tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-216718172011-08-21T12:03:01.482-07:00and do a few other things, tooMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-75057511617496183782010-01-20T07:00:00.000-08:002010-01-20T11:20:39.906-08:00

Puppyhood has proven to be a bit more trying than the first time, twelve years ago. I am starting to think that with Pebs we got lucky. Very lucky. Training Pebelles was hard for me since she was the first dog I had ever had, so it was more me than her. When we would teach her not to do something once, that was it. She wouldn't do that particular thing again. Unlike Duchess who we are

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Ever have plans for something, really good plans too, only to not have them go through? The better question is if you ever have had a list and plan for lets say a hundred things and only complete two of them? It seems as though that has been the story of my life for the last year. I make a list (usually mental) of things that I want and or need to do and I prioritize the list. Of course

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Oh my gosh! I didn't realize that it has been almost two months since my last post. Wow, how time flies when things are going on. It is really funny how I thought that once both of the boys were in school, I would have more time to do the things that I want to do. It seems as though the more they are out of the house, the more I have to do. Though, much of this is self induced and it drives

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How many times has this happened to you? Someone finds out you knit and the next words out of their mouth is......"Will you make me..."..."I want you to knit me..."I find this happens quite often. Some of the time, I tell people if I have time I will make them whatever it is they are asking. And more often I tell people I don't have the time, but if they want me to teach them to knit, I would

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It's still not here. Fall that is. For a couple of days after my last post, I honestly thought that it was working. The weather started cooling and I actually put on long sleeves in the morning while I was walking the kiddos to school. It is now a couple of days into "Fall" and I am still wearing shorts and tank tops, with no need for knit caps or socks...yet.This is a pic of one of the things

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...fall and winter will come.At least that is what I am hoping. The weather over here has been in the high 80s and 90s. I am so over the heat and can not wait until we get fall weather. Not So Cal fall/winter weather either, I want it so I can wear my hat without busting a sweat by the time I get to my front door. The chances of that happening are pretty slim, so I guess I will just wait

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-86716073454954033412008-08-08T12:33:00.000-07:002008-08-08T13:05:05.570-07:00

Inspiration (in-spe-ra-shen) n. 1. stimulation of the mind or emotions to a high level. b. The condition of being so stimulated. 2. One that inspires. 3. Something that is inspired.Inspire (in-spir) v. 1. To fill with noble or reverent emotion; exalt. 2. To stimulate to creativity or action. 3. To elicit or create in another.Lack of the above is why I have been out for so long. I have still

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...still exist, that is. I never have the intentions of staying away from this here blog for so long. I know you've heard that from me probably a gazillion times if not more from me, but it is true. I really don't like to stay away for that long, but life as it is has other things in store for me.I guess it doesn't help that the kiddos are signed up for a million and one activities. Each time

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...I have some knitting content to post. The last couple of weeks have been so crazy. I had been sick with a very bad sinus infection for at least a week before I decided to go to the doctors. When I did I was given some antibiotics and a few days later I was better.I probably should have gone to the doctors much sooner than I did, it's just that things were so busy over here I hardly had the

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About two weeks ago Big Monkey had his first baseball game of the season. This is his first year of Pinto, which means that this is the first time the kids are playing a little more closely to the rules of baseball. Last year all the kids that were playing would bat each inning regardless of outs and there was no official score for the game. Now that he has moved up to the next level, we are

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I never realized how quickly I would finish the Granny Square Baby Blankie until I was actually done. I mean, I had read somewhere that crocheting was faster than knitting, but I took that with a grain of salt. Afterall, everyone does their crafting at different paces. And for all I knew the person who wrote that crocheting was faster than knitting could have been a super speedy crocheter and

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I first learned how to crochet many years ago when my age was still in the single digits. Though I don't know if you can exactly call what I was doing crochet, unless you consider a chain of stitches a mile and a half long crochet. I have always loved the look of the granny square but for some reason, I could not figure out how to do one. It wasn't for the lack of trying either. I just had

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When I first learned to knit, I did what I think many people did. Made scarves. I think I made about six scarves and a blanket before I really dove into knitting and made my first pair of socks which were knit flat and seamed up the back.Back then it didn't even dawn on me to take a picture of the socks or of any of my finished work for that matter. Heck, at the time it never even occurred to

