1 week of vacation left

So call me impatient. I saw the repeat on the Mid-August KAL, and after all it's only a cloth! So I finished one, and decided to reverse the colors and make another. Still procrastinating on other projects, I decided to use the same colors to make another gartrlac cloth. All 3 are smaller size than usual.

V sent flowers to thank me for taking care of "stuff" while she has been in Africa. She is somewhere in South Africa right now. Her fight is scheduled to get into Heathrow on Thursday and she is going to try and get an earlier flight to Boston or New York before the one she had planned on the 29th. She might get back in time to go the the Baby Shower on Sunday.

Effie is doing better. Phil bathed and groomed her. She is so much better about all that, especially getting her top knot up. Dropped the car off for the new bumper yesterday. Did take a picture but haven't off loaded it from my phone yet.

The weather here is so much better today. Much less humid. Off to get a mani/pedi and lunch while the house cleaners come in today. I need to find a new hair dresser and soon! At some point this week I need to finalize the menu for the Baby Boy BBQ and do some shopping for that.

Also going to try and pick up tickets tomorrow (not on sale until Sept. 15) for The Second Annual Fall in Knits Benefit Fashion Event for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, CT Affiliate Featuring: guest speaker and booksigning by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, author of Knitting Rules!, At Knit's End and The Yarn Harlot: November 5, 2006 at Granby Memorial High School.

Anniversary and Updates

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of my husband's death. J called twice and then offered to take me to lunch. We went to the cemetery together and placed some flowers. It was a sad moment. Got an email from V from S. Africa too. Hubby was very sensitive about it.

I've turned my obsession from Food Network to Court TV. What's up with this? I had been watching the Perry March trial and then this guy gets arrested. I think I NEED to get back to work. April seems so long ago.

Finished another martini cloth. The intended recipient who had asked for the cloth is, shall we say, a bit flaky. Well she screwed up enough that I am not going to "donate" my time to someone like that. The cloth is going with it's mate to the person I had originally started it for and where I know it will be appreciated.

I'm keeping up with the Monthly KAL too. I really need to get the ball cap felted for the baby, the ears, eyes, nose and neck done on Bobbi Bear, and I plug away a row or two here and there on the Boobi Sox. I got about 25 rows done on a MD bib too.

Joe being goofy:

Back to work on the 28th. Time to think about a hair cut and some new clothes. The bumper on the car will be replaced Monday and Tuesday of next week.

Smokin' Credit Card

Got my stitches out today :) then drove to a gf's house to drop off the martini cloth. Figuring BabiesRU wasn't that much further I went and did major damage. Couldn't fit everything in the car, so I have to go back. Bought:

• Crib Mattress
• Eddie Bauer Swing
• Majestic Discovery High Chair - Tribecca
• Boppy Original Pillow - Baby Bugs
• Portable Pack N Play - Clover & sheet
• Triumph 5 Rain Shadow Car Seat
• Baby Einstein Discovering Water Play Gym
• Quilted Crib Mattress Pad
• Let's Play Ball - Catcher's Mitt Night Light
• Knit Crib Sheet - Ecru

Went for PT and on my way in to pick up Effie to go to the vet ran into the garage again! So have to have the garage door molding replaced and it looks like I'll need a new front bumper! Effie has been gnawing at her legs and a lot of the hair is gone :(. So we had the office visit, skin scraping, steroids, spray, Revolution and bought some new shampoo.

UFO -> FO

Finished:

• Incredibly Boring Baby Blanket (did I say how much I hate Homespun?)
• Martini Cloth for a friend (Sugar'n Cream Hot Pink from Michaels)
• Bobbi Bear's second ear

Bobbi Bear and Effie:

Bobbi Bear's Ears:

Martini Cloth: (Not sure where I got the pattern. It says it's from here. I do like it better than others I've seen since it has the stirrer. There are some mistakes in the pattern though.)

Incredibly Boring Diagonal Baby Blanket:

WIP

• Started another Martini Cloth for someone who "suggested" that they would like one
• Booby Sock
• KP&S Sweater
• Need to duplicate stitch Bobbi Bear's neck, attach ears and stitch eyes and nose (reminder to buy a big blue ribbon)
• Baby ball cap needs to be felted and then needle felted with the Boston Red Sox "B"

Need to start the MD bib. Bought some baseball buttons to use on them:

So plans for today are to work on the Martini cloth, get at least a few rows done on the sock and cast on for the bib.

