Vacation

Check out the little gladware bowls for my twin cakes of sock yarn. It holds enough to knit a pair of socks and saves on tangles. I drilled a hole in the top and fed the yarn through! It can't get away from me now.

The pink slide is from the Science Museum in Nashville. It is the "colorectal slide" and it made farting noises as the kids slid out. They loved it. It's part of an exhibit on how the body works, really cute idea.

The pix if me and the kids with Kate is at Beachhaven Winery in Clarksville KY, where we attended Jazz on the lawn. And of course tasted a little wine. Kate loved the raspberry one, so we got that one. To me it tasted like raspberry vinagrette salad dressing, hmmmm. It was crowded, but so fun. Of course there was live jazz band and musicians playing.

I've been working on the Tulips baby sweater and it's almost done, the body is done, just now starting on the border and the sleeves. It's gorgeous and it's going really fast.

This is what we have been up to lately! The photos of Ash are of her first "haircut" at the Beauty Shop. Kate will wait until she's home in Michigan if she can to get her hair done by "Deann" at "A Cut Above" in Farwell. She's been our hairdresser for about 20 years! She must have been a baby when she started because she looks too young to have been at it for that long! Thanks Deann. The knitting is "Tulips" Dream in color baby sweater and socks for Kate made with Zitron, Life Style sock yarn. Cannon will have a pair too! Check out the bubble king! The kids had a riot making giant bubbles on their last visit home.

Here's what's going on right now

Gonna just say, keeping busy! The kids suprised us by coming up about 5 days early! The cooler weather has been nice, but just a little breeze was actually helpful for the bubbles. Kirstin's socks are done, will post pix later! Puppy getting bigger but still has lots to learn! I've worked a ton the past few weeks, but will take it easy this week and enjoy the little ones and family!

Our New Little Girl

This is Eloise! She is now 9 weeks old. She is adorable. One floppy ear, that we hope will stand up, Yorkie Style, but a tiny bundle of energy that has really captured our hearts, especially Kirstin.

She loves to cuddle with Kirstin, and will climb up on Kirstin's back and go to sleep in that little curved in spot. The other little dog is Eloise's sister, Lydia, owned by my friend Pam.

The Sisters

Well, what do you think? Aren't these the sweetest little girls? My good friend, Pam, and I are adopting these little babies. The pix is at about 7 week old. Yorkie's. My baby girl, Kirstin, has a birthday coming up and isn't this just about the best gift? She has wanted one for a long time! Wish us luck!

Congratulations Melanie!

My niece, Melanie, graduated from SVSU today and is a Secondary Education School Teacher! We are so proud of her! She has a job already teaching in Saginaw Public School (Summer School). She is a wonderful sweet and intelligent girl and we all love her so much! Just look at her proud Mama! We had a picnic at a lovely park in Saginaw yesterday to celebrate. But it was soooo cold! We all huddled and shivered under whatever warm thing we could find to wrap up in. But is was a beautiful day all in all. The second picture is my Kirstin with her cousin Melanie. Of course Kirstin can't figure out why anyone would want to spend any more time in a school than necessary, especially as a teacher! LOL. Teenagers.

Yarn Swifting

Well, that sure makes a difference! After searching for an economical swift I found one on ebay! It was only $22.95 or so plus shipping and folds up small, easy to use! I had fun actually winding hte yarn. I need to estimate how to divide the skein better, but the second one went better. The yarn is Lisa Souza. One is Spumoni, aqua, lighter color and the other is Pink Ribbon or something like that. It sure looks different after you wind it into a ball.

Yes it has been way too long since my last post and this one will be short. Haven't actually done a lot of knitting lately. Work has been kind of busy and I actually have gotten called in 5 of the last 4 call days I've been one. Helps with the paycheck and yarn addiction!

Getting ready for the painter to come so have lots of things to remove from the walls and furniture to move.