Thankful Tuesday!

So...we'll start off with a pic of the view from our balcony the morning after my wedding. Special K's father got us a room on the beach and it was very nice. We got back from the wedding and were so tired and hungry. We ordered food and went to sleep. :) The next morning I was up bright and early and SK was not so I hung out on our balcony watching the beautiful view.

That's the continuing of wedding pictures. I'm trying to get the pictures from our rehearsal dinner and more from the wedding. I just haven't had time to get them all. We still need to do all our thank you cards!!! :)

Ok...so now for Thankful Tuesdays!! Today's big star is Jackjack....My boy! He surprised me this morning on our walk and I am forever grateful for all the training that we have done. I also need to say a big THANK YOU to my friend Kelly, who taught me how to get him to listen to me. We had our tough times but he is getting it I think!!

Ok...so here's a short version of the story.

A little background on Jackjack but he used to run away any chance he got. He would shut down and run. He hasn't had an ounce of freedom outside in two years since his accident and he tends to get excited and barks at other dogs when he's on a leash.... both I may have mentioned before. So...this morning on our walk I saw a lady with a toddler in her stroller and an old boxer. We are walking along and I get into the grass so she can pass and I have both dogs next to me. Well...Jackjack starts to stare so I grab his collar to restrain him and I hear a click...and I see Jackjack zoom over to the poor lady and her dog. He barks and jumps at her dog as she holds her dog and then Jackjack was done...I call him and he looks around and looks at me and calmly walks over to me!!! HE WALKS OVER TO ME!!!

This is huge!! When I first got him...he barely looked at me outside and he actually came over to me!! It's huge!! All our training has paid off. I felt bad for the woman but she was ok after it happened because Jackjack wasn't trying to hurt her dog...just bark at him. I'm so proud of my boy and after the lady walked away I praised him and he was like cool..let's walk. :) So. we walked home and I swear all the way home he knew he had done something right because he was walking calmly and proud.

Hope you like this story. I am thankful that we have been working hard on training and that he decided that he wanted to be with me more than run.

PS...the picture of Jackjack is at our new house with his new bed that my cousin Lisa gave us. He loves it!! The armadillo is from Kelly.

Thankful Tuesdays!! My bridal shower pics!

Ok...so first off the last post was my 300 post on this blog!! Wow...300 posts in more than a year! That's not bad!

So...This weeks thankful post is one that I should have posted a couple weeks ago..but again life has been a bit hectic. I am thankful for my sisters, niece, and cousin who threw me an awesome bridal shower and for my friends who came to share it with me!! My sisters had never thrown and most had never been to one but they did a fantastic job throwing me one!! We had such a great time!! They had great food and drinks and fun games. Thank you for those who planned and spent the time making it a special day for me!

Here are some pictures.

The lovely desserts and little party favors!

The cute cake they got!

This is when I had several pieces of gum in my mouth for a game. Fleas had emailed Special K questions about himself and I had to answer them and for everyone I got wrong I had to put a piece of bubble gum in my mouth. I ended up with 8 pieces!! Can we all say GROSS!!! I think I did pretty well though...some of the ones I got wrong he hadn't told me.

And last was present opening time.

I had a good time...and am very grateful to my sisters and those who made the day possible.

I know this is wedding related but this is a Thankful Tuesday post! ;)

Hope you can all think of things to be thankful this time of year. I know the economy is not great and the holiday season is coming fast. Please take a moment to look around and see the beauty that God created for us and for those he put in our lives to be a part of the wonder that is this world.

Thank you all for reading and keep posted because there is more to come! :)

Gnat

Thankful Tuesday!

My dad is heading back to Panama today. I will miss him. I got to spend a lot of time with him while he was here and he got to spend a lot of time with my dogs. :) I think my pups are going to miss him a lot. Today I am thankful that my father got to come up to St. Pete and go to two World Series games and to help me with wedding planning. I will be anxious for him to be back in a little over a month for the big day! :) As Special K's boss liked to point out is that we only have 5 weekends left. WOW!! Ok...I'll keep the wedding talk for wednesday!

Well...things are good. I finished my Aunt's clapotis and finished spinning up some yarn. No pic of the Clapotis but here is my finished yarn!!

I'm so happy with it. It's a BFL fiber and a 2 ply yarn! 145 yards of it. The most I've spun. My spindle rocks but I can't wait until I get my wheel!

