Update...

So to let you know, we had the "plague" last week, which is why I didn't even try to post. I did feel better by Thursday but didn't feel like sitting anymore so I went to Knit Night and stayed away from mostly everyone by at least a foot.

On Sunday, I went out for a few hours because T was gone most of Saturday. I went to The Yarnery and bought a couple discount books, a notion card for my knit bag and some yarn (finally) for my S-i-l and Hubby's (hand knit) (belated) Christmas gifts. Now after I finish the current dice bag I'm making (I'm thinking of selling them), I'll knit those and have them to them hopefully soon, and don't worry I'm still working on the shawl (ravelry link) and will get around to posting pictures one of these days, I'm almost done with chart A, Yippie! It's only a small victory because I still have a lot to do and with the kids jumping all over me all the time it makes it difficult. Speaking of the shawl, I think I'll go work on it now and let the girls watch a movie at the same time, that should keep them entranced for a little bit. I'm thinking The Last Unicorn, it was on sale at Target and I couldn't miss getting it.

Also, one more thing, Nablopomo is doing it again and again, the person that runs this in November every year is now going to do a contest for every month and I signed up. So March will be a heavy post month, with lots of babbling and maybe some random lists, being that's the theme for March.

Ahhhh, there's how many days until Christmas....

Well here is my newly revised Holiday Knit List, oye. I've got lots to do and not enough time in the day. Knittin Brit in WI had asked how I was doing in the comments, so I thought I would just post it here for all of you.

Well better get back to that knitting and I have some pics to take for you all as well. Hope the mails here early today, I'm going nutty for my yarn, mittens are an addiction, don't say I didn't warn you.

No more every day, but I'll try to do better...

I'll have some finished project posts for you in the next couple of days. I started Se's mittens before the Debbie Stoller thing friday night and finished them this evening. I actually did the 2nd mitten in one day. Pretty awesome.

Well I didn't win in the contest for NaBloPoMo, but that's nothing new, I used all of that kind of luck up when I was a kid. It was still a great experience, and quite the challenge. I'm going to try to post more than I used to, but I'm not going to do that everyday thing, no way. I have way to much knitting to do.

Speaking of knitting to be done, I was going to do a toe up design for my m-i-l for the holidays but I changed my mind and I'm going to do a top down instead. I just don't have the time to commit to a new technique right now with all the holiday knits that need to be done.

Well I'm off to bed, see ya all real soon.

I'm sleepy...

Well, I'm going to post now because it is technically tomorrow, even though I don't count it as a new day until I sleep. (Residual from working overnights at the casino)

I finished my 2nd thumbless mitten tonight, except for the end weaving, everyone oohed and ahhed over the mittens. No one looked at the inside though to see how well I stranded. Ah well.

You know I think I'm going to rethink this blogging tonight thing and try again in the morning. Sleep well all, sleep fast.

Almost to the end of it all....

So I'm posting early so that I don't run into issues coming home from Knit Night. T's take the monkeys over to his parents so he can watch the Packer/Cowboy game and I can still do knit night. Ain't that sweet. I'm still unsure about tomorrow night. Can you believe that the holidays are upon us and well I know I'm not ready. I think the time between Thanksgiving and Yule/Christmas has gotten shorter. Seriously.

My yarn for mittens hasn't come yet, still waiting impatiently :P. But I did find my missing yarn for my mom's gifts. YIPPIE!!! It was in the one place I didn't think I would stick it, of course. Now all that stuff is back on the list, but I have something knit already for her for the holidays themselves so I'll be happy if I get stuff done before the season is over.

Now I promised you some pictures so here we go:




Pattern: NHM #5 page 96
Source: Selbuvotter by Terri Shea
Materials: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Heather (both yarns) | 20% Wool, 80% Acrylic
Source: Jo-Ann's in Woodbury, MN
Color: Grey Heather | Color Number: 151
Color: Natural Heather | Color Number: 98
Needles: US 2 (2.75mm) Knitpicks 16" circulars
Started: November 16, 2007 | Finished: November 28, 2007
Notes: I actually finished on the 24th but I didn't weave in my ends until the 28th. These are a gift for Miss Vivian and I think they are just darling.

And a little view of Miss Ruby's gift:

Time is closing in....

So everyone is definately improving. I'm even knitting more again. I finished weaving in the ends on Viv's 2nd mitten and Ruby's 1st mitten and now I'm on the stranding of Ruby's 2nd mitten. I changed up the design a little and I really like it. Pics tomorrow, I promise.

Well two more days in November and I've not decorated, don't have cards yet, and don't have a clue on Holiday gifts for anyone other than what I'm knitting for people. And I've got a lot of that to do. I'm at 2 out of an absolute 18 finished I could cut six out of that and if it gets down to the wire probably 3 more but I'm hoping to get the 18 done. Now I have to wait for the rest of my wool-ease to get here for the other mittens after I finish this one. Also I'm still on the search for the yarn I purchased to knit up for my mom and that is really grating on my nerves that it's missing.

Well T wants to watch the Shrek Holiday special with me, so I'm going to go and get some more knitting done and blow my nose. Which reminds me, do any of you that bother to read this blog know of a way to definately kill germs on something you've knit. I was considering microwave or freezer, but wool-ease is machine washable (I believe) so I may just throw the mittens in the machine to take care of germs. The other problem is my Gran's scarf, that is all wool so I may have to find something to disinfect that, any ideas would be grand.

