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I'm Moving
Well I found out I have used up all the free storage space that tripod allows. I ended up deleting some things to free up some space but figured I will be back where I was soon, so its not a real solution. I thought I could upgrade and pay for more space but sometimes tripod is so annoying. I decided to try some other sites before I start laying down $$ for this. So I headed over to blogger to try them for awhile.
Here is the new link. Come visit me there.
They Say Its Your Birthday
Birthday number 52 came whether I was happy about it or not. Earlier this year I had planned an Art party to celebrate. That went the to the wayside when I hurt my ankle. So I was a little depressed at not having the Birthday celebration I wanted.
This morning My friend Amy came over with her new tortilla cooker. She brought the fixins for tacos and we had a nice brunch. The little cooker she has is great. You just place a ball of dough on the flat service and then pull the cover down and just press it and it cooks the tortilla. They were great.
My daughter Sarah made me a lovely chocolate cake from scratch. Yummm. We went out to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse and was that good. I had a Fat Tire Beer, yummy roles, the house salad which is the best in this town and a nice 6" sirloin and a fantastic baked potato. They gave me a brownie as a free dessert it was yummy.
Dave got me a set of speakers for my MP3 player so now I can sit here and play any music I want without using the headphones. That will be nice. I asked for a Nalgene water bottle from Sarah so that was what I got. Its a pretty shade of blue.
Knitting Olympics
Well I did not get very far into the shawl but I was still glad for the experience. Right now I noticed an error a few rows back so I think I will be ripping a bunch or rows out. May as well make it right.
The Mara KAL starts soon. Here is all I did on the sweater over 10 years ago. It is the third pattern I always had trouble with. This time I know a lot more about 2 color knitting. I also plan to use markers to separate the 36 st pattern repeat. I hope that will make it clearer and I will actually get to finish this.
Sad News to Report
Mood:
sad
Monday night I noticed that Moonbeam (seen here in happier times )
was limping. So off to the vet we go. Turns out he has a torn ligament in his leg, which can heal on its own. Then we talk about the infection in his mouth and whether his teeth should be pulled. Dr. Moe says he needs to be checked for a virus first so we have that test done. Turns out he has AIDS. So none of the remedies for his mouth will help much. We had the vet give him another steroid shot to get him comfortable. That will probably last a couple weeks. Then we will have him put to sleep. This willmake him feel better and help us get used to the idea of losing him before he gets in too much pain. He has been the best cat ever.
Knitting Womens
Topic: Knitting
Well I finally got out of the house. My friend CJ picked me up and took to my Knitting Womens group. We meet at a coffee shop called Moxie Java. They are so nice, they set up a big table for us and reserve it for 2.5 hours. We return in kind by all buying something. It works out great. I took the Olympic shawl to work on but I mostly ended up talking.
Here we are...
My friends Amy and Cj, Amy kindly bought my bagel and drink for me.
Here is Sheila, she just got back from the Madrona fiber weekend. She took lots of great classes and told us losts of stories.
Here is Suzanne, she is also an excellent beader, next to her is Barbara who finishes more projects than any of us, and Sheila who is knitting a swatch from her first handspun cotton.
It was so good to be among friends again. When Cj's mom went to the hospital my friend Ginger came from her job and took me home. I have great friends.
Knitting Womens
On Wednesday I got out of the house and it was womderful. I got to go Knitting QWomens group. We meet at a coffee shop called Moxie Java. My friend CJ came and picked me up.
Knitting Womens
On Wednesday I got out of the house and it was womderful. I got to go Knitting QWomens group. We meet at a coffee shop called Moxie Java. My friend CJ came and picked me up.
Knitting Olympics day 4
Knitting Olympics Day 4. Well I think I finally have a rhythm going here. I am about where I should have been on the weekend. According to my calculation to have the first pattern done by Friday evening I need to do 32 rows each day for the next 3 days, then I would have the next week to do the second part. I think I did about 17 rows today and that was hard. I guess I have to push it a little more. We'll see what I can do tomorrow.
Here is the work in progress. It is a little bigger, about the size of a kerchief. The only consolation is that I do know the pattern now. It is a lousy picture but I will take a better one when its bigger.
I was doodling around about the Olympics and drew the yarn label of what I was making. The water color was already layed down on the page, I think it looks great.
Here are the birds outside my window.
My women friends came over on Monday for our weekly discussion group and my friend Molly gave me some flowers which I tried to draw. Its an arrangement of Mums, daisies, Snake plant and philodendron. I already has pastel on the page. It was fun to draw. I may try another and use some watercolor or colored pencil.