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Wow, I never had any intentions of being away for so long. Things had been quite busy and interesting after my last post. Next thing I know it's been over a month. During that month, I finished a pair of socks for my Grandmother, which I forgot to take pictures of before giving them to her...typical me.Other than the socks, not a whole lot of knitting had been going on here as the kids were

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-87799912998368207982007-12-05T11:27:00.000-08:002007-12-05T11:36:11.730-08:00

So, so sorry. I didn't realize that it had been so long since my last post. I have been knitting, it's just I haven't been able to post pics in fear that someone who is on the receiving end would see. So soon I am hoping to have some FO's to show...but no promises.There is something that I want to show.I won this from Heather from the Fall Ravelry Running Challenge. The pic doesn't do the

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-12561798129771275572007-11-20T17:50:00.000-08:002007-11-20T18:03:02.915-08:00

Things sure have been interesting around here. Yesterday I had kept Little Monkey home from school for what I thought was the stomach flu. Turns out he has Scarlett Fever. That's right Scarlett Fever or Strep-Throat with a rash. I so know what he is going through.Good thing though, the Dr. said we don't have to cancel Thanksgiving this year. Although, I wonder what would happen if I had to

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-26840457126166676582007-11-12T20:51:00.000-08:002007-11-12T20:53:27.823-08:00

I'm just a little excited and wanted to share.Woohoo! I know, I'm a dork, but I know where my stitches at.

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First let me start off by saying thank you to all of you who held us in your thoughts during the fires. The smoke has cleared and things are back to normal...whatever that is.I have however still been knitting.This was taken a couple of weeks ago, but it's all I have to show. I can't tell you how much I love love love the colorway, I think it's perfect for these socks too.I should be done with

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Just a quick little post. As you may have heard Southern California is pretty much up in smoke. One of the fires are about a mile from our house, but we are not in imminent danger. The news is saying that the fires may not be contained until Halloween and that three of the fires may merge to make one huge fire. I hope that is not the case.Here are a few pics from the "Magic" fire as seen from

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I know it's late, but it has been a long one.I am starting to feel better, but the voice, well, lets just say that it is here, but I can't cheer or give a WOOOOHOOO without getting a funny look.K had a field trip on Wednesday and this was a result.Have a great weekend!

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I think I am finally at the tail end of the cold...yay for me! But it will probably be several more days until I am back full force.As for my sockpal. Thank you for commenting on my last post. I don't think you are a crummy pal, I just hadn't heard from you and was getting worried. Now I know that you didn't forget about me and all is good. I can't wait to see the socks I know you are

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Every year around the time the weather changes, I seem to get a little something I wish I didn't, a cold. The thing is the cold is not bad enough to warrant me taking anything for it, but bad enough that I can't do all of my regular exercise type things, like running, biking, and playing sports.One thing it does afford me is more knit time.Though I finished these a while ago. It just took me a

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I think it is fair to say that as a family we are casual and dress up only when the situation calls. Now don't get me wrong we are not running around looking as though we don't care about our appearance, we just don't go all out all of the time.I think B would like that to change though. A few weeks ago, I took the kids shopping for an outfit to wear to my cousin's wedding. After trying on the

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-75705577026538409242007-09-28T12:59:00.000-07:002007-09-28T13:09:24.252-07:00

While we were watching the Dodger game earlier this week, B asked if I could take him to last nights game. He had seen the advertisement for it and they were giving away Dodger blankets. Unfortunately I had plans and was not going to be able to plus it was a school night and they had enough trouble the last time we tried that. While he was walking up to bed, he says, "I know, you could just

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Have you ever had one of those days that at the time you think is just a horrible day and then after you have time to look back, was actually kind of funny?Yesterday was one of those days for me. See my car battery decided that it had enough and was not going to work for me anymore. Not really a big deal, but when you are running late to take your child to speech therapy, speech therapy in

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-85836791725816794592007-09-21T11:23:00.000-07:002007-09-21T11:25:57.015-07:00

This was taken at the Santa Ana Zoo a few weeks ago.Have a great weekend!

