Will I Ever Get to Knit Again?

Okay, I know, I know...I haven't blogged in FOREVER or knit on any of my projects!!!!! Was I wanting to knit up some X-mas gifts? YES! Will I have time? Probably NOT! I'm still not giving up hope though!!!!! I have just been sooooooo BUSY!!! It's really ridiculous. We have went to Emma's Fall Festival. I planned my friend's Bachelorette party, that went rather nicely this past Saturday. Tuesday, Emma has her first play "No Turkey for Perky". She said, "I'm not an actress, like I wanted to be, mommy, I'm a singer (with this sad little expression)!" I told her she had a beautiful voice and that is why they want her to sing. She said "Well all the other kids singing with me must have beautiful voices too because they won't even let me sing loud or by myself!" So, needless to say, mommy was no help in making her feel better. Hopefully I can think of something better to say after her play :) Thursday I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner for EVERYONE! On the same day, I have Ava's b-day party (which she wants to be Barbie Princess, cake and all). Friday, we have a wedding to go too, not to mention my mom will probably want to go X-mas shopping at 5 in the morning! Then Saturday, we are going to have dinner at my MIL's ! Can't a girl get a BREAK??!!!!! So far, I have nothing on the agenda for next week, and hopefully it will stay that way, so I can get in some knitting and X-mas shopping :) WILL BE SHOWING FO'S NEXT WEEK!!!!!Emma after having her face painted at her Fall Festival. Isn't my baby girl a doll?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

I hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! Here are a couple pics of Halloween over the years for you too enjoy!

Pumpkin Carving 2007

We had dinner and carved little pumpkins last night with my mom and nephews. It was lots of fun and the kids loved doing it together! We saved the BIG pumpkin for Mommy and Daddy to carve with the girls though, cause Daddy didn't want to miss out. We are gonna carve that one tonight :)

Emma and Trevor (on the right) did most of the carving all on their own! I was so proud of them! Bryce had some help from grandma. And Ava had mommy's help...she loved poking out the pieces, but meanwhile her vampire pumpkin lost a fang, oops :)




During the day, we also attended Olivia's birthday party. I knit with her mommy, Sonya, and her and Emma have become good friends. The girls had a blast! They had LOTS of chocolate, which Ava loved! And got to paint their own little pumpkins. Overall, we had such a wonderful day!

Once again, no knitting to report :( But I think I'm gonna cast on a sock today, so don't get your panties in a wad!

Having a Spooktacular Time

Halloween is almost here! We have already been celebrating. We went to a costume party a couple weekends ago dressed as Joanna "the Chotchkies waitress" and Bill Lumbergh from the movie Office Space (which was pretty funny among a bunch of engineers). Other costumes included some season fairies, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks, Medusa, the scary clown from IT, a nerd, a cat, and some black-eyed peas. They had a dart and caps tournament, best costume, karaoke, and awesome Halloween treats! It was a blast! A big thanks goes out to our friends Bobby and Stacy for hosting :)

Then last Saturday, we took the girls to a costume party. Emma was a beautiful Mermaid that won best costume, and Ava was Batgirl. Some other costumes were a Batman, the good and evil Spiderman, a werewolf, a pirate, Wednesday and Pugsley Addams, and a little Harry Potter, so many awesome costumes this year! They got to bash a pinata, eat lots of yummy Halloween treats, and play with all their friends. They had so much fun! We just love Halloween!















I'm sorry to say I haven't accomplished much knitting, but I have been baking like a crazy person. I've made 4 loafs of pumpkin bread, lots of Halloween cookies, and some Peanut Butter Spider Crackers for Emma to take to school. I plan to start knitting for the holidays. I've gotta get motivated to knit up some presents!!! My plans are to knit a couple pairs of socks, some dish cloths, towels, and scrubbies. I'll probably make the usual scarves and hats too. We'll see how much time I have and if I can even accomplish what I've set out for first, LOL!!!! Wish me luck!

A FO....can you believe it?

I finally finished Ava's pair of socks. I love the color of the yarn, very good for little girls, but I wasn't very fond of it knit-wise. It is the Tofutsie, and I thought it split a LOT, and was a little hard to work with. I also finished the toe with the Kitchener stitch, and I HATE it! I don't really care for the square look it gives the toe and it was a pain in the rear! My advice - DO NOT Kitchener stitch around KIDS!!!! But overall the pair turned out nicely and Ava loves them, so that's all that matters to me!

We have had a fun couple of weeks. Last weekend, we took the kids to play miniature golf for the first time. It was all in black light, which you can't really tell by the pictures, but very cool. Ava was amazed, and a little scared I think, but more amazed. Emma, Bryce, and Trevor loved it!


