Merry Christmas!

I just wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, this will be my last post until we get into our new house. With any luck, we will have the office (and my computer) set up by next weekend but no promises.

I'll be picking up the U-Haul truck on Wednesday morning and we head out of town on Thursday. I hope Arizona is ready for us!

Very Funny Email

I just got this and had to share it with all of you.....



Yesterday I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my dog
and was about to check out.

A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had? So since
I'm retired, with little to do, I told her that no I didn't have a dog, and
that I was starting the Purina Diet again. I explained that I probably
shouldn't be going back on this diet because I'd ended up in the hospital
last time, although I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive
care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it
works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one
or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally
complete so I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that
practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story).

Horrified , she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food
poisoned me. I told her no; that I had just stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish
Setter's ass and a car hit both of us.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was
laughing so hard!

WAL-MART won't let me shop there anymore.

Isn't it Fetching...

Pattern: Fetching
Yarn: Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran
Color: 300007

Admittedly this post is coming to you late since I finished these on Monday morning but I've been spending a lot of time this week with my neighbor doing some scrapbooking. Right after finishing these I headed across the street to see if Mary could help me make a Knitting Journal and that, of course, led to shopping (because you have to have all the proper materials) and we've spent the rest of the week scrapping. Until finally last night, I taught her to knit!

Welcome to the dark side Mary!

This is great...

I just saw this at Mason-Dixon and had to share it with all of you.

Let the Countdown Begin!

Jason and I are moving to Arizona in just 11 short days. That means that not only are we getting ready for Christmas - buying presents, knitting and beading - we are also packing.

Friday was my last day at work. I am/was a nanny to and adorable ray of sunshine, Tootie. She is almost 2 years old, walking or running everywhere, getting into everything, and just generally being a toddler. She is still learning to talk and 2 weeks ago said she loved me for the very first time and I cried myself to sleep knowing how much I'm going to miss her.

Yesterday I packed up my closet, shoes and all. Let me tell you, packing the clothes was really no big deal, most of it doesn't fit me anyway or still has the tags on it so unpacking is going to be like shopping! But packing up all my shoes was HARD to do! It was a bit like shoe shopping at first because I got to see so many of them that I didn't remember I had, but I didn't get to try them on. After that was done, I did what any other shoe addicted woman would do - I went right out and bought 2 more pair!! :)

I'm not sure what we are packing today, Jason has already started though. (hopefully I can hide so I won't have to anything but knit, I'm a better supervisor than packer) Don't get me wrong, I do my part, but packing overwhelms me and I kind of panic. Jason is really good at just making a list of what needs to be done by when and he can stick to it...so it kind of works out. I just pack up whatever he tells me or rather, he asks me what I'm keeping and then he packs it or I throw it out.

I am really excited about the move, it's going to be my first time as a homeowner. I'm already decorating it in my mind. I can't wait to get there and start really making it ours. Of course I'll post pics along the way so you can all make the journey from madness to "home" with me! But until that day comes...

we countdown!

Finally finished the first sock!

Well it took a week longer than I had planned, but I kitchnered the toe last night and blocked sock #1.
Edit: This is not actually my first pair of socks ever, they are my 3rd (still not many). This is just the first of this pair.Hubby tried it on last night before I blocked it and it looked a tad big which has me a little concerned. I made the overall foot length 1/4" shorter than his foot hoping that it would make his sock fit better. I thought I did the same for the toe as well but seeing as I didn't atually measure that part, that may be longer than the 2" I was guessing. Doesn't matter, he likes them...now to see if he is actually going to wear them (when I finish the 2nd) somewhere other than around the house! I have a feeling he is getting 1 sock for Christmas because I'm just not sure I can finish the other one in time.

I've now moved on to a pair of Fetching mitts for my sister. I've never made mitts before and never done cables before so this ought to be fun. I'm using Debbie Bliss Cashmerino. I'll post pics when I actually have something to show, but for now I'm off to do my very first cable cast on.

Missed Goal

Since there have been no pics, you can imagine I didn't meet my goal of having the first sock done by Sunday. It was actually kind of sad. I crawled into bed tired as could be but then couldn't sleep for that sock haunting me...so I got up and worked on it until 3am. On Sunday we went and decorated my mother's house for Christmas. When we got home, I pulled out the knitting and just couldn't do it, my hands hurt too much. (seems I was holding the dpns with a death grip the night before)

To make a long story short, I finally finished turning the heel last night and with luck I'll get a good portion of the foot done today. No more goals of finishing the sock today...I'm just not fast enough yet.

I'll post pics when it is finally done.