It's June Already?

Wow it has been a crazy week.....and it is already June....where has the time gone?

How have you been?  I have been great......I have a few stash enhancements I am going to open with.

I bought a new bag set from Darlene.......Now, her shop is closed while she rides her motorcycle along with her hubby (on his own motorcycle) and their dog (she rides with the hubby) up North to Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, etc...(Yes, she has left me for over 2 weeks 🙁.....I am not sure what I will do with myself).......but this fabric is just the cutest, so at least I can look at all my awesome bags and she is with me in thought!

I also got some hostess gifts from Qianer at HiyaHiya.  She is so amazingly generous.  With Darlene and I starting a podcast together, I will no longer be doing any of the moderation for the HiyaHiya group (I finish out my last KAL at the end of June), but Qianer has agreed to donate some prizes to the podcast.....she is fabulous!  Thank you Qianer!

And I got my DVD yarn I ordered in April with my coupon code.  Prince of Thieves and Bing and the Andrews sisters

The pink the "Bing and the Andrews sisters" is not as pink as was on her website....so I emailed her and hopefully she can re-dye the pink.

I finished the crochet blanket for Paige.  I thought I would have to go to 19 stripes like I did for Chris' blanket but she said 17 stripes was enough...it is 77" x 64" just laying flat....no stretching.  She loves it!

Other than that blanket.....the rest of the week (up until Saturday) was all about the JoJi Mystery Wrap!  I kinda slacked on the Memorial day weekend and hardly worked on it that weekend (I was mostly crocheting on Paige's blanket)....so I was really kind of just starting on clue 3 last Tuesday...then Thursday clue 4 came out....so I had lots of catching up to do. 

On Tuesday there was a big rain storm and I had no power at my home.  Since I could not cook (gasp) and ordered in pizza and knit with my portable battery operated Clever Scope...Yippee!

I am not quite done with clue 3 yet...I have one triangle done to clue 3 plus 2 rows of clue 4 done....but on the second triangle, I still have about 17 rows on clue 3 to finish.

On Saturday I got my Miss Babs Second Destination Package....we are going to Peru Baby!  I am in love with this kit. 

Now, we had a color choice on this.  The color choice was "Pink" or "Not Pink" and I went with Pink.....come to find out that the Not Pink option is ORANGE.  I thought I was going to be really bummed not to get the orange....but I was wrong....I LOVE THIS PINK AND BLUE! (the pattern is called Llama Drama by Casapinka).

Lastly, Arran's (Jaime's youngest son) graduation ceremony is tomorrow.  I really did not have anything mindless to work on so I started my June socks so I can take them to knit on tomorrow during the ceremony.....

That is just about all I have knitting wise.  Antonio and I got to hang out this past weekend.  He painted himself on the pack porch (I have an arrow pointing to his curly hair...see the resemblance?)

 

 

And made himself a 'tree house' in the backyard (yes, he knows it is not in a tree, but it is still his tree house):

and we got some Legos for having done so well all school year.....

This smile made it worth all 775 pieces!

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

 Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy MLK Day!!!!!!

Hi everyone....did you have a good week?  My week seemed to be SUPER long, but it is done....and now a new one.

I had off today for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.....Antonio's daycare was closed, so we hung out (pics at the end).

As for knitting, I worked on my January socks.....I was at a car dealership for SEVEN hours on Tuesday.....I was ready to walk out at the end....but the good news is I got a ton of knitting done on my sock....see that blue line to the top....I did all those stripes (almost 18) while at the dealership:

Other than that.....I worked on the Southern Skies Shawl

and I worked on my Fade

Yup, that is all I worked on....it was a crazy week.

Paige came over on Thursday....she got herself a new apple watch and wanted me to help her set it up.

I watched football on Saturday and Sunday when I could....but Antonio and I pretty much just watched movies and played legos this past weekend.

Today, Antonio and I got up and we baked cakes......he wanted to add all sorts of stuff to his....sprinkles, food coloring, eyes, etc.....

Today, we went to my mom's house.....she gave me a tea advent calendar, and a fancy tea pot.  My Aunt Susanne gave her the calendar, but I had mentioned how much I have really been getting into tea lately, and she gave me what she had not already had....it's a really neat advent calendar and a super cute teapot (sitting by my knitted mug I got from Carol when she lived here)!

You know what.....what is all I have.....It feels like I have so little to show for a week that was SOOOO LONG!

I hope to have more to show this week...oh, and I should have a new car to show you next week!  Have a great week!!!.

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Makeup is a BIG DEAL!

I am back from California....I went with my daughter to LA and Pasadena to IMATS.  It is International Makeup Artists Trade Show....let me tell you what....Makeup is a BIG DEAL!  The lines where LONG....here is just one line (time lapsed):

After we got in, there were just more and more lines.....but we had a fantastic time!  She even snap chatted how good I was doing!

Paige got some stuff that was regularly sold out...and some exclusive stuff....she even saw Jaclyn Hill (who is a very big deal).  There was even a kiosk/vending machine for makeup at the airport (yes, we got some).

The apple really does not fall far from the tree here....these are her makeup purchases just for Saturday (look familiar to a bunch of yarn laying out on a bed?)....while she did not buy a whole lot on Sunday, we did still go again on Sunday before flying home.

Here are the bands for both days:

I did go to one yarn store called The Altered Stitch (I think they host Stephen and Steven soon)...it was a lovely shop, but a little ironic for me.  I wanted to get some local to CA yarn and they not only had Madelinetosh (from Dallas) but they also had Texas Dyed Wools yarn (from Austin)....ha, ha!  I did not buy anything (see how good I am), but it was nice to go.

Now you are probably wondering if I got to knit at all (I mean, this is a knitting blog)....well, I did....while I was in line!  I did not knit much on the planes, but that is because my ears were bothering me (they still are).

I worked on the fingerless mitts for my cousin.....remember I barely had them started at the beginning of the year...I saved them for this trip:

I have the second mitt to the second red stripe....so they are coming along.  I also finished my January Socks!  These are Desert Vista Dyeworks in the Flintstones Colorway!

Lastly, I worked on my Karee Shawl:

Now, I have a couple of stash enhancements....but I won one of them!

I won a skein from Brazen Stitchery in the Northman colorway!  I love it!  Thanks Stacey!

and I bought a bag for a cross stitch project....along with Q Snap Covers!  I love the sheep!!

Oh, I also have to tell you that I had to take Antonio to the dr this past week for his vaccinations....he was such a great trooper, we got a 529 pc lego set.....he loved putting it together and playing with it!

Well, that is all I have...but I leave you with a sight seeing picture (Pinches Tacos...LOL) and pictures of the sunset at the Santa Monica Pier.

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!