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Photo post!

Okay-since I usually lack in photos, I am determined to put a few up for you.
First off: The just about finished devil hat for Sarah



Secondly, my crocheted nurse purse! I love it so much!



And thirdly, well, I'm not actually sure if I can post them because the person I made them for might be out there somewhere looking at this.....hmmm.......well, not to name any names, maybe.
Mug Cozies!!!!!

Crochet? Moi?

Okay, so I learned how to crochet last week with the insistance by a wonderful Ravelry cohort in Germany that I did not have to stay "crochet retarded". I struggled with my first swatch, but came out victorious in the second one, so I started and finished a project using single crochet-which is as far as I had gotten in teaching myself :P So I now have a nifty, slightly wonky nurse purse! Woo! I want to put picks up, but I want to block it first and haven't had time to yet.
On the WIPS, I still have to finish what was my mystery project, but is actually the devil hat from Stitch N Bitch-I already told the recipient she was getting it and she found my blog because I am dumb and linked her to it to see my weiner dog :P ha ha ha ha
Started a little more work on my dad's socks, but then I had to rip back because I was dumb again and accidentally left it inside out, so the stockinette stitch turned bumpy.
I think I am going to start a small project for a friend whose birthday was a few weeks ago. I have to mail her present to her, but I would like to include something handmade. Maybe some jewelry-that would get done quicker :P
That's about it for now, I suppose-I will try and be more interesting when I am not half asleep and blogging ;)

Knitting

Knitting was fun this week :) Last week I taught a friend how to knit and she came over the other night to start her first real project-the lace-up gloves I made from Naughty Needles. She got so obsessed with them she went home and kept knitting and ended up finishing them already! Woo!
Knitting night(last night) was great too, despite my having been soaked on the way. We had 2 more girls than usual, so it was plenty full! I got to work more on the weiner dog I started the other day and today I resolved to do nothing(I've been out doing stuff all week!) and I finished him! He's a little haphazard, but he's adorable. He will make a great draft dodger for Chad's sister :)

9 years! Holy Crap, Batman!

Today is our anniversary. It's been 9 years since we started dating, and I wouldn't trade a second of it for anything in the world. I love you!

Here we are in 1999 just after we started dating:



And this was taken on my birthday in January, this year.

WIPs

Wow...I just added a new project I am working on to my Ravelry and I see I now have 8 WIP's(work in progress). That's baaaaaddd........I know I will finish the newest one soon. I can't say what it is in case that person sees this post. And I have a blanket I am making that won't be done for ever. But the other stuff-I should really get on that...... I have:
1. a dishcloth I started forever ago after completing one and needing something simple to keep working on
2. the blanket
3. the new project that I can't talk about
4. Kitty Dim Sum cat toys-I made 2 but didn't finish a third that I started
5. Socks for my dad that were supposed to be for x-mas that I told him he would get "some time"
6. My garter belt from Naughty Needles that matches the wrist warmers I made already-it's slow going-the yarn is sooo thin
7. A baby bib I started before Christmas
8. A baby sweater I started when someone at work was having a baby(which is now almost a year old). It's an awesome sweater though. I really should finish. I did it in burgundy with off white collar and cuffs and it will have swallows on either side of the collar in the off white too! Too cute!

Hmmm.....I think I will tackle the cotton stuff alternately-cotton always gives me a burn on my finger. Then maybe the socks. :)

I wonder if I can knit and bike at the same time...

What to say, what to say? I'm still very much enjoying my time off, but the money coming in is not enough to stave off the bill collectors, so things are getting a little stressed for me around here. Hopefully Chad and I will be back to work sooner rather than later and things can get back to normal-although my knitting time will be greatly sacrificed :P
Last week I finished a very early b-day present for a friend which I unfortunately can't post here yet because she MAY stumble across it on here. But I will say that it is wicked awesome and I hope she likes it.
I'm also working on a bag that I am making up as I go that, if it turns out, will be up on my etsy page.
And I think tonight, for knitting night, I am going to start a devil hat for my friend Sarah, who learned how to knit and purl last night when she was over.
Yesterday Sarah and I went out and each bought an exercise bike. I couldn't really afford it, and Chad was very much against it since I had an elliptical for about 2 years and barely used it, but even thought my bike has left me broke, I am determined to have it and use it to death. My weight has been slowly making it's way up again and I can't let that happen. I have the time to work out, so I should be. And now we have cable again, so I get to watch tv AND workout at the same time. Then knit. Then workout :P ha ha ha ha ha ha
Sorry no pics this post, maybe next time :)

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Your smile for the day

I'd like to thank my adoring fans...

My darling, Mama Brook, has awarded me with a "You've made my day" award! So sweet of her :) I'm going to run away with her some day ;)
So, following the rules, here I go!

1. Mama Brook and Frisk the Frigidaire-a girl after my own heart
2. My House Brew-The housewife I wish I could be
3. The Thrifty Knitter-the knitter I wish I could be, designing all over the place
4. Once more, with Knitting-my friend's wife, who is too adorable and is a knitter after my own heart
5. Fil A Suivre-this girl is crafty like me, so I love her!

Here' are the "rules":
1) Write a post with links to 5 blogs that make me think and/or make my day
2) Acknowledge the post of the award giver
3) Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news!

Mmmmmm....coookiessss....

Me love cookies! ha ha

Lots of finishes

Last week I finished 2 of the Sophie bags I was working on. I wish I had more Cascade to make more-I love the pattern! I'm addicted to it! ha ha ha ha
Also, I got my order of belt buckles in, so I am busy making those this weekend, and right now I am watching Harry Potter and taking a break from making earrings :) Busy busy!

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