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Christmas 2009 at OneTrueMedia.com

2010-06-24T07:38:00.001-07:00

Christmas in July (almost!)

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I made a card...

2010-03-14T15:17:00.001-07:00

Seems like we've had a lot of recent birthday party invitations. Our usual gift these days is a gift card. I know my kids like to shop for themselves and it makes it an easy gift for mom to get!

I used to make a lot of cards using my stamping stuff. I have quite a bit stamps, inks and other cool tools, so yesterday on a whim, I decided to make a card for the gift card to go with. The party theme was sports, and I came up with this...

Yes, I had all the items I needed in my huge stash of craft supplies! My kids were impressed, hope the birthday boy enjoyed it too! I had fun. I need to do more of this, ya know, with all the extra time I have to fill!! I'll post more when (if) I get motivated again!

Sydney's Recorder Concert

2010-03-14T15:07:00.000-07:00

The third grade had their Recorder Concert this last week. All about Rock N' Roll, so cute! Everyone did a great job with their parts singing, playing the recorder and performing.

Sydney had a speaking part, it was right at the end... "as the song says, Rock and Roll is here to stay." She did great despite the microphone was set too high! So proud of her.

Sienna Storm Maroon begins again

2010-03-14T14:37:00.001-07:00

Well, it's that time again! Storm baseball is up and going. We've had two tournaments to start the season, not great for the team but Dylan has been doing really well with batting and pitching. Here are a few photos of some of the action!

Sydney wearing the Storm gear, ready to cheer for her brother and the rest of the guys!

Lots of busy weekends coming up with Baseball and Soccer, never a dull moment in our house!!

Sweater for Sandy

2010-01-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

I found a dog sweater pattern and knitted one for Sandy. I used yarn I had and the colors match the kid's soccer team Eclipse. It's too big for her even though she gained some weight since coming to live with us. The pattern was one that I had to "sew" together, so it's knitted flat and then seamed. I don't like that part, or I haven't learned to do it well so I'm not happy with how mine turned out. Oh well, I'll try again and fit her better the next time! She is hard to photography because when I get down near the floor she runs to see me!

Welcome Sandy!

2009-11-03T13:14:00.000-08:00

We decided to welcome a new pet into the family. The kids and I went looking to rescue a dog, I've always liked Chihuahuas and last week we found Sandy. She was at the Houston SPCA, we were able to surprise the kids with her on Wednesday, October 28th. They were so excited. She will be much loved at our house. Here are some photos...

Halloween 2009

2009-11-03T13:02:00.000-08:00

Where did October go? Can someone tell me because all of a sudden it was Oct 31st and we hadn't even bought pumpkins yet! Well, it wouldn't be Halloween without a jack-o-lantern so off we went to the local church pumpkin patch at 3pm on Sat., picked out pumpkins and ran home to carve them. The kids had fun with all the neighbors at the annual get together in the cul-de-sac. The moms had fun too.

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-22T07:57:00.000-07:00

We were invited to Lake LBJ with our friends Connie and Devin and their kids. We had a blast! Jet skiing, boating, knee boarding, swimming, no one wanted to leave come Monday. Connie's uncle has a beautiful house there with all the toys big kids like. Here are some photos...

Dylan tried knee boarding, took just a few trys and he was up. By his 2nd day he did a full 360 degree turn! He loved it.

Sunrise both mornings was beautiful. The water was smooth at that time so the guys got up to ride the jet skis and take the kids out.

We rode "Great Big Mabel", the kids loved it, me not so much. It just beats you to pieces! I had two bruised knees, a scraped elbow and a few days later felt like I had been in a car wreck or fight! Too old!

It was a very fun weekend.

More Socks

2009-08-27T09:23:00.001-07:00

I've started a new pair of socks...I've had this yarn for a while but for whatever reason hadn't started anything with it. I have multiple projects going because I get bored with one and need variety. OK, so I guess I like to layer my projects/books/activities, etc. Right now in my project bag I have at least 2 other knitting pieces (sweater and a blanket). Also I have several books I'm reading, The Shack, A Breath of Snow and Ashes and The Alchemist (book club). And as for the activities, well, I'm trying to walk at least every other day, I started on Dylan's room walls (need painting), one of these days we'll have a garage sale, and of course there is always the kids activities. I know I get this from my parents because I can hardly remember a time when they didn't have a project or 3 going. I think I do better mentally when I have a lot going on, that may sound weird but I think it's true.

