plate warmer # 3

so, Sue wants to learn to knit sox

she came to my house

i gave her enuff yarn to knit at least 10 pairs of sox

then forgot to take a pic

gave her some readers too

she needs them for the sock knitting



while she was learning sox

i felt the NEED to knit

so i started another tam
the first hat was blocking on a plate
someone asked what it was
i replyed "Plate Warmer"
it stuck
2nd plate warmer should be done drying
i could WEAR it since it's cold out
winter usualy comes to Georgia before now
and is USUALLY done
not complaining
the weather is better down here
than up north
and NO SNOW!!!!!

make-up & hair

so, i tried doing

something with the hair

and adding make-up

of course in a day or so

the roots will be adjusted

but as of 2-28 @ about 2 pm

this is what i look like

with Sue's help

blocked & drying

9:00 pm 2-27 => DONE KNITTING!!!

too many things to do, not ENUFF time

you know how it goes
you have a LONG to do list
some things get done fast
others at a snails pace

well ...

the handle of the rollerboard broke

i could still use it

the wheel broke

since i wasn't sure where to go to

get it fixed

i bought a cheapy @ walmart

today

i went to Hapeville

to get new wheels

tomoro or in a day or 3

i will go to Fayetteville

to get the handle fixed

had i known that someone in Fayetteville

could fix it

i would have had it fixed

SOMETIMES

it's easier to pay someone to fix things

so i can accomplish something else

gotta take the uniform in

to be altered

it's too tight

hopin' she can let it out an inch or so

re-attach the buttons

fix the hem (maybe shorten it an inch or so)

saw some shoes in Hapeville

do i NEED new shoes

will they hurt my feet

they ARE Dansko

the list of things to do isn't getting any shorter

i keep finding things that need done

if i stay home for a month

will i get ALL Caught Up??

do i really want to get caught up

met the woman who owns this site

http://www.belltownhillorchards.com/

CORN yarn

here are a few of the possible color

choices for the Corn Yarn

that i will design sox for

NANCY is dyeing the yarn

coffee sleeve for Gabby

so, i decided to try to personalize

a sleeve

5 letters is a challenge

next time i won't use so many letters

AND

i won't make it so large

got 2 sleeves from one skein

and enuff yarn to make at least one more

her name is done in the

slate SWS i had left over

from the Tam

lattes vs calories

i was warned against lattes since i want to
reduce my waistline
too many calories

well IF I buy it ... yeah

they add sweetner (honey i think)

to Tazo Chai that Starbucks & Seattles's Best

use as a base for their Lattes

they use 2% milk

at home,

i use 1%
will buy skim next time

and tea with NO sweetners added

so,

i am only getting the calories

from 2/3 cup of 1% milk

and if i am using 2 tea bags

per cup of Latte

i am depleting my supply

of tea

i haven't counted how MANY types

i have

maybe i SHOULD

hehehehehehehehe

lattes

so, i bought a cappicino machine

Tazo Chai & Oregon Chai are about the same

HT Hot Cinnamon Sunset

is YUM, YUM, YUMMY as a Latte

it's GREAT as hot tea

Bigleow Apple Cider is great as a tea

as a latte .. nah

so, i have LOTS of teas

some herbals

some greens

some blacks

some loose

some in sachets or bags

gonna try them as lattes

not sure what will determine IF it's good

in latte form

guess i will HAVE to try it to see

yarn

Nancy got in some sock knitting yarn

it's made from corn

don't ask me how

anyways

she is dyeing /has dyed it

she picked colors I would like

orange

yellow

teal

i may have to buy some of ALL of it

i want WHITE (un-dyed) for the mitts & headband

it will be the snowflake

anyways

if she sends me pix, i will get to decide on the color

hoping she gets it in the mail today

i need it thur so it can go to Mexico with me on Fri

i got DAFFODILS

so i got home yesterday afternoon

i noticed there were TWO daffodils

in the front garden
went out to dinner with a friend
saw a few hedges of forsythias
i LOVE forsythia hedges
and Daffodils
they are so brite & cheerful

someday
i will live in a house that
has Forsythia Hedges
and big beds of flowering bulbs
and beds with Azaleas
ITMT
i will admire everyone else's

had major t-storms today
knocked over the planter on the back porch

gonna go outside and walk for a while
taking the cell so i can take pix
will update them here so you can see
the wonderous things i get to see
when i am home

had FUN this past weekend

i have flowen with both pilots before
will fly with Adam on Fri to Mexico

Sue was FUN!!!!

