I love this. Kiki looks so cute here.

Lana so happy.

My goober heads.

I had to take a brake from my socks to make this.

The upside down daisy hat from the Knit it.

The intended baby modeling the new hat. How cute is this.

My wonderful husband got me these for my birthday. Plus a gift card to the new yarn shop and a book I have been wanting

The update on the entrelac socks I am halfway thru the leg and almost ready to start the increases for the calves.

I want to cry and scream. Matter of fact I did cry and scream. Thank God the kids were in bed when this happened as I do not want them repeating what came out of my mouth.
I am so so very upset. I actually started crying. (hubby was giving me some funny looks and was quite concerned as this is very out of character for me)
Now I am not a stresser or a stressed out person. I roll. I don't do gauge (yes it has bitten me in the ass) but I feel that if I knit it and it doesn't fit me or who it is intended for then it was meant for someone else who it does fit. Not much bothers me I can make it work. But this was then end for me last night. I have had a shitty week and the fact that I couldn't start this right away pissed me off so I was so excited to start last night. Too Excited maybe.

Look what happened in less then 10 minutes of starting.


See the scrid of needle in the stitches and the one laying on top. They used to be joined.
I bought these Lantern Moon Ebony size 1 DPN's and this is the first time I used them. I had been dying to try a set of Lantern Moon I heard they were incredible to work with. I finally got me a set. I got the most awesome yarn ever and a way cool pattern. I rock these are going to kick ass. and I will knit them up so fast and easily. HA! Little did I know fate had a much crueler idea in store for me.

I bought them with Blue Sky alpaca to do the Entrelac socks in the new Interweave Knits

I cast on and all was going well. I was not pulling or forcing the stitches it was going easily this yarn is a dream to work with. I did not have to fight it or anything. I was so excited to do these as I have had to put it off for the past week since the ball winder went missing and I had to finish a hat for hubby. I got the ball winder last night from my mom's house where i left it (duh!) and was so excited to ball up the yarn and start these incredible socks. 10 Minutes later. 10 f**king minutes. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!! I screamed cursed and started crying. Hubby now questions my sanity.

I was even too frustrated and upset to get up and look for my bamboo 1's. I think I am not intended to do these socks. Just posting this I want to cry again. Sob!!

My finale cake from Course 1. I did a horrible job on it but for my first attempt at roses its not too bad.

Here is what me and my SIL did yesterday. My MIL wanted one so we got ours first so she could preview it.

Sara's is blue mine is pink

This is just because it is so damn cute.

I F**King hate blogger why does it keep doing this to me with my pictures it takes me five friggin hours to blog and get pictures to show up. Then they still don't. AGHHHHHHH!
Mohawk hat on my nephew. He says he likes it. We will see if he really wears it.

Mohawk on Kiki I think she needs one too.

Goober head.



Look how haughty she looks. She is so photogenic.

She loves to hold stuff in her mouth like a little doggie. She also tries to stuff the extras down her shirt. I guess she wants to save them for later. LOL


Cake #2 from the decorating class. I like the look of this one but let me tell you do not. I repeat do NOT buy Dunkin Hines Moist Deluxe in Devil's Food Cake. That is what I used for this recipe and When I leveled it and cut off the top I tasted a piece of it. AbsoFREAKINGlutely disgusting. It tasted like black licorice. It was horrible. I thought so my mom thought so, my SIL and her BF thought so too. It wasn't just me. So as soon as I finished class I took it to hubby's work. Lol they ate it all. (Don't hate me, they loved it)

Hubby put together this Race car cupcake cake for my mom. It was her bosses birthday and she wanted something special since he races we thought this would be perfect. Hubby did a really good job. He is much more artistic then I could ever hope to be.



And finally a completed Mohawk Hat from DomiKNITrix. I love this it is so cool. Once we got past some minor difficulties it was a fast easy knit. I love doing it and I love the look of it. I did not love the 150+ pieces of green fringe that I had to attach but it still rocks. The intended nephew was not home since it is school break he was with his friends so I couldn't get a pic with it on him. As soon as he gets home I will. Hubby won't model any more for me. LOL
Now I am making the hat for hubby he really like the black base. No hair of course. But the rest will do just fine thank you. I have no problem with that since the hair is a pain to attach and the green shed everywhere anyway.