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You would think that the kids being in school means that I would get so much done. How wrong was I. I feel that I get so much less done now. I mean everyday I have a list of things to do and I swear I only get half of them done. I know my time management skills are lacking, but man.Anyway, I went to the doctor last Friday and the good news is that my ankles are "aligned very nice and

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I realize that I haven't been very good about posting pics of my fo's lately, in fact I haven't' been really good about posting lately. A lot has been going on. The kids starting school, I hurt my ankle (again), college football season starting, and me just needing to come to terms with some issues.So where do I start. That last post where K looked like he was going to kick my you know what on

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Today is K's first day of pre-k. I thought that he was going to have some difficulties when I dropped him off because when I took him to his class to meet his teacher last week he clung to me and cried a little when we were in the class.Today when we were getting ready he was a tad fussy as you can see in the pic below.Today's pic is the one on the far right. Doesn't he look excited?When I

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I did this on the kiddos first night of summer vacation and have been meaning to post this for a while.Have a great weekend!BTW B lost his second tooth in just as many weeks. I can hardly believe it. At the rate he is going he is going to bankrupt the tooth-fairy.

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-26402371589465066332007-08-30T09:41:00.000-07:002007-08-30T09:54:44.929-07:00

After seeing Isel's stash basket, I knew that I had to make one. Then I got the idea that I would make two as gifts for my neighbor who is about to have twins. I have to admit that crochet is not one of my favorite things to do as I have to watch the hook and yarn while crocheting, unlike knitting where I don't have to look at what I am doing. One day, maybe one day I will be able to.Anyway, here

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-21678827641531095412007-08-24T19:10:00.000-07:002007-08-24T19:12:29.884-07:00

From our camping trip last month.Have a great weekend!

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-69663270125471004092007-08-21T10:49:00.000-07:002007-08-21T11:20:39.533-07:00

Guess who lost their first tooth. I'll give you a hint.A few weeks ago, I noticed that one of B's teeth looked a little different, so when I asked him to show me the tooth, I noticed that it was a little loose. I told him not to mess with the tooth too much just in case it was my imagination and it really wasn't loose.Well, the other day when B went to bite into an apple, he said that he

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-3602759338213713112007-08-17T12:42:00.000-07:002007-08-17T12:46:15.638-07:00

Happy Friday. This is one of my favorite shots from Sea World.Have a great weekend!

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Summer vacation that is. B went back to school yesterday and all I have to say is wow. I could have sworn that summer vacation just started. Though I guess when you are busy time seems to fly.Our traditional first day of school pic.Remember when I said that we did more well there was one more place to be exact.Before we had kids Hubby and I would go casino-hopping now we go arcade-hopping...go

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-86211810054653565462007-08-13T20:53:00.000-07:002007-08-13T21:03:08.354-07:00

Here is a little glimpse of what we have been up to for the last three weeks.If you click on the pic, it will take you to my flickr page and you can see the bigger versions from there. And you know what, there is actually more, but I am too tired to upload the rest of the pics. Soon, I promise.As for the knitting, there has been little, very little.

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-12743616827997805082007-07-28T12:24:00.000-07:002007-07-28T12:36:08.778-07:00

We just got back from a week of camping. The boys had a great time, I had a great time.As for the knitting, I have eight more tiers of the Entrelac socks before I'm done. I wasn't able to knit as much as I would have liked.Posting may be a little sporadic for the next few weeks since Hubby is on vacation and we have a few more trips planned. I'll do my best though.

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A sock knitter that it. Or at least I don't really consider myself one. Though you wouldn't be able to tell from the last five eight projects I have completed. I even have a pair on the needles as we speak.Socks, we all need them and we can wear them year round especially where I live. Sweaters, not so much, especially when the temperature seems to hover over 95 degrees during the summer

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-49537099640174934532007-07-16T11:11:00.000-07:002007-07-16T11:44:54.055-07:00

Look what I started on this weekend.Entrelac Socks from IK spring 2007. The woven look of these socks, can I just say love. I keep trying them on as I go and they are soooo comfy. The socks are on my Summer Knitting List and are intended for my mom, but I think I am going to have to add on (yet again) to the list because now I want a pair for myself. If you look over at my sidebar you can see

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Have a great weekend!

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I wanted to take the kiddos to the Los Angeles Children's Museum in Downtown, but when I was looking them up I found out the museum was closed. I called to see if it was a temporary type of thing, but the number was no longer in service.I truly hope that it is a temporary thing and they do open again. I have very fond memories of that place as a child and would love for my children to have the

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-66343184146749797782007-07-09T10:33:00.000-07:002007-07-09T10:54:21.231-07:00

This is one of the things that I worked on this weekend.I love the stitch pattern, which is the Spot Stitch. Very simple and yet effective.The way I see it, she should have something nice to eat off of and we couldn't find a mat that either of us agreed on.

