Hey! Look a post!

Hey out there! I haven't posted in a long time. Sorry. No internet access at home yet. Soon though. First things first, I have not been knitting. I have been putting off my unpacking from my move in AUGUST! Can you believe it. I just don't like to unpack because I'm afraid I'll have to move again. Even though I've made sure that that won't happen. I just don't want life to blow up in my face again. Again and again. Uhg.

Everyone is well and good. Happy even. Things are getting better, still no car......I work a lot. That keeps me from knitting as well. I need to get out and get some yarn for a project and sit down and just relax and knit....that sounds so good right now! Anyway, much love people!

Thank you, that is all.

Changes

Hi there folks. My Nana passed away early Sunday morning. Today we are having her viewing and tomorrow, the funeral.

I move in a little over a week. I am not ready but what does that matter?

Will post more later, hopefully, it will be more exciting!

Marriage Counseling, Harry Potter, and the Lottery

Well that sums up the last week of my life rather well! Dave and I have just had our first session of counseling. I get 6 free sessions through my work. Not gonna go into detail here but let me just say being honest HELPS! I don't know what will happen with us but I think this is a step in the right direction......

I have read and LOVED HP & The Deathly Hallows! I really liked how things were wrapped up. I do have a question or two to discuss with Lesa! I'm going with a friend from work to see HP 5 at the movies tomorrow morning! I'm so excited! I'm sure you've all seen it already but well.....whatever! ;)~

Would you believe we won the lottery!!! Yep! We won $4 last Wednesday and $100 this past Saturday! Woohoo! One more number and we would have won $10,000! That would have been wonderful. But hey, I'll take $100!

Still no knitting. Sorry folks. Too busy to sit down and knit! I'm gonna be going through all my stuff here soon and I'll get something going after we move. Yep, we're moving again! I found a small 2 bedroom apartment/duplex/whatever, here in Chesterton. It's got a front and back yard. We get to keep our dog, Sarah.

That's it for now people. Take care! Happy knitting!

Divorce.....is it in the air?

Hey all! Yes, I am still alive. No, this is not a robot! Things have been crazy....in a bad way! I don't even want to go into detail right now! Lets just say divorce is looming in the air.

Steph!

I'm STILL alive!

Hey, I know, I know, I haven't posted in AGES! Internet has been spotty and well, I work. What can I say. I will post more tomorrow.....I hope......keep your fingers crossed!

Thank you, that is all!

The Aftermath

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter and or Ham Sunday! ;)~

Book Meme!

I snagged this from Kayt. What could be more fun than a BOOK meme?

Bold the ones you have read.
Italics on the ones you want to read.


1. The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)- 10th grade English
4. Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkien)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)-11th grade English
28. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis) I've read all of the Chronicles of Narnia. LOVE THEM!
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley) Well, only halfway done!
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
38. I Know This Much is True (Wally Lamb)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
41. The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean M. Auel)
42. The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. The Bible
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy) 5 stinkin times!
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She’s Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)5
9. The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveller’s Wife (Audrew Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
62. The Fountainhead (Ayn Rand)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice) I've read all the Vampire Chronicles and all the Mayfair Witch series as well.
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
67. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ann Brashares)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones’ Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According to Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard’s First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down(Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)

Latest News

Well, I have no pictures to post.....that's kinda annoying! My piddly little camera is a pain! Anyway....not much going on in the actual knitting department but I do have knitting news! I have been asked to teach a knitting class at work! How cool is that! It will be a very basic 4 week course. I'm very excited and a little bit nervous! So I'm gonna start putting things together for it and I'll keep you posted! Thoughts, ideas, suggestions, and random observations are always welcome!

In other news at work, I am also working on a seminar for children's massage. It will be for parents and their children (ages 2 & up). I think that it too will be a lot of fun! I've expanded my massage hours and am now working Wednesday and Thursday late afternoons. :) I'm really looking forward to our new Massage & Spa menu, it's still being worked out! We'll be offering a Mud Massage treatment I worked out and a Hot/Cold Stone Facial Massage treatment. There will be a few other new and YUMMY treatments available too!

