Sunday

So yesterday felt like Sunday but I understand it really is Sunday today. Ah. Long weekends. Good & bad.

We had a super Thanksgiving. To much to eat and to little exercise. The perfect day.

2nd DS & DDIL left for their home yesterday morning. Got a text message that they arrived safely after about 9 hours of driving. It's wonderful having them here but I always cry when they leave and DS looks at me like I've lost my marbles...

Today in town is the Christmas Lights Day. The local businesses have put up Christmas displays in the park and they will be lit tonight and every night until Christmas. There are 6 homes that can be toured and see their decorations inside & out and because of this I need to get some Christmas decorations on our house ASAP. One of the houses on the tour is just down the street and we are going to look like the Grinch's house if we don't have any decorations at all. And now for the whining....it snowed last night and I don't WANT to go outside and put up decorations. Poo.

And for a bit of knitting content: The Cameron sweater is coming along although I didn't hardly knit a stitch this past week. I've split it at the underarms and am working on the back. Maybe I'm 1/3 done?

Have a nice Sunday. Hope your weather is more cheerful than what we have here.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving! Am having a wonderful time with our family. Wish you were here. Gobble Gobble!

Busy visiting

2nd DS & DDIL arrived last night. It is so nice to have them here. But it means that I probably won't be posting anything. I'll be seeing you later this week!

Back in time

So I was wondering what to post today. My life is rather plain & uneventful most of the time. But you'd think I wouldn't have run out of things to say in less than a month. So I'm going back in time, a little over 4 years ago, and show off the wallhanging I made for my sister.

She was so much help when Daddy was getting older and nearing the end of his time here and after he passed on I wanted to do something for her to show how much I cared for and appreciated her. I was into quilting at that time and so this is what I made for her. She loves it and has it displayed on her couch. She's into angels and all the hearts are for how much I care for her.

Try try again

So I didn't really get any cleaning done yesterday. I got some pictures hung that have been waiting for a long time. I cleaned the microwave...that was a nice accomplishment but I'm just not getting into the housecleaning. 2nd DS and DDIL are arriving on Tuesday. I have to get cleaning done today. Why do I sabotage myself like this?? Work best under pressure? But this much pressure will be nuts. Okay, this is an order to me: Get Busy. Now.

Photo modifying and other mistakes

Lets just start off with a good big UFF. Naw, I still don't feel any better. I just modified 1st DS wedding picture and saved the new picture and lost the old one. AUGH! The only salvation is I have prints of it that I can scan back into the computer. A little head banging might be in order.

I'm starting to houseclean for Thanksgiving. I hope I can do that without messing up anything.

Another gray day besides.....

ETA: $%^**&$#@$&*&^%$*&!!!!! Now, I maybe feel a little better! :)

This will be a unique post. Blogger is having issues with the pictures...Again. So I'll just type along and see what comes up.

I couldn't sleep this morning. Woke up at 5 and gave up by 6. I know a lot of people normally get up at that time to get ready for the day but I haven't had enough beauty sleep at that time. I also don't believe in just laying there either so I got up and started on the Cameron sweater for DGS. I'm not doing handstands for the yarn yet. It seems kind of stretchy and I'm worried that I should have washed the swatch. Laziness will probably bite me on the butt. Time will tell.

The Fuzzy Feet are looking somewhat less gianormous now that they are felted. (They are for a size 14 foot!) Actually I like them enough that I bought enough yarn to make 2 more pairs. I succumbed to the lure of the yarn while shopping yesterday. Augh. How many days is left until Christmas??? Everything I'm knitting now is for family that lives right here so I won't have to figure in shipping time.

Shopping yesterday was slick as snot on a doorknob. Minimal crowds and average traffic. The busiest place was the grocery store. I guess everyone still has to eat.

Taking day off....shopping to do

I'm going to go Thanksgiving food/Christmas shopping today. I sure hope GF isn't too busy so I can just zip around and get everything done. Well, Ta Ta!

P.S. I started a sleeve for the cardigan last night.

P.P.S It's slightly sunny today! WooHoo!!

Dangerous Things

So, just this morning I discovered that reading blogs is a very dangerous thing. I was here and just reading and clicking along when I came to this. Augh! Another sweater that I HAVE to knit. At least the pattern isn't available yet so I can't jump from what I'm doing now and start that but I just know I'll have to knit it. And what really clinches it is that it's top down. Love it. Hope I figure out sizing by then so it'll fit right. Uff.