A friend who went fishing in Alaska got home yesterday and is bringing us some fresh salmon today. I need to figure out what to do with it :)

Tomorrow the stitches come out of my butt and I have PT in the afternoon. Only 2 more weeks until school starts. The baby shower brunch is on the 27th and the Baby Boy BBQ is on the 3rd. Need to get to BabysRUs to add to the pile that is accumulating upstairs ;)

Need to try and order Spamalot tix tomorrow when they go on sale!

The Happy Hooker Interview @ ExpandedBooks.com

First "J" cloth finished. Cast on for the "Martini" cloth for a friend. It was a toss up between that and the MD Bib. DH chose. The Happy Hooker Interview HUH? (NOT work or child friendly!) You Knit What?

Cloths

Managed to get the Garterlac, using cotton off the large Peaches & Cream cone that I have, cloth done. Took a quick run to Michaels (Sugar & Cream) and Walmart (Peaches & Cream). Started the "J" cloth for GS using light blue Sugar & Cream. The ombre is for a Mason Dixon baby bib, and the pink is for a gf who's hubby is ill. I think I'll make a martini cloth for her and get some nice soap to go with it.

Compulsive and Bored

OK, so I need to finish up all those UFOs! But meanwhile I cast on yesterday for the Garterlac Cloth. I seem to have this compulsion to start new things. But at least this is a quick one! I did take an Entrelac class last July and really wanted to see if I could do this. It's working up pretty quickly but I have to follow the directions since my mind doesn't quite grasp it. I am determined to own this concept though!

DROPS Design ~ Free knitting patterns

DROPS Design ~ Free knitting patterns

Ordered

Just ordered Spa & Bath Sets to Knit and Brokeback Mountain.

August FOs Goal

Beautiful weather here in CT all weekend! Raining this morning though. Figures since I was up before 6 washing the outside garden window, the sliders and the bath window off the deck. I am determined to finish my UFOs! I will finish the incredibly boring Diagonal Baby Blanket. Want to get Bobbie Bear done before the shower too. Did I mention how much I hate Homespun?

Meanwhile, I joined the Monthly Dishcloth KAL. Directions are sent out in installments over 6 days, twice a month. No pictures, and no clues as to what it is. I really should have paid more attention, and been more patient, and waited until I could pick up some solid color cotton yarn. None-the-less, I started on day 4, and had to wait until day 5 and day 6 to finish up. Which I did yesterday. A solid color would have shown the Lighthouse up nicely! I'm hoping through this group or in my Internet travels I can find some sports themes, preferably baseball to match the GS's nursery.

The next one starts Aug 16 "Yarn color: you need 2 different colors. One can be plain and the other vareigated or both plain.Needle size: 7 (US) = 4.5 mmYarn amount: 2 small balls". KAL Blog suggests solid colors for the first one of the month, and vareigated or solid for mid-month.

Not sure if I will get to Michaels or the LYS today since I have mani/pedi and pt appointments and will probably stop for lunch in between since I need to be out of the house while the house cleaners come. I could use the variegated for the Garterlac. These pictures might help, even though I have done some Entrelac before. I don't even use dishcloths but they are quick satisfaction even if I am an incredibly slow knitter!

Part of the ensemble that Phil picked up for Effie sans the matching shirt and bandana:

Taken May 28, that's the Big Guy on the left:

Happy 58th Birthday to Joe

TKGA 2

So I decided to get serious about completing Level 2. I just sent an email off to see if I have the most up-to-date instructions since my revision date is 9/27/2004! I pulled the binder out of my craft room, and found that I had 5 swatches done, and finished the seed stitch boarder on one of the lace swatches, so that makes 6 done. However I can't find the directions I was using for the lace pattern :( I've never done an Argyle Sock before, and never wear vests. Maybe I'll just find a child's pattern and make one for my grandson. The directions I have say it needs to be an adult or child size and a picture of it being worn has to be included. Hmmm, I would need to find a model. After searching my new computer I found that I don't have the questions backed up on my drive :( Yes! Just checked my USB drive and there they are! Now let's just hope there aren't too many changes in the new directions. I even found the directions for lace swatch # 11. I've "heard" revisions are due out this month. I need to check the Master Knitters Ring, and the boards to see if I can find out.