Drive By posting STrike that a Real Update instead...

A quick update. Halloween went great Jeoy had a blast, Will post pics eventually. Still socking along. Almost finished with the last committed pair and it will be all for me. At least until Feb/March.bI (please forgive me) signed up for Sock It to Me Twice. HAve the Sock Stash Eliimination going along as well hopefully to decrease some ot the st

Ok, that was supposed to be a drive by post from last week that I never got back to... Well Halloween was great and Joey did have lots of fun going trick or treating with his cousins. He was polite, said thank you and blew a kiss to almost every house that gave him him a treat. Pics of my lovely dragon, he said RAWR a lot too!!

These are from the school's Halloween party and parade.

In other news, almost finished with Andy's sweater, all pieced together AND IT FITS!!! Just need to weave in a couple of loose ends at the neck and it will be completely done. Also finished off the last pair of committed socks, a pair of eyelet spirals(can be viewed on my flickr or Ravelry)for a very special Ravenclaw. Finished off one of the 'It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown' socks, just in time for the 'Christmas Story' package to arrive from WoolGirl. Jen did her usual excellent packing and presentation. Would have gone under the tree if it was up, it was so Christmasy

AHHH lets see what else, Mon or Tues can't remember which received my Hogwarts Sock Swap package from Ophelia- Love the colors so bright and rich with a lovely diamond pattern... A notebook, Some wonderful smelling lotion and soap, very pretty stitch markers, size #4 dpns in birch(needed those), A Harry Potter puzzle, a couple of great magnets, I loved the card!!! and a tin of knitters mints. The socks are especially special, because Ophelia hand dyed the yarn especially for these socks and so, for me!

Been catching up on podcasts. Lime n Violet are hilarious, listening to them always brightens the day and the looks you get when you laugh hysterically at seemingly nothing, whoooohoo!! And listening while at the voting polls, mmmhhhmmm... those from NJ will understand, after voting for issue #4 regarding "the idiots and insane" this year and not meaning the politicians for once, lol!!

That's about it..... Had a wonderful brunch on Sun in Montclair with fellow Ravelers at Stix n Stitches even made it into their blog!! Got to meet Mary Beth Temple of The Secret Language of Knitters and will be going to her book signing in December. Lots of wonderful people at the brunch, my Friends list tripled after...(sorry if I don't remember your real name, I knd of suck at that) Lynn, Pieheart, Mrs Mattesky, QuirkyKnitter, Sheila, and everyone who's names I can't remember(i do remember faces though... sometimes...)Hopefully they will do this again, talk of making it monthly was going around. It was lots of fun, talking knitting, shopping, munching(the cinnamon pastry was divine, as was the homeade coconut bread!!)

Hmmm Stitches never did post about that, did I..... Had a great, if exhausting time. Barry Klein's class on top down Raglan was the best out of all of them, the others Stashology(not really what I expected but interesting), Cabling class, good learning expierience, I should be able to cable.. (didnt mean to rhyme it though, lol) Sampler was ok, but way too much by Sunday, cut that one short. Inner Harbor was gorgeous, enjoyed walking down from the hotel and having lunch with a friend at Cheesecake factory.

The Market, was HUGE, I was so glad I had a plan when I hit it on Friday. It was so overwhelming. Picked up some great yarn though. From Storm Moon Knits some wonderful colorways in Gaz, Cyndi Lauper, THe Great Pumpkin and I Put a Spell on You and some great stitch markers that I dan't find the pick for, but are on her shop page.....

Went to BlueMoonFiberArts to see and touch to find out what everyone is so hot about. The colors are much better in person!!! and squishy soft as well, walked away with 3 skeins of lightweight in PondScum(MUCH better in person), Atomic 6 and Azurite and I did (shhhhh) sign up for Socks that Rock Club 2008(confirmation came last night).

FOund some wonderful alpaca(no name) in a charcoal grey, wish I had picked up more though. $21 for 650yards and so soft!!!! only got 2 should have bought more :-(.

Lots of touchy feely at all the yarn I could get my little paws one, enjoyed the rich colors as well. Will make it a little easier to shop online for some things, now that I know how it feels and the colors look IRL. With so many shops online now, I didn't have to break the budget, I can now comfortablely go to their respective website and have a good feeling about what I am getting and not the "let's pray shot in the dark" feeling about what will arrive.

On that note, Have made reservations for next year, Nov 6-9, 2008 at Baltimore, again and will sign up as soon as the brochure hits the mailbox or sooner if they open online reg up early agian!!!

If you have made it this far, you really must be bored or way to interested in my life, lol. Hope you enjoyed the reading and weren't to bored.

Have a wonderful day, stop by again real soon....

Been a while, but....

Been a while since the last update. Lots of things going on. Kids went home couple of weeks ago, miss them a lot, maybe things will change, who knows.

We finished the Endeavor for Joey. He now has his own, swing set, slide, rock wall and fort with picnic bench to play on until he out grows in a few years. Don't know what happen to the pics will have to take more and post them.

Fence is up around a portion of the backyard, just need 2 gates for the front, but as usual Home Depot was out of what we needed. Will have to keep going back until the have them in stock again. The dogs weren't sure what to do when we let them out without their runners, they wont go past the standard length of the leads and now we prod them to out further until they reach the fence.

Other exciting news, I finally received my results for my medical coding, I PASSSED!!! I am now a certified coder for Emergency Medicine. I am also set for my finals for the last of my classed for my associates degree in Medical Management. This has only taken 4years and 6months to complete. I will be so happy when it is done, though the bill will still be there for at least another year :-(

In Knitting News:

Jessica finished her first knitted item. A Prayer shawl using Homespun(no I will not link it)

Then Joey wanted to play with it too...

Finished Joey's ankle socks, using some left over Tofutsies. He calls them his butterfly socks...




Lets see, I finished the sweater for Cubs for Kids and my Football Knitalong....and started my July offering for Chameleon Colorworks Sock of the Month Club, not bad for my first toe up (3 tries) and doing Fair Isle/stranding for the first time. I am a little further along than the picture shows, about 1/3 of the way through the foot pattern. Had to make some adjustments though, mainly to get gauge I would have been knitting on #6 and it just didnt look right. So I stuck with #2 and increased a few more stitches and adjusted the pattern accordingly. I am fairly certain I do not like the funky look of the toe, will have to see what adjustments to make to get rid of the squared look. I do like the toe up though trying on as I go along has been really neat.

That's it for now I think. Will work on the pics of Joeys swing set. Enjoying what is left of my summer and working, knitting and getting ready for the Fall..... Blessings all....