FUN last nite

Had a blast
Even learned how to set a table
Didn't cook much
I tend to burn food on the stove

I m in love

His name is will
Blue eyes
Blonde hair
Left handed
Articulate
Polite
Smart as a whip
Knows what sox are
Knows where his sox are
Knows where my sox are

Oh yeah. He's 18 months

My day

Got to work
Worked with Reid before
When we were in Houston. He told me the chicken wings were mild ... My lips were numb for 3 hours
Darian & I worked together on a 4 day . . He is fun
The other pilot was from Fort Wayne
Had fun
It was KOLD in Dulles
Went to New York & back to Dulles
Went to New Orleans
It' 70 out
I am wearing TOO many clothes
Forgot my flip-flops
But, since I forgot to polish my nails
NO big deal

FUN tonite

Pam is the MOSTEST fun room mate i have ever had

she suggested that since we were both home tonite

we have a couple of friends over for dinner

she kept ribbing me about my inability to cook

the fact i BURN most of the stuff i cook

the smoke detector goin' off when i cook

little does she realize

i WANT people to think i can't cook

then they don't EXPECT it

heheheheheh

we had a BLAST!!!!!!!

4 1/2 hours of laughter

GREAT company

good food

it will be awhile before we are BOTH home

at the same time

in Que

after knitting the Odessa

on # #6 needles using sport yarn

and moving boxes for 4 days

my hands are sore & i can't use small needles

this is the next sock yarn i will use

to make SPA SOX

the pattern will go up on New Yarns

when i get that far

probably next week

i HATE wearing hats

i LOVE knitting them

welll ...

i LOVE this new hat

it's on my head as i type

NEW project

in my mind

i see a Hat, Mittens & Scarf

so, since i have rediscovered yarn

i feel inclined to knit things i see in my head

i bought this yarn for a scarf

changed directions

so i STILL have the yarn

it's 4 strands of different colored yarn

all combined into one

Nancy thinks it's wool

she sold it to me QUITE a while ago

like a year or more
starting with an i-cord cast on
there is a tutorial online
cast on 3
they are the left needle
K F&B, K2 (right needle)
transfer 3 st to left needle
keep going till you have your # of stitches required
for your cast on PLUS 2
K2Tog, K2
slip them back
K2Tog, K2
you now have the number of stitches you need

NANCY has a different way
3 st i-cord for X rows (# of stitches required)
minus 3
pick up the stitches off the i-cord
joining as you start

so, using one of those techniques
i will start my hat
since i didn't know how many stitches i will need
i did a swatch
yeah, yeah ...
the DREADED swatch
so i now know how many stitches i will need for the hat
then i will progress to the mittens
then use the remaining yarn for a scarf

UNLESS i can find the black alpaca
then i can make a scarf for work
since i washed the baby monkey scarf & thru
it in the dryer
stupid thing SHRUNK!!!!!
i need a larger scarf

abs need SERIOUS help

after 2 etopics & 1 hysto

i have NO ab muscles

so a few years ago

i bought an ab slide

i gave it to my neice when i

left Indy

well .. i found this one

it will disassemble so i can take it with me

when i fly

and it was $15 including shipping

so, it arrived while i was gone

used it on Mon

and tues

later tues when i laughed

it HURT

that means the muscles have been awakened

talking to Nancy last nite

i was laughing more

it HURTS (in a good way) to laugh

used it today

will use it before i go to bed

i can feel UPPER Abs

Obliques & arm muscles

AARP

i got my AARP card in the mail

today

not sure IF this is good or bad

WHO-HOOOO

i got to see where Sandra Bullock lives

i am wearing a HAT!!!!!

12:18 PM

DONE!!!!!!

i made it ONE repeat longer

it's the Odessa Hat

cuff = #4 balene circ

hat = 6 balene circ

decreases = # 6 bamboo DPS

i have it on

will try to get a pic of it

STILL in my jammies

haven't had breakfast

so, i guess i will skip it

and have lunch

ready for decreases

and switching to DPS

grumble, grumble SNARL!!