Going for a walk

2009-08-27T08:42:00.000-07:00

I got some new shoes, my sweet hubby got them for me, well he tried...he got the wrong size so I had to go exchange them. Aren't they cute?
These are not just Nikes but ones that have a little spot in them to put this:

It works with my iPhone and can track my walks/runs, lets me know how far I've gone, plays my iTunes as I go. All in all a cool little thing. I started on 8/14 and have walked between 2 and 2.5 miles each time, I average about a 15 min. mile, I'm good with that.

My goal is to start walking as much as I can, need to get in shape and since the kids have training twice a week at Lost Creek Park, I have no excuse! I made myself a belt to hold my iPhone, it's not pretty so no photos, but it works. Took it for it's maiden voyage last night and did fine. I do have to wear it with the phone at my lower back so the blue tooth headphones don't cut out. I think I will make another version of the iPhone belt with a few improvements and then maybe post the pictures of the first one and then the new one...we'll see!

Sewing fun

2009-07-15T07:31:00.000-07:00

Did a little sewing for the new members of the family...Chocolate Chip and Ghillie(gill-ee), formerly known as Oreo.

Dylan renamed his guinea pig based on his love of Call of Duty 4 that he plays pretty much non-stop these days. You can see what a ghillie suit looks like here.

OK, on with what I made. Found a tutorial for a "cozie" for guinea pigs, they like to snuggle in and feel protected and I thought this was really cute.

I made two of them, one each! These pictures are from my phone, more with the camera but then the battery died so they didn't get downloaded.

So cute. I think they liked them, they went in and then ran out again, at one point they both were in one together, kind of small for that. I'm trying a new system with their bedding, using fleece, can be washed and reused. I got more fleece yesterday to make multiple "beds" so we can change them out regularly. It's a lot of work but they are fun and the kids are enjoying their pets. I think we've decided to make the laundry/craft room their permanent home. Great web site I found for all kinds of info related to Guineas here.

New Family Member

2009-06-19T12:39:00.001-07:00

Introducing Chocolate Chip. He's Sydney's Guinea Pig but we've all gotten to enjoy having him around. Sydney named him that because she thinks he looks like a cookie. He's just a baby so he'll get bigger, possibly twice the size that he is now. We're learning all about how to take care of him and play with him. He likes to get his treats of fresh veggies. The kids enjoy feeding him and watching him eat.
We have made a "play pen" of sorts so that Chocolate Chip can have room to run around and get some exercise each day. He starts to get active around 9pm so I'm glad it's summer and the kids can have time to play with him.
According to the book guinea pigs can be litter box trained. The pet store has mini-litter boxes just for this size pet. We might try that so it would be easier to clean up after him. Dylan wants his own piggy now, which we're considering so that Chocolate Chip would have a friend during all the hours that we are not around. We're checking in to some rescue places.

Weekend in Magnolia

2009-06-19T12:23:00.001-07:00

We spent the weekend in Magnolia the same weekend we played baseball in Spring. It's a much quicker drive. Emmy fixed crabs and shrimp since they had just returned from a trip to Louisiana. All the cousins got to swim/play/sleepover.

Here is Sydney and Riley.Then we have Noah, Peyton and Sydney.

Yummmm, crab! Not for me so much because I don't like to mess with cracking them, but I heard they were good.

Keaton and Dylan

Sydney

Storm Baseball

2009-06-19T11:21:00.001-07:00

The Sienna Storm Maroon team played in the Spring Klein June Jam in Spring, TX, June 6-7th. It was a hot weekend. The boys did great though. Dylan got to do some pitching and pitched the game to win it all on Sunday. He loves to pitch and has been doing pretty well. We now have a pitching mound for the backyard. Mom loves for him to get to pitch but it makes me so nervous for him. I asked him after the game if he was nervous up there and he just smiles and says "nah" like it's no big deal at all. The first two pictures are from the tournament at Baseball USA but I liked the action. The rest are from Spring Klein.My baseball stud!

This was one picture I got after the game was over, they were lining up for the trophy presentation...then my battery ran out! Had to switch to video. I know someone got a picture of my two D's with the BIG trophy, have to track that down.
One of the mom's posted this next photo to the team website. Pretty neat treatment of the image. Looks old-school. We were certainly #1 that day!! Good job Storm!

End of School!

2009-06-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

End of school finally came. The kids were so ready. Darrin was able to go to school on the last day and see Dylan get his awards. Sydney's class did her awards a week or so before school was out and we weren't able to make that. They both made Honor Roll which is very exciting and Dylan got 100% scores on both reading and math TAKS tests. On the last day of school Dylan decided to wear his hair in a "Faux Hawk"! Here are some pictures. The classroom awards were the name of candy bars, Dylan got the "Skor" award for his sports playing.