Getting her first cavity filled. She was so good the Dr. said she was better then most adults. I was so proud.

I made a cake and the kids wanted the beaters to lick the frosting so I had to share with the baby too then she fell asleep. See the beater and frosting face?

Close up of frosting face see it in the eyelashes too? And who says with too much sugar they won't sleep? Liars!

The cake I made for DJ's boy scout anniversary dinner and cake auction. It sold for $19.00. Yea me!

She got the biggest kick out of watching sissy and all the other kids running around McD's playland.

Sissy loves to slide! You can't really see it but with all the static on the slide her hair was like a little static halo around her head.

Can anyone say Jabba the Baby? This is how I found her and Daddy in our bed Sunday morning. Looks Comfy doesn't she?

My first cake from the cake decorating class at AC Moore. It's not bad but it's not good either.

Look at what I just bought at the awesome fiber shop that just opened up very close to me. How close about 5 mins away. Lol hubby not happy. How cool is this??? I am now an official DomiKnitrix.

This lovely Lamb's Pride Bulky limeade and onyx will be my first project out of this wonderful book.

Tada! A cool Mohawk hat for my nephew (the one that just broke his ankle). With my luck he probably won't wear it but to me it is just so him. LOL. I love it.
I did have some issues with the pattern but the lovely ladies at my new home and The DomiKnitrix herself helped me figure out the gussets. If anyone does try this, it is written a little tricky so be careful.

OK picasa is pissing me off. I have posted this post 5 times and the pics still won't show up. I am trying this way and hopefully the pics will work this time. We will see.
Here are the two loves of my life at their first father daughter Valentines dance. How cute are they? It was like little kid prom. It was so adorable. we did nails, hair, made corsages, boutonnieres all sorts of grown up stuff. It was a blast. Plus I did NOT, I repeat NOT cry (yeah me!) I was so proud!

See Cheesy expression. She had had enough of the pictures and was ready to go.

Gratuitous cute baby shot. I can't believe she is 15 months old already.

Here is something to contemplate. My foot (obviously) with the cute painted toes and bare LOL. Now, the foot in the sock that is now larger then mine belongs to my nine year old nephew. We just bought him a new pair of shoes. They are the same ones I got for hubby to wear to work, and the same exact size. This made my SIL very upset. Her 9 year old is as tall as me, wears the same size shoe as his 36 year old uncle, and a man's med in clothes. LOL

Well we got our first real snow here the other day, see previous post. So I bundled the baby up in the 60 dollar jacket, ski pants, hat mittens, and boots and put her in the snow. Can anybody guess what she thought of the snow? She screamed and cried and would not let me put her down. Poor thing. Her sister did the same thing too, but she was like 3 first time she saw snow. Too cute.

Mommmy and Kiki stare down. Gotta love the pink Hello Kitty hairspray. She uses it liberally LOL

We tried to take a pic of the two of us laying on the bed but little miss thing had to jump in. What a ham.

Calorimetry on Kiki

She preferred the bonnet look

I liked it but it seemed to not fit right and kept slipping back I just think I have a misshapen head. I used Lorna's Laces Bullfrogs and Butterflies in the Iris Garden colorway and I loved the colors and the feel but like I said it kept slipping back on me and I keep pulling it down over my ears. The patter in the new Knitty Calorimetry pattern which is pretty cool.