Happy Knitting Folks! Thank you, that is all!

Movie Meme

I snagged this from Erin. Enjoy!

It’s been alleged that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up, figure out whether you’ve got a life or not, and post it.

(X) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(X) Grease
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean
(X) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
(X) Starsky and Hutch
(X) Neverending Story
(X) Blazing Saddles
(X) Airplane
(X) The Princess Bride
(X) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
(X) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(X) White Oleander
( ) Anger Management
(X) 50 First Dates
(X) The Princess Diaries
(X) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(X) American Pie
(X) American Pie 2
(X) American Wedding
(X) American Pie Band Camp
(X) Harry Potter 1
(X) Harry Potter 2
(X) Harry Potter 3
(X) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(X) The Wedding Singer
( ) Little Black Book
(X) The Village
(X) Lilo & Stitch
(X) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(X) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(X)13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
(X) Robots
(X) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
(X) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( ) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
(X) KingPin
(X) Never Been Kissed
( ) Meet The Parents
(X) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(X) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
( ) A Cinderella Story
(X) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(X) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
(X) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
(X) Halloween
( )The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(X) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(X)Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
(X) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
(X) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(X) I Am Sam
(X) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards
(X) The Day After Tomorrow
(X) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(X) Ten Things I Hate About You
(X) Just Married
(X) Gothika
(X) Nightmare on Elm Street
(X) Sixteen Candles
( ) Remember the Titans
( ) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
( ) Ocean’s Eleven
( ) Ocean’s Twelve
( ) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(X) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(X) Ice Age
(X) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
(X) Curious George
(X) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
(X) Christine
(X) E.T.
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(X) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(X) She’s All That
( ) Calendar Girls
(X) Sideways
(X) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(X) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(X) Forrest Gump
(X) Big Trouble in Little China
(X)The Terminator
(X) The Terminator 2
(X) The Terminator 3
(X) X-Men
(X) X-2
(X) X3
(X) Spider-Man
(X) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(X) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(X) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(X) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(X) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
(X) Swimfan
(X) Miracle on 34th street
(X) Old School
( ) The Notebook
(X) K-Pax
(X) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(X) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(X) The 40-year-old Virgin
(X) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(X) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(X) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(X) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(X) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(X) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(X) Elf
(X) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(X) Monsters Inc.
(X) Titanic
(X) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(X) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(X) Hook
(X) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(X) Waterworld
(X) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
(X) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(X) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
(X) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
(X) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
(X) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
(X) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(X) The Matrix
(X) The Matrix: Reloaded
(X) The Matrix: Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(X) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Clearly, I too, have NO life!

House of Dark Delights

Hey People, sorry no pics and no knitting for this post. Still dealing with the hurting hands. What I DO have to tell you about is the book I just finished reading.......

House of Dark Delights by Louisa Burton.

I thoroughly enjoyed it! I think it's unique, sexy, refreshing, adventurous........the list could go on and on! Check it out for yourself!

Thank you, that is all!

Romantic

Men. What can I say. Sometimes it's nice to have them around! Dave worked late yesterday and when he got home he surprised me with some yellow lilies. *Sigh* I think I'll keep him.

Meme

Hey All, I grabbed this meme from Lesa. Enjoy!

Rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following...They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Your Name: Stephanie

1. Athlete: Shaq
2. 4 letter word: Star
3. Street name: Sumac
4. Color: Seafoam Green
5. Gifts/presents: Sweets
6. Vehicles: Saturn
7. Tropical Locations: San Salvador, Bahama Islands
8. College Majors: Social Science
9. Dairy Products: Swiss
10. Things in a Souvenir Shop: Shot Glasses
11. Boy Name: Steven
12. Girl Name: Sarah
13. Movie Titles: Splash
14. Alcohol: Strawberry Margarita
15. Occupations: Stenographer
16. Flowers: Stephaonotis
17. Celebrities: Shakira
18. Magazines: Spa
19. US Cities: Salem, Massachusettes
20. Pro Sports Team: Saints

Hooked Up

Hey All! Just a shout out.....we're online! WooHoo! Nothing much to post about at the moment. We are moved into the new apartment and loving it. Look for pictures and a knitting post....
coming soon!

