Happy Mother's Day!

 HI everyone....I am just about to get ready to go to my sister's lake house to kick off a Mother's Day weekend.  We will be eating my mother's cannelloni tonight, then massages (me, my mom, sister and niece...Paige could not make it) for all the girls Saturday morning.....Antonio has golf on Sunday and I have a workout with Paige Sunday morning with our usual Sunday morning trainer, Ped.

I hope y'all have a wonderful Mother's Day!

What have I been working on?  Pretty much only 2 things.  I started a wallaby for Antonio....in red.   I have been meaning to start this wallaby for like 2 years....but I finally started it.

I got yarn to make Shyla a Mae sweater

I won a pair of needles from Knitters Pride....

and while this was exciting, my bubble was quickly burst when I realized they (the companies that do give a ways) like to look good by saying I get to pick whatever I want....but I really don't.  I have to pick from the select few things they have....this is so frustrating!  But I guess it is better than nothing (even though sometimes I think not winning at all would be better than bursting my bubble)....

Antonio has been doing great at his tournaments...and he has another one this coming Sunday!

My friend and co-podcaster, Elizabeth, made a gorgeous dotted rays shawl.....and now Darlene and I want to make one.  Can you guess which colors are for me and which are for darlene?

These two girls both had their 8th birthday this past week.....Happy Birthday Cataleya and Alexxis!

I started some socks in this amazing green color for my new guy, Lupe.......

And Kody decided he wanted socks and picked the same color!  So, this might have come in the mail:

Paige found a healthy snack for us to try and I really like them....

I lost my dog of almost 13 years, Precious, recently....so I am back to a 2 dog house.

Lastly, I am on the collar for the Ledberg Cardigan......about 1/2 way done with collar.

Have a great week......Here are some amazing mugs I wanted to buy, but realize I have way too many mugs already!

And this one is the best.....because, my family calls me Care Bear!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Crochet Squares

Hey everyone...how are you doing?  I am doing A-Ok I guess.....can you believe it is already November?  I can't.....pretty soon Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Years and then 2020!!!  WTF?  Wow!

Anyway, I have not been up to much. I finished the blanket for my trainer and his wife

Other than that....just making squares....a friend's grandson was recently diagnosed with Cancer.....so we (her friends) are making squares to make prayer blanket for the grandson......this is pretty much the only thing I have worked on lately.

I did get to see Celeste this past week at one of her volleyball games....her, Alessandro and Cat.....but I did not snap a picture of Cat because she was too busy running around with Antonio.

Then it was time for Halloween....Here is Paige and Antonio

Then I got pics of Alexxis and Mario

and I have to share that my nephew was the pope!  Here he is with his girlfriend:

Paige made me some amazing Chicken Tortilla Soup for Halloween (I went to her house to pass out candy)

Well, it really put me in a soup mood....so I made Zuppa Toscana:

I have tons of leftovers....I gave some to Paige and Kody and fed some to Jaime...but I still have 2 or 3 more at home....which will be my dinner for the next few days I guess

That is pretty much all I have....here is a picture of me in my favorite PJ's (with matching mug) settling in to make squares and a picture of a very pretty sunrise this morning......its hard to believe we had an extra hour this past weekend...but we did.

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Sweaters, Sweaters, and Sweaters

Hi everyone!  How are you?  I am okay....ready for fall (it is just around the corner).

I have really been into sweaters lately....I finished Paige's Birthday Surprise Sweater.

Now I finished my weekender

Decided to really double down on my Torbellino....

And restarted Paige's Wallaby

Those are the only things I knit on this week.  Other than that, you can probably see I got my nails done.....I have been thinking of doing this for a long time and finally did it....I love them!

I had Grandparents day with Antonio and with Alexxis.  Antonio had a couple of friends whose grandparents could not make it, so we took an extra picture!

Kayta (the neighbors dog) came for a visit.....

And I took Jax over to visit Bella at my parent's house.....

Antonio played golf with my dad....and he usually has a ton of dirt under his nails and my dad gets onto him for it....so this time he cleaned his nails up....so proud of him

Lastly, I ran 2 miles on Saturday.....on my treadmill....no, these were 12 min miles, but that is faster than my 17 min walking mile I usually do.  I was pretty proud of myself.

So this week I have exercise/weight loss (or not) pics for you!  Have a great week!

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!