"Little Cracker"....eh??

Thanks, Anonymous, for your message! I'm right here. Where are you??

"Little"?? Well, I cooked alot this past weekend. I made a 17 bean soup in the crockpot. Brought some in for my co-worker today. I went in late, after the snow melted. I had talked to her before I went in.........& she was definitely in the mood for someone to bring her in lunch, so I did. It's fun to make people happy when I can.........I also made some brown rice pasta with shredded beef, zucchini & mushrooms...........and.................pumpkin cheesecake. The "crust" was just chopped pecans & I didn't use any sugar. I used something called Blue Agave. That is a natural sweetener from a cactus & is low glycemic, so I thought I'd try it. Quite delicious. I ate too much & I'm not so "Little"!!

On the knitting scene: I'm on my 4th panel of my afghan. I'm about 1/3 done on this panel. Then only 1 more to go......then blocking.....then sewing it up.

See, not much new...............that's why I haven't blogged. So, what are you doing?? Did you take up knitting yet?? You should if you haven't!! And if you knit...........what are YOU knitting??

Happy 2008!!!

As you can see, blogging has NOT been a priority for me. I trust you all had a wonderful Christmas & New Year's. Me too!!

I finished my Net Market Bag.........looks just like the first one I did when I started this blog last June. I'm keeping this one!!

I also started my afghan. I'm doing a cable pattern done in strips. It is 5 long strips altogether, so sewing it at the end will not be any fun. But I'm on a roll & it is taking me about 1 week to do one strip. I'm half way done. Scary to tell you all that, because you will now expect me to have the completed strips done in 2-1/2 weeks. Then I figure a month to sew it together!! HA!! Don't hold your breath for any of this..............because, as you know.....................

I've still got my 2 pairs of socks on needles, just sitting there..............

See my chart on the right?? The one that has my projects listed with percents?? I am trying to change it, but it's been so long since I've touched that, ......I may just delete it if I can't figure it out again.

And for non-knitting news...........I'm really enjoying my job now. I'm FINALLY getting some of it. My brain doesn't hurt as much. So glad I made the change.

I'm not doing pictures today. By the way.......why do all of your pictures come out so clear & sharp & mine are so bad??? The old fashion SLR camera that I have took great pictures. Of course I had to choose the speed & set the F stop, but my pictures were always beautiful. Sometimes I just don't like new technology.....................

Monday, Monday.

Mondays are not my favorite day of the week. But today was MUCH better than last Monday. Why?? Because last Monday I had food poisoning or a virus or something. NOT FUN! So I ended up taking Tuesday off also. Monday I couldn't do anything, but Tuesday I did start a scarf. I finished it last night & wore it to work today.

I bought this yarn at a sale in L.A. This yarn shop has ALL yarns on sale for 35% off for the WHOLE month of December & they do this in June also.

Ok, so I bought the Netflix Gift Card.........for the dogsitters. I think they are happy with it.

Would you like to see a picture of L.A. from my trip?? This is from Griffith Park. When I was a kid I always would drive to the Observatory & check out the sky. Brought back memories.

I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaack...........

Just got back today!! You know what?? I didn't knit a stitch!! I did BRING the 2 sock projects & I did start the Net Market Bag BEFORE I went on my trip & I did bring my book & just barely started it on my flight back. I was busy every minute. Not much rest. It was great to see my family & friends.

I also had a GREAT dog-sitter for Lacey. She & her husband said I could put them in my will to have Lacey if anything happened to me. I asked them because I'm in the process of doing my will. I have no intention of not being around........but hey, you just never know. I also got a bargain price to do my will for $45 through work. The catch is that I have to finish it by the end of the month.

Back to the dog-sitters........I need to get them a thank you gift. Any ideas?? I was thinking about a gift certificate to Amazon.com. That way they could buy anything.........or a 6 month subscription to Netflix. What do you think?? Any ideas?? Tell me fast, cuz I have to get it soon!

I get tomorrow off too, back to work on Tuesday. Maybe I could at least knit ONE stitch tomorrow. Even ONE row might be ok!!

Guess What I'm Going To Do??

I'm really going to knit the Net Market Bag again, as I mentioned in my last post. I even have actually started it.

I'm going to visit family for a week in L.A. on Dec. 1st. And guess what else?? I decided to take both pairs of unfinished socks with me..............I actually decided NOT to start a new project yet!! Hard to believe, isn't it?? I will also take a book with me: Love Over Scotland.

I'm hoping to rest. I've been working WAY too hard. And learning too much for my poor ole' brain. I will also visit my favorite vendor there & they will even give me a half day training.

I'll talk to you when I get back............

TWO Hats!!

Sooooooooooooo, I made a hat for my friend's daughter, &&&&&&&&&&&&&& I made a hat for me! Here are the pictures.

I think I will make another Net Market Bag now.............I'm into EASY right now!!!

What next??

Here is the scarf I gave my old co-worker the other evening when we met at a sushi restaurant! She loved it. She didn't bring me the other ball of yarn to finish the other scarf I'm making her though..........

So, what shall I do next?? I know, you are thinking.........."why won't she get back to her socks?????" Well, I'm kinda thinking the same thing............BUT, I'm just sick of those.....

Thinking of trying to knit with wire & beads, to do a bracelet for someone for Christmas............

Thinking of another scarf for another friend for Christmas...........

Thinking of doing a hat for ME!! Or for my friend's daughter..................

See..........there I go again...........thinking............but not knitting anything........................

What do you think I should knit???