Back in the land of the living!

Well, I have made through the move alive. It went somewhat well. With it snowing horribly, the tempratures dropping to about 5 degrees. Then, I had to throw out over half of what I had stored in the garage of the old apartment, as rat had made himself a nice home in most of my boxes. And if I could've cornered him and killed him myself, I would have, especially since he chewed away half of a leg on my sewing cabinet. I still haven't unpacked everything, but atleast we can now see the floor. The rooms that are settled so far are the girls' room, living room, and both bathrooms. My room, the kitchen and the laundry room are still works in progress. And, I was finally able to sit down and knit last week, after almost 2 months I was afraid that I had forgotten. This place is so much smaller than my last couple of places, it hard to find room for everything.

I'll have pics and more of an update later. Happy Monday!

A busy, busy month ahead!

Well, the time has come to finally move. Good news is, I have found a really nice apartment. It's a 2 bedroom townhouse about 2 blocks from where I currently live. So, thankfully, not far to move. The packing and planning has begun. I get the keys on the 15th, and plan to move all the furniture on the 22nd. It'll be a good change for all of us. The girls will still share a room, it'll just be a bigger room, with a closet for each. And, thank goodness it has a bath and a half, a much larger kitchen, a patio off the kitchen and a walk in laundry room. So, the stress begins. And my infrequent blogging may keep up until I get settled in. But, who knows, may I'll find time for more blogging in the next 2 weeks.

But, I do have an FO. I finished the pair of socks that I cast on a few weeks ago. I call them my Ugly Trekking socks, because, as much as I love Trekking XXL, this color way knitted up sorta ugly. So, with no further ado, here they are:



The Specs:
Pattern: My own plain vanilla sock pattern
Yarn: Trekking XXL
Color way: 105
Started: 1/21/08
Finished: 2/4/08

Today while I was packing, my cats presented me with some cute photo ops. Here is Mr. Vinny, indulging in the Red Blanket Treatment:


And, Miss Moonie took advantage of the fact that I packed almost all the dvd's and video games, and took the video door off the entertainment center. She finds the oddest places to lay:

Well, let's see how much knitting and blogging I can get in during the next few weeks. Later.

Getting ready!

For the past couple of weeks, I have been gearing up for what I hate. Moving. I have been looking at apartments, dragging boxes home, and fretting over my tax returns. Plus, some how, I ended up not having a sock on the needles. I had to make a point of casting on for a new sock.

As for moving, I think I have found a nice 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath townhouse with a walk in laundry room, car port and an outside storage unit about a block from where we live now. So, in preparation we have started packing, and planning on what needs to be replaced. I will be getting rid of the girls' futon bunk beds that I bought about 6 years ago, and get them twin platform beds with drawers in the base. My old entertainment center, that I got from Miss Rachel 4 yrs ago, is going and I'll buy new. Fun, fun, fun.

I have finished a few more instant gradifacation projects. Here they are:

Here's the 3rd bib I've made for Miss PJ. And we found out that she's having a boy.


Here is my first Calorimetry:

I made this one with the Patons SWS that I got from my FFBE pal. I made this one slim by only knitting 10 rows before starting the other half.

Here is my second Calorimetry:


I made this one with Patons SWS, also, with some that I bought at the local Michael's store.


Now for a little stash enhancement:


Here is some Lorna's Laces in Tickled Pink.

These are destine to become lace heart Valentine socks for me.

Here is some of the new Noro Kureyon sock yarn.


This is # S188. I haven't figured out what to do with it yet.

And this is # S164. No plans for it, either.

Well, tomorrow Katie turns 13. She will be a teenager. May the Heavens help me. Just kidding. Tonight, as a new tradition and at her request as her birthday present, the two of us will be going to The Japanese Steakhouse for a mother-daughter dinner. Yummy! I can't wait.

Well, off to swill down some green tea with honey to fight off the icky sick feeling I woke up with, maybe I can push it back.

Have a great weekend.