Also, Saturday Special K, his dad, his step-mom, and friend J were in a King Fish Tournament and they caught a bunch of fish and had a great day. Their team name is Rush Hour and they even have shirts. :) Check out the catch.

They also weighed in a fish. They didn't win anything but it was cool to see them weigh it in. Special K was the one who caught it!
He's so handsome up there!! :) We have fish in the freezer and that what makes me happy! Well..hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Thankful Tuesday!!

Thankful Tuesday!! and quick update!

Today I am thankful that Jackjack is feeling better. We went to the vet on Saturday and he took x-rays and the pins have not moved. The vet says that the surgery was amazing and that his arm looks great, however, he is developing arthritis in that arm now. That is the cause of the pain. He had to take a blood test so he could put Jackjack on some pain meds and then we'd retest in two weeks. So, Jackjack is feeling much better. Here is the proof!!



Before you press play be mindful that Jackjack has a loud voice! :) I uploaded a couple others videos to Youtube.com of Jackjack and Abigail's puppy cousin's visit. :) They had fun.

So, Jackjack is better and I'm very thankful that we are not having to do surgery. YEAH!!

Abigail is doing well also. He said her skin looks a whole lot better since we did the allergy test and that her itchy ears are due to the allergies. We have her on some medication for her ears. She will always have ear and skin issues but she's doing well.

I guess that's all I have to say for now. I've been knitting on my 9-5 socks and I'm at the heel finally!! I think I should be done by Sunday!

Work is going really well. I had my 90 day review and I think it was a positive one. I've been working out at 6am still and I'm actually off to bed soon so I can be up at 5:45 to make it to the spinning class.

Hope you are all well!

Thankful Tuesday!!

I am thankful today for the fact that I'm not heading into school to organize my classroom. I'm thankful that I have a new job that I really enjoy. As stressful as it can get, I am happy that I am not teaching. I enjoyed my time teaching and I will miss my students but I am thankful that I have a new job! I am thankful that my co-workers are friendly and nice. I miss my fellow teachers very much but these new folks are pretty good too! ;) Hope you find the thanks in your day!

Happy Thankful T

Thankful Tuesday!!

Quick post but just wanted to share that I am thankful for FRAGGLE ROCK!! They were genius and I loved their show!! And because they gave us this. I am trying to get the ring tone on my cell phone but can't figure it out without having to subscribe to something.


Muppets Lyrics
Doozer Knitting Song Lyrics



Enjoy!! I'm knitting a sock for my new cellphone now that I'm done with something. I will share tomorrow more info!!

Happy Knitting

Thankful Tuesdays!

I'm thankful this week for knitting. I know what your thinking..."duh" or as my family will think..."are you serious?" I just want to say that knitting has brought a lot to my life. I feel acomplishment when I finish a project or get through a tough part of a project I'm working on. I am ok with ripping back and reknitting. I feel great when I am able to do a new technique I didn't think I could do. I love how I feel I can complete any project if I just take it one stitch at a time. I need to start thinking about life like I do knitting. It's ok to take a step back with things that need work. I can accomplish anything as long as I take it one day at a time. Try new things because I'll feel great afterwards. Knitting may seem like just a hobby but it's brought friends and wonderful feelings into my life.

Speaking of knitting....it's also nice when you get tons of free yarn in goodie bags!! This past saturday's Stitch n pitch was so fun...but the bags added to that. (Yes, the company was great too) They contained a bunch of great stuff. Here's a quick piture of the bags and stuff in it. PS...It had Encore and some other yarn but I traded for some more sock yarn. :)

They started giving away more bags after the 6th inning so I scored a couple bags and a ton of sock yarn!!

Since I ended up with so many extra bags I'm planning a contest. When I finally get my next podcast episode up I'll post about my contest and talk about it on there. :) It's my motivation.

Hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Knitting!!

Update and Thankful Tuesday!

First off my thankful Tuesday is going to start by Thanking my friends Sheryl and Chris for walking with me last night. Chris walked 3 laps and Sheryl did 5. It was great and I feel even better now. We are trying to walk at least 3 times a week and so far have managed about 1 but that is more than nothing. :) Abby walked the 5 laps around the 9/10 mile per lap. She pulled the first 3 miles and then a little bit the 4th lap and then the last lap she walked so nicely between me and Sheryl. It was amazing!! I guess we just need to walk together more! :) It's always different when Jackjack's there though..which he wasn't last night.

