Well I am working on some socks for a co-worker of mine. I hope she likes them as they are purple which is her favorite color. I haven't been able to figure out the brand or type of yarn it is. I know where I bought it but can't find a label and can't seem to remember off the top of my head. Right now they are very wee since I just started them and haven't knit on them at all so I will post a pic here pretty soon so you can actually see them. I got a new camera for Christmas so they will actually be visible.
In other news I am thinking of knitting my first shawl I just need to narrow down the patterns. I kept telling myself I was going to knit one last year but never did, so I am going to force myself to knit one. It will probably be more of a shawlette because I would never have cause to wear an actual full size shawl, whereas a shawlette could be used like a scarf.
Well I am off to do some more cleaning and laundry ahhhhh.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Slowing Down A Bit!
Well as you can see I haven't written for over a month now. I am happy to say that even though I hated to leave the blog for so long at least I had a good reason to.
First off, we are finally moved into our house! The kitchen is done with just a few little cosmetic things left to do. The downstairs bathroom is plumbed out enough that we can go to the bathroom and we can take baths. No working shower as of yet, we have bought the kit for the claw foot tub and we are waiting on my father-in-law to bend some tubing to make a circular shower rod. We are currently working on our washing machine and dryer. We are thinking we are going to have to buy a new washer (not good). And as far a getting a wood stove we are all set on that front we just have to put it in. (Sort of not looking forward to that) I am looking forward to nice wood heat though. The gas bill came last month ($130.00) and we hadn't even been living here the whole month. I can't complain too much though because at least we have heat and at least we can pay the bill. We have been back and forth over paint colors for the rooms in the house. So far we have painted things very neutrally and we were both getting a little bored with that, so... for the downstairs living room we are going to paint it a bright orange, the trim will all be painted out a bright white to balance, and the carpet down here is a creamy color. So the only thing that is going to look horrible are the sofa and chair set that we got from a friend they were so wonderful to give them to us for free. So I have been trying to come up with a plan to make them work by either covering them, or buying some new furniture and moving these ones elsewhere in the house.
But onto other things, we moved the cats over a few days after we had gotten settled in, and they seem to love it. They both have figured out that if you jump on the counter and then on the fridge and then on top of the cabinets that you can get up on our exposed beam running down the center of the house. So when you come into the house you may be greeted with a meow from up above.
The knitting front has been pathetic where I am concerned. I am working on a pair of toe up socks for a co-worker who was so sweet to crochet me Christmas doilies for my dining room table. They are very pretty by the way. That is all I am working on and nothing has been finished, haven't had a whole lot of time to sit and knit.
And with that I am going to say goodbye for now.
First off, we are finally moved into our house! The kitchen is done with just a few little cosmetic things left to do. The downstairs bathroom is plumbed out enough that we can go to the bathroom and we can take baths. No working shower as of yet, we have bought the kit for the claw foot tub and we are waiting on my father-in-law to bend some tubing to make a circular shower rod. We are currently working on our washing machine and dryer. We are thinking we are going to have to buy a new washer (not good). And as far a getting a wood stove we are all set on that front we just have to put it in. (Sort of not looking forward to that) I am looking forward to nice wood heat though. The gas bill came last month ($130.00) and we hadn't even been living here the whole month. I can't complain too much though because at least we have heat and at least we can pay the bill. We have been back and forth over paint colors for the rooms in the house. So far we have painted things very neutrally and we were both getting a little bored with that, so... for the downstairs living room we are going to paint it a bright orange, the trim will all be painted out a bright white to balance, and the carpet down here is a creamy color. So the only thing that is going to look horrible are the sofa and chair set that we got from a friend they were so wonderful to give them to us for free. So I have been trying to come up with a plan to make them work by either covering them, or buying some new furniture and moving these ones elsewhere in the house.
But onto other things, we moved the cats over a few days after we had gotten settled in, and they seem to love it. They both have figured out that if you jump on the counter and then on the fridge and then on top of the cabinets that you can get up on our exposed beam running down the center of the house. So when you come into the house you may be greeted with a meow from up above.
The knitting front has been pathetic where I am concerned. I am working on a pair of toe up socks for a co-worker who was so sweet to crochet me Christmas doilies for my dining room table. They are very pretty by the way. That is all I am working on and nothing has been finished, haven't had a whole lot of time to sit and knit.
And with that I am going to say goodbye for now.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello All!