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When I woke up this morning, this was the first thing I saw.Then I turned around.Have a great weekend!

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Yesterday we celebrated Independence Day. For the last nine years out community has hosted a fireworks show. As a result, we have hosted a little get together for our family.The boys got into the spirit by having their face painted by me.If you look close enough, you can see the black eye just above the American Flag on K. Three days before he fell on his scooter and the handlebar hit him just

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-85019436252455273372007-06-26T14:17:00.000-07:002007-06-26T14:35:51.161-07:00

Dear Sockapalooza Pal, xoxo,Michelle

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While I was pulling into the driveway earlier this week look what I found on our lawn. Have a great weekend!

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That's right. Summer has officially started for our family. K's last day of school was last week and today was B's promotion ceremony from kindergarten. It seems as though the school year just started yesterday. It has been a great school year and he truly did have a great teacher who decided to retire after twenty-five years of serving the community.B has learned so much this year some from his

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Wow, I think I am still getting over all of the hustle and bustle from the weekend. And it didn't contain one ounce of playing sports on our part. I did have a soccer game Friday, but I opted out. I think I had good reason too.Look who had a party.K had been talking for months about wanting to have a party for his birthday. And if you can't tell from the big furry thing at his side, he wanted to

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A couple of weeks ago I mentioned I found my old film SLR and there was still film in it. Well to my surprise there were pictures from December of 2002. There is our niece, nephew, and B.Two more have been added to the brew. Another nephew and K.You may recall the reason I was going through the old camera was because I we were looking into getting a new one. I am so excited because I did get a

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Needle size that is. See the two socks.The only difference between the two are one needle size. The one on the left is knit with US size 2's and 3's are on the right.Both of the socks have advantages of their own. For instance the right sock is definitely has more stretch to it, while the left has more definition in the cabling.At the rate that I am going, I will barely have these socks done in

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Here are some bubbles from our fish tank.Have a great weekend!

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B: Mom, what is that battery for?Me: Huh?B: That battery.Me: Oh sweety, that is not a battery that is film.B: What is film?Me: Film is what the old camera used.B: Oh.I don't think he knows exactly what I meant, but this is what started that conversation.Hubby and I have been looking into getting a new digital camera and so I was looking at our old SLR and found that there was still a role of film

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I know it has been a while...Eye Candy Friday from me that is.Have a great weekend!

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I have secretly been stressing out over the whole Sockapalooza thing. See my Sockapalooza pal is blogless which makes getting to know my pals preferences somewhat, how should I say, impossible. Not that I am complaining, I just really want to make my pal a pair of socks that they do not already have.So basically I have to guess. Do they have Jaywalker's, Monkey's, something from Knitting on the

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Thank you, to all who fight and have fought for us.Happy Memorial Day!

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With all of the lists and things I almost forgot to post about the Mother's Day gifts that I had made for my mom and grandmother. You may remember this one. Actually I never mentioned who it was for. In fact, I forgot that I had made it last year. They were sitting in the closet ready to be gifted, but oops. Now they are wrapped and ready for Bachan (it is what my kids call Grandma, their

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I am one of those. You know those people, the ones who are constantly writing lists.If we are going on vacation, I have a list of the things that we need to pack. When the house needs to be cleaned, I make a list. Errands, there's a list. You name it, I write a list, if I didn't then I wouldn't do have as much stuff as I needed to.The good thing about having a list is that I seem to finish a

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First I am super-excited because I recieved a comment from my sockapalooza pal. WooHoo! Now that I got that off my chest, look what I have on my finger.Let me give you a little background. A little over six years ago, Hubby and I were having problems with our mail. You know the kind of problems where mail was missing and so forth. So Hubby and I decided to change our mailbox from the type that do

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Look at this sock. Now look at this sock.Now look at the two together.They are both the same sock pattern worked from different directions. If you have been reading this blog for a while, then you know that the toe up method of knitting socks is my favorite. Afterall, when you knit them toe up you can pretty much guarantee that you will not run out of yarn with only a few rounds left because you

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Ever since the California fires in October 2003, I have had a very difficult time with fires. That year one of the fires was so close that I had to take the kids to my parents house because of the smoke. The following year, I could see this fire from our bedroom as I would lay trying to sleep.Ever since the 2003 fires, when there is a fire within twenty miles, I can smell it and I get extremely