Here he is with his teacher Mrs. Whitsitt.

Darrin visited Sydney's classroom on the last day too. Here is Sydney with her teacher Mrs. Hill and some of her friends from her class...

Another year at Scanlan Oaks, now they move on to 4th and 3rd, wow, it goes by fast... for mommy anyway!

Sweater and New Hair

2009-06-02T16:53:00.000-07:00

I've been working on my February Lady Sweater, twice I've had to go back to my "safety" line (that is the rainbow color string you see at the bottom of the stitches) because of a mistake or the number of stitches was not right. It's never fun to rip out hours of work but I want it to be right. Here is where it is right now...

This is the biggest knitting project I've attempted. Hopefully I'll have it done by Fall!!

Last week I finally got my hair cut. Best hair cut in a long time. Went to Visible Changes at the mall, which usually means I get a different person than the last time, this time I got Lauren, she was great. I've gotten a lot of compliments on it, even from total strangers! I will call ahead next time to make sure I get Lauren again.

May Happenings

2009-05-28T08:47:00.000-07:00

It's almost June and I haven't posted in a while. School is winding down and so are some of our activities. Baseball will still go on through part of July but soccer is over for now for both kids.

Sydney's Birthday and Mother's Day came on the same weekend. We had her Amazing Race party, she and 11 friends, including Dylan raced around the house. I did too, trying to stay ahead of them with all the clues...I felt like I had run an actual marathon by the time is was over!!

On Sunday we headed to Magnolia to celebrate Mother's Day and continue the birthday festivities as Peyton & Sydney share their birthday! The kids swam and played and had cake.

End of soccer season for both kids. Dylan will stay with most of his team from Eclipse and will be playing indoor soccer this summer with the boys. Here are some pictures from the last game. Notice the "faux hawk"...

Sydney's team did really well this season. Most of the girls from her team will be moving to Developmental with Eclipse, same as what Dylan did this spring. More advanced training, this will start again in August. Here are some pictures from Sydney's last game.

Baseball has been keeping us busy, basically every other weekend we have tournaments scheduled. Here are a few pictures from the recent tournament at Baseball USA. Dylan's pitching is improving and he's enjoying it.

Over Memorial weekend Dylan's soccer team had a party at Fun Tiki, all the families came, the kids had a blast! Go Karts, video games, pizza and putt-putt.

More postings coming soon, I promise! I got a new "do" and my sweater is coming along nicely, just need to take some photos!

Weekend Sewing - Summer Blouse

2009-04-05T08:44:00.000-07:00

Second project out of the Weekend Sewing book... The Summer Blouse

I am pretty excited about it. I made a few adjustments, like shortening the sleeves to 3/4 length and left off the button/closure because I would never use it. I think it came out pretty cute. Could be a little longer I think. I made the med. size from the pattern, fits pretty good, shoulders are snug but I think any bigger would not have been flattering.

Leave me a note and tell me what you think!

From the book:
Mine:

Here is a close up shot of the fabric, cute paisley in rust.

Palm Sunday and Bringing Forth the Gifts

2009-04-05T06:29:00.000-07:00

We've been attending mass more regularly lately and the kids have been dressing a little nicer for church, this decided on their own. Yesterday was Sydney's 1st Eucharist retreat at the church (3 hours) and then Darrin and Dylan were going to come meet us for mass at 5pm. Sydney and I both dressed comfortably for the long day we were going to spend at church. Capris and sandals (flip-flops for Sydney). Darrin and Dylan met us as planned, Darrin wore jeans and Dylan wore shorts but a nice collard golf style shirt. Why am I writing about how we were dressed? Well as we walked in to the church, one of the greeters approached Darrin and asked if our family would carry in the "gifts"...bowl with the host, chalis, and glass pitchers with wine and holy water, sort of like these...

Sydney was so excited, she said "Yay, we get to participate!" It was also Palm Sunday and we got the palms as we went in, I'm not sure I have ever seen this done, it was neat, Father came through the church with the large palm and sprinkled holy water and the congregation waved their palms. It was a wonderful beginning to this holy week. We made our palms into little crosses when we got home, they sort of look like this...

Mass seemed to go by really quickly, I think partly because of the anticipation of when we needed to go to the back of the church. It all went fine. It was a special feeling being a part of the service. Proud of my family and my children that are growing up in good faith. Yes, I wish we were dressed nicer and my hair looked better, but all of that really doesn't matter now does it?

