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some knittin'

slept most of the day

bronchitis is MOSTLY whipped

ears are better today

got a little ove an hour i can knit

before i get ready for work

this is 7 pattern repeats

DRACO is telling me to knit

don't wanna look out the window to see what

the weather is doing

heard the DREADED "S" word

is predicted

YIKES!!!

68 at home

34 & "S" here

summer sox for work

Regia plus Cotton

Navy & Black Tweed

2.25 mm needles

pattern is on of the corn yarns

from New Yarns or Whenever Again

for April

busy latley

finished the headband at the PJ party

got a major sinus infection

& bronchitis

went to dr

on anti-biotics, sleep & liquids

worked with Patricia & Deon

had a BLAST

went to Monterey with LaTesha

had fun

slep most of today

ears still bother me

gonna fly next 4 days with Peggy

WHO-HOOOOOO!!!!!

gonna have fun

need sox for summer for work

wool will be too warm

FO!!

headband was finished on Fri

at the pajama party

then it was blocked

later

when it was dry

it was worn for about 8 hours

what a cutie

miss seeing the munchkins

i will have to head north

when it warms up

Irritating passengers

So I have time to kill waiting for sue
I sit in an empty gate with 3 dozen empty seats
I put on the iPod
A woman sits down DIRECTLY behind me
She is on her cell
Yak yak yak
LOUDER than my iPod
Her perfume is annoying me
Then she starts laughing and hitting the back of my seat
I get up & move the row of seats so theyare not back to back
She STILL hits my seatback
I start sneezing
She tells the person she is talking to that people should NOT be allowed to travel when they are sick
I am sure she thinks I can't hear her
So, very LOUDLY I say "people should be considerate of others. I am NOT sick, your perfume,of which you are wearing too much, is setting off my allergies"
Since I am dressed as a passenger, she can't say much
3 other passengers thanked me
She left
I can hear my iPod again
The sneezing stops
LIFE is GOOD

Stupid needles

The balen needles will be replaced
They are TOO pointy
And hurts
AND drew blood
White yarn & blood don't mix
Actually
Blood doesn't go with ANY yarn

Almost

Sue's plane is off the gate bu NOT in the air
Due in @11:38 am
I am sitting across from her gate

Part 1 of the "pajama party"

Made it to Cleveland
Changed into jeans & t-shirt
Have store bought sox on
They are KUTE but I don't like them
They don't fit rite
AND they are nylon

2 hours till Sue gets here
Then we find Kathy & ride to Mi
Think I will knit

progress on the headband

about 1/2 done

it's BRITE!!!

& i LOVE it

can't wait till it's cold enuff

to wear it

maybe in Mi this weekend

dehydrated

so i am feeling dehydrated

i am TRYING to push

water & juice

i grabbed a wine glass

filled it with pomegrante juice

almost killed the bottle

well ...

Pam comes in & sees me drinking the juice

from the wine glass & asks if i was drinking WINE

nope ..

i just like drinking from stemware

anyways

i can tell the liquid push is helping

my head doesn't feel like it's

got concrete in it again

gotta get some sleep

have to be up in 6 hours

headband

i couldn't find the sox

so, i picked up the headband to work on

on the 2nd row of the graph

realized a minute ago

the sox are packed to go to the pajama party

i HATE it when my brain doesn't work

allergies are kicking up

things are blooming & budding in GA

it looks pretty

it will take a day or so to adjust

EXCITED about the pajama party

Cathy Rod is coming too

it will be GREAT to hang with knitters

i'll KNIT while i'm alive

i'll sleep when i'm dead

need a swift

buy some Tinkertoys

sock lesson

So, Sue came over to learn about sock knitting

we got to Gusset Decreases

then i figured out that she didn't

have enuff rows for the heel flap

she understands what to do

i wrote her a pattern to follow

she decided not to frog

someone will be able to wear the sox

it was FUN

got 4 repeats done on the pajama party sox

she said she could HEAR the yarn

the corn yarn does kinda squeek

off to wally-world for essentials

then

work on the sox

will take them with me tonite @

Books-a-Million

sleep

when i get home from a trip

i want/NEED sleep

Monday i woke up with

a sinus eadache

my eyeballs hurt

slept MOST of the day

so, now it's tuesday

i am awake

i COULD knit

i gotta pack for the pajama pary

missed mon nite knit

gotta find the sinus headache med

so i can get rid of the residual headache

my left eye hurts

RATZ!!!