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See these little feet.They belong to K. Every time K comes home from school and/or the park this is what we have: Shoes full of sand.How it is possible for him to walk while that much sand is in his shoes is beyond me. I get a couple of grains in my shoe and I have to take off the shoes and clean them out because it bothers me so much.Maybe he wants a sandbox at home and this is his subtle way

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Say hello to my little friend (in your best Tony Montana/Scarface voice). For those that don't know, this is Nomar Garciapower Garciaparra, actually he's not the real one, but the bobblehead version that was given away at the Dodger game.A couple of weeks ago, B mentioned that he wanted a Nomar bobblehead and asked if we could go to a game and buy one. I happened to notice on the Dodgers schedule

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How cool was I when I came home with this. The kiddos were so excited. Then when I started building something, their excitement quickly turned to disappointment, after all, mom was hogging up all the pieces that they needed. What was I thinking?Well, let me show you what I was thinking.In my mind I needed them more than the kiddos. I think you would agree.I got the idea for making the

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If I could remember the rest of the song, I would add a little more, but for the life of me, I can't remember what comes next. All I remember is: It's the summer of love, love, love I got the feeling of love, love, loveYou may be wondering what has me talking about all of this love stuff. Well let me show you these lovelies.They are the Gentleman's Fancy Socks from Knitting Vintage Socks. Me oh

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I can take the heat, I can take the cold, but the winds...that is another story. The winds around here have been, well, how should I say, STRONG. It's pretty bad when you are at your kids baseball game and all of the parents have their sunglasses on at night and the kids are facing the wall in the dugout just so they don't get dirt in their eyes.Though I admit, it was funny.Speaking of baseball.

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I feel as though I have been going non-stop.Easter was great. The boys had a great time decorating and then searching for eggs.This was one of my favorite eggs. B said that he wanted it to look like the world. I think he did a wonderful job. We did brunch at our house and then we did dinner at my parents.After two weeks off of school B went back on Monday. As I was doing some errands, I got a

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It is allergy season over here and boy do I get it bad. Though I am wondering is it so bad that I am seeing things?Do you see what I am seeing?It is very subtle, but it is really bothering me.Both socks were knit using yarn from the same dye lot, but the shades are very different. It is like one of the skeins were left in the sun and faded as a result.I know that when I am wearing the socks that

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This past weekend same as the last...busy, busy, busy.B is on Spring Break for the next two weeks. A couple of days before vacation started he had asked if I could take him to Disneyland while he was on vacation. After looking at the black out dates for our passes, I decided why not and that was where we were yesterday.I have a couple of friends who have said that they would never take their kids

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First, let me thank you for all of your comments regarding the socks. I have decided that I will not be frogging them. So hopefully within the next few weeks I will have a finished pair of socks for myself.It has been a fun, but exhausting weekend.A few months back one of Hubby's friends called and asked if I would sub for their Friday night indoor soccer team. Having absolutely no experience or

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Not a whole lot of knitting going on here lately. I don't know if it is the weather which is a whopping 90+ degrees or if it is the lack of interest in my latest WIP, which is a pair of socks in a self striping yarn.I have actually frogged the socks three times trying three different stitch patterns, one of the times I frogged I was at the cuff of both of the socks before I realized that I

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See that expression on her face. That is how everyone in this household has felt at one time or another over the last few months, especially me. Though today K is home sick from pre-school.What I wouldn't give to have all of my family healthy right now.I started off the year with Strep and never fully recovered. After I was done with the first round of meds, I was still having some upper

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A few months ago, while doing some holiday shopping, I came across a cute t-shirt. The shirt had an angry cartoon-ish type of character's face and under the face she had her two thumbs up. Or should I say, I thought that she had her two thumbs up.I guess you could say that my eyes were playing tricks on me. The first time I wore the shirt, a friend of mine started giggling and then gave me "

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Finally. Finally I am posting a finished picture of the sweater from the Red Sweater KAL. It's not like the sweater wasn't ready for its premiere. It's just that it is hard for me to get a picture of me in the sweater.Not that I haven't tried, because believe me, I have tried. I let B & K both attempt, but you can imagine what pictures from 6 and 3 year olds look like. I kept asking hubby, but

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Where do I begin? Friday was B's 6th birthday. This was the first time that hubby had to work on his birthday and the first time that we had so many other things that we had to do that was not related to celebrating his day on his day. Not that we didn't have anything planned, we are having a party for him this weekend. Though we did have a little surprise for him on Saturday. The California

