"This is my chocolate!"

I got to go to the NETA 2008 Spa knit and spin weekend yesterday.
I have been wanting to go forever but I hate going alone and I don't have anyone I know who is as into knitting and spinning as I am. Since it was in Freeport this year I managed to convince my SIL to go with me as long as she could hit the shops. She was a real trooper about it too. She walked around with me. She ohhed and ahhed with me and pretended to be excited and love looking at all the fibery and yarny goodness. My payment to her. A trip to the Chocolate Factory. No Problem. As I told her while we were discussing this and walking around looking at all the merchants "This is my chocolate!" I had a blast. There were so many cool things to do and see. There were so many nice people to talk to. I got to meet THE Spunky Ecclectic. I got to meet Dave from The Merlin Tree. I got some more spunky fiber and I got some great Icelandic from a shop in Limerick Maine Frelsi Farmsthat is so cool. She had pictures of the animals the wool came from. I love that it is just so personal. And she was so super nice and helpful too. I brought more home but for right now you will have to wait for the unveiling (not that anyone really reads this anyway).

As for knitting I sent my hat of death off and I got the hat of death. I loved my hat. I did all black Lamb's pride binary cables and I was so pretty. I got a blue and green one. It was very pretty and looked so nice, but what are my two least favorite colors? That's right green and blue. I don't mind, Kiki loves the hat and it looks so cute on her. It just seems that everytime I join something like this I get green stuff. Oh well the risks we take right? It's not that big a deal and everything has always been so pretty, just not me. Good thing the kids aren't picky right now. Oddly enough some of the roving I got from spunky at spa was called swamp monster and was shades of green. I loved it and mostly my SIL loved it so I got it to spin and make her something out of to show my appreciation for going with me. I am also working on finishing my flip-top mittens, I am amking a pair of fingerless mits for friend to wear at work. And I have some lovely seacoast yarns bamboo that will be socks shortly. OK enought for now especially since I don't have any pictures to add as my desktop still not working well.

SPA rocked, I had a nice relaxing day with no hubby, no kids, no mom bitching at me, and it was my heaven and it was my chocolate!

Aren't they just too cute for words?

I spent all day saturday freezing my but off to see Hillary she was up here at UMO. It was worth it. It was interesting I've never gone to a rally before and I was kinda cool. My Hat Attack hat got delayed because of it but hopefully I can catch up before I get killed.

My socks of death have arrived. I got them friday. I guess if I had to go there is no better way. These are so pretty and so comfy. Thanks again to my assassin as I do love them.

My almost sock of death on its way to my assassin to finish and mail out. This was Yarn for Sox on size 5's. While nice and pretty and possibly after washing will soften up they are not comfy. Best of luck to you!

Will this snow ever end?

Don't get me wrong I love the snow (to some extent) and I don't mind it for the most part, but this year we got it earlier then unusal and it just won't stop. It is snowing again today and quite heavy too. We are all sick. The baby got bronchitis and sinusitis the beginning of January and she did good with her meds and was better in a week. About 2 weeks ago she got it again. While we were fighting that the older one comes home from school coughing. Last Friday I woke up feeling horrible. My thoat hurt, my body ached, and I was all snotty. We are all still fighting this for the past week once we get home we just lay around. I kept the older one home from school monday and she was better. Last night she wasn't eating, drinking, nothing. All she wanted to do was sleep and she had a fever. Baby had a fever, mommy had a fever, and daddy had a fever. Obviously we just keep passing it around to each other no matter how hard I try to keep the germs at bay. Ugh! Right now daddy is home in bed sleeping it's almost 11am. Do I get to stay in bed and rest? Nope, everyday I'm up at 6 with the kids and go all day long. He had yesterday and today off from work and he'll sleep all day both days. It's no wonder I can't get better. 4 hours of sleep a day just aint' doing it anymore I guess. Any way knitting.

I have been working on occasion when I can focus and willingly hold my head up. Battle of the Soxes started midnight friday. I have sock #1 done and sock # 2 halfway done. My goal is to have them in the mail by friday at the latest. As I start Hat Attack on friday. Stupid you say? Well I wasn't sick when I signed up for them. I could do it no problem. I started sock #1 saturday and worked on it off and on and sunday it was done. It is now Wednesday and sock 2 is only half way (which makes me mad they should have been mailed by now) but I can only do so much being ill. Thankfully the pattern is a great one from the wonderful Spunky Eclectic and it doesn't take too much thought to work on it.

Wow is that all I've done?
Lets see my last blog was Jan 11. I went to NJ on the 17th and was home on the 21st. I worked on my fingerless mits while there and once back. I've been working, cleaning, being sick, and going to a funeral. I did have to go up to Houlton for the funeral and was able to stop in Carol's Country Yarns and got some great stuff. I'm at work right now so I don't have any pictures and can't remember all the names of what I bought but It was some great stuff. I will update later tonight with it all.