Have a nice night, sweet dreams, and if you live in a cold area -- Stay Warm.

Babble, Babble, ** Sniffle **, Babble...

Well my timing couldn't be any better. I needed to finish a book before tomorrow since it's overdue. And I finished just before midnight, so I can now get my post in. I frogged back and re-charted the thumbless mitts for Ruby, I had screwed up and decided it may be easier if I actually chart it out instead of just guessing, and now I just realized that I need to make another change to get it right, oye. I guess better now than later when I find out too late and get frustrated.

We're still all sick but the ickiness seems to be letting up some. The kids and I still have runny noses but the sneezing is way less and they seem to be in better spirits. Hopefully tomorrow is better, they are still very whiny and it can really grate on the nervous some days especially when I'm sick too.

T seems to be feeling better but this working second shift thing is messing with his internal clock. So I think he would be feeling much better sooner if he was just working his normal schedule. At least I won't miss knit night this week and I'm also hoping to go to the SnB thing on Friday but I'm not sure if it would be the best idea right now. Financially speaking. We'll see what the rest of the week brings.

I plan to get some serious knitting done tomorrow, but it's hard to say because just as much as T's schedule is messed up, so is mine and the kids. I hate it when our schedules get this much disruption, it really messes with things. Especially right after the whole upset of the gone hunting for a week, it can really affect the kids.

Well the months almost done and I'm hoping to keep up posting but I'm not planning on worrying about being before the time of the end of the day. And I'm not going to fret if I may not have enough time on a weekend or weekday, to where I'm down to the wire at 11:59pm hoping the computer will gear up fast enough so that I'm not late. It's been a little stressful making sure I'm here in time.

Also no more shows on after this next week, so I'm hoping that maybe I'll be able to start doing fiber night on Mondays with G1 and G2, hope their still meeting.

One down, way too many to go....

Well my day started off some what better than yesterday, Se was crying at 6:30am but he didn't sound super upset so I let him cry a little longer and he settled down, so I didn't have to get up until regular time. The kids were in a better mood today, thank goodness. My mom came by around ten and we packed up the troops to go see my friends new place. It is super uber nice, very spacious and not worn down looking like their apartment. I loved how nice and fresh it looked and the paint job that was done in the house just screams my friend and her hubby's taste from as far as I could tell. Lots of stairs in the house too, so they'll be getting a good work out :P. I really loved it, and can't wait to see how all their things will fit and how her knitting/craft room will end up :D Yea!!!

After that I picked up some Papa Murphy's for a treat for the kids because they were so good at the house, even with limited sleep. Mom stayed for dinner and it was nice, to have someone in the house that wasn't under 4 to talk to. There really is something to be said about adult vs child conversations.

I watched some more worthless TV tonight instead of putting in Firefly and being smart about it. But I did finish a mitten, or at least all but two threads that need to be sewn in. I really hope that they are appreciated and liked. They're not perfect but I think I did a fine job with the stranding so hopefully they will last.

Well off to bed after I take an Aleve for my cramps, yup it's that time of the month again, oh joy, oh rapture. Well night.

Another day in the Jungle....

So it's been another long day here at home. My mom stopped by for a little bit so I could run to the library and drop off an overdue book and pick up two that were on hold. Time to get reading. I also finished one of the mittens today other than the thumb and running the yarn through the top stitches and weaving in the ends. I've changed my mind on whom they are for now, when I saw how big they were I decided that maybe I needed to make a smaller thumbless pair for my youngest niece and give these bigger ones to her big sister. So I think that's what I'm going to do, I'll have to change Ravelry or at least add these in to my projects page.

I watched the beginning and end of "The Little Princess" (middle was during my lib run) and "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" with Ju this afternoon, these are the classics with Shirley Temple in the former and the 1957 version for the later. For $5 at W-Mart, I purchased this box set of 20 classic movies, I figured they would all be pretty safe for the kids to see and better than daytime crap thats on.

This evening the girls watched "Avatar: The Last Airbender" or something like that before bed. Than I flipped channels for a bit, re-watched the first two episodes of "Firefly" and than flipped some more. That's when I got most of my knitting done. I love Joss Whedon and can't wait to see what he comes up with next.

Well I'm off to bed, hope all is well in your homes, mines in the midst of toddler craziness times four. May tomorrow be better than today, PLEASE!!!

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PS My KPs yarn came today YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!

L&V, mittens, and craziness,

So another crazy day in the life of me and mine. The children are stubborn, especially Ra lately, oye friggin' vay! T had his things to do and now is off doing it, being its that time of the year again. I was tired all day because of being up late to take care of some things and getting up early when my hubby woke me up at his normal time he gets up, ugh, 4:30a is way too early.

So as the children were being insane I decided to make a pair of mittens from Selbuvotter, I know I was supposed to be working on the socks. But I need something small and quick, so I'm making toddler mittens for one of my nieces, probably the youngest, since I still owe her a pair of mittens. I'm having a great time stranding I hope they work out, I may make multiple pairs for all the little ones, nieces first.

Well I'm going to go back to working on the mittens, and tomorrow I'm going to listen to L&V again, because the children totally upsetted my listening today.