Well..just so you know I'm doing ok. I've been working and loving it and I'm trying to stay off the computer a lot when I get home and focus more on Special K, the dogs, and working out. I don't think Special K believe me but oh well...I've spent a lot less time on the internet than I was. He did mention to someone the other day that I am happy when I come home from work and that is a huge thing!! It's good!

Well...I have a couple catch up post of some meme's to catch up with...so there may be more than one today! :)

Oh yeah...I almost forgot to mention....THE CUBBIES ARE IN TOWN!! We are going to the games tonight and tomorrow! I've got my cubs shirt on and I'm ready to cheer!! :)

Happy Thankful Tuesday!!

PS...I'm fixing some stuff on my webpage so most the picture here aren't displaying right. I'll work on it soon.

Wedding Wednesday!!

So, If you haven't listened to the podcast yet and were wondering what I was talking about last week about my wedding. There is a new NCAA bowl game in St. Pete at Tropicana Field. The story is here. So, the date of this Bowl game is Dec 2oth. The date of my wedding is Dec 20th. Our reception is at a bar across the street from Tropicana field. You get the problem. At first I thought that we were going to have to move the day or the reception, which I didn't want to do. I finally heard from the owner and he said he would work with us and put us upstairs away from the crowd and we'd still be able to have our reception there. He just said that we would have to take care of parking. We are having an early wedding and we should be getting to the bar before the crowd starts but I've been thinking about hiring some college or high school kids to shuttle people from their hotels to the reception site so they don't have to worry about parking and driving. We'll see how that goes. So, all is well in wedding planning.

I've started narrowing down the bridesmaid dresses. I just need to go "look" at them and make sure most will be happy. I think that I've found them though.

I have a florist that I need to go talk to. My friend used them for their wedding so I think I'm going to go with them but I just need to make sure they can work with us and what we need to do. There will not be a lot of flowers at the reception site because ummm it's a bar. :) I still need to get the bouquets and the boutonnières figured out. I think most our decorations at the bar will be either baseballs or candles. We haven't finalized our center pieces yet. I keep saying "we have time." but eventual the we have time will run out. :)

Well...a quick Thankful Tuesday on Wednesday. I'm having a rough day with a student in my class and I'm VERY thankful that I will not have to have him in my class ever again. I'm not sure what is wrong with today's young but I was NEVER this disrespectful to my peers or teachers. I have mixed emotions of that I won't be influencing our young anymore and that is a good thing and a bad thing. I'm glad because I'm SICK of kids who don't know how to be respectful and I'm sad because I will miss those who are great. Like my knitting group. I've already talked about trying to get together with them.

My life is going to be changing in less than a week and I'm excited and nervous about that. I'm not really sure what to think about it.

Well...hope everyone is doing well.

Happy Knitting!!!

Thankful Tuesday and Wedding Wednesday!!

So, Our last day at Sea Camp was so much fun. We went on 2 boat trips and enjoyed the wonderful weather. I brought my sock with me and got some knitting done while the instructor lectured before we went snorkeling. Check me out!! :)We saw some amazing stuff during our boat trips, such as a shark or two, some rainbow Parrot Fish, which me and my snorkel buddy chased around for a while...and we caught a Moray Eel. While we were snorkeling on the soft coral a student in my group picked up a conch shell and thought it was empty but little did we know that this awesome Brown Spotted Moray Eel was inside. Our instructor Adam managed to get him to come out of the shell but he was not too happy about that and he slimmed out of the bucket and was on the boat and we all SCREAMED and jumped on the benches of the flattop boat. It was funny afterwards, when he managed to get the Eel back into the water. :) Adam was calm the whole time and we got some great video of it. I learned that when eels bite they never let go and you have to kill it to get it off. I'm really glad no one got bit because it was a pretty eel.

The kids and chaperons had a great time and we ended the trip with a bonfire last night, with songs, marshmallows, and some stories. We cleaned up and heading out on time this morning. We should be getting back to St. Pete around 5ish. This driver speeds!! I do think it's pretty awesome that I'm blogging from the bus. We watch 3 spiderman's on the way down and so far we've seen Transformers and are currently watching Monster's Inc.