Sydney said she hopes we get to do it again.

February Lady Sweater project

2009-03-31T07:05:00.001-07:00

So I've started on my February Lady Sweater... cast on Saturday, March 28th, let's see how long this takes me...

I've actually made more progress than what is shown here but haven't taken pictures yet...

I did a buttonhole, very exciting and my Make 1 increases are going very well! I'll post again further along the way. Wish me luck!!

Dylan's Recorder Review

2009-03-31T06:35:00.000-07:00

The third grade had their Recorder Concert on Friday, March 27th. I was able to take a half day off from work to catch the show. Dylan was so excited I was able to make it. The concert's theme was Rock and Roll through the Years. Some songs they learned were Hound Dog, Rockin' Robin, Roll Over Beethoven and Blowin' in the Wind. I was able to record a little using my digital camera. They all did great!

2nd Pair of Socks — DONE!

2009-03-25T13:20:00.001-07:00

Ta-da! Here they are... my second sock project is done! Yay! Made with Red Heart's Heart & Sole with Aloe yarn, color is Mellow Stripe, generously donated by my friend Melissa P. from her stash. The stripes almost line up perfectly. They feel great, of course it's getting a bit warm in Texas to wear mostly wool socks but they are super cute!

Now, on to the next pair...S-Girl has requested that hers be next in line, at least she has small feet, so they shouldn't take as long, umm, right??!!

Also going to start the February Lady Sweater
This will be a new challenge! Haven't started to cast on yet, still reviewing the stitches I will need to know...stay tuned!

Jen's Book

2009-03-25T12:06:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine turned 40 recently and I decided to come up with something really cool and special for her. With all the craft blogs out there I found just what I wanted to make, well sort of, here is the inspiration...

My gift ended up like this...

My favorite part of the book was at the back, we made some faux photo booth style pictures of friends and stuck those in there.

I found poems and quotes that I liked and thought she would too and put those in there with some fun pictures I found online. Random things like old photos and old advertisements. Stickers and ribbon to add texture. Some little envelopes made the perfect spot for the gift cards I got from places I know she likes. It was a fun project and she loved it!

Happy Birthday Jennifer!!

Photo fun

2009-03-12T12:52:00.000-07:00

Found a neat site today, Picnik.com

You can do neat stuff to your own photos, it's free, you can sign up but you don't have to, sort of like quick Photoshop stuff for those that don't have the program. I made this really quick picture...
I used the Double Processed feature and the Polaroid frame. Go check it out!

Some knitting fun...

2009-03-05T08:58:00.001-08:00

OK, this first one is of the cowl I made. Super easy pattern made with circular needles. I liked this maroon color and I have added it to a simple t-shirt top when it's cold. Don't care for the feel of this yarn on my neck though, kind of itchy and it sheds some small threads from the yarn, which makes it look like you've rolled around with a cat by the end of the day!

Now for the latest sock project...my knitting friend and guru "Mo" gave me some of her stash to make some socks, I loved this yarn because of the bright, fun colors so I started with it. I'm liking the very small needles I get to use, I think these are size 2. I started these before we went to Austin, which was Feb. 21st, just to keep a time-line, sort of. I turned the heel this last weekend, Feb. 28th/Mar. 1st.

And this photo is from today, finished the heel decrease and moving on to the foot part, got about 5 in. to go before I decrease to the toe part. Small stitches take a long time to see that you are getting somewhere. It's coming out really neat, all the stripes! The yarn does that on it's own but you could do similar striping using different color yarns. I'll post the final when it's done...then I have to make it's twin!!

Pigeon Story

2009-02-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

OK, driving home from work yesterday I took the old route that I used to take home and as I approached the first light on the feeder road, a car a head of me sped up to catch the light and as they went through it I saw a poof of feathers... I knew immediately what happened, the car had hit a bird. I've seen it before, I think I've even hit one on the Toll road, but this time I had to slowly roll up to the intersection and sit there while this poor thing flopped and bobbed around on the pavement. It was a sad scene. The other birds in his group flew down and looked to be encouraging him to "get up!", or "fly, dude, fly!!" They took turns, dodging other cars moving through the intersection to go down near the injured bird, but none of them could help. They all then flew up and sat on the light pole and watched. All the cars around seemed to see it and avoid it.

Then I thought of the Seinfeld episode with George and the Pigeons...

