Trying to keep busy!

Hey everyone....how are you?  I am sorry I am late on my blog.  I have been trying to keep busy and unfortunately, I have not been busy with knitting.  I think we all go through little funks and times of being blue...but I know my lack of knitting funk has lasted way too long....I am sorry for that, but I promise I am trying to but out of it.

The ONLY thing I have worked on in the last week and a half if a hat.....my Myra hat made out of the Knitphomaniac yarn I made my Portage with.

I do have some good news....I am getting yarn delivered tomorrow for a new sweater....Darlene wants to make The Easy Bulky One for Shyla and was having some issues with the pattern....so I said I would make it with her.....with this amazing GREEN!

I also got my new replacement crochet hook

So what have I been doing?  Reading......  I am sure if you know me you are thinking, "Reading?  Why isn't she listening to books and still knitting?!?"   First let me thank my great friend, Jennifer, who when I told her that i have nothing to put on my blog because I have been reading instead of knitting said that I should go ahead and put this reading in my blog.......


So, I found a new author, her name is Maggie Cole and I am IN LOVE with her books.  I have had the privilege of since September of last year to be on her Advance Launch Team.....meaning, I get to read the books before they are made available for purchase.....they are romance....and they are hot and steamy and sexy, so if you do not like that kind of book, then these are not for you...but if you do like that.....then give her first 2 series of books a try.  The first series is the All In Series......

Her second series is the It's Complicated Series....

She is just wrapping up her Together We Stand Series.....with these hotties as eye candy...I believe these are scheduled to release in June or July of this year.....

I have also been trying to keep up with all my exercising...and I have been doing okay.  Yesterday Paige gave me a new flavor of Red Bull.  Now I do not usually drink Red Bull because I think they taste like crap....but this Watermelon one.....omg.....I did my 30 min of HIIT exercises, then took Jax for a walk around the block with Antonio, then worked on my yard for almost 2 hours.....holy cow I had a ton of energy to do all sorts of stuff.  I was a bit sore later...but I am not too bad today.

I did have Antonio for a day...and he did some homework

And he cuddled with Jax (I got up from my work computer at my desk in my room and saw this and had to snap a picture):

All my babies were looking at me the other day and I also had to snap a pic of them....

I got a picture of the baby with the blanket I made her.....this was the most recent blanket I finished for Avery.

Paige also thinks I am the best mom ever.....and I have to screen shot this kind of stuff as proof....LOL!!!

Well, that is all I have......hopefully next week I have a started sweater to show yall!

Happy Happy Happy Kniting!

It is No April Fools Joke!

Hey everyone....how you holding out?  Well it is no April Fools Joke that Trump has extended the social distancing guidelines till April 30....so we have at least 5 more weeks of this staying at home...so grab a cup of patience and understanding....we are all in this together!

My dogs will be so happy to have mommy home all day some more.  I just snapped a picture of Jax....and do not mind the mess, but this is the dogs' corner.  Jax has a toy box (filled with mostly wood) and his pillows and chew items laid about....but he was dreaming so I had to snap a pic or two.  Jax comes out the living room with me every morning....my other two lazy buts are still in the bed sleeping.

Antonio is doing his homework daily......

Now.....as for knitting and crocheting....I got quite a bit done this past week....I did not get much anything else done, but I finished the socks I was working on.

Then the blanket for my cousin's baby born March 20th

Broke a crochet hook....I have contacted Furls....hopefully they will replace it!

and then finished a sweater I started 11 months ago.....it is the cream cotton one.  I have washed and dried it.  I am pretty sure it is too big (since I have lost some weight), but I am still gonna wear it.  First picture is before washing and drying, second picture is after.

Well, that is really all I have....with this social distancing, I am hoping to finish up a few other wips as well....maybe bring down my WIP count....we will see.

One thing not gonna bring down my wip count is that I want to start a wallaby for Antonio.  He loves the wallaby that Darlene made me, so I want to make him his own.  I had 4 skeins of Ruby Red cascade 220 yarn and I got 2 more skeins...I think they all look good even though there are 3 different dye lots in this picture....I am not sure when I wills start

Well, that is all I have.....Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Sweater Burnout?

Hey everyone!  How are you?  I am doing great!  However, I feel like I am on a bit of a sweater burnout.......I finally got to divide for sleeves on my Torbellino....but I am tired of it....so I need a break.

I got a new hook from Furls from a great friend, Tammy....she knits/crochets with us at lunch....it is a rose gold/white one!

So, I used it to work on my Havana!

And then decided it would look great working on the Hugs and Kisses Blanket I started in July of 2018!

I also decided to crochet on Paige's Blanket....I only have like 4 stripes left so I really should just finish it!

The last knitting related item is the start of new socks for Karl....the last ones were too small!

As far as other things going on.....Paige got her car back....finally (which means I got mine back)!

After I got mine back, I found a ring that my mom gave to Paige years ago stuck under the seat.....she was thrilled I found it....she thought she lost it at the bowling alley on her birthday (the one on my ring finger below)!

During the week I made Banana bread and French Bread......I love bread!

and I made Darlene's favorite meal......Risotto!

Here is her lunch for today!

I ordered the new iPhone 11 Max Pro.....I cannot wait to get it!

Oh, and Antonio had golf lessons.....so this is not the greatest picture since I had to zoom so far.....but maybe with my new iPhone, the next picture will be better (We'll see)!

Have a great week everyone!

The following first pic is copyrighted by Randi Johnson (an amazing narrator who has a fb page here).

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!