Thankful Tuesday, I just want to thank God for the beautiful world we live in and all the creatures he has created for us. We need to spend more time conserving out environment for our ancestors. Did you know that humans kill 200,000,000(yes that's MILLIONS) sharks a year and there are a reported average of 75 shark attacks a year and an average of 10 a year that die from shark wounds. And just for your knowledge a shark attack is defined as any time a shark touches a human. Is that amazing or what?? It's amazing when you think of how we effect the world. A saying that I liked during the trip was "Don't leave anything but a footprint." That is a great way to say don't litter and such. I thank God every day for the breath we breathe and the sites we see. Nature is so amazing and beautiful and we owe it all to God. I just hope that we learn to conserve and that our children's children still get to see what he made.


For Wedding Wednesday, I don't have much. I have not been up to much planning with everything that is going on. I guess I'll have to make it up to you guys next week. :)

Well, I'm going to get back to my knitting and rest a bit. I hope everyone is well..

Happy Knitting and Traveling!!

Thankful Tuesday

Look at me...I'm back to posting my weekly posts!! Yeah for me!! Ok...enough about that.


Today I'm thankful for my co-workers. I know that I am leaving this job and I don't always have that many nice things to say about it but I love my co-workers. In the middle school, it's all woman and we all get along really well considering all the hormones and mood swings we have. We have become a tight group and I will miss them all. I have spent at least three years working with most of them and some are new but they are nice and have become my friends. They are supportive and I will miss them for that. We all eat lunch together pretty much every day and only really get about 20 minutes to talk while we eat our food and watch the cafeteria. This year a treat that we started was each teacher makes lunch for everyone once a week. It's usually Thursday but with the crazy trips and schedules we've been on it's been just once a week. It's nice to see what others cook and get ideas for our own meals. I have grown close to my co-workers and will miss seeing them every day. They have been my ray of light this year, during a very tough year at work. I've decided this week that I have less than a month left and I have to be as positive as I can and end here on a good note. It hasn't always been bad and I think the hardest part this year was my mental sanity but I've learned so much here that I'm glad that I had this opportunity.

I know that I'm a good teacher at heart and I'm glad that I taught for 3 years but I am ready to work in an environment where kids are not the center of my day. I'm ready to not have to discipline middle schoolers and listen to the he said she saids of the drama of middle school life. I'm ready to have an actual lunch time where I can eat without feeling rushed. Oh...goodness I digress. :) I am thankful for my co-workers who I will miss.

Knitting news:

I frogged the Dog Bone Blanket and cast on last night for the Log Cabin Blanket which is going really quick. I love mindless knitting sometimes. :)








I also cast on for my May Sockdown socks, the Bellatrix socks by Gigi Silva. I'm using the Shibuiknits Sock yarn in Spectrum and doing them two at a time. :)





I recorded an episode of my podcast last night but my computer wouldn't let me edit and upload so I spent time cleaning up my computer. I'll upload tonight.

If you haven't been getting any updates on your blog readers, I'm really sorry. I think I fixed the problem and I hope that it says fixed.

Well...Happy Thankful Tuesday!!

Prize and Sock update!! Thankful Tuesday

I'm still working on the sock. This picture is my progress on Monday afternoon. I've finished a couple repeats since then and am almost at the heel. The first sock flew by but now this second sock is killing me. I still have a chance to move on to the next round because 28 people have finished so far in my division. I love the pattern though!!Last week I also got a prize in the mail!! It's from a contest over on Michelle's blog McKnitter. She's a Florida knitter. :) I loved the prize. A purse, a skein of Ewe-phoria Yarns Sock It To Me Superwash Yarn in Pacifica, and pattern for River Valley Socks from Anni Designs. She also included this really cute sock bag that I'm pretty sure she made herself. It's so pretty and I love the fabric.
Fun prizes!! Ok...so I'm hoping to finish this sock soon and so I can get back to relaxing knitting and spinning. I haven't worked on anything else lately since starting this sock.

Thankful Tuesday this week is thankful that my blood test came back and everything is good. All my levels are normal. My uric acid levels are actually low to normal so I don't have gout. My blood sugar, cholesterol...all normal. :) YEAH!! This makes me very happy!! I'm healthy! So, today I'm very thankful that I'm healthy.

Hope everyone is well!!!

Be Thankful for today is a new day!

Thankful Tuesdays...and sock dilemma.

This week I am thankful for my sisters. The first is Cris who made these awesome Save the Dates that you are just going to have to wait to see. Sorry. The second is my sister Fleas who got me a gift certificate to SonnyandShear.com. I've been waiting to order from them and now I can!! YEAH!! She is contributing to my stash and that is a great thing. Thank you!!