Happy Knitting! Thank you, that is all!

D Day.....

Or should I say M Day? M as in MOVING!!! Yes, it's FREEZING outside and NO I'm not really packed! Yes folks, I am the world's worst mover and biggest procrastinator! I'll say it loud and proud....okay not really proud of that. The fact of it is I HATE moving. Once we get everything to the new apartment I'm good but all the packing and actual moving....ICK.

So just a heads up I may not be posting for a little bit because we won't have the internet hooked up right away. Hopefully my next post will have some pictures of our new place for you all to see! Happy Knitting! Thank you that is all!

Oops! Blogiversary!

Hey Folks! I was searching through my blog and I realized that January 16th was my 1st Blogiversary! How could I have missed this momentous occasion??? I wonder who all, besides my HarnYo Girls, reads this thing...? So if you're reading this, even if you have NO idea who the heck I am, leave me a comment! Please.

Things are crazy here, I'm not sure if the move is happening this weekend. Drama is going on in the family, long stupid story. And, I can't find my pouch of buttons to finish the these......

I've got the trim and straps finished on these babies. One slipper is done except I need to weave in my ends. The other slipper needs it's button and the ends weaved in and I can have Leslie give them to her teacher.......Where are those buttons! UHG! Sorry I won't have a finished picture to post of these things. They are slightly modified. I put an extra tow of trim around the tops and made the straps wider. I'm planning on making another pair shortly so I'll post finished pics of those.

Well I need to get a move on! Happy Groundhog's Day and Happy Imbolc! Oh and of course, Happy Knitting! Thank you, that is all!

TaDa!

Prepare yourself....I've posted pictures! And I do too knit! ; ) I give you Sweet Mary's Twinkletoes! This is a modified version of Sweet Mary Janes, Erin (who created the SMJ pattern) helped me work it to fit my 5 year old daughter. So I married SMJs to Twinkletoes and came up with Sweet Mary's Twinkletoes! TaDa!

Leslie loves them and insists that she now needs a new ballerina dress to wear with them! Which, ya know, is totally correct! Um, that was sarcasm......



And here we have a pair of Sweet Mary Janes in the works for Leslie's teacher....shhh don't tell her. It's a surprise. I'm casting on another pair tonight for one of our crossing guards. These are "thanks you were great, goodbye we're moving" gifts. The other crossing guard is male so I'm gonna get out and pick up something nice to make him this. I'm also making some Sweet Mary's Twinkletoes for Leslie's little best girlfriend and her older sister! So I'll be busy with knitting and packing this week!

And last but not least we have my "poor neglected sock". I cast this thing on sooooo long ago! It has sat in it's project pouch waiting for some TLC. Poor thing. So, I'm working on it too this week.

That's it for now folks! Happy Knitting!!!

Dear Bad Fairies,

Please return my children. I know that you have hidden them away and have assumed their identities.You've been running through my house pulling out all their toys, drawing on the counters, and getting into everything you can get your hands on. You throw tantrums at bedtime and have not been saying please, thank you, and may I. You have pushed and shoved and tattled on each other until I can actually FEEL the grey coming out in my hair! My children would NEVER do these things. So please, I'm begging you, return my sweet and well mannered children to me before I go insane.

Sincerely,
Leslie and Davey's Mother

Desperately Bored Meme

I am desperately bored today. Desperately. Bored. Today.

So I snagged this meme from Creative Kismet.