she is here on Thur & Fri

so, i will start to teach her to

knit 2 sox- 2 circs

she is a BLAST to work with

and SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOO funny

i want to work out

she wouldn't let me drink pop

we did hit the treadmill

and talked about knitting, sewing, crocheting

crafting in general

her family

i had SSSOOOO much FUN flying with her

she made a list of what i have to do

while i am off

her friends call her "MAMA SMURF"

she is such a mom

but in a GOOD way

she told me she will try to bifd to fly

with me in April

we could be dangerous together

hehehehehehehehehehe

Tam 2 = "B"

think i started this around 2-22

as of 2-25 / 10:07 PM

i got this far

i LOVE the way it looks

reminds me of Easter Eggs

from Patti

Florida Strip Poker

2-18Strip...wmv (2.3 MB),

i don't know WHERE Penny gets these

but OMG!!!!

window washer

windowwas...wmv (1660.3 KB),

today

got to work with Sue

FUN

then we worked out on the treadmill for 1/2 hour

ate salads @ Jack-in-the-box

back to her room

gonna teach her to knit sox

gonna be FUN!!

PAJAMA PARTY

haven't been to a pajama party in over 30 years
Nancy is having one at her shop for
members of Whenever Again & New Yarns
i will be getting yarn to design sox for the party
the sox will be sold to the groups in April
the party will be held in the shop
Fri March 14th after it closes
it's gonna be FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!

i gotta buy new jammies & slippers

yup

wearing them to the airport

and on the plane

will get pix

i NEED to learn to hand felt small stuff

so i created another coffee cup sleeve

will hand out the pattern at the pj party

then will post it to my blog in April

it started as Shannon's Fault

so, for my partner for SP10
i made her a sleeve 'cause she
drinks LOTS of Starbucks coffee
since she didn't know who i was

she called me Mary

well
i made a few & lost the directions
people keep asking me for one
so, i reknit one today

tweeking the pattern

gonna knit a few this weekend

using left overs

coffee cup sleeve

it's LARGE enuff

to cover the 16 oz cup

maybe i should have

felted it a bit more

wonder how it fits a 20oz cup

pre-felting

hhhhhmmmmm

did i make it too big??

paton's classic wool

2 hours to knit

20 minutes to felt

# 8 circs

tam blocked

looks better blocked

got this from Penny

NEW series

the 2nd book

Mayhem in Miniatures

comes out in Aug

this looks to be a good treadmill read

OMG!!!!

what some people will TRY to do

http://www.zug.com/gab/index.cgi?func=view_thread&thread_id=68619

Bud Light Ad

BudLightC...mpa (2.5 MB)

new meaning to talking out of your butt

this is SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOO KEWL!!!!

Can you pass the Citizenship Test

http://content.gannettonline.com/gns/citizenship/citizenship_trivia.html

i got them all right

guess i won't be deported

WHEW!!!

had me a bit worried

what i am reading now

so, i started the Suspect

by John Lescroart

gonna hit the treadmill

& read some more

it's SO GREAT not to have to

wear readers

oh yeah ..

this is a sequel to a book

i already have but haven't read

once again ...

i have been tagged by Penny

This is a very easy one for those of you I tag.
The Rules
1.Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages.
2.Open the book to page 123 and find the 5th sentence.
3.Post the next 3 sentences.
4.Tag 5 people

OK, so the NEAREST book is
No Idle Hands (i'm not sure why i got it out- it's on the nightstand)
so following the rules
page 123
The ensuing sock knitting craze gripped the state and
assured that no Alabama soldier would lack warm socks
even though he suffered from other shortages. Attached
to a shipment of 12,000 pairs went this note from the knitters:"[M]any willing fingers are diligently plying
their needles to furnish much more needed socks."
These fingers continued until Alabama's heavy casualties
compelled them to produce linen and bandages for hospitals.

but the book i am reading is slightly farther from me
on the floor
The Suspect
haven't gotten to page 123 yet, but here goes
"God-dammit, Stuart! It never happened is not the
same thing as they won't find out. Because they always
find out!

now ... who to tag
Cathy in Ohio
Carol
Keppy (from INDY)
Monica
Nikki

FINISHED!!