i don't like DPS

i should look for another circ

but that could take a while

i will suffer with the DPS

i can finish the hat in less than an hour

and wear JUST because it's finished

gonna try to hook up with some other knitters

later in the afternoon

so, want the hat on my head when i arrive

heheheheheh

ONLY a knitter would understand

ANOTHER from Penny

don't have liquid in your mouth

when you click on the link

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071221/MULTIMEDIA/283841756

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

THANKS Penny

i NEEDED a laugh

Lately

i have been re-evaluating life

i try to be HAPPY with what i have

i try NOT to dwell on the past

the past has brought me to where i am

i have plenty of people that were for a reason

i LEARNED from the experience

then today

in my e-mail i get this from Penny

http://www.dashpoemmovie.com/

it's thought provoking

THANKS PENNY

Benny Hill

BENNY HIL...wmv (2014.7 KB),

Penny sent me the link to Benny Hill video

i LOVED Benny Hill

now i have become

one of the old folks

that sit & reminice aout

life in the "GOOD OLD DAYS"

AAT

time to kill in Chicago

waiting for the plane

spent it rockin'

got to see Gabby before breakfast

met a nutritionalist on the plane

heard about $1 movies @ the theater

in Fayetteville

all in all

an OK day

it was LONG!!!

headin' to bed

finished #2 Stephanie Plum

spent 35 minutes on the treadmil

walked a little over 1.5 miles

burned 120 calories

wasn't knittin'

i read instead

LOVE Stephanie Plum

finished One for the Money

yeah, yeah ..

i NEED a hat in Chicago

but i needed to laugh too

so, i will knit for an hour

till it's time to get ready for work

i can start Two for the Dough

later

i think i read the first 5

but it's like starting FRESH
can't wait to see what trouble

that Stephanie gets into

Ranger & Morelli

HUBBA HUBBA!!

:)

da treadmill

so i went to use the treadmill

30 minutes

1.53 miles

120 calories

but the BEST part

i ran into a friend from Indy

she told me i had lost weight

she liked the hair -color & length

i smiled MORE in 15 mins of talking

to her than i did in the 4 days we worked

together a year ago

she said she could tell i was HAPPY

it was great to see her

catch up with each other's lives

she is one of the few things

i MISS about INDY

anyways

4 hours to kill before i gotta get ready

for work

gonna knit

mite get to wear the hat this weekend

afterall

Stephanie Plum books

1. One for the Money (started 1-25)
2. Two for the Dough
3. Three to get Deadly
4. Four to Score
5. High Five
6. Hot Six
7. Seven Up
8. Hard Eights
9. to the Nines
10. Vision of Sugar Plums
11. Ten Big Ones
12. Eleven on Top
13. Twelve Sharp
14. Plum Lovin'
15. Lean Mean Thirteen
16. Plum Lucky

DONE READING!!

finished the last of the Bad Hair Mysteries

i REALLY liked the series

started One for the Money

the first of the Stephanie Plum series

i laughed so hard a few times

i almost fell out of my chair

headin' down to get breakfast

hope i can read & treadmill at the same time

then it will be back to the room to knit on the hat

hopin' there is something on TV to watch to help

me knit

got 6 hours to kill

oh yeah

there is SNOW in Chicago

more on the way

hopin' i don't get STUCK here today

makin' progress :(

2 3/4" at 2 PM

lookin' GREAT!!

it helps to add the markers

it's easier to see a missed stitch

12:16 PM

done froggin'

1 3/4 "

time to start again

treadmill

25 minutes

1.3 miles

burned 72 calories

read pages 108 - 165

4 chapters

to the frog pond i go

see the holes

RATZ!!!!!!!

3" => almost half done

a froggin' i will go

10:15 AM

HOT feet

My feet are HHHHHOOOTTTT!!!!
Must have something to do with the angora in the sox
Its cold in ATL & men are whining
I amTOASTY!!!!!

Warm sox are a wonderful thing

my scale is BROKE!!

the Dr's scale says i weigh 194

MY scale says i weigh 148

i KNOW it's lying to me

i guess i had better get rid of it

Sox & Blockers

so, if my feet are cold

I am cold

so i started making hand knit sox

by now

i should have WAY TOO Many pairs

however

alot of them have shrunk

despite being superwash

so, i learned

i needed Sock Blockers

i have 3 or 4 pair of Chappy's

Cathy's DH started making replicas

of antique wood blockers so i bought a few pair

i can hang them up to dry

it takes an hour or so because of the holes

in the wood

then

i heard about plastic ones

they are $10 each

got 6 = 3 pair

i STILL have sox that need to dry

so i will have to get MORE sock blockers

since i ususally do a weeks worth of laundry at a time

gonna get wooden ones from Cathy

because they HANG better than the plastic ones

i COULD do laundry more often

but what's the fun in that??