5 Jobs I've Had:

~Stable Hand - very hard work but the owner (and friend) gave my dad a break on the boarding fees and I got free riding lessons.
~Cashier - at a local family owned drugstore.
~Bus Girl / Everything Else Girl - at Northern Harvet Bread & Pasta Company. I was fired from that job for leaving my shift early (with permission but later denied) to attend Dave's grandma's viewing!
~CNA - I did not enjoy the job but very much enjoyed my patients.
~Midnight Janitor - at a local bearing factory. It's VERY hard to work nights and take care of a young family. Kudos to all the Moms and Dads out there who do it every day, er well, night.

5 Movies I Could Watch Over & Over:

~Practical Magic
~National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
~Home Alone 1 & 2
~Pride & Prejudice (2005)
~Troy

5 Place I Have Lived:

~South Haven, IN
~Valparaiso, IN
~Chesterton, IN
~LaPorte, IN
~Well, I don't know if this counts but we are about to move back to Chesterton.

5 TV Shows I Enjoy:

~The Office (US Version)
~Grey's Anatomy
~Desperate Housewives
~Quantum Leap (Obviously Reruns)
~Cooking Challenges on Food Network

5 Places I have been on Vacation:

~Boca Raton, FL
~Miami, FL
~Las Vegas, NV
~Washington DC
~Somewhere in Texas, I was little I don't remember!

5 Places I Would Love to Visit:

~Ireland
~Greece
~Crete
~Alaska
~Hawaii

5 Websites I Visit Every Day:

~Yahoo Mail
~Bloglines
~Ebay (well ALMOST everyday)
~Bodywork Online
~Blogger (again, ALMOST everyday)

5 Favorite Foods

~Rolled Roundsteak
~Ice Cream
~Rice
~French Toast
~Lasagna

I hope you all enjoyed my boredom! Happy Knitting! Thank you, that is all!

Alphabits Meme

Hey All! I snagged this from Erin. I too have no pictures to share at the moment, although I have a pile of stuff screaming to be photographed! I'll get it up as soon as I can. Ack, like with out a digital camera.......it sucks!


A- Available or single? Married : )
B- Best Friend? Yep!
C- Cake or Pie? Cake, white with buttercream frosting.
D- Drink of Choice? Wild Cherry Pepsi, Caramel Frapaccino, Strawberry Margaritas.
E- Essential Item? A good book to read.
F- Favorite Color? Shades of Blue, Pink.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms? Worms
H- Hometown? Valparaiso, IN
I- Indulgence? Books and yarn!
J- January or February? February, it's Leslie's birth month.
K- Kids and names? Daughter Leslie, son Davey
L- Life is incomplete without? Family
M- Marriage Date? June 17, 2000
N- Number of Siblings? 2 older sisters.
O- Oranges or apples? Apples
P- Phobias/Fears? Bugs, ALL bugs. Driving in the snow. I'm getting over that one, trying to anyway!
Q- Favorite Quote? "If wishes were fishes, we'd have some to fry!"
R- Reason to Smile? There are TONS of reasons to smile!
S- Season? Fall and Summer.
T- Tag three people! Nope
U- Unknown Fact About Me? I alwasys wanted to be an actress!
V- Vegetable you hate? Squash
W- Worst habit? Biting my lip.
X- X-Rays you’ve had? Teeth, shoulder, arm.
Y- Your favorite food? Steak
Z- Zodiac? Cancer

It was my first time!

Yes, I am not ashamed to admit that finally at the age of 28, I made Jell-O for the first time last night. It was an amazing and rather short experience. But first times can be that way! ; ) But it was oh so tasty today! I also recently made rice crispy squares for the first time!!! Can you believe the sheltered life I've led!!!

Aside from Jell-O we had an exciting night last night! We took Leslie to practice with the Valpo Vikettes. She, and other K - 2nd grade girls, will be preforming at halftime at this Friday's basketball game! It's just so cute and crazy. I did this when I was little and I was a Vikette (flag girl) in high school! We took a ton of pictures, if any of them turned out I will post them! *crossing my finger here*

It also SNOWED yesterday and started to actually stick as the evening rolled in! By the time we left the high school we had at least a good 1 1/2 inches! Dave took me out to a far corner of the parking lot to practice driving. Several years ago I wrecked our little Ford Focus while driving in the first real snow of that year. I have been VERY VERY afraid of driving in snow ever since. I'm talking if I get stuck driving in snowy conditions I'm balling! I am seriously afraid. SERIOUSLY. So last night Dave had me drive a little bit with Bullet (our Durango) in 2wd and then he had me switch to 4wd. OMG I am NEVER buying another vehicle without 4wd! It's a world of difference. Since I was feeling pretty confident I drove us all home! Yay me!

