is the red and green one, which is made out of all recycled materials! Kids had free reign to decorate the way the wanted.

Today I was quite busy. I finished up the blanket I was making for Jessica. Now it'll just been when do I stop at the house to give it to her.

I also made two squares for the Frienship Square Swap at the ville. I am still 2 squares behind.

I have been having some problems with my right knee this week. Usually it's my left knee. It's been pretty painful. Another reason to lose weight.

I finally finished both sweaters for Joan last week. Yeah!

I did not post a pic of my SSP package..I'll have to do that. My SSP was Shelby from PA. She actually made me a Santa..how cool is that!

A couple of things I am working on are two sweaters for Joan. I have one done and the other about 1/3 of the way done...

I am also almost finished with Jessica's baby gift. It's taken awhile to make...

I also worked on my Games ghan. It is not finished and I need to add another two panels of cream.

I have put myself on a yarn diet. I have some ILTY coming in from CraftsEtc and that will be it for quite awhile.

I also have a pic of my friend's daughter in the hat and scarf I made her.

The first picture is of a ROAK gift I received from a friend in Arizona. We are "online" friends and exchange packages a couple times a year. She's so sweet, because she remembers DH. He has eaten half the jar of peppers already!
I also finally finished the monkey. He's been in my bag forever with just one arm. The arms and legs were so long to do! He's very cute, but I don't think I put enough stuffing in him, his head is not filled enough. Finally I worked on DH's slippers. I made him a pair last year, he wore them so much they had giant holes in them. I tried to make them a bit smaller this year, cuz last year he kept saying "bigger" and when they were finished they were ginormous! He says they are a little loose on the "boot" part and stiffer than the others, but they haven't been washed yet.

I spent Chritmas Day going to my brother's house and then my sister's house. I ended up staying at Lynn's for Christmas dinner. It was great to see them and visit. It's been awhile since I have seen everyone and i especially miss the kids...Here's a pic with my nephew, Kyle and I.

Today we had a delay because of more snow we received overnight. It wasn't oo much accumulation, but it was messy. Five of my students did not show up. We spent the day catching up on things. Tomorrow will be more of the same. It's a waste being in school these two days....

On the jewerly front, I've made some new pieces. Some were gifts for friends. Some I just made, maybe will sell at some point. Just kinda making them for now. I like being creative that way and it's a break from crochet.

On the crochet front, I am working on sweaters for Joan. They wil be baby yellow. It's a pattern I have not done before and the yarn is kind of a pain. It splits with the small hook.

I am also working on the SSP gift that I did not finish. My SSP will be getting another box from me....

Some more cleaning today and the apartment almost feels livable. I still have to tackle the kitchen, a real top to bottom clean and the bathroom. I'm gonna wait until vacation to do those. Maybe practice the Chinese tradition of having a clean house to welcome the new year!

I took a picture of all the squares I have received so far for my ville ghan. Some I received from the Sky ladies and a few were ROAK gifts.

I got ELF'd yesterday! Krazy Elf from England sent me a package with my first crocheted snowflakes, a square for my ghan and afun pen. Pretty cool! I was also elf'd from Australia, a cool teacher plaque that I'm taking to school. I recieved two other packages. ROAK's and ELF's are so fun! Especially this year, as we are not buying for each other. So these are pretty much my gifts this year. I'll get a few things from work. I got my SSP package yesterday, too. That was awesome. Can't post a pic of it yet, but really happy with it!