Knitting Projects

Ok, I am finally posting some pictures of some of my recent knitting projects in all their various stages of completion.


Here is a progress shot of a pair of socks I am hoping to get made up sometime before the end of the year. I am making them using the Hedwig pattern. It is slow going as I get bored purling all the time, but I am determined to get them done! Lol






This picture shows the top of this really neat pattern called Bubble Wrap . I finished the first sock and am working on the second so that I will have a matching pair at the end. That is a good thing right? I did have to modify the pattern just a bit, cause I have really narrow heels and feet. I am very pleased with how this one turned out though.

Exciting News!

It is official! I will be starting an online degree program on December 3rd. Woohoo! I will be studying to get my Associate Degree in the Medical Assistant field. I will be taking 2 classes every 10 weeks and the best part is that I never have to leave my house! Lol! My hope is to use this degree as a stepping stone to becoming an ultrasound technician, but we shall see what the future holds. At this point I just want to concentrate on getting through my first 2 classes.

Oh, we had a really nice visit with my SIL yesteday. I guess that her husband decided to stay in Ireland and work so that they would have some extra $$$ for the holidays. Sounds good to me! Piper and Allissa took awhile to warm up to Julie since they don't remember her from last year. I am not really surprised, as they are both that way around anyone they don't know. My FIL was trying to explain to Piper (who is 18 months old btw) that Julie is her Aunt, so she is ok. I think it really bothered him that the girls didn't want anything to do with her at first. Oh well.

Can I just say that I forgot how different the slang is between Ireland and America? Julie would open her mouth and say something and I would be searching my brain to see if I could guess as to what she was talking about. I did pretty good for the most part I think. Who knew that a cookie was a biscuit though? I also forgot how everything is either gorgeous, brilliant, or beautiful. Like the tacos we ate for dinner were gorgeous. I am all for using descriptive words in slang, but really, I have yet to find anything that I have eaten that I would describe as tasting gorgeous. ;)

Julie got everyone gifts for Christmas. She got the girls dresses, and Adam a nice sweatshirt. We also got some nice pictures of her with the kids. Or at least as nice as 4 wiggly kids can be at the same time.

Allissa in her dress

Harley with Adam

Julie with the girls

I will post pics of sock progress in another post, as I think I have just about maxed out my patience with this one. Lol

Sister In-law Arrives Today

My sister in-law and her husband arrive from Ireland today. We will take the kids down to visit with them tomorrow. It has been a year since they were here, so it will be nice to see them again. I will have to remember to take my camera to take pictures. :)

In other news, I have finished my first cuff down sock. I even remembered to cast on for the second sock so that I don't get second sock syndrome. Lol I will take pictures shortly and get them posted. I think I have figured out how to do that. I guess we will see huh?

I have been getting a bunch of my Christmas shopping done the last couple of weeks. I hope that I am able to find a few good deals on Black Friday, but we will just have to see. Mostly it will depend on whether or not I feel like being at a store at 3:30 am to wait in line in the freezing cold... Can you believe that Kohl's is opening at 4am this year??? That is just nuts! Might make it easier for me to get to the other store or two that I will probably try for, but have later times for opening. I will post more about that closer to then though.

That is pretty much it from my world for now. As always, I hope all is well in yours.

Woohoo!

Our family now has a blog! I will be posting updates on how things are in our lives, and of course I will now have a place to post about my crafty projects. :) I am very excited!

On that note, things are going pretty good around here. We are getting ready for Thanksgiving. My sister in-law and her husband are flying in from Ireland this weekend. They will be staying with my in-laws for a week I believe.

I am working on a couple of pairs of socks for the Thanksgiving season. I will post pics a bit later. I want to check out how everything works here first. Lol

The kids are doing pretty good, though we seem to have the never ending cold in our house. Grr...

Guess that is enough from our world for now. Hope all is well in yours!