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I am really having a hard time with Project Spectrum 2.0, or I should say I was having a hard time until I realized how many blue items/objects we have in the house. Up until this point all I really did was change the colors on the top of my blog to reflect the colors for PS2.0.So here is my first real post for PS2.0.BTW I don't have a think blue sign in my house. It is on one of the hills as

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When the kids were off, we had gone to the "Happiest Place on Earth." While we were there, the kid took this pic. I get a chuckle every time I see it.I haven't picked up the needles in two days now. It's not that I don't want to. Oh, how I do. Have you seen the Entrelac Socks in IK's Spring 2007? I absolutely adore them. I have yarn. I have needles. I have to finish my other projects first :(I

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After I finished the sweater for the Red Sweater KAL and was putting my needles away, I noticed something. Let's see if you can tell.Can you tell? I know that it is very subtle, but the yarn bled off onto my needles. If you can't tell from the pic above, I circled the needles that were affected in the pic below.Can you tell now?The sweater is being blocked. It took almost twenty minutes to get

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This morning when I opened my eyes, this was the first thing I saw.It was so beautiful I could not resist taking the pic. I think I set a record this past weekend. This is the first time I turned my computer on in three days. Wow. I did have a nice weekend as I hope all of you did as well. Hubby was out of town for a "guys" weekend, which left me at home with my boys, sort of. I play soccer on

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I am one of those people who believes in reinforcement, weather it is positive or negative. I also believe in a reward type of system. This was my reward.I reached my running goal for the month of January. WoooHoooo!!!! As my reward I went and got a pedicure. Ahhhhhhh. After all of the pounding and work that my feet have been doing to reach my goal, this was the least I could do for them.I know I

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It has been a crazy around here for the last week. I know, I know it's just the way life is, so I am not complaining. But because it has been a little hectic there is only a little progress on the sweater for the KAL.See that completed sleeve, it took a while to get to the point that it is at now. I some how transposed the numbers along the way and picked up an extra twelve sts. When I tried the

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I am definitely feeling better. I have a few more days of meds and hopefully this will be it for me getting sick for the year. I know it's only January, but a girl can hope, can't she?I went for a run/walk with hubby earlier today and I felt really good. Not much in terms of coughing, though I am feeling a bit on the tired side. I think it may be a lack of caffeine in my system though.I have been

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There was a song maybe fifteen years ago where the chorus was, "It never rains in Southern California."The song was by the group Tony, Toni, Tone and the song was called, "It never rains (in Southern California). Every time it would rain they would play that song on the radio. Occasionally I will still hear that song play when it rains, but I didn't hear it yesterday, maybe because it really

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And lots and lots of it may I add. Lately whenever we ask K to pose for a pic, he will do so in a manner that when we look at the end result all we can do is laugh. Here is exhibit A, B, & C.These were taken last week. And all I could do was laugh my butt off when I saw them. The second pic reminds me of the movie A Christmas Story, the scene in which one of the characters gets his tongue stuck

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I feel as though I have been moving non-stop for the last few days. Monday Hubby and I went snowboarding, Tuesday and Wednesday we were at the Magic Kingdom. Finally we are home. There is so much that I need to do. There is so much that I want to do. But I really just want to be lazy today.The thing that I have difficulties with is deciphering the difference between the needs and wants. Need

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I finished the cap I was making for B. Although I wanted to finish it before 2007 began, I ended up finishing it the following morning. I was trying to get B to take a pic in it, but he being almost 6 wouldn't sit still long enough. Now I can't find it. Go figure.I was anxious to work on another pair of socks for myself, so I have worked on (and finished) these.They are the first pair of socks

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Call me crazy, but look what I just signed myself up for.You can read about it here at Whitney's. If you are so inclined to join, go over runagogo and register. You don't have to run all of the miles, it's any movement/activity that gets us out and moving.

