Pacafiesta!

This weekend was Pacafiesta out at Exhibition park in Halifax. I was super excited and even though I am supposed to be on a yarn diet, I decided it doesn't apply to special events. Regardless, I really need to make a huge dent in my stash so that I can get stuff to make Christmas presents-it's coming up on us fast!
So we(Lisa, Chad and I) got out there a little after noon. We ended up JUST missing Meegiemoo, which sucks because we have yet to meet! Julie came over and chatted for a few minutes-I nervously talked her ear off because that is what I do! ha ha ha ha ha ha Also ran into my aunt and cousin who were there because my aunt keeps alpacas over the summer for 4H for Atlantic Canada Alpacas and because she is looking into buying some midget alpacas.
Chad had a lot of fun petting the animals and laughing at all the alpacas making their little humming noises. Lisa didn't buy anything(for SHAME! ha ha ha ha ha) and I bought a bunch of fiber and some yarn.
On to the pics!

Goat! ha ha ha ha ha ha

Chad likes to pet things

What are YOU looking at?

So cute :P

Some spinning! I REEEEAAALLLYYY need a spinning wheel already!

More pettings

Llama!

Hahaha I love how the llama is smiling-she must like Lisa at lot!

The llama baby!

Giant knitting!

My score-2 bags black and white fiber and some GORGEOUS brown and cream handspun from the Atlantic Canada Alpacas booth. This yarn I am already using and it is the BEST yarn I have knit with so far-100% alpaca

From the Black Lamb booth-2 bags of purple based fiber-one is black and purple the other is purple with some grey-and some hot pink city silk, I think it was.

Photo project

Alright, so you may or may not know that I used to be really heavy into photography. I have a diploma and I spent 2 years meeting models and doing shoots in my spare time. I am obsessed with pin-ups and all that. So anyways, I ended up slowly getting out of it because my hours at work got to be insane and I was starting to have a bit of a melt down when it came to the meeting of the models and all that-I don't do too well in those kind of scenarios-meeting strangers for the first time and working with them and all that. Hell-I'm scared of my damn phone even! ha ha ha ha
So lately I have been really wanting to ease back in to it-more on my own terms. So I have decided to combine my love of knitting with my love of photography. I have enlisted some of my knitting friends to let me experiment with them and their finished objects. Eventually I would like to be doing shots of them with FO's the designed themselves. I've been really into the Rowan and Louisa Harding books(and others) and I LOVE the photos int hem. Gorgeous!!!
So for starters, keeping in mind that I am SUPER rusty and I didn't have my fancy lights with me, here are some pics of my wonderful, gorgeous friend Lisa and her new sweater she made! You can find her project page here on ravelry.

Baby stuff!

Alright, so I spent a good chunk of my knitting time the past month trying to finish up a bunch of baby stuff for my old boss who is now a daddy! Hard to believe since we all went to college together what seems like yesterday!!!!! I know *I* don't feel like I am old enough for a kid!!! ha ha ha ha ha
Anyways, I ended up making a lot-2 hats, 2 baby genius burp clothes from Mason Dixon, 2 wash clothes, a pair of Saarjes Booties and a pinwheel blanket that is definitely baby sized-I just couldn't keep knitting on it-I was losing my MIND!!! ha ha ha ha ha
Here's so pics before I delivered it!

Whew! I am behind!!!

Alright, so the new job has kept me quite busy this past month. Some weeks I don't have too much work and others I have too much. My schedule is still all out of whack, so some days I am exhausted and others not so much, some days I have to go in to work, other days I work from home with varying success. Oh well, I am sure it will straighten itself out soon enough!
Expect many little posts until I catch up!

Trip to Cape Breton-in photos!

Alright, I'm just going to do a running commentary on these-it's easier :P

The Snow Queen dinner in Antigonish! Old school!

Chad enjoys a good onion ring!

My bloody finger....I mean-french frie

As you can see, I was eating VERY healthily

Driving through Cape Breton

Baadeck Yarns! This place blew me away-I had to go back a second time :P

Exterior of the yarn shop!