Hubby goofing off he is ready to kill me for posting this pic. LOL

OK I Know it seems I am at again. I promise to blog and then disappear. But this time I have a legitimate excuse. Ok So 2 am Tuesday morning I woke up in horrendous pain. I mean I would rather be giving birth with no drugs then the pain I was in. Had no clue what was wrong. So 8 am kiddie off to school I go to the walk-in clinic as the Dr office is not open until 9. They tell me they cannot treat me until it is approved by the Dr office due to insurance. By the time all this get straightened out it is 9:20 I call Dr they tell me they can't approve it cuz they have an appointment open at 3:15. By this point I am sobbing I am in so much pain my whole left side of my face is swollen and I think I am dying. They really expect me to wait 6 hours to be seen. Are the Fucking Kidding Me. I go to work. I call again about 11:30 . I am sobbing so hard I can barely talk (now I have an incredibly high pain tolerance. I am not a wuss) I ask them if there is anything they can do I cannot wait another 4 hours. At the same time I am trying to take care of the baby. The nurse gets on the phone and tells me my only option is to go to the ER. Now we had a pretty good snow Monday and this is Tuesday there are accidents everywhere. Where I live in Maine is one of the biggest and best hospitals that everyone gets sent to. Great. Go to ER 12:00 Get Triage at 1:00, get put in room 1:30, nurse comes in 2:30 gives me vicodin and tells me Dr will be in soon, 3:00 nurse comes in I am still sobbing gives me 2 mind you 2 Oxycontin. 3:10 I am puking everywhere and still in pain plus sleepy I have been up since 2 am. 3:15 Dr comes in looks in my ear and says Oh My God Look at this you must be in a lot of pain. (DUH!) This is the worst abscess I have ever seen and it is all backed up. Great!! Wants to give me more pain pills. No Thank you Just pop it. 3:30 nurse comes back in and he put some numbing drops in my ear and the irrigates it and the tries to cut it open slightly. I still have blood running out of my ear and it is now Friday. At least the pain is somewhat gone. My face is still swollen. I cannot move my jaw and I have not eaten since Monday. I have been doped up and in lala land the past week and I plan to remain there the weekend too. Happy Healthy Knitting to all!

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Well finally we are getting some snow. I mean it is January after all. Yup see my new ride. I joined mini-van mama hell. Funny story too I will tell it tomorrow and post some more pics. Side note last night we were all cranky and not feeling too well so while hubby was playing x-box the girls and I went in my room put on barnyard and cuddled on the bed. we all fell asleep and hubby thought it would be cute to take a pic. Thanks so much honey!!!!

As you will see I cut most of me out but you can see my green shirt and I think an ear.

Hello to anyone who actually reads this. Sorry I have been away so long. I have had major issues with my DSL and then my computer got a virus so nothing worked and then you know life happens too. I have the 5 year old and now her activities (dance, girl scouts, etc.) plus the baby is now 14 months old and into everything. Its not like I can lay her down in the middle of the floor and use the computer LOL. She is walking and climbing and very curious to all things. It seems my computer will work all day long just about but then when the kids are actually in bed and I get some time to go on the computer the DSL is down. UGH. Sorry I have been gone so long I will try to be better and blog during the morning nap as that seems to be my best bet anyway.

So what's new. Let see. I just took a class at my local bead shop on beaded Christmas ornaments. I love these will make great gifts come next year and by starting now I might actually have them done by next X-mas. I left my camera at my mothers so you will have to wait until tomorrow to get some pics. I am working on a pair of turquoise and purple Lopi-lite mittens for a friends daughter. The first mitten will not even fit Kiki so I am starting over and remaking the whole thing I did not bother ripping as it is Lopi-lite and it sucks and breaks very easily so ripping is not an option I will just give it to Kiki to play with and start again. I made the very awesome pirate hat from Hello Yarn. Black and blood red. It was for hubby he requested it and it came out so rockin' I cannot even describe it. Guess what? It doesn't even fit the baby. I could not get my hands on the yarn it called for so I subbed and got it way wrong gauge wise. I have plans to make another one but haven't quite started yet. I used the yarn I got from Jenn at http://www.jchandmade.typepad.com/ it was lime and pink striped and matched Kiki's winter coat perfectly for mittens so that is what she got. I love them too. I've made other little things here and there. I cannot quite remember off the top of my head what I have done in like the past year. So if it comes to me and when I get pics tomorrow I will be back and post.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and is having a good new year. It's good to be back lol.