stuff

so,

Halloween 2003 i retired

moved Dec 2003 to the trailer

Oct 2005 i moved to Indy

Dec 2005, stuff was put in the shed

Jan 2006, i moved to house in Indy

June 2007, stuff was packed & put into storage

July 2007 moved to Snellville

Oct 2007 moved to Stockbridge

Nov 2007 i moved to PTC

Dec 2007 stuff moved from Indy to garage in PTC

spent the last few days sorting thru - throwing away

giving away - packing BACK up & putting into storage

i have WWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much stuff

my back is killing me

called Nancy

she said to get Bayer Back & Body

i don't hurt anymore

1st load of laundry just finished

2 more to go

then i gotta pack

MOST of the knitting is in the storage locker

i do NOT want too much clutter in my room

i will have to get RID of more yarn

some will be gifted & ROAKed

some will be given to Sr Center

if i lived FIVE lifetimes

i won't use it all

listening to CD's while i work

i LOVE having MY music here

it' makes it HOME!!

Penny TAGGED me .. :P

so, i have been tagged by Penny ( the BRAT!!! JUST kidding )
for 7 Random Facts Meme

• Here are the rules, and they must be posted to your blog.
• Link to the person’s blog who tagged you (see above).
• List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself.
• Tag seven random people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs.
• Let each person know that they have been tagged by posting a comment on their blog and also so they can look at your blog and not tag the same people all over again!
• Let the fun begin.

the Facts

1. i Lived on the African Continent when i was 3 - 5
2. i like TREES - hiking thru, driving thru, just staring at
3. i have WAY TOOOOO Many UFO's - knitting, needlepoint & who knows what else
4. if my feet are cold, i am cold .. it's why i learned to knit wool sox in 2001
5. i don't miss not having children but i DO Miss not having Grandchildren
6. i like to read series books .. it's sort of like the story always continues
7. my musical taste is eclectic .. will switch from ROCK to country to Classical in the same day

so ... WHO shall i tag - do i KNOW 7 people to tag .. hhhmmm lemme see

1. OK, so ABBY makes me laugh .. so she will be # 1
2. Cathy in Ohio is another almost daily read - even when she is too busy to post
3. Carol the Sock Diva is another fav - can't wait till her book comes out
4. one of the bad things about leaving Indiana is i won't get to visit with Chris the pyro
5. maybe if i tag NANCY, she will post on her blog
6. Sue has completed her short row heels, i NEED to try them again .. i can't let something as simple as a heel beat me
7. Ang made me a Little Red Bag in a prior swap & she is in the Glove KAL

• well i gotta get laundry done
• and packed
• & run the dishwasher
• & CLEAN my room - it's toooo cluttered right now

LATER, gonna have dinner with a friend

FUN!!

had fun flying with Gabriele

she & i will be in the same place

Fri & Sat

WHO-HOOOOOO
i mite make it to the treadmill

after all

she lives 20 minutes from me

so, she will show me around

when we are both off

ONE to go

so, instead of knitting the HAT

that i DO need

it's 19 degrees in Atlanta

it snowed

i MISSED it

:(

i am in Chicago where it's -4

so, instead of knitting

i READ

getting ready to go to breakfast

will take the last book with me

to start while i eat

after i am done with the BAD HAIR mysteries

i will read the Stephanie Plum books

no, i didn't make it to the treadmill

maybe IF i had

i would have gotten more reading done

READING

just finished # 7

ready to start # 8

OR i could knit

i will NEED the hat

in Chicago & possibly

Atlanta

i can take the book downstairs & read

on the treadmill

'course

my body thinks it's 8PM
even tho the clock says 7PM

Weather

2:55 it started SNOWING in PTC
3:45 it turned to sleet
4:15 to rain
5:38 sounds like sleet
But looked out to see SNOW!!

hats

So ..for work we need black hats
I go to the frozen north this month
So I WILL need a hat
I HATE to wear hats