Ok...so the sock dilemma is that since I cast on my first sock I've had a sock on the needles. I've usually cast on the next pair of socks within a day or so of finishing the last pair or so it has seemed. Now, I'm waiting for sock madness to start so I don't want to cast on a pair yet. Hence I have no socks on my needles. This is weird. It's not like I don't have things on my needles to work on but no socks. :)

Also my friend Sheryl and I have determined that sock yarn is like crack or at least laced with it. It's so lovely and I just can't seem to stop wanting more or in her case buying more. Also I've determined that Malabrigo must be laced with the same. :) Ahhh...the joys of yarn. How I have become addicted.

Happy Knitting!!

Wedding Wednesday and STASH!!!!

I bought the YARN for my wedding shawl!! I'm very excited. Last night Sheryl and I met at Uncommon Threads in Palm Harbor. I love this yarn store. We stayed for their knitting night and everyone was so friendly. So, I picked di.Ve' Zenith in a white. It's 100% Extra Fine Merino Wool. It's so pretty!!
I also picked up a skein of Malabrigo for a hat for Surfer Girl. I'm pretty sure she doesn't read my blog so I'm safe in saying I'm surprising her with a new hat that will fit her. I already picked out the pattern but in case she reads this I won't tell you which one yet. I might cast this on tonight as well. I'm bad. :)The last thing I got was ROVING! I was watching Allison, who works there spin and I was fascinated!! I think I want to learn to spin now. This store is bad and good for me. After I was watching her I was fondling all their roving and I just had to have 2 oz. of this. It's Merino as well. I just want it to pet.

So, when I got home today I was greeted with a beautiful sight!! MY KNITPICKS ORDER!! Yeah!! This is perfect because I got my yarn last night and I have my Stitch n Bitch tonight. I can take it all with me and cast on at the Stitch n Bitch. HOW exciting!! Today has been a great day!!
So...that's all my fun stuff I got. I know it's not much about my wedding but the yarn is important and was a big decision. My sister finished the coasters and I believe sent them to me so as soon as I send those out and people start getting them I'll share what they look like. They are SO amazing!! She did a wonderful job. We are also finally meeting with my friend from our reception site this Sunday so I'll let you know next week what we decide.

I've been cooking since I got home so I'm exhausted and already need to head out to the SnB but I hope everyone is doing good.

HAPPY knitting!!!

Thankful Tuesday

Today's Thankful Tuesday is about charities. I think being thankful of life and your opportunities in life makes you want to give and be a part of something that helps others. I wanted to share a couple charity ideas that I'm participating in.

First off there is the Dogs on Thursday Snuggle Project. For the Snuggle Project: Each person who chooses to participate will knit a doggie Snuggle, or blanket and donate it to a local charity of their choice. This project will run from March 6th to the end of April. I had already cast on a snuggle a while ago but never finished it so I am bringing it out of hibernation and plan to finish it before the end of April.

The second charity is Stitch-It Podcast's Charity Blanket. Meghan, the host of Stitch-It is organizing a charity blanket. Each participant will knit 3 inches of the blanket and write their experience, hopes, or a story in a journal and send it to the next participant. In the end the baby blanket will be donated to a charity. I think this is a wonderful idea and am very excited to participate. Her podcast is great and very inspiring for me so please check it out if you haven't.

I hope you enjoy those charities and if you want to join you still can.

I'm also planning on exploring a new Stitch n Bitch tonight at a local yarn store a bit north of where I live. I'm still on the hunt to fondle yarn for my wedding shawl so my friend Sheryl and I are meeting up there and plan to hang out and search for yarn and knit. I think it sounds wonderful. I will let you know in tomorrow's Wedding post if I get something or not.

I'm still waiting for my knitpicks order.

Hope you all are having a wonderful Thankful day!!

Happy Knitting.

Thankful Tuesday on a Tuesday! and a Knitting Needle purchase!! and a meme!

Today I am thankful for tax refunds. I know that I will not always get money back on tax day but I'm very glad that I did this year. I am mostly thankful because I was able to finally order my Knitpicks Option Set!! YEAH!! I really wanted these for Christmas but I did get some great presents and Special K did spoil me though!! I can't wait until my order gets here!