It is going to be a wonderful day. We are going to have about 18 people over for dinner and we are very excited to see the family. The menu includes things like... mashed potatoes, turkey, green bean casserole, yams, broccoli carrot Au gratin, strawberry jello (with cranberries, walnuts, mandarin oranges, and pineapples), rolls, ham, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato pie, other various pies, and of course stuffing. All of that is of course doubled so now we can feed a third world nation. Thank God my mother-in-law had the foresight to ask some of the family to make stuff and bring it, especially with 19 people coming.
As for knitting I am currently working on a tube scarf for the Hubs, it is black and orange stripes for the Beavers. This year he has recess duty every other week and so it gets pretty cold. I think that I might make him a double knit argyle scarf in black and orange too. I also cast on for another pair of socks, they are in a charcoal grey-black sort of color. The Dr. Seuss Socks are both off the needles and now I am attempting the afterthought heel, which has been interesting, at least I can put the sock on and see if I need to decrease or build out more. I like that. So they have been on a time out and that is why I haven't finished those. I do not think that I will be doing any Christmas knitting. But who knows I might decided to throw something together at the last minute. I need to start getting in the habit of knitting things all year round collecting them and then gifting them appropriately.
But enough jibber-jabber, I will wish you a HAPPY Thanksgiving!!!
It is going to be a wonderful day. We are going to have about 18 people over for dinner and we are very excited to see the family. The menu includes things like... mashed potatoes, turkey, green bean casserole, yams, broccoli carrot Au gratin, strawberry jello (with cranberries, walnuts, mandarin oranges, and pineapples), rolls, ham, gravy, cranberry sauce, sweet potato pie, other various pies, and of course stuffing. All of that is of course doubled so now we can feed a third world nation. Thank God my mother-in-law had the foresight to ask some of the family to make stuff and bring it, especially with 19 people coming.
As for knitting I am currently working on a tube scarf for the Hubs, it is black and orange stripes for the Beavers. This year he has recess duty every other week and so it gets pretty cold. I think that I might make him a double knit argyle scarf in black and orange too. I also cast on for another pair of socks, they are in a charcoal grey-black sort of color. The Dr. Seuss Socks are both off the needles and now I am attempting the afterthought heel, which has been interesting, at least I can put the sock on and see if I need to decrease or build out more. I like that. So they have been on a time out and that is why I haven't finished those. I do not think that I will be doing any Christmas knitting. But who knows I might decided to throw something together at the last minute. I need to start getting in the habit of knitting things all year round collecting them and then gifting them appropriately.
But enough jibber-jabber, I will wish you a HAPPY Thanksgiving!!!
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Its been awhile!
Well... Again I have been a bad blogger. I haven't been on here in almost a month again. But I do have some good news... And it is what has been keeping me so busy.
I finally found a new job, I am now a paraproffesional(aide) at a local elementary school. I work in the resource room and I get to focus on groups of kids that are falling behind in their education, and since class size doesn't allow for a proper teacher to student ratio they send their kids down to us. I am really enjoying it. It's really nice because now my husband and I have the very similar hours since he teaches 1st grade. Unfortunately I didn't get a position at his school but I got one just down the road. I am so happy now that I get the same days off and I can do stuff after work. And the big thing is now I can actually see my husband.
As for the knitting front I am still working on the self striping doctor suess socks but I did get the waste yarn put in for the heel and I am close to the cuff now.
As for the house we are almost done putting the cabinets in and my father-in-law thinks that we may be able to put the countertops in this weekend yippee!
So that is what I am going to leave you with for now.
I finally found a new job, I am now a paraproffesional(aide) at a local elementary school. I work in the resource room and I get to focus on groups of kids that are falling behind in their education, and since class size doesn't allow for a proper teacher to student ratio they send their kids down to us. I am really enjoying it. It's really nice because now my husband and I have the very similar hours since he teaches 1st grade. Unfortunately I didn't get a position at his school but I got one just down the road. I am so happy now that I get the same days off and I can do stuff after work. And the big thing is now I can actually see my husband.
As for the knitting front I am still working on the self striping doctor suess socks but I did get the waste yarn put in for the heel and I am close to the cuff now.
As for the house we are almost done putting the cabinets in and my father-in-law thinks that we may be able to put the countertops in this weekend yippee!
So that is what I am going to leave you with for now.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Kitchen textured and painted, imag0296, imag0295, imag0294
Well here is where we are at right now with the kitchen. We finished texturing and painting on sunday.
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