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I finally decided that for my next project (and final for 2006) would be a cap for the kids with an AT-AT on it. I first got the idea from Jessica when she made this for one of her sons.I decided on the AT-AT for one main reason. When B first would draw things from Star Wars, he would always draw an AT-AT or Imperial Walker, as he likes to call them. So I figured, that the first Star Wars item

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I finally finished the Jaywalkers. They were really a joy to work and I can't wait to make another pair. I tried to put a little button on my sidebar to create the easy link, but for some reason, it won't save. I figure blogger is just being blogger, so maybe tomorrow it will work. But if you absolutely cannot wait for the one in the sidebar, you can click here.I really want to start on another

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Hubby and I met through a friend that I went to junior high school with. From the moment I met him there was something there, a little spark as some would say. Whenever I would go to this friends house or to a party and he was there, we would talk, flirt, but that was that.A year after we met, while I was playing volleyball for the college I was attending, I sprained my ankle. I had not seen my

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I hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday!

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"MOM!" B yells from the kitchen."Yes, B.""Brother spilled some of his milk.""Okay, help him wipe it up and I will be right there.""Okay."When I got to the kitchen, this is what I found:The good thing is they did try to clean up the spilled milk. I just didn't think that they were going to use all the napkins trying to do so. Next time, I think I will be more specific and tell them to use a towel

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Things seem so crazy right now. I don't know if it is because of the holidays or just because life is life or just a combination of both. The house is a royal mess and we are going to be celebrating Christmas Eve here with Hubby's family. I think his brother and their family may even be staying with us overnight sometime this week (I usually don't find out until they are on their way down).So

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Hubby will be delighted when he finds out about this one. For me to announce this to him today when he gets home from work will definitely earn me some points. He was just telling me how I can't go shopping without buying something for myself. In my defense, 90% of the time, I will only buy something for myself if it is on sale and I am getting a really good deal. I posted about my shopping

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-36566947938463348542006-12-15T10:09:00.000-08:002006-12-15T10:20:26.898-08:00

I had one of the Jaywalkers completed this morning, but this is what it looks like now. I had to frog back to below the heel. In my haste to finish this sock, I never tried it on (except for the photo from this post. As a result, I could barely fit the thing on my rather large foot. It turns out I turned the heel about two inches too soon. Ugh! So that is where I am at now. I am glad that I

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-65299544531247539732006-12-13T19:09:00.000-08:002006-12-13T19:35:59.395-08:00

There has been a lot going on over here lately, some knitting, but mostly other stuff. As you can see from the above picture, the holiday cards are addressed and ready to be sent, which means the picture has been taken and B did not have a fat/busted lip in the picture. We have actually had our tree up for going on two weeks. But finally I feel we are complete in the decorating department.

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-82725108617178518322006-12-12T08:01:00.000-08:002006-12-12T08:35:30.515-08:00

There is nothing that starts your day off better than caffine and knitting. Hubby is home for the next few days so he is taking B to school. I don't have to be out of here for another hour so this is what I have been doing.Actually, I cast-on for the cap in the background after I realized I left my Jaywalkers at my parent's house. A few short hours later, I had my cap done. Now I am working on a

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-17468089537540620982006-12-10T10:49:00.000-08:002006-12-10T11:31:26.829-08:00

The great thing about digital cameras, is that you can take a gazillion pictures and not worry about how they come out. Not that you don't worry about the outcome of the photos, but for me, I no longer have to worry about having to take them in to get processed only to find out after spending large amounts of cash, that none of the pictures you had taken are what you had in mind. A few months ago

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-1165698301022222732006-12-09T12:39:00.000-08:002006-12-09T13:05:01.050-08:00

Yes that's right. I have another finished project and have pictures and am posting about it. I started these socks in the car on the way to my cousin's house on Thanksgiving day. A few days ago, I was talking to my grandmother and had asked her how she liked the last pair of socks that I made for her. She started going on about how comfortable they were and how much she liked them.That is when

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-1165357363114751722006-12-05T14:00:00.000-08:002006-12-05T14:22:43.200-08:00

For those who choose to make gifts, decorate the house, etc. for the holiday season, it sure feels as though it is the busiest time of the year. It's even busier for those of us who are a bit on the disorganized side. Last year, by the time Thanksgiving was done, I was pretty much done with my holiday list of things to do/buy/make.This year is another story. The list feels like it is a mile long.

Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436511505842961913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21671817.post-1165279647510209112006-12-04T16:21:00.000-08:002006-12-04T16:47:27.533-08:00

What do you get when you mix twenty-four hundred plus beads, 150 yards of 28 gauge wire, some knitting needles, and a person who wants to crank out holiday gifts?If you said sixteen completed votive sleeves from this book, Handknit Holidays, then you would be correct. For complete details click here or on the link in my finished projects.They truly were an easy knit and I basically just kept

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