I've also been searching for my wedding shawl yarn. I've narrowed it down to a couple but need to see them in person before I decide. I'll keep you posted!

I'll try to keep my work craziness to a minimum but it is still pretty crazy and I'm having a tough time. It's only Tuesday and I feel like I already need the weekend to come. Today was a little bit better than my crazy Monday but I am NOT looking forward to the "horribleness" that is going to be tomorrow. I really can't explain right now and I can't share what is going on but when it's all over then you will hear ALL about it.

Also, Paula tagged me with a meme:

4 Things About MEME

4 Jobs I’ve Had:
Receptionist, Computer Lab Assistant, Computer Animator, 3D Layout Artist

4 Movies Watched Over and Over:
Rent, Anne of Green Gables, Newsies, Shawshank Redemption

4 Places I Have Lived: Panama City Rep. of Panama, Tampa FL, San Francisco CA, San Diego CA

4 Shows I Watch: Grey's Anatomy, Eli Stone, Ugly Betty, Brothers and Sisters

4 Places I Have Been: Chicago, Houston, Ohio, North Carolina

4 Favorite Things To Eat: Chocolate, Ice Cream, Chicken Marsala, Sushi

4 Places I Would Rather Be: in bed, at a yarn shop, in the country, at the beach

4 Things I Look Forward To This year: My WEDDING!!!, Spring Break, My DC Trip, My secret project!

I tag whoever reads this and would like to join in the fun!! :)

I'm off to relax for a bit and put my feet up!! I have a couple more days to finish my Rainbow sock and I'm on a roll with it so it should be a breeze to finish before the end of the month.

Happy Knitting!

Recovery Update!! Thankful Tuesday and Wedding Wednesday!

So, yes I've been a bit quiet for the last couple days. After my toe surgery Friday, that lasted 2 and a half hours longer that originally projected, the recovery process has been interesting. The first two days, while the anesthetic was still in my toe I felt great. We had my sister and nephew over on Saturday for dinner and I was walking around great. Then that night the pain started. It hurt pretty bad. Special K blamed it on my walking around all day. I called the doctor and he said that I had gout in my toe that they removed during surgery and the pain is probably from the inflammation from that. He called in some major anti-inflammatory and I started that. Sunday was rough with my toe. Monday came along and it got even worse. I woke up with a horrible migraine and was puking most the morning which didn't allow me to keep the medication down which made my toe hurt even worse. Special K came home from work and helped me get situated and called the doctor who said that I just had to get through the migraine and get back onto the medications. I pretty much slept all day and ended up taking Tuesday off work as well. Originally I hadn't taken any day off this week but since it was so bad I did.

I'm back at work today, and trying very hard not to walk much and figured I'd throw up a post.

I'm late on the Thankful Tuesday and kind of on time for my Wedding Wednesday post. This week they are going to be one. Special K has been a blessing during this time of recovery. He has taken care of me hand and "toe." He has left work for me and been there for me when I needed him. I'm thankful that he is in my life and excited that he will be my husband. Since my recovery we haven't really done any wedding planning and will get back to it soon.

I watched a lot of We channel this weekend and saw a bunch of wedding shows. I realized what I like and what I think it unnecessary for my wedding. I know this is kind of lame post for two of my weekly posts but will all that has been going on it's what it is.

Last but not least. THANK YOU to all those who have entered my Valentine's Day contest. It has been so wonderful. I have loved reading all the stories and surprised at the response. There are over 70 people so far who have entered!! Amazing!! Thank you again. I will be picking a winner...maybe two since there was such a response, on Thursday. Sorry I haven't posted pictures of the prizes yet. Honestly today is the first day I've driven since Thursday so I haven't made it to buy anything yet.

Hope you are all doing great. Thank you also for those who listened to my second podcast. :)

Happy Knitting

Thankful Tuesdays

My friend out in California sent me this movie...I think to give me perspective on my toe surgery. Today I am thankful that my toe only has a bone chip that can be removed and this is not happening to my body.




What do you think?? Crazy huh?? I guess it is said that he had a fungus that was left untreated and that is the results. INSANE!!! I hope he find the help he needs to support his family. If you want to know more check out this article here.

I am very thankful for the life I have and even though our health care is expensive and we can't always afford it but we do have it available if we can.