I have Christmas knitting to do. Sweater for DGS. I'm going to do Cameron (Ravelry link) for him. I'm omitting the stripes and doing it in a blue/green marble. He's just a little bit of a thing so it'll only need to be a size 2 but I really need to start on it.

For 2nd DS I made these. They are Fuzzy Feet (Ravelry link). And I didn't much like knitting them because they kept wanting to slip off the ends of the dpns and I had to use point protectors to keep them on the needles. I originally said no more but I've felted them now and they are way cool. I KNOW 1st DS and 3rd DS would also like a pair of them. They are all three slipper guys. Do I really want to add to my list of knitting?? I want to finish the Everday Sweater too. I could get it all done if I focus. I feel another headache coming on! ;)

Gray again today.

Probably won't fit

I have no pictures today either. I like pictures but I'm at work and my camera isn't.

I've finished the left side of the Everday Cardigan. This thing is not going to fit me....it's just not going to fit. Augh! How many inches can be tweeked with blocking?? I need a couple, just a couple. That would really help. Can you make the button band wider? Would that look really goofy? I so want this sweater to fit. All those stitches. My head is spinning. I doubt that it is frogable with the fuzzy yarn and everything. Uff, for disheartening.

On the upside of knitting: I think my hands are younger looking. I think all the exercise from knitting is making them look thinner and younger. Or it could be just a vivid imagination!

I need to start keeping track of the constant gray days. We have another one today.

Sunday/Monday

Yesterday I vacuumed, washed clothes and knit. I guess I knit a lot because I have the right front finished on the cardigan and the left front within rows of neck shaping. Wow. I impress myself.

The sun is FINALLY out today....at least partially. Thank God. I couldn't have taken much more grayness. (See I spelled it with an A this time instead of an E. That's correct. Right?)

2nd DS & DDIL will be arriving sometime next week for Thanksgiving. I have a boatload of housework to do and some grocery shopping too. It would even be nice to have a couple Christmas gifts to send back with them.....I hardly think I could be that organized though!!!

Saturday ramblings

Another grey day. Is it spelled grey or gray?? I always think I should look it up and find out the difference. But have I done that?? No.

I almost have the right front on the cardigan done. 2 rows and then start the bind off. Knitting-wise that is probably about 1/2 way but considering the sewing seams and button band and blocking and buttons I'm no way near 1/2 done.

DH was talking about a movie tonight. Looked online to see what is out there. I don't think there is anything worth driving 50-60 miles for. I should check pay-per-view. Supper out would be nice though. Even just the cafe in town.

The cats got a good brushing this afternoon. They are gorgeous now. They think so too. :)

ETA: Ok. I looked it up in Merriam Webster and it is supposed to be spelled grAy instead of grEy. Grey is a variant of gray. Uff. I just gave myself a headache.

Moving right along

Everyday Cardigan update.....

The back is done and the right front is started. Woohoo. It's moving along pretty fast and I'm not even working that hard at it.













Here's a close up view. (I love these needles!)

I'm going to be needing this soon....








It's SNOWING!

Weather poetry

I got this in an email. It sums up ND pretty well.

NORTH DAKOTA POEM

It's winter in North Dakota
and the gentle breezes blow
at seventy miles an hour
and twenty-five below.

Oh, how I love North Dakota
when the snow's up to your butt
you take a breath of winter
and your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful
so I guess I'll hang around
I never could leave North Dakota
'cause I'm frozen to the ground!

It's not that bad yet but the daily grey dampness is starting to get to me. Augh!

Veteran's Day

My brother was in Korea during the "police action" and I have an uncle who was killed during WW2. I lost a dear friend in Vietnam. I think of them all today. It really is true you know. They gave so we can be free. I believe that for some of the wars. Others were/are just wrong and we lost/are losing people unnecessarily.

I'm sweatin' it!

So this is the back and I'm thinking it's gonna be too small....just like the last sweater I made for myself. It's a medium and I don't wear anything in a medium! I'm an XL kinda girl. Uff. I'm sweatin if it'll fit. Augh! But I measured me and other sweaters and looked in Ravelry at what other people had done. Honest! I checked it all out!! (I'm definitely going to make it longer. And this is the revised pattern that is already supposed to be longer.) Uff again.