Then last night, we all went bowling. Sorry no pics for that, we forgot the camera, but they all (once again) had so much fun! I think Emma might go Pro! She has such a look of confidence when she knocks down the pins. It's sooooo cute!

We also have lots planned for October. Emma has her first field trip coming up. They are going to Slow Poke Farm. We have Halloween parties to attend. Emma is going to be a Mermaid, and Ava, Bat Girl...both of which are adorable! I just love Fall! I'm off to start decorating! Happy October :)

Still Alive......Barely

Hello all, yes I know, I've slacked on my blogging, knitting, housework, EVERYTHING! It is due to a house full of germs!!!!!! I blame the germs!!!! It all started coming back from a great camping trip with a scratchy throat. Tim and I both had a little cold. Well of course, it spreads it's disgusting way through the house and reaches Ava first. She has been sick going on 2 weeks. I got better really fast. Tim had his for a week. NOW, I have it again! And poor little Emma does too. I'll tell you what, I'm SICK of being SICK!!!! I want these germs gone!!! They are NOT welcomed in my house. When I felt better for a couple days, I cleaned the whole house thinking that would get rid of the nasty things and refresh it all......NO, all it did was make me sick again...ridiculous!
We took a trip to the Dr. yesterday and got Ava on some antibiotics, since she has had it a long time, maybe that will help. I hope we all don't have to end up making that dreaded trip (crossing fingers).

I have started a child's sock. I'm winging it from the book, Sensational Knitted Socks, Peggy, so graciously let me borrow.....thanks Peggy :) I have made mistakes, I know, but I think I've finally gotten to the point that as long as it resembles a sock, then I'm fine with it. I'm still the Knitting Apprentice and can't frog it back to my mistake, or even notice my mistake until I've already knit 2-3 rows past it. I'm the kind of knitter that leaves it or frogs the whole thing, and I'm not about to frog this sock again, lol!
In other news, the other day Ava and I encountered a SNAKE in the backyard under the steps. I think I almost had a heart attack. I HATE SNAKES! Spiders I can handle, but NOT snakes, poisonous or not. I hate 'em! We ran back up the steps, literally dragging Jax by the neck with the leash. We were all freaked! I got a good look at it, from behind the glass door of course, once we went back inside. It looked like a brown snake or a garter snake , according to the internet, but I'm still not taking any chances. We haven't been in the backyard since. I really wish I had the guts to have gotten rid of it because it was gone by the time Tim got home. Emma said, "Mommy, I hope it doesn't get in the house like the one at Gammy's did." I had terrible dreams all night and have been checking corners of the house since.

Emma's school had their first Open House last night. Even though we were sick, we had to go. I wasn't about to miss seeing all the wonderful things she has been working so hard on. I forgot the camera, dang it, but at least got to see all of her drawings and such. She made a face that looked like her and brought in her favorite Princess T-shirt, that they put in her chair. It was very cute. Then she had a little "me" book she had made. It said what she liked, taking pictures with family...what she was scared of, sleeping in her room without the TV on, lol. Nope I can't leave it on just cause I feel sorry for her, people, she'd stay up all night. Her teacher's assistant, Mrs. Brown, said she had a wonderful personality and that she always has a cute story to tell her husband about something Emma said when she gets home. She said the other day, they were talking about swimming and Emma said, "Well, are we talking about one of those pools that are stuck to the ground or that you blow up?" We both had a good laugh. She seems to be doing great. I'm a very proud momma :)

Here are the nominees....

I have been nominated by Peggy (Knitting and Spinning with Ewe) for the Rockin' Girl Blogger! I hear this title holds a couple responsibilities. One, that you remain a Rockin' Girl Blogger once nominated, and the other, that you nominate more Rockin' Girl Blogger's! So, here are my nominees.....

1.) Sonya (In the Skein of Things) - She is a wonderful momma to three awesome children, a knitting goddess, a dog lover, and someone who cares for others like no one I've ever seen. She is someone that would be there for you no matter what and that is pretty big in my book.

2.) Lora (Lora's Keyhole) - She is a wonderful momma to two adorable, red-headed little boys, an incredible knitter, a beading queen, she sews, need I say more? You've gotta check out her blog and her Etsy shop. She is definitely Rockin' Girl Blogger material!

And finally.....

3.) Holly (Drive By Knitting) - This girl can KNIT and DYE and SPIN yarn like none I've ever met! You must check out her Kylan mittens she knit, yes I said her, she created the pattern! And they are amazing! She can also knit up a pair of socks in a matter of hours I think, lol. Her hand-dyed and spun yarn is gorgeous! I could go on for days about this Rockin' Girl Blogger nominee!

Well there they are! Now my rockin' girls, go post your Rockin' Girl button on your blogs and get to nominating some more rockin' chicks!