That Knitting Groove is Coming Back!

 Hey everyone!  How are you?  I am starting to feel like myself again.....I am getting my knitting groove back and I am thrilled.  I still only worked on 2 items, but I worked on them more than in the past two weeks.

Before I just right in.....Happy 4th of July!!

Okay.....here are my 2 projects I have been working on.

My Morning Rain (I'm on last chart):

and my Top Down Pullover (I am just about to divide for sleeves):

In the "A Place to KALMYO" group we started a knit together chat to work on WIPs, UFOs and with stash!  Ineta made the greatest pics with AI:

I got the red yarn in and it is so pretty!

Speaking of red....Lupe told me to get my nails and toes done today (He really spoils me)!  They are 2 different reds, but I got my pedicure first and then I was getting my manicure done where I was having my acrylics taken off and then shellac polish, but they said Dip might be better for my real nails....so I went with dip and the red I picked was darker.  I love this Dip....If you have not tried the Dip before, it is perfect for your real nails!  I love it!

Lupe got me a new Owala cup and I am obsessed with it.  I love you can sip or tip the cup to drink.

and he got me the new Ninja Crispi that I have wanted for a while and was on sale at Costco.....I made my first meal today.....It was delicious (and healthy)!!!!

Well, that is all I have for today.  I hope to finish my Morning Rain this week...keep your fingers crossed for me.

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Still Celebrating Into March!

 Hey everyone....can you believe it is already March?  Lupe has been continuing to spoil me for my Birthday.   He ordered me a new yarn winder (the one I got for Christmas crapped out):

I worked on my test knit

and I decided I was going to join Andrea Mowry's March 2 May KAL

I'm going to make Briochealicious with these colors:

It started this past Sunday and I barely got the first garter section done.  I am on row 1 of the first brioche section.

I also saw a reallyb cool blanket on FB......so Lupe bought me the yarn

Then I started it

but I was not "in love" and though the white was overpowering the color....so I did a swatch to switch the colors:

I like it this way better.  Here is a top to bottom comparison...but I have frogged and will restart with the color in place of white (the one on top in pic below).

Lupe took me to get my pearls I had dropped off earlier in February and they are gorgeous

On my actual birthday I got lots of well wishes....two big highlights are messages from my tante from Germany and my son.

Paige sent me a beautiful pic of Amira

and Kody sent me a pic of her on a play date with her cousin

I got a free cookie from Crumbl

I curled my hair

and I wore my daisy lenses

and got my nails and toes done....this is my 2nd iced coffee because the first completely spilled.

Lupe made the most delicious (and pricey) steaks

I ordered some yarn to make a blanket for Lupe's greak newphew, but when it got here....it was more pink than its colorway "crimson"

So Lupe and I drove to 4 different Michael's locations to find "red" yarn

Lupe organized getting his siblings together to get a picture....they all made it but 2 (1 brother and 1 sister)......He had such a great time, and he was able to drive them all in his new truck.

Lastly....I also knit on my pullover sweater

I leave you with pics of my beautiful babies (I promise I love purl just as much, she just sleeps under blankets so I never get great pics of her)!

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Welcome October!

 Hello everyone!  I hope you all have been well!  I am welcoming October since the temperatures are starting to slowy go down....yeah!

I finished my sunshine coast sweater (please excuse my very messy bathroom)!

I got some new yarn to start the new Granny Cardigan by Joji....Darlene wants to make this, so of course I said "Yes"!

I got my toes done last week with a gift card from my daddy at his country club (not the place I ususally go to, but it was nice and fancy)...and loved it so much, I went to my regular place (as I cannot afford the country club on a regular basis....LOL) and I could not exactly match the polish, but I am in love with the brighter fingernail color (I love looking at the neon orange on my fingers as I knit)!!

I got all the yarn for Grace's sweater and I have been swatching away!  I hope to start the actual sweater this week!

My nephew and his girlfriend were videoed at the Longhorn game this past weekend and shown on the Texas Longhorn X (formerly twitter) account......so much fun for them in their senior year at University of Texas!

Well, that is all I have this week.....I hope yall have a great week!

 (I wish I knew where I could buy these desk lamps)!

Happy Happy Happy knitting!