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that frustrating moment when you've been knitting for years and read a line in a pattern that not only stumps you but makes you feel like you've been faking it the whole time... yup...i had that moment last night we'll see if I pulled it off or not in the next few rows...until then keep your fingers crossed... for now lets enjoy the beets I grew last year and that I am looking forward to growing again this year. 

I've been a busy little bee lately. Plus I'm on a hat kick. It started with Felicity by Wanette Clyde Then I revisited Seedling by Alana Dakos Followed by Autumn Vines Beret , another by Alana. I finished this one last night and immediately started in on Rustling Leaves Beret by, guess who? Alana Dakos. A skein of Blue Moon Fiber arts came to me via my friend Marcy (thanks again darlin') and I knew two things immediately. 1. I was going to knit an Alana Dakos pattern with it. 2. It had to have texture, either cables or stitch manipulation. Bazinga! Rustling Leaves So here are the details of my FO's Felicity: Knit in Trilly Merino & Silk. I used two different shades of purple. Size 5 and 7 needles and the same in DPN's (i started the hat on DPN's until the stitches started to spread out enough to go on a 16" ciruclar) I added an extra 12 rows to make it more slouchy but it wasn't slouchy enough for my supersize nugget. It's a gift for...

Happy birthday to my nephews who turned 21 this past Tuesday... This photo was taken on their 18th Birthday when we took them to Orland.  Location: Splash Zone of the Atlantis ride in Sea World 

I knew I was adopted essentially as far back as I can remember.  At one point in my life I had some confusion about how people acquire their last names, this also coincided with a brief love of all music by Olivia Newton-John. We won't even touch on the movie Xanadu because I could have watched it for hours on the BETA tape when my parents finally rented it for me and alllowed me to pretty much commandeer the TV in the basement for 2 hours... I did however check out ONJ Albums (vinyl) from the library and I would sit in my moms makeshift basement office with the headphones on listening over and over... (yes mom I did this instead of my 3rd grade homework) I digress... Back to the name thing.  Like I said, I had some confusion on where last names come from and how we get them...  So much so that in my imagination, because we shared the same last name, Olivia Newton-John must have been my birth mother and was busy with her recording career so she had to give me to my m...

I blame it on the three day weekend. Yesterday I meant to do the weekend rewind. Today I meant to post what I've been knitting Tomorrow nobody knows. Thursday I'll have a recipe for you all that I've made twice in the past week and it's delicious. So how about this really quickly: Friday was my first bowling league. 85-85-138 was my score for all three sets Friday night was also a hockey game with friends. Saturday I was lazy for the first part of the morning and don't feel one bit guilty about it, and Saturday evening was another hockey game that ended in an overtime shootout! Very exciting, especially since the Silvertips won! Sunday is weigh in day and lucky me I'm down two pounds (i've been really focusing on getting my health on along with getting D's health on) Sunday was also my first sewing class. True to form I didn't purchase any of the supplies ahead of time instead choosing to wait till 3 hours before class started. Let's ju...

It's Sunday night. Dessert Night. Nothing fancy, just a little pudding with some cool-whhhip. (say it like Stuey from family guy) It's the terra-cotta jars that make it fancy. Mom gave these to me when I was home visiting last. Before they became pudding cups they held the most delicious yogurt I've ever tasted... I can't get the yogurt but I'm not above begging for more empty jars... So... Mom, please send more jars. Xoxo P.s. Had my first sewing class, traumatized is the only word to describe how I feel right now. I'm sure it'll pass...right?

I'm getting antsy for boating season. We bought our boat last year right at the tail end of the season so we only used it a few times. I plan to use it a lot this coming spring and summer and I look forward to going back here, Banks Lake, with our friends for boating and camping again. I also plan on trying to figure out a way to get to Minnesota this summer, if even for a couple days to spend trolling around lake Minnetonka on my mom's new boat and spending time with the niece and nephews... Happy Friday!