Jerry Seinfeld: You ran over some pigeons? How many?
George Costanza: Whatever they had.

George Costanza: Miranda thinks I'm a butcher, but - it's not my fault, is it? Don't we have a deal with the pigeons?
Jerry Seinfeld: Of course we have a deal: They get out of the way of our cars; we look the other way on the statue defecations.

Seinfeld episodes always make me laugh.

I hope the pigeon had a good life and is now some place special!

Another Movie...left this one out!

2009-02-16T06:52:00.000-08:00

Forgot to add in this movie. I hadn't seen it before, just never got around to watching it! Must Love Dogs with John Cusack and Diane Lane. It was funny, some great lines, made me laugh.
Check it out if you haven't seen it!

Valentine's Day Weekend

2009-02-16T06:25:00.000-08:00

Our weekend was low key, which is good because we are about to launch on the Soccer/Baseball/Soccer spring season. Dylan is playing Eclipse Soccer and Sienna Storm Baseball. Sydney will be back with the Purple Pumas playing soccer in Sienna. Dylan had a playoff basketball game on Saturday, his team won. I got out of the house to go to the game and then again on Sunday to go to the grocery store, other than that I stayed in and did some cleaning (laundry mostly) and just hanging out watching some movies. With it being Valentine's Day weekend there were lots of mushy love story movies on so I caught a few. Here are some of what I watched...

Antonio Banderas, ooh la la! I didn't know this was based on a true story, I liked it.

Along Came Polly, have seen this a few times, still funny!

Bridget Jones, Edge of Reason, for a sequel I thought this was cute. Have seen this before too but it's still funny. Her singing Madonna in the Thai prison was fun.

"I truly believe that happiness is possible... even when you're thirty-three and have a bottom the size of two bowling balls. " - Bridget Jones

All in all, a great weekend. Roses, chocolates, dinner and all the lounging around I could stand, it was great! Now the week starts with soccer practices for both kids on the same night, 30mins. apart at two different locations, then a basketball practice that D has to run because he's the assistant coach, yee haw! Here we go!

New School Pictures

2009-02-13T13:04:00.001-08:00

Dylan, age 9

Sydney, age 7

Spring pictures from school came out great. They are getting so big! Coming to a mailbox near you for grandparents, aunts and uncles.

My Valentine

2009-02-13T12:47:00.001-08:00

You are my Valentine, yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever.
D, you are the best husband, daddy and friend. I love you, S.

1st Eclipse Soccer club tournament

2009-02-11T15:58:00.001-08:00

Dylan played in his first soccer tournament with the Lunar Eclipse 00 team this past weekend. His team did great. Dylan scored a goal in the first game, we were all very excited. They won 2, tied 1 and lost in the Championship game. His team came home with a medal and all had a great time. Emmy and Paw Paw came out to watch as well as Uncle Daniel. Aunt Christa, Uncle Gary and Gavin got to see the Championship game as they were out there for the tournament, Gavin playing in the U14 league for Premier Soccer Club. Here are some photos...

Socks

2009-02-11T15:36:00.000-08:00

I challenged myself to knit something more difficult...a sock! Using a helpful book from Patons and some advice from my knitting friend Melissa P., I was able to make these!!

Going to try some different yarn and make some more. Sydney has already asked for a pair!
I recently made a cowl also but don't have a photo of it just now. So many projects, so little time! (sigh)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T12:03:00.000-08:00

I can't believe the holidays are almost over. Well, technically they are for me as I was back to work today, the 2nd. Not a lot to do but fun to see the folks in the office. Christmas was busy this year, we spent Christmas Eve with Christa, Gary, Gavin and Sean, Max and Melissa and Mom. That was nice because usually Christa and her family are out of town during the holidays. Christmas morning was our usual... up at dawn to open presents and see what Santa has brought. It was a very electronic year with video games and Sydney finally got her DS! That afternoon we headed out to Magnolia to join Darrin's family for the rest of Christmas. It was a great time, the kids had fun with their cousins.

For New Years, Darrin booked us a few days at the Lost Pines Resort near Bastrop. We had been before in the summer of 2007 and had a blast. He found a Family New Years special and made that part of the kids and my Christmas gift. Sean and Stephanie, Kyle and Mattie went too and that made the whole trip very fun and special. We all had a wonderful time together. I put together a collage of sorts from the pictures I took at Lost Pines.