Chad is not very nice to mrs. Graham Bell!

Seal Island Bridge from the Bras d'Or look off

Chad at the look-off!

Me at the look-off: notice the Ravelry shirt? ;)

Newman came to greet us when we got in!

Another of Newman-he's such a sweetie

Here's our rental car-a Ford Focus. I really liked it.

Yay! I'm in Millville!

Margaree

What the? This creepy attraction was near Cheticamp

Ring around the Rosie!

Oh no! Lawnmower man!!!!

The Cape Breton Highlands!

Sooo pretty but sooo scary!!!

Ah, the ocean!

Aw.....

My very first moose!!!!! I named him Maurice, because it was on French Mountain!

And that is all. :P
I bought some wicked yarn at that yarn shop that I will try and get pics of this weekend, bought yarny prezzies for my girls and had a fabulous time. I was really hoping I would come back to the city to find out I won the lottery so I could just move there. :(

Knitting Olympics

Alright, so I didn't do so well with the knitting olympics. I should have had plenty of time, but some unexpected work came up and I ended up having to work FROM work instead of from home, which is what I had been anticipating. So I didn't end up finishing my sweater sprint project or the last of my WIPSwrestling projects.

I DID finish 2 projects and got double gold for them!

The projects I finished were 2 of the squares for the Sexy Ladies Afghan square swap.

I'm going to try and finish up both my projects this week to get them off my plate. Then it's baby stuff galore before the mom-to-be squirts out her baby in September!

Karyn and Darryl's Wedding Reception

Alright, so I am a little behind in my blogging. These pics are actually from a party held for my friends karyn and Darryl since none of us could make it up to their wedding on July 27th. This is...hmmm...I don't know the exact date off the top of my head. It was the Saturday after the Olympics started. Congratulations Karyn and Darryl!

Me and Gillian

Me and my sweetie pie!

The party! It was held at Karyn's aunts house which was GORGEOUS! That little deck hangs over a stream!

Tom and my boobs

The bride opens some presents!

That's Darryl, the groom, on the left!

Kel being pretty, as usual-look how the sun lights up her purple streaks!

Lisa, looking perfect as always :)

Kel and Karyn-karyn usually is laughing at something :P

Karyn's uncle made deep fried turkey!

Uh oh! Looks like Chad got fresh!

That's all for this post, folks! I have a lot of blogging to do!

My dogs are tired

Feet, that is.
Whew-I have done some insane amount of walking the last 2 days!
Yesterday I started my new job! It's all the way out in Lower Sackvegas, as the kids call it, so I have to walk downtown for 20 mins or so with my heavy heavy laptop bag, hop a cushy bus for a half hour or so then walk another 25 mins or so through an industrial sort of area and then I get to work! It's rough on my arms and back(because the things is so heavy) but I am glad to be getting the walking in. Also, last night was knitting night so I walked home from that and tonight I went to the Dartmouth knitting night(bloooddddy marrrry, for you ladies who were there) and that was a walk there and back. Whew! My feet have blisters all over them! :P
Tonight we were celebrating my new job and winning the Knit Girl contest-I had some wine and some food(I skipped all meals today for some reason!), and we petted Lesley's yarn pirate yarn and it was fun :) But all that ghost talk makes me glad my man is here and already in bed-now I can go to sleep! ha ha ha ha ha
Tomorrow is the stary of the Ravelry knitting olympics. I had originally been signed up for Cherry and to finish Nicole's vest I had started making her. But I'm not sure I can finish both and 2 sweaters is a bit much and a bit boring. So I made my Private Benjamin hat one of my WIPS for WIPS Wrestling, as well as 2 afghan squares for my sexy ladies afghan square swap. I figure that's enough variety to keep me occupied! :P ha ha ha ha ha
Now-off to bed! Toooo tired!

I won!

Yay! Thanks everyone who voted and wished me well! I won!