Sourdough, Cookies, Knit, Crochet and the 49ers!

 Hey everyone....how was your week?  Mine was great....I know I am a day late again, but yesterday I had the worst headache ever.  Lets jump into it......

I made some sourdough tortillas.  They were not the greatest, but they did not suck....I need practice.

One of Lupe's coworker's sisters was opening a new business making cookies so we supported them and ordered some.  The business is Baked by Adrianna and they were SOOOOOOO delicious.  We ate a dozen over the 2 day weekend.  

I knit on my Morning rain....I know it does not look like much but the rows are pretty long now so just 2 or 3 rows takes me forever, plus there are beads.

I also divided my sleeves on my top down sweater

Darlene came over to bring Lupe the most amazing quilt ever (more on that later) and we crocheted together....she brought her virus shawl and I pulled out mine.  I go almost 2 repeats done.

I want to start another already (so when I finish this one, I have another to go to)....I looked through my stash and this is the winner.

Also, in 2021 I made Darlene some dishcloths....she needs more so I started these.

Now back to that amazing quilt....it is SF 49ers (Lupe's favorite team ever).  He loves it!  Thank you Darlene!

It has a minky backing

and it matches Darlene's Cat.....Charlie!

My dad was sent a picture of him at his aunt's wedding (in the 1940's)....Look how little my almost 90 year old dad was!

Lupe took me out to a new place called the Shack....it was delicious!

Look how handsome my fiance is!

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Birthday Darlene!

Hey everyone!  How are you?  Today is Darlene's birthday and I am going to be late with her present...more on her present later....but here is why I will be late

 Yup, another busted (well, leaking) pipe....this is the 3rd time this pipe has leaked in the last 4 years.  It seems the cold weather causes pressure on the pipe or the tree roots....I am honestly not sure which is the bigger culprit.

We got snow....and while it was below freezing, I had a humming bird come to my feeder.  I was SHOCKED!

Since my last post, I have pretty much done nothing but work on Darlene's birthday present.  So much that my hands were hurting from all the knitting, so I took a short break to crochet 2 dishcloths that look like they have a knit stitch row in them.

Crumbl had their tres leches back this week, but not just regular tres leches, but COOKIE BUTTER tres leches....so this happened

I got that new yarn I ordered from Hobbii.  This will (one day) be a blanket/throw in my living room.

My aunt Natasha was in town from Washington State, so we had a great dinner at my sister's house

Okay.....now for Darlene's present.  The knitting is done, but with lack of water (from leaking pipe), I could not block it.....but now it is blocking and I will give it to her tomorrow!!

That is all I have.  Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Still Crushing it!

 Hey everyone....how are you?  I am doing pretty darn good....I kinda feel like I am still crushing my goals.  not only am I blogging again, but I feel pretty accomplished in my knitting/crafting world.

I have finished a few things....and I frogged like 5 this this past weekend.  Either things where they item wont fit any more or my gauge would have been of or I just was not 'feeling' it anymore.....its a good feeling.  I still have WAY too many wips...but baby steps for now!

What I have done.....I finished last years blanket!

I got January's yarn for 2023 blanket

I finished a hat (do you have a pom pom preference?).

I finished some dishcloths

I finished Darlene's Birthday present (see how many things I finished??).

I also podcasted this past weekend with Elizabeth and Melissa.....Melissa bought us each or Christmas present (we had not podcast since late November) and I love this yarn tshirt and sock knitting journal!  The yarn is Must Stash in the Bumbles Bounce Colorway!

Well, that is all I have......

Have a great week! 

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Graduation Class of 2020!

Hey everyone.....This year's graduation class is not like any other...but my amazing Nephew is graduating with or without Covid...LOL.  He had his ceremony with students 6 feet apart.  I got to watch online from my yarn room/office in my pj's as it streamed over the internet.  My sister and the family got to be there in person.  Congrats Sean!  I am so proud of you!!!

Antonio started Golf Camp this week.....I love this kid!

He also got a pet snake from aunt Bizz......his name is Draco....yes, from Harry Potter!

I got a surprise visit from my girls this past week....it was wonderful!  I took them to Paige's house to see Paige too!

I got a new Bag from Bags By Awesome grannie....it is the new tote....this thing holds 7 skeins of yarn and the project (just beginning) and hook.....it is the cutest bag ever!  If you have been debating on this new tote....get it!

I went to Chicken N Pickle this past Sunday (Yesterday) with Paige, Kody, Antonio, Bizzle, and Tara....I did not take a single picture but I had an amazing time..we all played pickle ball (new to us all) and had a great time.......then we went out to eat at 54th street bar and grill....it was fabulous! I snagged this pic from Tara's instagram.

Im still trying to eat as healthy as possible...but my weight is not budging....in fact, it is going up.  So yesterday I did a super intense workout with Ped and plan on seeing Ped every Sunday and then still doing my 6 day a week workouts from Nathan.

Oh, and Paige and I swapped yoga mats....since I love orange and elephants!

and finally knitting....Yes, I know this is a knitting blog....I finished all my sister's pot holders/dishcloths....then made one for my mom and one for Darlene...I still need to make the 2nd for my mom and Darlene...so that is the plan this week and hopefully you won't have to  keep seeing my dishcloths...LOL!

I leave you with a picture of my dork Jax, and his head hanging off the treadmill (this is where he likes to sleep) and a reminder to be brave....I am trying to be more brave and say how I feel, find my passion and never apologize....these things may sound easy, but for me, they are not....so I need a reminder every once in a while!

Have a great week everyone

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!