So much to do

Well I am close to seaming on Cleo which I can not believe that I am. Never having made a shirt before. It has been a quick knit so far. No pics of it sadly as the batteries have died and are now charging away happy for the rest. (I take so many pics now that I have that thing. It is really soo nice)
Anyway. In the mean time I did manage to get a hat for my soon to be born neice done. Dear KK made the pattern I just threw in the beads.

Its very pretty. I just have never made a hat that i am happy with. eh. Whatever.

Also I made a "waist scarf" for Moe so that she can be all styleish while she is out doing her thang.
It is made from the yarn that my dear secret pal sent me first. The crystal Palace Poof. That stuff is not much fun to knit with but so lovely to touch. Ahhhhhhh. Sissy has demanded a skirt knit out of the rest of the yarn. so we shall see. I am thinking that it will make a cute skirt.

I also finally got the pattern printed for the Kiri shawl. I am so afraid to start that thing. The yarn that I have for it is supposed to be kinda hard to use. so uugh.
But I can do it! (must continue to tell my self that.)

The new babe is working beautifully as is the ball winder that finally came in the mail!!
I wound so many balls of yarn with that thing when it first got here. I was like a kid. Watching that winder wind a center pull ball was so cool. I want to play with it right now just thinking about it!

Finally. Remember thoes stitch markers I swapped out for? I finally heard back from the woman that I was trading. Apparently her life is botteming at the moment and she is struggeling to climb back up. I understand that. I was more happy to know that I hadn't been blown off. So she said that she is going to work on the ones that she owes me and some other people and send them on. I read the book and do not need it cluttering up my house. Also I love me some stitch markers. So Brava to her for admitting all of this to me and trying to make amends. Gotta respect that.

Almost forgot my sky pic. Granted it is Black and white and mostly train but it is so cool!

Here is the guy that drove that train. Perfect isn't he?

Off to play with yarn
Respectfully
Dee

Secret Pal love!!!

I got my package today!!!
She mailed in on tuesday and I got it today!
Can I just say that Stephani is now my bestest friend! I got 4 balls of Kid Merino for a lace (!) shawl that I have been wanting to knit but haven't had the guts to actually buy yarn for yet. Knitters Balm for my hands (perfect because I have such dry hands that they crack all the time) and the thing that she made me.... beautiful stitch markers!! (My first pair) Also in blue! She emailed me and asked me a few questions before she went shopping. Can you tell what my favorite color is? The only problem is that my daughter is also obsessed with blue so I have to CO immediatly so that she can not get her hands on them



This stuff is great! Now I have to get over my intimidation of lace and just DO it!

Also couple nights ago I won a ball winder on ebay for 10.00. I am telling you all that it takes is a little patience! I can not wait to get it as well. a swift and a ballwinder. I did not think that I would get thoes for a while. No email from the Babe seller yet but if i don't hear from her soon I will email her again. I really do not want to be burned on this.
Remember thoes stitch markers that I orderd from Denise Knits a while back? (Did I say anything about it?) I still haven't gotten any from her and she is now not even answering my e-mails anymore. She was a KH regular so this makes it even more disappointing. I was trying to give my business to friends and got burned. Well you live and you learn I suppose.
Anyway Time to clean house so I can play with my yarn!!
Skippingly
Dee

So many things, so little time

Okay so this will be a heavy picture post as I outline whata I have been up to and my trip to Missouri. You can click on the pics to make them bigger if you can not see them properly.
Missouri was pretty good. Hanging with Mom, letting the kids wear themselves out running outside constantly it was nice. (been too hot to let the kids play for any decent amount of time. le sigh. ) Only real draw back was my kid sister Rachel. Going through her teen years (13) and so full of attitude its not funny. I hope she gets over it soon. Seriously.

This is what I saw driving down to Missouri. The scenery does not change. I swear. Just the same thing, over and over and over again.

Took his picture because I felt the need to document him. He was the third person I saw walking down the highway with his stuff on his back in Missouri. I know that there is always someone doing that, but I rarely see them while driving that strech of the road. Hence the documentation. Watch. Now I will see them all the time.

