I have to say thank you to Merrie for the wonderful gift certificate. I just got back from Aida's and am now the proud owner of a beautiful Vera Bradley tote that is perfect for my knitting...and if I get back to cross stitching, it'll make that transition as well ( Read more... )

I had my whole day planned. I was going to go to Dr Weeks office and pick up my sunglasses. Then it was off to Borders to take advantage of the Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale for some Christmas prezzies. After picking up the goodies at Borders, it was going to be on to Hobby Lobby for the yarn sale to complete those prezzies. Of course, all of this was ( Read more... )

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I had my second knitting "lesson" Tuesday afternoon. The group there was completely different than the group that was there on Saturday. This was more the LOL knitting group...definitely a bunch of little old ladies. Friendly, but LOLs all the same. I figured out how I had been adding a stitch at the end of each row almost as soon as I sat down ( Read more... )

How come nobody told me that this knitting is like a contagion just waiting to happen? HOLY CRAP! I could run amok with this! My first knitting lesson was so much freakin' fun! Those were two of the fastest hours of my life. My first row is kind of wavy because my tension was off a bit, but I'm getting the hang of it ( Read more... )

Sounds like I'm going to war, right? Nope, I'm steeling myself for learning a new craft to add to my Crafty Bitch repertoire. I've got a pretty skein of wonderfully soft violet yarn and a new pair of knitting needles. Tomorrow (or is that later today?) I head to Heritage Hut to try and learn how to knit ( Read more... )

Wow, has a month really gone by since I wrote last? So much is and has gone on. People have moved on and lives have changed. People have passed on to the next life and the rest of us have kept moving forward ( Read more... )

Yesterday would have been my grandmother's 94th birthday. The day wasn't too bad, as days go. I cried a couple of times, but never for long. Henry and I got out of the house and went for a late lunch/early dinner at Caffe' TuTu. I think we have found a new favourite place. Their Pho was fantastic and their rolls were all great ( Read more... )

We got home late Sunday night. It was so good to just walk into the house, mess that it is. Sleeping in our own beds was great for all three of us. Rhiannon slept until noon yesterday, so I know that my baby girl was really worn out from the trip ( Read more... )

We finally had to get out of the house. The phone wouldn't stop ringing and people were dropping in and out. So I took Henry and Rhiannon to Bob's Better Burger for lunch and then to Odessa to see where I went to high school ( Read more... )