I can't help it if my team kicked butt!

Ok, for all the many years hubby and i have been together he has been a sewhawks fan and i have supported the packers. So todays game was our game. Now granted i like the hawks,and it is fun to have your local team do well but...my team kicked butt today! Even with their 2 major screw up's in the first 4 minutes of the game. (i also do like the patriots...growing up in new england you have to) They are currentl y still playing so who knows!


Bunny thumper challenge: for more info go here: http://kitkatknit.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/bunny-thumper-challenge/





Stalker kitty was not impressed with her toes getting ticked while sleeping.

Favorite things contest:http://coconutcupcakes.blogspot.com/


Is this not the cutest fabric? I made some project bags with it:

Trees

Well, the tree is gone now. I got home from dropping off my resume and running errands and my neighbor already was at it with his chainsaw. So i quickly changed into grubby clothes and went out to get dirty. Their son came out as well and in a couple of hours time the tree was transformed into a large bonfire of branches and a good pile of small firewood cut to size to burn in the chiminea this coming summer. They were so cute and let me run to the store while they finished cleaning up the tree... of course i was buying them a case of beer which was my only item of purchase! But how wonderful, they are fantastic neighbors! When we move I will greatly miss them. (not that we are even close to moving yet)

When I moved inside the house, after being a fool and standing outside to chat with them after for an hour with no coat one ... my phone rang from where i dropped my resume off today. I have an interview on monday just to see if our personalities mesh. She let me know she already feels great over the phone and on paper, and i don't think we'll have any problems. We just have to go over the formalities, discuss commissions, etc. I am pretty flexable as long as she doesn't mind my surgery which is 1 week from our interview day, so i don't see it as an issue. The job is only part time.

Well, off to be more productive, got a bit of fabric, beads and yarn today! (yes, i feel guilty but they are all good things with specific projects in mind)

I am in a UFO challenge. Need some inspiration to finish a WIP? check here!
http://www.skeinsherway.com/2008/01/january-finish-ufo-contest.html

Snow cancells school! And it continues to fall....

Just a bit ago as i was sitting here surfing on the pc, i looked out towards the back yard through the french doors. I saw branches start swaying as if to let the snow drop, only the branches continued to fall. My red japanese maple fell over, just fell, lay down on the roof to the hot tub gazebo. Nothing on the building looks damaged but this tree will now have to be sacrificed to the chiminea gods. I used to love the pink flowers of spring and the red leaves of summer. A beautiful tree the squirrels chase in and the birds spend hours on the feeder. A moment of silence please. *sigh* My neighbor will come over when the weather is a bit better to cut it into pieces for me. (he knows better than to lend me his chainsaw) Hubby is in Canada all week. Did i say what wonderful neighbors i have!!

My old girl Ocean Myst showing off her snow angel talents. She says this is the same technique she used to use on the beach in sand.



my daughter is ecstatic! After 12+ years in hawaii she has missed school due to hurricanes, tsunami's, monsoons...but until last year had never missed a day to snow.








Here are answers to the Hot Cocoa Game though:

1.Anne K, Criquette
2. Ashley C , Tanya M
3. a.Tricia R
b.Alex E
c.Lesley & Ana-Sofia
4.Lesley, Michelle
5.Alice A, Felicia
6. Charity R (no on knitting) Cathy D
7.Natalie M (1-7) Brenda (1-7)
8.Annemarie M ,Michelle
9.Tanya M, Rachel C
10.Alex E,Mia, Criquette
11.Kris L
12. Amanda D,Alice A
13.Bea, Cathy D

Answers for the Cocoa Swap!

Cocoa:
1. What is your favorite way to drink cocoa? Prepared with milk? Water? from home made recipe or store bought?, In a tea cup, or big mug? I like a big solid pottery mug. I usually make it with water and a dollop of soy milf or half and half..makes me feel a little less guilty!
2. Marshmallows or whipped cream? Whipped cream if i do treat.