You can't read it in this small picture but the street sign says LaHarpe st. This is the street that I grew up on. Mom does not live there any more but the street holds some happy memories. Sometimes I miss being a kid.

They have a Walgreens now. This Walgreens opened just last month. Damn store is like an infection that will not stop spreading to towns all over the nation. But I digress.

At the Mothers house...
The moody teen giving kids a ride on the four wheeler. She did have her good moments.

This one is too cute. The kids popped up in the window at the last moment while Rach was posing.


The kids got in Moms way while she was watering the flowers. So Mom let them know how she felt about that.


This picture was too good not to add. I love my camera. Of course having photogenic kids helps.
Anyway even with moody teen it was a great trip. We were happy to be home but the kids would love to go back right now. In the mean while I got an email from the lady I am getting the Babe from. It will go into the mail tomorrow!! UPS is coming to her to pick it up. I can not wait. Thankfully I get the tracking number. Ahhh the waiting.
Well my bedtime so more later. This is probably all that you can stand of me anyway. :)
Anxiously
Dee

Laters

I am off to see my mom for a week with the kiddies. (5 hours in a car just me and kids I really do not know what I was thinking. Seriously.) But it will be fun to see Mom. I have to stop and get the van taken care of first (damn DMV) Otherwise we are off! Miss me tons and hopefully I will have some FO's to show off when I return!
A picture of my favorite baby before I drive off...
Later my favorite Peeps!

Saturdays

We had a very busy day today so my Sky pic is late. I promise it will be worth it though.
We first had a birthday party for the Sara girl. Can you guess the theme?

Torn between wanting cake and wanting to swim some more.

Of course her party would not be complete without swimming! We had Hamburgers, swimming, cake, presents, then more swimming. I of course had a headache after all that "fun".

Then came the fireworks. We ooohhhhh and Aaaahhhhhhd with everybody else cause frankly the Uncle man outdid himself as he does every year. Beautiful.





Obligitory Knitting...
There was none today. The amount of craziness was too much for me. But. I did manage to snag a spinning wheel! Unfortunatly it is still a Babe fiber starter but it comes with 3 bobbins (instead of the one I have with this wheel) a skein winder that attaches to the wheel (sweet!) over $200.00 value for only $100.00 on E-bay. Now all I need to get is a ball winder and I am set. pictures when it arrives! Off to bed as I think I am as tired as the kidlings. Night all!
Beautifully
Dee

Happy after 4th!

This weekend we went to Dads for the fourth where I was able to pick up a fixed wheel(!) and Celebrate the birth of the greatest 8yr old girl ever born. Well in my opinion anyway.

Mommy and Sissy enjoying her birthday. She has a party on Saturday at dads, Cake icecream, presents and swimming. She is so excited! So today we are going to order her cake, get the vans plates (for the trip to Kirksville) and return the library books. Loooong Day ahead.


Beautiful pics of the fireworks.

And finally, I finished the bag for Mrs. R. I have to get handles for it but I am going to wait until we get down to Missouri so that she can help me pick them out.

Also I got something in the mail today that is absolutly beautiful. But no word on what it is until I am told it is okay to say.
Later!
pictorially
Dee

Beautiful Saturdays

My entry for Saturday Skies:

Ahhhh lovely.
TJ went golfing this morning. The man has never golfed in his life but the bigwigs at Go Leads asked him to go so He did not have much choice. The girls are going to a pool party in a few hours so I think that the boys and I are going to go get a bite to eat and either go to the park or hang out here. They play while I sit on the front porch and knit. Ahhhhhhh Relaxation. Right at the moment I am working on Cleo from knitty.com. Not the open back but with full back. Not skinny enough to pull off a no back shirt! I am thinking that I will add a shrug to it to make the shirt work appropriate. That would make a cute set I think. Just not sure which one yet.
Ahh well off to break up fights and chase after hooligans!
Chasingly