The kids played Frisbee Golf, soccer, kick ball, jumped in a bouncy house, tug-of-war, games, swam in the heated pool, rode bikes, and on and on! They had so many activities, it was hard to decide what to do! We celebrated on the lawn under the stars, they had a large screen that had the "Ball Drop" from NYC. We counted down and then had a beautiful fireworks show, it was great, the best New Years I think I've ever had. Thanks to my wonderful hubby for setting it all up! Good company, food, setting, weather...couldn't have been better!!

Breakfast with Santa

2008-12-22T08:18:00.000-08:00

Each year for the past 3 or 4 years we've gone to breakfast with Santa. Our tradition has been at The Hard Rock Cafe. This year's date didn't work for us and we thought we would have to skip it. Well, The Aquarium Downtown was also doing a Breakfast with Santa so we decided to try it. It was great. Aunt Debbie, Uncle Stephen, Keaton and Noah were able to join us Sunday morning. We all had a great time.

Santa was swimming with the fishies and an elf...

The kids enjoyed looking at all the fish swimming around us. It was pretty cool.

Sydney thought Santa had a bit too much make-up on...his lips are a bit bright!

December Happenings 2

2008-12-22T08:10:00.000-08:00

Gingerbread House
I bought a kit this year for the kids to put together. I didn't realize how much mommy would have to do (construct the house, walls first, roof next, 10 mins. dry time in between!) before they could put it together but we had fun. They split up the candy decorations and went to town making it beautiful. They keep wanting to eat it... um, yeah, it's hard as a rock now! Hard to explain that it's really just for looks!

December Happenings 1

2008-12-22T07:18:00.000-08:00

We got some snow! Driving home from work on December 10th we had some snow flurries. Not much stuck where we were but it was fun to see and the kids enjoyed it. They were so excited when I picked them up from extended day. Went out and snapped a few photos of the SNOW!

You also get to see some of our Christmas yard decorations. So neat with the snowflakes caught by the flash.

Dylan was down the street playing with his friends (of course) so Sydney got to be the star of the photoshoot!

What I'm up to these days...

2008-12-02T19:49:00.000-08:00

I always have a project or two going. One thing I like to do is listen to audio books while I do my other stuff. My wonderful husband introduced me to Audible a few years back and I love it! It's a great present that keeps on giving. The longer the better, like World Without End by Ken Follett, that was a good 40+ hours! It especially nice when I'm commuting to be into a good book, the time just flys by. Currently I'm reading An Arranged Marriage by Jo Beverley. I found it actually by searching for the narrator of recent books. This narrator is Jill Tanner and I've really come to like the way she tells a story, she's great with the different characters. I like historical fiction and enjoy tales from England and Scotland. The Outlander series is by far my favorite. I think I'm on book five but not all are on audio, well at least not all in the unabridged versions so that one I'm actually reading. Which sitting down to read is somewhat of a challenge most days so I've been on that one a while.

Projects that I'm working on while listening to my books? Well there is always laundry and usually dishes but then there are other fun things I can do and listen at the same time like make these little plushies...thanks to my friend Aimee. She let me borrow her book and make copies of the patterns. The elephant is mostly done, I think he needs a scarf or something and the dog well, first he needs a face and then maybe a collar. These might find their way to some little people I know very soon. Need to make some friends though, about 6 or 8 more!
And then there is my knitting. I have a few projects going there too. My lap blanket is coming along nicely. I'm about ready to switch colors, very exciting. I also have a scarf but I've gotten bored with it so I don't pick it up much. Also, there is this "Knit-Along" project I came across from Craft Stylish, can't decide if I want to attempt this or not. It's cute. Any thoughts? Let me know. http://www.craftstylish.com/item/26637/dare-to-make-it-knit-along-an-easy-little-cardi

Well, that is about it for the moment. Have a wonderful evening!

pnut

Thankful and My first post

2008-11-25T15:22:00.000-08:00

Two days before Thanksgiving and only a few more hours of work. I was just thinking as I walked down the hall here that I'm thankful for where I work. The fire in the fireplace in the lobby has such a homey feel and it really is a nice place to come in to everyday. Everyone smiles or says hello when you pass in the hall, it's a stressful time with the market the way it is but for the most part everyone is positive. I'm also thankful for the friends I have here.

The kids and I made marshmallow pilgrim hats, they took some out to Emmy's with them on Sunday. They have the whole week off of school this year so they went to spend a few of those days up in Magnolia. Thank goodness we have family to help out when extended day is not in session!

The picture was taken out at Dewberry Farms in October but it's the best "Fall" picture I have. I hope to post again before Thanksgiving but just in case...have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!