But I saw this hat
KUTE!!
I have black sport yarn
Went to Hobby Lobby & bought
Beads that will work

also bought balene circs

didn't like them at first

but now that i have some knitting on the

needle

i am liking them better

Books to Read

for those of you that reading Knitting Related books

Monica Ferris has a NEW book outs

aw it in the bookstore

no i didn't get it

but i am REALLY thinkin' of buying all of them &

reading them in order

waiting to unpack ALL the boxes before

i buy any books

don't need duplicates

NEW Book is "Knitting Bones"

for a complete list starting with the CURRENT

Knitting Bones (Berkley/Prime Crime, December 2007)

Sins and Needles (Berkley/Prime Crime, 2006)

Embroidered Truths (Berkley/Prime Crime, 2005)

Crewel Yule (Berkley/Prime Crime Hardcover, October 2004)

Cutwork (Berkley/Prime Crime, January 2004)

Hanging by a Thread (Berkley/Prime Crime, January 2003)

A Murderous Yarn (Berkley/Prime Crime, March 2002)

Unraveled Sleeve (Berkley/Prime Crime, July 2001)

A Stitch in Time (Berkley/Prime Crime, July 2000)

Framed in Lace (Berkley/Prime Crime, November 1999)

Crewel World (Berkley/Prime Crime, March 1999)

i think i read the first 5

don't know which ones i own

will find out in a few days /week

when i sort thru boxes

will start them again once i finish the

"BAD HAIR" mysteries

got MOST of the Janet Evanovich - missing 13

so,i MAY read them first

i will start reading on the treadmill .. AGAIN!!!

i can read & walk for hours ...

domestic inclinations

so, it's winter in GA

i got sick

maybe not eating right

so i have been cooking

Spaghetti

Chili

White Chili

then since i am home

i went grocery shopping

cooked a roast in the crockpot

made clam chowder

made potato soup

will NEED to buy a freezer soon

but IF i am hungry

can go to the freezer & nuke something

warm & tasty AND HEALTHY!!!

gonna try my hand at

Baked Potato Soup on thur

after i get home from work

hhhmmmmmm

what for breakfast

chili

clam chowder

potato soup

hanging the sock blockers

i bought the plastic

clippy things @ Target

they go over the plastic hanger

when i do laundry

i hang the sock blocker

from the clippy thing

after i take the sock blockers off

i can hang skirts & pants on the hangers

sock blockers

i have several pair of wooden ones that Chappy's hubby made

bought some to give to test knitters

MINE are packed in my stuff

boxes to go thru & somewhere between Indy & Atlanta

Cathy's hubby made me 4 pair

2 were gifted

i bought a few pair of the plastic ones from Loopy Ewe

didn't know they had wooden ones

may buy a pair

JUST because

THEN i see this tutorial

to make my own

yes i need several pairs

you can never have too many

sock blockers

i hang them in the bathroom to dry the sox on

when i feel domestically inclined

i do laundry

that encompasses many pairs of sox

FINITO!!!

the SAGA!!!

it all started when i joined the Harvest Sock Swap

i was to knit a sock for Carly

so, being me

i decided to have Nancy dye the yarn

but i wanted sox for MOI as well

so, she sent 2 skeins of yarn she dyed

i wound the yarn for Carly's sock

i developed a pattern

i knit Carly's sock

then i started my sox
after i was cruising down the foot
it became evident that there was a possibility
of running short of yarn
so i asked Nancy to dye more
it was getting into the holidays
and i was asked to knit for CPY
and i wanted the sox DONE!!!
so i had her send me a solid
i forgot to take pix before i started frogging
i frogged my sox to where the heel starts
put on a solid foot

recalculated

still unsure about the yardage

frogged Carly's sock to where the heel starts

put on a NEW heel

re-knit the foot

put on a NEW toe

then i finished MINE
so, now the pattern & yarn & needles

are ready to travel north to Carly

with the completed sock

hopefully

she won't mind the wait

too KUTE!!

http://www.lulu.com/content/917859

i could make a BUNCH of these

give them to munchkins for birthday gifts

heck i could give them

to the sibs

and adult children

they would think i lost

what is left of my mind

hehehehe

make a few

IF i do a swap

include one

lemme see

i started making a Whidbey

made 2 dozen of so

made a few Rhodies

then i made a few Casey

only one Julius

think i have 2 of them left

didn't burn down the house

bought a chicken
remembered how to cut it up
cooked it
took the meat off the bones
next time i will buy thighs & breasts

forgot the garlic
bought chilis that weren't cut up

couldn't find the beans i wanted
so i substituted

can't tell what it smells like
my smeller is broken while i have
the ear issues
i CAN hear out of the right
left is blocked so stuff sound fuzzy