forgot the contact check

not making any progress on the sox

since i slept all day

can't find the pattern for the coffee cup sleeve

so i will have to play with that again

forget what needles i used

trying to decide IF i should stay up & knit

or try to sleep some more

SHOULD call the Dr in the morning

get meds to kick this crap so i don't get

too sick to party like it's 1999

yeah ...

i doubdt any of the knitters will be partying

like that

if I drink i can't knit

Pajama Party Sox - 1st pair

3 PM - Chicago time

2 pattern repeats

Corn yarn is interesting

2.75 mm circs

already have idea for 2nd & 3rd pair

12:55 PM Chicago time

started sox

tok the orange yarn,

2.75 mm circs & a pattern i knit

a while ago

on 2nd round

to tired to find the sox & cell

to take a pic

think i will take a nap

it's NOT like i worked hard today

DRACO came along

but since it was 45 degrees in El Paso

he stayed in the bag

EVERYone knows

dragons don't like cold weather

since i am going to Chicago

and Minneapolis this weekend

DRACO may stay home to guard

the "CASTLE"

back to work

so, i have had enjoyable days off
i watched the squirrels play
i watched birds
i walked thru the woods
i watched the rain
i took naps

i got MOST of my knitting needles back to where

they belong

then, i found more

i did some housework

i washed all the bedding & towels

almost got all the laundry done

met a bunch of local knitters

found out there will be a brick & mortar LYS

nearby ... soon

finished the 3rd Plate Warmer

think i know what 1 pair of Pajama Party Sox

will look like

now to start knitting

will have to wait till i fri when i get to Chicago

when i get home tomoro

i want to finish putting my room to right

gotta pack to go out on fri

right now

i need to catch some ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

gotta fly @ 8 am

home tomoro about 6PM

DRACO is gonna stay home tomoro

since we are only going to

El Paso & back

he will resume flying on FRI

something else to make

of course,

i want the bag felted for durabiliy

hhhmmmmm

now to figure out a pattern

AFTER the Pajama Party Sox

authors to read

a pax on a plane gave me some authors to read

Joanne Fluke

Rita Mae Brown

Lillian Jackson Braun

Loren Barenson

Carol Nelosn Douglas

they are mostly mysteries

think solved by

or central charaters are animals

in REAL life

her sister is Pat(Pixie) Maze

a designer mentioned in one of the Crewel World books

by Monica Ferris

another PLATE WARMER done

this is the LAST PLATE WARMER

i will be knitting for a while

need to knit some sox these 2 pix don't show the color changes

when the warmer dries - blocking now

you will be able to see the color changes

you CAN see the striping here


1 PM Wed Mar 5

this is my FAV of the 3 color combos

yet another

http://kathleen-dakotadreams.blogspot.com/2007/11/freebie-friday-picot-hem-snowflake-hat.html

oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh another one

Sunflower Tam
by Norah Gaughan
published in Knitting Nature

progress on Tam "B"

knit today during the rain

took a few naps

it's good to nap during rain storms

gonna go to Books-a-Million

and meet MORE local knitters

met Janet & other local knitters

at B&N in fayetteville on Mon nite

this is how far i got

Debbie is up to her OLD ways

so, once again

Debbie the "TEMPTRESS"

has found something for me to make

another plate warmer

contact check

so

today i got the contacts checked

dr tweaked them

the first set

had some distance issues

BUT NOW!!

i can read the stuff on the shelves

i can see to drive

i can read without glasses

i can knit

i can read instructions so i can

safely cook once again

i think the NEW contacts

will be GREAT!!!!!!