It's cold outside and gray and still icy. We have electricity though....not everyone does yet.

Some cleaning

So I have the oven cleaning itself. And since things had spilled over it stinks around here. I even tried getting most of the grease out of there but didn't put enough elbowgrease into it. I dislike a stinky house.

I've done some knitting on the Everyday Sweater. But I've also done some clothes washing and I cooked a huge pot of ham & bean soup. I really need to vacuum and do more housework but I'm just not that into it. :)

The shower yesterday was nice. Good turnout and lots & lots of useful things. Mostly kitchen stuff so she'll be prepared to cook now....

Crazy weather

So the weather has been atrocious. West of here was snow & a blizzard. East of here was mainly rain. We got ICE. Uff. So there has been power outages, it got downright chilly in the house this morning. It's cold outside. 21 degrees with a icky wind. BRR. I dug out my winter coat a couple days ago. I'll be using it today!

There is a bridal shower this afternoon to attend. Our neighbor's at the farm, daughter is getting married in Las Vegas in Dec and the shower for her is today. It'll be fun to see everyone there.

I've been knitting on the Everyday Cardigan. I'm too lazy to take pictures but I'm about 1/2 done with the back. It is moving right along. I'm trying to decide if I should knit this morning or vacuum and do dishes from last night. Augh. If I knit I'll feel guilty....

I'm also feeling guilty about not knitting on the sweater for DGS. Haven't even cast on for that one yet. I'm thinking of going with the size 7 needle and do the bigger size....will that make it fit?

Lauren's Coral Swatched!

I swatched and got gauge and now I'm ready to roll on the Everyday Cardigan. I am wishing it was done already though...the forecast is grim. High winds. Rain turning to snow. COLD temps. And it was so nice just a day ago.....

I am so glad the election is over. I was so tired of listening to all the ads. I know it'll take a couple more days for it all to go away and I can't wait. Yes, I voted. Yes, I was involved. Yes, it was just too much, for too long and too ugly.

I really like the Peace Fleece needles. Smooth, warm and you can feel the love coming from them. Really.

BTW the yarn really does soften and get a wonderful "glow" to it when washed.

WooHoo!

Look at what I got already! I just ordered this and it is here already. Too cool.

This is the Peace Fleece Lauren's Coral for the Everyday Sweater. It is less salmony than I expected and more like homemade tomato soup....it has that reddish pink look about it. It is pretty, regardless. I also indulged myself and got the needles too. They are pretty to look at and felt very smooth too when I ran my fingers over them.


This is Peace Fleece Moldova Burgundy. I'm going to make Easy Mittens out of it. I might not have picked this color except for the fact that we have a foreign worker working for us this year and he is from Moldova. He's a super worker and good person and it'll be a nice reminder of him....maybe if I get super ambitious I could give him the mittens....have to think about that. He leaves for home in December though....

Here is felting wool for the kitties and the grandkids. The kitties already love it and it'll make soft "nerf" type balls for the grandkids and the kitties to play with.

And I was also smart enough to order the sample cards so I'd have a better chance of knowing what to order next time. I really struggled to pick a color but Norma said that the Lauren's Coral was gorgeous and she even swatched it and put it on her blog. What better advice could you get than that!!

So it was exceptionally fun to go to the post office today. I didn't even hope to get this for at least a week. It does create a problem though. I really need to start the Christmas Sweater for DGS but I can't get gauge and am so very frustrated and it would be very tempting to just skip that for now and try gauging for MY sweater instead! :)

Blogging again

So I had a blog before but deleted it when I got into Ravelry. It isn't quite the same though....so here I am back to try it again. I hope I do more than report on the weather! Although I really like the weather and do a lot of talking about it.

I wonder if it's gotten easier to put pictures in here. It was a frustrating thing before.

DH & I voted tonight. North Dakota has just gotten into voting by mail or absentee voting and it seems like a really easy way to do it. I was able to ask DH what he felt the pros and cons were on certain measures and then I could decide which way to go. We just have to make sure and get them in the mail tomorrow. I'll be super happy when all the political ads are done. There will be a happy dance in our house on the 4th!