It's September!

 I am sooooo happy it is September!  It means Paige is 30 (as of yesterday), fall is around the corner and Football is starting!  Yahoo!!!

Happy 30th Birthday to my "baby"!

The longhorns played this past Saturday and well, it was opening game.  They did not do great, but I am not going to crucify them.....I am sure it was a very high pressure game, now it is over and we can get on and win all the rest!

I think this past New Year's day I posted about Lupe's best friend, Brent and his wife and family.  Well, they rented an air bnb and invited us out for the day.  I watched the game there (Brent is almost as big of a longhorn fan and I am)!  We had a fabulous time and cannot thank them enough for the invite.  I even got in the pool with made Lupe super happy!

I have only worked on 3 things this week.....Wilfreda, I finished the body but now I am waiting on some Chiaogoo Shorties in size 10.5 to arrive (should be delivered tomorrow) to do the sleeves.  I made it longer than the pattern called for and did not do the back buttox area shaping....just straight down.

I finished one skein of yarn on the honeycomb blanket

and got lots of inches done on Audrey

Joji's Fall KAL is starting (today I think).  I signed up with the Rugged Coat (a wip) in hopes to get it done! I just realized that WIPS are not for official sign up (oops) but I will participate in the wips challenge.  I also signed up with Julie's wrap because I really want to make it....but not sure it will happen this year.

Lupe's mom is not doing well.  They are being told she is in the midst of "transitioning", so I pray she is no longer in pain.  

That is all I have this week.  Have a great week yall!!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

A Regular Blog Post!

 Hey everyone!  If you follow me you will notice I started an event called Vlog-Vent 202 in my blog.  I have wanted to do a "vlog" for years but was always just too chicken.....Well, I love Advent season and I have 3 advents this year, so I thought to myself "you need to suck it up and just do it"! so I did!  LOL!

However, I still wanted to post my regular blog stuff (some might be a small repeat of the vlog-vent).....so here I go.

I have been waiting for some yarn to come from Chelsea yarns to start my Frostina Poncho (the pattern provided by Chelsea Yarns).  Well, it came in!

Here are the first 2 days of my advents

Here are the socks after day 2

Im plugging away on the poncho, but I had a question for the designer so I will wait for her reply till I post it (but you can probably check it out on my vlog vent day 3).

I finished my test knit....but you still have to wait just a little longer to see it.

I also finished a christmas present....it came out way better than I thought!

Lupe decorated the house beautifully!  I have not decorated my house with lights in YEARS!

And Lastly....the Longhorns Beat ATM!  We (the longhorns) are headed to the SEC championship this Saturday at 3 pm. Hook Em!  Oh.....here is a pick of the ATM coach during the game....LOL!

Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

The FIVE Blankets....and some more blanket news!

 Hey everyone....how are you?  I have only worked on blankets lately......I have been a bit 'down' and trying to get some pep in my step.....

Here are the five blankets....the top of the crochet blankets was suppposed to be the neutral blanket, the colorway is called nutmeg nibbles, so I thought it would be 'brown', but it is coming out more mauve, so it looks more like a girl blanket...SMH

And speaking of blankets....Jimmy Beans Wool has given some teasers on next years blanket clubs....I was really hoping they would be ugly since I am so far behind.....but they are not.  Plus, they are really playing on my fomo with a brand new base.

I got my October Shawl Yarn.....

Paige finally announced her pregnancy with Kody on Social Media....which I was able to share on my social media pages.....

My step son came over for dinner last week (I got to meet his amazing girlfriend and I should have snapped a pic...but I totally forgot)....anyway, I made risotto for him (this is my family's verison of risotto, not the fancy stuff at restaurants) and when Paige heard, she wanted to come by to get some and traded tortilla soup with me.....I had it for lunch the next day and it was delicious

My nephew and girlfriend will forecver be the face of the Longhorns....this is the 2nd or 3rd time they have shows up on the official Texas Longhorns social media accounts....they are famous!

I got a beautiful picture of my granddaughter, Celeste, from her....I love it!  Can you beleive she will be 15 in a couple of weeks!!!

In the midst of buying a bunch of different yarn for my niece's cardigan, I ended up with a very large store credit amount to Four Purls Yarn Store in Winter Haven, Florida....It has recently become one of my favorite stores to shop at (they have an awesome online store in addition to a physical store)....they sell a TON of Emma's yarn (which I also have a slight addition to).  Well, I used some of that credit to get the Emmas Advent calendar....I bought this advent last year in the fingering weight, and this year I got it in the DK weight.....

Lastly, I have to share pics of one of my big baby.....one is of him with a huge toy (that he loves) and one is of him sleeping (he was actually snoring) in his favorite spot of the house....the window in Antonio's room

That is all I have.....I hope you all have a great week (sorry I was a couple of days late posting this week).

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Never Forget!

 Hello everyone!  I hope you are all doing well!  I got up this morning and looked at my watch to see the date and see we are on the 22nd anniverary of September 11, 2001.  I for one, will never forget...and this is the image I usually have in my head when I think of it.  It was such an impactful time!!!

***ETA:  I have been crazy busy.....I started this blog post two days ago, the 11th, but am now finishing it today, the 13th...sorry for the delay!

I really have not knit on much.....besides my test knit that I cannot show.

However, I did get some new yarn!  It is all Berocco Vintage Chunky!

I have had lots of dental work lately so I spoiled myself with some foot work

Shyla got her Mae sweater and hat and they look so freaking good on her....this girl, she makes anything look good!

I also got a new bag from Bags By Awesome Grannie....I LOVE IT!

and how about them Longhorns!  They beat Alabama at Alabama's home field....that has only happened 6 times sine 2007....and Texas just made it SEVEN TIMES!  Yahoo!  Plus, my Brother In Law as at the game in Alabama and he said it was Epic!

Here is my nephew after the game (this past Saturday) and several years ago....once a longhorn, always a longhorn.

Oh....and last month, my sister sent me a text message that my niece, Grace, really wanted a certain cardigan she saw on Pinterest.....This is all I have to go by

So, I found a pertty close color online...and evern emailed her to show her how close the colors are, make a special order and even said in my email that I hope the colors are as close as they look.....and I sent her a pic of the cardigan with her picture of her yarn from her website:

Then, she took a month to get it to me (her custom orders are 10-15 days) and when I finally get it.....

1 - is what Grace wants

2 - is what I bought

3 - is what I got

This is directly under a light

I even took my ipad and put it on the yarn's page and put what I got next to it in a chair with light above....look at this

I am sooooo upset.  I sent the dyer a message yesterday and today and I have not heard back from her.  I am getting a little annoyed!  Now I have to buy more yarn....and I need to have this cardigan done by Christmas, and I cannot find a pattern, so I am going to have to make one up.

Well, that is just the icing on the cake of my super busy week

I hope yall have a fabulous week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!