On the knitting front I am working on the heel flap of my sock. I'll post a pic or two as soon as I can!

Happy Knitting Folks! Thank you, that is all!

The Silver Bullet!

First I'd like to say.....Can you believe it! I posted pictures!!!!!

I'd like to introduce the newest member of our family. In keeping with the Lambert family tradition, we name all our cars, this is The Silver Bullet, Bullet for short. He is a 2001 Dodge Durango 4x4 and I love him! God, do I love him!




And here we have Miss Thang! Leslie with her new do, a bob! Doesn't she look cute and sweet. It's all an act, really! ; ) She is not feeling to well tonight, the dreaded cough has hit again! UHG! She is very excited about The Silver Bullet! She says "It's very comfortable!"

And here we have Davey, aka Little Man. Don't let that docile smile fool you, he is trouble with a capitol T! He likes Bullet very much cause it's a truck! Don't try to tell him it's an SUV, he's NOT havin it!

I have to say 2007 is off to a really good start. I hope I haven't just jinxed myself by saying that! But lets just look at the year so far......

-Moving to a nice big apartment at the beginning of February!
-Apartment is getting ALL new carpetting!
-Bought a WONDERFUL new car....truck....whatever!

Yay 2007!

Happy Knitting! Thank you, that is all!

Crafty Inspiration

I must say I belong to a really cool SNB group! The women I've met at our meetings are CRAFTY! It's very inspirational. So being all inspired, here are some cool things you should know about......

Button Bracelets 1 and 2 - They're fun and beautiful!
Will Knit for Tattoos - An essential tote for knitters with ink!
Spindle Kits - These come with a drop spindle, a few different fibers, and instructions in a drawstring canvas tote. I can't wait to learn how to spin! My kit has alpaca fiber in it......oooooo alpaca!
The Nina Shawl from Mason-Dixon Knitting - This is on my list to make!!!

Check back, I'm gonna be adding to this list!!!

New Resolutions Revised and New Book

Hey all! Okay so Happy New Year and all that. How many checks have you written with 2006 on them? Hehehe I do that every year. So far this year so good! So down to business, here is what I'm pretty sure is my final list of resolutions, um, at least for the time being!

~Get organized, seriously I am the Queen of Clutter.
~Get Motivated, I am also Her Majesty of Procrastination.
~Learn to have more patience.
~Get a sewing machine and learn how to use it. Without sewing through my finger, yes I actually did that in middle school Home Ec.
~Learn how to make jewelry.
~Learn how to spin my own yarn.
~Organize and catalog my knitting supplies and yarn, as well as my other crafty supplies.
~Finish the cross stitch witch I started a couple years ago!
~Start and finish a knitted blanket for Dave.
~Knit something super special just for myself, I don't know what that will be yet. Hmmmm?
~Finish up with my Belavi Facelift Massage certification.
~Get the family involved in some sort of activity we can all participate in.....horses, atvs......?

I think that's a pretty good list! Wish me luck!

I started a new book yesterday. Dave went to the local Barnes and Noble and he ASKED if I wanted anything. I have to say he's a good guy. Ya know, not many men will pick up their wife a romance novel. Or especially a romance/erotica novel! Hehehe! The last time he picked anything up for me the people behind the counter poked fun at him! Hahahaha! Anyway, Dave brought me home "Prince of Ice" by Emma Holly. He made sure everyone knew it wasn't for him. They said "of course it isn't" ; )~

Happy New Year, Happy Knitting! Thank you, that is all!