finished reading ALL the

Janet Evanovich/Stephanie Plum books

not sure what i will read next

will be knitting on wed thur

my day so far

had an eye dr appt @ 9
got up @ 8:45
made it on time
the eye doc decided to have me
try bi-focal contacts
i can see my phone without readers
WHO-HOOOOOO
i can read
play on the 'puter
knit
life is GREAT!!!!

talked to the lady @ storage unit

she is a TEA drinker

she told me where the health food shop is

came home & played with the cappicino machine

on my 2nd cup of chai latte

not even noon

and i have accomplished stuff

gotta do laundry next

Britain is Repossessing he USA

A Message from John Cleese
To: The citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections.
Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.
A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.
To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.
2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix-ize will be replaced by the suffix-ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').
3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.
4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.
5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.
6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.
7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.
8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.
9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline)-roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.
10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.
11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as Lager. New Zealand beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.
12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.
14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.
15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.
16. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).
17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.

God Save the Queen.
Only He can.
John Cleese

FUN despite Mother Nature

so, in case you haven't heard

there were tornados & T-storms

around atlanta the other day

messed with alot of travel plans

we were on a plane for a while

got to houston about 2:30 AM

several hours late

had fun flying with Chandler

then Rose

will fly with FO again soon

Cpt has a great sense of humor

but he got a stupid song stuck in my head

ya know the add for FreeCreditReport.com

the one with the guy working in a fish place

it's his favorite song

now i got it goin' thru my head

no knitting

and very little reading this weekend

HAD FUN!!

lunch

cp & i walked to McD's

i got a salad & SHAMROCK SHAKE

it's my calcium for the day

been getting leg cramps when i am

on the ground

need to drink more milk & eat

more yogurt

bought a cappicino machine so i

can NOW make my own Lattes

$10 supplies makes 16 lattes

instead of $4 a hit PLUS gas

i drink lattes when i fly

gonna knit

got a few hours to kill

just finished # 11 Stephanie Plum

so, i will work on the 2nd tam

will have 2+ hours to knit in ATL

before i head to HOU

i JUST died

well
i got home from El Paso
no mail
so, on a lark
i checked
I DIED when i opened the mailbox about 6:08 PM

the death came swiftly but NOT painfully
in the form of a warm green hat
embellished with a butterfly

death can't be bad if it's via a butterfly

also found a tin of altoid
and SOMEONE did me a favor by eating them

instead of altoids
i found

a tiny knit heart
and a bracelet
and some REALLY neat stitch markers

and a note saying
Sorry, you are dead

THANK YOU MARIA

i love it all
and the painfree death as well

at 2:15 .. the doorbell rang

with much trepidation

i went to answer it

it was Fed-Ex

dropping off a package for the room mate

mail had come

NO hat

i live for a while longer

if it's NOT in friday's mail

i will get it late afternoon / early evening

i won't get it till mon nite

around midnite

i did received notice that the usps

delivered my weapon of death to tracy

about 5:08 PM

need a day off

putting in for May 22nd off

INDY comes back to the BIG screen

hopin' there are 2 more

both with the kid

adding DAD would be better

can't wait

gonna start watching the first 3 now

so i am prepared for INDY

when he returns

get to liive another day

so, the mail has come
the hat didn't
DARN!!
i could use the hat today
it's almost freezing out

oh well..

like George Burns used to say

i'm not in the obits

so it's safe to get up & start the day

yeah ...

missed breakfast

need to fix the nail i broke yesterday

when i fell off the rollerblades

need to do laundry

need to pack

wanna knit

the return of winter

the temp has been dropping all day

it's NOW 34 degrees

i played on the internet

i finished reading # 10

now, i s'pose i should do something

even if it's wrong

gonna go see IF i am dead yet

maybe then, i'll have an excuse to get out of bed

gonna eat breakfast

made a cup of tea

mite knit

OH YEAH!!!