Yarn/Knitting/Crochet
1. What is your favorite type of yarn? In what colors?I honestly love all yarns. Pretty yarns.I admit i am done with the fun fur's though. I tend to lead towards hand dyed or blendy ones like Noro's. But i love the chunky ones you see in irish knits, love them!
2. Do you knit or crochet (or both)?Knit, cannot crochet to save my life, although i am trying.
3. What are your favorite type of needles, would you like to try something new? I purchased the knirPicks harmony circular needles and adore them. Otherwise i do tend to knit with clover bamboo or addi's. I know i do not like plastic needles though. They feel weird.
4. Do you have a healthy supply of notions? can you ever have to healthy a supply?
5. What one thing do you keep thinking you need to buy for your knitting habit (outside of yarn)?Those long covers that you can slip your double pointed knitting needles into when working on a project.
6. What is your favorite 'quick knit/crochet' pattern (quick gratification)most any fingerless glove pattern.

Miscellaneous
1. What is your favorite thing to do in the Winter?I am readjusting to winter in general. I grew up in the snowy new england but have been in hawaii for 12 years. I love the seasonal changes and being outside, so hiking year round!
2. What is your favorite animal? Hmm,turtle
3. Do you get the 'winter blahs'? i do get the gray forever blues. I do not mind the winter it is the total lack of sun we get here in WA state.
4. What is your favorite way to beat the blahs? Just get active, buy yarn,go take pictures, listen to loud music and dance like a geek!
5. What is the thing you are most looking forward to this spring? My 38th birthday! Spring flowers, birds, camping.
6. What are your favorite treat?I adore dark choc...but peanut butter rules as well.
7. What is your favorite board game?scrabble, monopoly, parcheesi
8. Do you have any children (furry or human)?1 15 year old daughter, one 13 year old golden retriever and a stalker kitty who adopted us
9. Do you have any allergies or special considerations you partner should know about? No allergies really, cannot do strong perfumey scents and i am a semi health nut.

I am really the easiest person! I just love yarn/ knit related things. I collect turtles, skulls and retro pin up girls, love purple and greens best, enjoy reading, many crafts, i sing in an alternative band, teas, etc. I am truly a geek, a hippie child, a punker, a yuppie and a farm girl all in one, just depends on which day you catch me !I am easy! And when things are homemade... even better! I enjoy anything that someone put time and thought into for me.

weekend football and knitting

Well, the seahawks won yesterday and now next weekend they play the packers. This is great as i am a packer fan and hubby a seahawks fan. We hosted the party yesterday and next weekend i can just relax, knit, yell at the tv and eat other peoples cooking! So yes....fun fun!

Contest info: A Cowboy’s Wife is having a contest on her food blog! You can win a Hamilton Beach® Stand Mixer and she’ll ship anywhere so everyone is eligible!

click here to enter: http://mywoodenspoon.com/

knitting scene: lots of fingerless gloves, conquering fingers and cables, loving it!

a bit of knitting

just a bit of knit porn! The bag i knit in an easy afternoon, the fingerless gloves have fun squirrels and trees on them.my daughter calls them "foamy the squirrel gloves!!

Fun contest! Visit: http://hissyknit.blogspot.com/

2008

wow, where did 2007 go anyway? Hard to believe it is 2008 already. Things to look forward to this year:

I will turn 38, hubby will turn 40! Daughter dear will have her sweet 16 , which also means driving will come up. I will relocate my work closer to where we will purchase a new home to live in for about the next 20 years, we will celebrate our 17th anniversary, those are a few things that immediately come to mind when i think of 2008. Of course i have had no coffee yet and everyone else is still sleeping as the noon hour approaches.

Will have to take down the outside decorations today, the sky is currently dry so no time like the present to at least drag them into the garage to dry before packing up. Always sad to put away the things inside and drag the tree out. If the tree stayed alive i would keep it up year round with just the lights on it! The kitty loves to sleep under it, it always smells so good, and such a quaint nightlight! Oh well..it is naked and sitting on the upper deck waiting to be dropped over and dragged to the fire pit. Back to nature.

Finished a fun pair of fingerless gloves at the small gathering we attended last night. Just some friends who also did not feel like going out to go crazy. Was mellow and nice and we all headed home just before new years. The roads were already slippery at 5 pm so quite slick by midnight!

Oh well.....go relax! Stick a corny movie on , a pot of soup, have a drink or some hot tea and veg out! The work week starts again tomorrow.