4 Things Meme

Four jobs I’ve had:

McDonald's Drive-thru girl
Receptionist for interior decorator from hell
Curves trainer
Nanny to my little Sunshine whom I miss every day

Four movies I can watch over and over:

The Princess Bride - there are just too many good lines in this movie
Grease - and don't even try to stop me from singing along
anything with "The Rock" in it because he's yummy!
Mary Poppins - again the singing along thing gets me every time


Four TV shows I love to watch:

HGTV's Design Star - because you never know when you'll see something you want to do in your own home

House - he ROCKS

How I Met Your Mother - they make me laugh

Boston Legal - again...they make me laugh

Four places I’ve been on vacation:

DisneyWorld - otherwise known as my honeymoon, we had a great time and would like to go back

France - this is definitely one to do again, I went when I was in high school. I want to do it over as an adult

Blue Eye, MO - hubby's family goes every year for family reunion, we go whenever we can. I've never had this much fun at my own family reunion!

Home - it's nice to be lazy around the house sometimes


Four favorite dishes:

Chili Cheeseburger - from Red Robin with 4 different cheeses

Chicken Bryan from Carraba's

Crab cakes with roumalade sauce

Fettucini Alfredo

Four Websites I visit daily:
Ravelry
Plurk
Stampin' Up!
My Bloglines

Four places I’d rather be:

Mary's house
Toronto
swimming in a HUGE yarn stash of my very own
Ireland

Blog Candy

Darcy (aka the Knotty Knitter) and Leslie Wind are celebrating the addition of a new buy now button and Darcy's 200th blog post by offering a great give away. Leslie handcrafts these wonderful cable needle necklaces that are just pure genius...don't believe me? Then just click on over to Darcy's Knotty Knitter blog and check out the video on how easy they are to use. (and not lose)

SP12 Question of the week #8

What is your favorite supper for a hot summer evening?

I don't really have a favorite supper for hot months. Granted I try to stay away from things like chili....unless it's on a burger or a hot dog. I've never been one to shy away from a food just because of the weather outside, if I am craving it, I eat it.

In which I show off cards

It seems that very few people know that I am a Stampin' Up Demonstrator but I suppose that could be because I haven't shown off many of the cards and things that I've made. Well I'm going to put and end to that, this is not only a place for me to talk knitting but to talk about all of my crafting.

I started teaching classes a couple of weeks ago and I'm really please with how well everyone did. None of my students had any experience with card making and they all did so well on their cards. I don't have pictures of their work but here are the cards we made.





As the weeks go by I'll be posting pictures of more of cards and projects, and will do my best to have a recipe for each item...however, it's already 2:45 AM here so you'll have to forgive me this time.

Actual Knitting Content!

Ok, so I know I said I was going to make this post a couple of weeks ago but I'm a slacker. It isn't because I haven't been knitting (though I did take a break for about 3 weeks when I thought all my projects were cursed). So...for you today I have picture updates of 2 projects I've been working on.

First up, is the MS7 Shawl, which most people have long since completed and I am still working on. Truth be told, I was diligently working on this shawl through the first clues and then went on vacation back in April and didn't take it with me. (it's my first lace so naturally a quiet time knit) Next thing I know, it's been 3 months since I picked it up again.


Imbolc by Renee Leverington (rav link)

Remember the curse I mentioned? Well I think it all started with this shawl, I think it is mad at me for putting it down for so long. Anyway, I am back at it though slowly right now due to these Mystery Socks I've been working on.



Mystery Sock June 08 by Renee Leverington (rav link)

I have had to frog this sock 3 times but I think I've finally got it. They are going be very warm socks, they are done in a DK weight and the cable pattern makes for thick socks. I am loving how the colors are working together.

Well that's all for me, next up is going to be some card making I've been doing.

Favorite Things

I saw this on another blog and thought it might be fun, play along if you like and post your favorite things on your blog.

Sport: hocky
Game: Phase 10 or Rummy
Color: these days teal and purple
Movie: Grease
Broadway play I have seen: Les Miserables
Broadway Musical I have seen: Phantom of the Opera
Song: Merideth Brooks "Bitch"
American city I have visited: New York City
Foreign city I have visited: Paris, France
Book: anything by Clive Barker, Stephen King, Gregory MacGuire, Ann Rice or Christopher Rice
Children's Book: Dr. Suess all the way
Classic television show: Family Ties
Recent television show: House
Actor: Tom Hanks
Actress: not sure
Perfume: almost anything in a pretty bottle
Food: Fettucini Alfredo
Dessert: caramel anything
Chain Restaurant: Chili's
Local Restaurant: Oregeno's
Car: still deciding
Condiment: Mayo
Kitchen Appliance: coffee pot
Home Appliance: my computer
Beauty Product: Japanese Cherry Blossom shower gel by Bath & Body Works
Piece of clothing: swimsuit.....it's Arizona after all
HGTV Show: Design Star
Food Network show: don't know, rarely watch it
Author: see fave book above
Male Songwriter: Rob Thomas
Female Songwriter: unsure
Holiday: Christmas
Ballet I have seen: The Nutcracker
Disney character: Tinkerbell
Flower: Tiger Lily

Alcoholic drink: frozen strawberry margarita
Non-Alcoholic drink: caramel frappuccino
Magazine: Interweave Knits
Animated movie: Lion King

Television network miniseries: Band of Brothers
Season: Winter
Male vocalist: Rob Thomas

Female vocalist: don't know
Day of the week: Saturday
Household Chore: no such thing
Ice Cream: Dulce de Leche from Hagan Daaz
Candy: Nilla Cakesters
Artist: too much beauty to choose from

SP12 Question of the Week #6 & 7

I completely forgot to post my answers to the question for last week so I'm going to do that today. And I promise to have some actual knitting content very very soon. I have been working on my knitting.

Questions #6
What is your favorite type of project to take along on holiday/vacation?

I like to take small projects with me when I travel, socks or purses usually. I always seem to have a sock on the needles so it's pretty easy to decide what to take with me and I don't worry about not having enough because I like to try and plan a visit to a yarn store anyway so I will invariably come out with more yarn.

Questions #7

What is(are) your favorite place(s) to knit?

Oh this is easy....my office, the couch or any Starbucks!

What supplies (besides yarn & needles) make the setting perfect for knitting?

Other than the necessities (scissors, etc.) natural light and a nice venti Caramel Frappucino make for the perfect setting.