Pam said the chili smelled good
wasn't hungry
must be the meds

anyways .. i am goin' to bed now
IF i can sleep after takin' the meds

frogged Carly's sock
and put the "NEW" heel on
should be able to finish HER sock
then my SOX

the purse requires thinking
and paying attention to the graph

found a few mistakes
LEAVING them in ...

another addiction

i have gotten addicted to

Chai Latte

hhhmmmmmm

mite have to buy an expresso machine

so i can make them at home

cheaper than goin' to Starbucks

$4.?? each for a venti

but hey

it's 2/3 of m daily amount

of calcium when i drink one

maybe i should just learn to heat milk

and add to the chai

bummer

ear infection in right ear

brain is too fuzzy to knit

went to dr & got meds

now the left one is acting up

sinuses are breaking up

chest too

it sounds like i have rice krispies in the ears

i feel better now

so i can knit

hopin' there is something on tv to watch

if not

will pop in a dvd to watch

been reading

ready to start # 7 of the

Bad Hair Mysteries

gonna defrost some chili

make some tea

knit

for the gloves

gonna use popcicle jitterbug

and black louet

can't figure out how to post to ravelry

the blog is easier

hhhmmmmm i think i need a purse

so

i have 5 skeins of purple Paton's Classic wool

4 skeins of an unkown yarn

it mite stripe

2 leftover pink skeins of Cascade 220 using # 13 needles

and double stranded Paton's

i cast on

i remember the last bag

the bottom didn't felt as well as expected

mite be because it was a single layer

while the sides were partially double layered

so, i will knit a double layer for the bottom

the purple will be the outside

the pink will be inside the purse

on book # 6

making slo progress on the sox

ears bug me

TIRED

sleep alot

i was hopin' the meds

would make them better

need to eat so i can

take the meds

and a nap

WOW ..

i JUST heard that Debbie Chin has

passed away

i knew she was sick

not sure with what

she was a truly wonderful lady

a great & talented knitter

she will be missed

i have fond memories of her

when she heard i was decorating

a bath in a FISH theme

she sent me LOADS of glass fish

when i unpack my stuff in a few weeks

i will treasure the fish

she WILL be missed by the sock knitting community

as well as her husband & sons

on book # 4

started the Bad Hair Day Mysteries

by Nancy J Cohen

a while ago

1. Permed to Death
2. Hair Raiser
3. Murder by Manicure
4. Body Wave
5. Highlights to Heaven
6. Died Blonde
7. Dead Roots
8. Perish by Pedicure
9. Killer Knots

on book # 4 right now

they are QWIK reads

MY Harvest SOX!!

so, i had Nancy dye yarn for Carly's Harvest sock.

I had her dye a skein for me as well.

So i cast on a pair for me,

will send the leftover yarn & pattern to Carly ..

late again

:(

.. update as of 12-17 ..

think i will run out of yarn,

Nancy will dye more in a solid color for heels & toes.

will put them aside till the yarn arrives,

then frog the 3 sox & re-knit the heel in the solid color,

foot in the multi & toes in the solid..

send leftover yarns ..

1-5-08 ..

afraid Nancy wouldn't have TIME to dye -

so i had her send me a solid ..

frogged MY sox to before the heel,

added a solid heel ..

ready to start the gusset decreases ..

NOTHING to do today but KNIT ....

WHO - HOOOOO ..

the right way to start the NEW YEAR!!!!!

FO!!!

FINISHED the Panda Cotton

now to get it in the mail

forgot to drop it off yesterday

Knitter on da plane

Met Priscilla on yesterday's flight
She is from Denver
She was knitting a sweater out of green yarn
She said it was a Debbie Bliss
Iasked Cashmerino
She was surprised I knew
Gave her some stiych markers to help her keep her place
Exchanged e-mail addies
Hope I get to see a pic when it's done

Pam & I

warming up after

dinner

Chicago .. Jan 2 '08

first

we go outside

so we can go to eat dinner

it's KOLD outside

SEE ... SNOW!!!!!

then we come inside to

warm up

by sitting by the fire