not dead yet

WISH LIST

SO, I JOINED
http://crochetswapblog.blogspot.com/
about a year ago
in time for the March '07 swap
i posted my wish list here
http://crochetswapblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/h-i-my-name-is-cathy-and-i-am-new-here.html

now i probably need to post a NEW one

are you a knitter or crocheter? Knitter
I love to make .. hats, mittens, gloves, sarves, sox, dishcloths & felted bags
i really want to make ..
my favorite yarns are .. natural fibers
my wish pattern is ..
my favorite hooks or needles are .. circs
i really wish i had ..
my favorite colors are .. blue & green, purple, magenta, hot pink & cobalt blue
my hobbies .. knitting & reading & walking (treadmill if it has to be indoors)
my kitchen theme & colors ..
my bathroom theme & colors ..
my dislikes .. acrylic, shoveling snow
my crafts .. what i like .. knitting (it's portable)
my allergies .. HOUSEWORK, mild allergy to peanuts
my favorite pets ..
my favorite scents .. pumpkin pie & autumnal
my favorite novels or magazines .. Janet Evanovich, Mary Higgins Clark, Patricia Cornwall, Carol Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton
other stuff about me .. life shouldn't be about drama ..
when i turned "50" i decided to take life more slowly,
appreciate what it is

HATS

so, a while ago

i found some jewel jitterbug

i have black sport luet

i was gonna knit the mitts

but they would look better

in Jewel & WHITE

i am waiting for the

white to arrive

ITMT

found this hat pattern

not sure WHY i like to knit hats

i rarely wear them

BUT i like this hat

don't NEED another hat

gave away 5 when i moved

but THIS hat keeps calling to me

from Sam

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-walt-babyboomers-blurb,0,1036393.blurb

Tam "A" = DONE!!!

needs blocking

but i LOVE this tam

just what i need

for 60 degrees in Atlanta

i get to live another day

the mail arrived

the hat didn't

i saw DAFFODILS

real LIVE growing in the dirt DAFFODILS
i LOVE Daffodils
they mean,
they are sssoooooo cheerful
spring is almost here

walked for an hour thru the woods
heard birds chirping
saw a creek that s NOT totally dried up

muscles can be felt
lungs work

gonna eat lunch & maybe go out again in a few hours
maybe after dinner
gonna make pineapple upside down cake

so ...

i strapped on the elbow pads
i strapped on the knee pads
i put the blades on
i put the iPod in my jean pocket
i went outside
locked the front door
put on the wrist protectors
i LOOK ridiculous

and slid across the fron tporch

if the pillar had NOT been there

it would have been ugly

i have white paint on my shirt

didn't hurt the left elbow

i landed partly on my butt

NO pad needed there

took off the blades

and the pads

got OFF the driveway

went back into the house

put on shoes

think i will WALK

it's safer

another thing to WORRY about

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from Debbie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fda4_wo6JI

options for today

i have had 1/2 my calcium
in the form of a Vente Chai Lattee
i mailed the weapon of death

so

what do i do now

i can hit the treadmill & read

i can finish the tam

i could rollerblade

where did i put the blades

it is GORGEOUS outside

if you don't hear from me

i killed myself trying

to act like a kid

Weapon of death ...

at 10:58 am

the weapon of death

started it's journey to kill

Tracy in Austin

she will be dead by sat

maybe sooner

IF i don't get the mail

i won't die

TAM "A"

i was confused on the deceases

Debbie Barisa explained it to me

i'l finish it today

i mite start the 2nd one right away

i am thinkin'

of knitting 2 out of the same

color & pattern

just do a shadow

this will give me the practice i need

for the gloves

today is Knit to gethers

afternoon @ Assisted Living Center

evening @ Books-a-Million

i will get a CHAI LATTE tonight

buying a cappichino/expresso machine

then i can make them at home

1 large = 1/2 my calcium for the day

on the way to the po

MARIA finished my hat

i am guessing it is on the way

my death is immenent

Tracy's hat is on the way to

the PO

i will send off HER weapon of death

before MINE arrives to cause my demise

the ne Maria made me

will be kinda of compliant

i WILL wear it when i

go to KOLD places

DONE!!!!

the weapon of death

will be sent to the victim on tue

DEATH ...

The weapon of death is complete
Too bad I can't send it until tomoro

10:30 mon - gotta fly

finished 37 out of 49

ready to decrease

the hat is ready for decreases

stitches are on 2 circs

ANOTHER good one from Penny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TVOXdNkFo

FUN at work

SO, it's been a FUN 2 days

half th etrip is now over

last nite when we got to Knoxville

we went to get food & drink

i got carded

hehehehehehehehehehehe

today, i slept in

sleep GREAT in Knoxville & Midway

it's the hotel beds

ate breakfast

came back to the room

talked to a friend i hadn't talked to in a while

not i have 4 hours to work on the hat

while we sat in ATL yesterday

i read instead of knit

finished 8 1/2

started 9 when i got back to the room