2012 - Week One - Let's Do This2012 - Week One - Let's Do This I'm starting off 2012 with a positive surge of energy and eagerness because I know this is going to be a great year!  This year, although I don't set new year's goals or resolutions, I am looking forward...

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Week Fifty - GiftsWeek Fifty - Gifts This week's post is all about gifts.  First I'll start with the gift of an amazing husband who cares for me way more than I could ever deserve.  This past week, my laptop that I use for doing my job...

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Week Fourty Nine - Lessons LearnedWeek Fourty Nine - Lessons Learned One of the things I have learned about blogging over the past years, is that the very thing that you most want to write about generally keeps you from writing. That thing is called life. When I get busy,...

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Week Twenty Nine - Missions and MittensWeek Twenty Nine - Missions and Mittens Scott left for Uganda yesterday on his first mission trip, ever.  He will be gone for 10 days and is part of an all male (testosterone rich) group of coaches and active guys.  He was excited, nervous,...

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William’s 2008 Christmas Hat – Christmas Knitting Is Completed!!

Category : Fiber Arts

Thanks, everyone, for all your great comments on my last post. I promise not to over do the new puppy posts, but I just had to share the cuteness. On the knitting front, I have completed my grandson’s Christmas hat. This means that all but one item of Christmas knitting is completed. Whoo Hoo!!

Warm and Wooly

Warm and Wooly

You Knew This Post Was Coming – Dogs On Thursday

Category : Featured, Journal

Hello world, my name is Elf

Yep, that is right, we have made it home with our new baby girl Chihuahua, Elf.  Her full name is Ebenezer Legolas Fillmer (Elf for short).  Mr. K calls her Ebby and I call her Elf at the moment.

You know how it is when you get a new puppy and they cry all night in their kennel, pee all over the floor because they are not house trained yet, and pretty much disrupt your entire life and schedule?  Well, not this time!!

Elf did not cry once on the 4 hour long car ride home from the breeder.  She only whines when she needs to go outside to do her business and she sleeps through the night in her kennel, by herself, without making a peep.  Unbelievable!

Here is another shot of her in her new sweater that I knit for her before I had even met her.  It fits her perfectly!!!

Elf in her new sweater

Our vet said she looked awesome and she weighed in at 1 pound 5 ounces (not wearing her sweater).  We brought her home in a carry bag/purse that she has claimed as her very own.  On our way out the door to go pick her up I grabbed a hand knitted hat that my mother had bought in Austrailia eons ago.  From the moment she was placed inside it she claimed it as her own personal snuggly and that is what she sleeps in when she is not playing with her toys or Blazer’s tail.

Elf and one of her many new toys.

Knitty Is Up

Category : Fiber Arts

Like I need something else to do…

Knitty – Winter 2008

Click the link, you know you wanna…

I’ve Been Knitting

Category : Fiber Arts

Remember when you all voted and chose my next knitting project to cast on?  You all chose the Way of Life Stole.  After a frogging episode, I finally got on a roll with this one and this is what it looks like so far.  It is about 20% complete.

Way of Life Stole

Here is a close up of the lace pattern.

Way of Life Stole - Close Up

I have also been working on the Rona Shawl.  Here is the proof…

Rona Shawl in Progress

Rona Shawl in Progress

Tonight, I also finished this year’s hat for my grandson.  So far I have given him a Christmas hat every year of his life.  He will now have three.  Photos of the hat tomorrow.

He Does That

Category : Fiber Arts

Yesterday, I received a package in the mail from Jaimi at Plays With Yarn!  It is a beautiful skein of Smooshy sock yarn that I won by entering a contest on her blog.  Whoo hoo!

Yummy!

As for the Dog on Thursday…this is the way I found him when I came out of the kitchen this morning…

He does that. He does that.

He does that…