Happy Thanksgiving

Wow it's been awhile since I posted! Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in blog land. I have been so busy setting up shop over at Etsy that I have neglected the blog and *gasp* ravelry. It's also prime craft fair time so I have been knitting my fingers (and let's not forget-elbow) to the bone. The tendonitis is still hanging on I wear a brace, but, some days it's worse than others. The girls are great-growing so big ^sigh^ Hubby has been at Petsmart several times and almost came home with additional babies. Uhhh so hard to resist but really- I am a cleaning fool around here. Constant sweeping,dusting,etc.... This is one of the news scarfs I have been doing. So much fun I tell you. There are so many talented people on Etsy- I have fun checking out the art. Lots of cool stuff, and let's face it, isn't it nicer to give something hand crafted for Christmas? Take the handmade pledge this Christmas-your friends and relatives will appreciate the extra effort you took in finding that unique gift-Ha-do I sound like a commercial? Don't mean to. Anyhow, many things to be thankful for this year, mostly, health and a wonderful, supporting husband, and my 2 wonderful sisters who have been through so much this past year and so far....have come out swinging on the other side-love you both. And of course to peace in the family, world peace starts there. Have a happy Thanksgiving.

Happy ROctober

Seems like lately I haven't even had time to go on Ravelry. I have been busy trying to catch up on knitting. After a visit to the orthopedic doc and a second steroid shot, I'm currently in PT.. My arm feels tired but not in pain (phew). So I wanted to post some pics of the girls....Eila, currently curled up on my lap, nickname= drooly julie-yup, just drooled on my foot. Rajne, who had her "walrus" whiskers out and I ran to get the camera, she's a daddy's girl...and then there's the super lovey dovey Zoe Belle. Knitting soon I promise :)

Happy Birthday Kiona!!!!

Happy 1st birthday my sweet little niece Kiona. You are such a sweet little girl. You're pretty like your mommy. I hope you enjoyed your party and your cake. I love you very much xoxo

Such a beautiful child.

On another note- had shot today and arm is already feeling much better. Md did 2 shots of lidocaine followed by 2 shot of depomedrol. The second spot he did was most certainly the more painful area. So now, ice/rest/nsaid and hopefully next week I will be back to knitting. I have a pattern drawn up that I can't wait to start. Inspired by an article in Interweave's Felting mag, I have purchased (shhh-broke my yarn fast) some black cascade 220. I have mapped out a pattern an am going to attempt to embroider flowers onto blobs of color and then felt it-I believe the woman's name is Marni? she has a website tinkknit? or something of that sort. Anyhow I love her flower market bag and want to give something smaller a whirl. Will keep you posted on progress. I am also up to 3-4 spinning classes per week. So you figure, the weight, it must be melting off, right? uh, nope, not yet. But as far as I'm concerned this means full out and out war. I WILL lose weight. I will just add an additional day of cardio in there somewhere.

Where have I been????

Ohhhh Over at Ravelry........Very addictive. Very fun!!!! So most of my time online lately has been playing around there. Yeah, that's it...It's like a knitter's playground. So many new friends to play with and share projects. Groups to join, stuff to see. I have been spending way too much time online, H is starting to get antsy because I'm hogging the computer. In other news....My arm is hurting BAD. I finally went to the doctor because it has been 2 months now. It's bursitis in the elbow. I cannot tell you the last time I slept through the night, the pain is just horrible. So next week we're doing the steroid shot in the elbow. I'm not a big fan of medicine, but, I can no longer take it. I have been doing some knitting, but I think it's at a price... So I only have one new project to share...

It's called Carrie, from Rowan's little book of big accesories. It was super fun to knit because it uses short rows and It was my first time doing them. Guess what.... I actually got it right the first time for a change, no frogging involved!!!!