Knitting news...I had a tough time with the Rainbow sock and for now it has been ripped back to the toe. When I figure out what to do with it..I will share more. I need to learn how to do short rows properly....this is my goal. If not I may end up casting on for another sock and putting it on the back burner until I'm mentally ready to tackle it again. I did work on my Pedicure socks a little and brought those as my travel knitting today.

I'm hoping to get a chance this evening to record my podcast since I was at work until late last night and then headed to dinner with two of my sisters, my nephew, and a brother-in-law. I don't think I've spent enough time with my family lately so I need to do better with that.

Happy Knitting!!

PS...that friend out in California designs fabric and she actually designed the fabric for this shirt from Forever 21. Check it out. She has some even more exciting fabric designs but this is one that I told her that she's "famous" for. She claims she is going to open an online store soon. I'll share it with you when she gets her butt in gear and does it. (hint, hint, hint)

Thankful Tuesdays!!

Thank you for all of you who have braved listening to my new podcast. Thank you for your comments as well. I'm still working with the site to make sure the podcast is able to download consistently and I'm waiting on Itunes to add me to the itunes store. If you are having trouble please let me know. I'm pretty excited about my new project and already have the second episode underway.

I'm also thankful for my sister who is working on my save the dates. She has done a wonderful job designing them and can't wait to see the finished product.

I feel like I've been so busy this weekend with catching up after the conference, work, and my friend's memorial service, which went well considering the event, that I've had no time to actually catch up on things. I am thankful that I have this evening to sit and relax and have no where I have to be or things I have to do. ;)

I am still catching up on blog reading as well. I've been doing all this updating to my blog and starting the podcast that I've been slacking on reading everyone's blogs. I have started pecking away at them and have managed to read a bunch but have tons more to do. What is funny is that I feel knowing that I have 200 posts to read stresses me out but excites me at the same time.

I might have some stash enhancements soon so I will be excited to share my new yarn. :) I'll keep you posted.

Happy Knitting!!

PS...There are some new ads up and hopefully more soon and I am going to start doing some PayPerPost posts. I'm trying to increase my yarn stash without getting a second job. Hopefully my blog can help me out. I hope you all don't mind. The more I can spend on yarn the more fun projects I can knit!!

Catch up, Thankful Tuesday on Wednesday.

Ok....some catch up first. Most of you probably have seen Cass's #444 post contest. I was one of her winner's on her #333 contest and I loved the yarn she sent so go over and let her know I sent you and win some fun prizes. This time it's 4 winners. :)

So...a wonderful bloggy friend Rhonda from I'm Running to Win Too gave me a cute award:


Thank you Rhonda!! Since she has given me an award, for my Thankful Tuesday I'd like to pass on this award to a couple of blogs. If I had the time I would do my whole blog roll. Ok....this award goes to:

Paula from BassetKnitter. Who started Dogs on Thursday and you know I love dogs and love helping her with this site. :) Thank you Paula.

Devon from Evil Tuesday, who chats with me almost every day and is crazy right along with me. ;)

Nichole from Lapdog Creations, who shares my love of dogs and sends me fun doggie forwards to brighten my day.

Ally from Knittin' Baby, who found my blog and we started chatting and instantly became friends. Good luck with the haircut!! :)

Courtney from Confessions of a Knitter, has a great taste in sock patterns and Podcasts. She's become a fast friend recently.

Bea from Baa Baa Blacksheep, who also has some pretty cute puppies. ;)

And last but not least CynicalGal from Cynical Knitting Gal, who always has great comments and she has the cutest puppy Gracie who needs lots of loving right now.

I know there are tons of you out there who I would like to give this award to...so if you're reading this assume that I'm giving this award to you too. :) I feel like I'm missing people. I even decided not to include all my folks from my SnB who deserve this award too...So...if you are from my SnB include yourself too. :)

Ok...so...there's my Thankful Tuesday post a day late. Yesterday was pretty busy for me and I just didn't feel like posting. I sat down and thought about it but just ended up not posting. :)

Monday was a weird day too. Some of the girls for the SnB got together and knit for a couple hours it was fun. The rest of the day was just weird. Our Christmas Tree finally came down...I am thankful that it was a fake tree. :)

Thank you for all the supportive comments. My mood is getting better. I think there is just a lot on my plate and I have to keep reminding me of all the positives and not dwell on the negatives. I'll be out of town for a couple days at a conference with some of my sister's so should be fun.

Have a great day. I'll try to get up the Wedding Wednesday post today. :)

Happy Knitting!!