WHO-HHHHOOOOOOO!!!!!!

we can take showers next month
and do laundry
AND run the dishwasher

yup,

been raining about 12 hours

had so much rain

it's accumulating & pooling

means i gotta use the treadmill today

bummer

squirrels won't come out to play in the rain

da TAMS

so, i was at wally-world tonite
for $1.72, i can buy a 11" plastic plate
bought 3
1 for each tam
will hang them on the wall as "ART"

it was tuff to get the tam over the edge
and when it was on, the fit is PERFECTO!!!!

just gotta figure out how to hang it
couldn't find the fabric thingy that sticks to the back

hhmmmmmm
i can look tomoro @ home depot after i get the contacts checked

the walk

OK

so i walked thru the woods for over an hour

went a different direction today

saw LOTS of squirrels

they didn't show up in the photos

saw a bunch of different colored /sizes of birds

again

didn't show up in the photos

people playing golf didn't show up either

anyways

i had an enjoyable afternoon

gotta do domestic goddess stuff now

so i can go knit later

gonna meet knitters

tonite, i am goin' to
Barnes & Nobles in Fayettville
to meet sonm local knitters
WILL be fun
now ..
what to take

my walk today

time to do something ...

even if it's wrong

so far today

had 2 slices of toasted Pulbix breakfast bread with

peanut butter on them

3 cups of Sunset Cinnamon Latte

used skim milk

fewer calories - tastes as good

gonna put on shorts

and sunglasses

and iPod

gonna go outside

taking the cell so i can take pix

hair drier

i bought a NEW hair dryer

it's one of the new "sraightening" kind

so far

i LIKE it

the hair even looks good the next day

a thought

yeah, i KNOW

bad idea to think

anyways

i have 2 tams

i won't wear them

don't want to give them away

they took too long to make

they are an accomplishment in knitting

so, i will felt them slightly

to shrink them about 1 1/2"

put them on Frisbees

hang them on the wall as ART

since i don't really need plate warmers

view from the Treadmill in the sun room at home

This is what I see while I am on the treadmill

when i am at home

There were squirells playing

But they disappeared before I got the camera

see ...

DAFFODILS in the side yard

putting on clothes & sox & shoes

gonna go walk thru the woods

it's 66 degrees out

and only 11 AM

toenail

my toenail that got infected

when i got a pedicure last summer

and fell off this past winter

has almost completly grown back

in time to get polished so i can

wear sandals

DRACO

DRACO has decided he has stayed home

guarding the "Castle" long enuff

he wanted to go to Jamacia with me

i didn't take him

OOOOPPPPPZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!

he WANTS to go to the Pajama Party

and to Mexico this month

so, once again

DRACO will fly

Tam Progress

as i work a round

i highlight it on the graph

when i start a new time of knitting

i change colors of the highlighter

getting ready to start round 10 of the graph

the striping SWS is the MC

the SNOW is the CC

i really like the way it's coming out

doubdt i do the shadow of this one

i think i am about done with tams for now

it's 55 degrees out

s'posed to get to mid - high 70's

yarn for Pajama Party Sox

yarn arrived 2-29 now that it's here

i have decide which color to play with first

it's YUMMY yarn

WHITE Corn yarn arrived

using Jewel Jitterbug & White Corn yarn
for the mitts & headband
think the WHITE will pop
gotta make the 2 pair of Pajama Party Sox first
cast on 2 - 29
can't wait to knit them

pj's

bought the Pajamas

and sock type slippers

for the party

on Fri March 15th

in Adrian Mi

who-hooooo

counting the days till i get

to see all my knitter friends

not wearing the jammies

till i get to Cleveland

Girlie Stuff

i don't wear a lt of make-up
i don't do the cleaning, toning & moisturizing
BEFORE i put on foundation
in fact, i don't wear that either
and now i hear i have to get one with
a sunscreen in it

so, i have been told i SHOULD wear make-up

i wear mascara & shadow

so the quandry

what COLOR

what stuff to wear

eyebrow pencil or gel

eye liner - liquid or pencil

lip liner - WHY??

lipstick - the tube or the 12 - 18 hour kind

blush then where does it go

not to mention the correct color of shadow

so, i go to buy stuff

i am confused about ALL the options

now i know why i don't do the girlie stuff

pb & j

so, lately
in a discussion of food
pb & j came up

so, for the record

Bread

1. Health Nut
2. Multi Grain
3. Whole Grain

PB

CRUNCHY

Jif

currently the jar in the pantry is Creamy Peter Pan

not gonna go buy a jar till it's done

it's good enuff for now

JAM

not Jelly

if it's Grape it HAS to be Welches

otherwise it's Smuckers

PERSONAL favorite is Blackberry / Black Raspberry JAM

close 2nd is Red Raspberry

that being said

if i am at someone's house

OR a FA has the suppiles

i will eat whatever i am given

to be polite