The joys of being a homeowner!

 Well, I knew it was just a matter of time......My AC went kaputt.  It was installed by my late husband approx 2003-2004, it was a 2001 unit.  In the last couple of years, I have had to call out a friend of his who had an AC company and he had told me in the past that I needed to save some money because it was on it's last leg.....well, that last leg broke!  LOL!  Did you notice I said he "had" an AC company?  Well, I texted him (like I usually do) and I got a reply that is was a new company and my friend, Brent, retired.  I am so happy for him!!  And now I have a brand new unit so I am hoping I do not need any service calls for a long time!

I got to pick between Rudd, Goodman and York.....well, Darlene's last name is York so.....

Isn't she pretty??

On to knitting.....

I also have 3 baby girl blankets I need to make.  I wanted to make Glamping blanket like I made for Amira....but I would need approx $240 of yarn (and now with the new AC, I have no money for yarn!)...maybe a little less if I had enough left overs....so I started to do some searching and playing around in ravelry and in my stash.  I have a ton of Linen Quill and I had the Four Corners blanket saved in my favorites......this is a picture from a ravelry user called emmaylor (copyright to her)

This user used Madelinetosh Wool and Cotton....which I have some of, but I had planned a shawl with it...well, we all know I have more than enough shawls so this is an option

The original pattern calls for Linen Quill, but I wonder if the alpaca in it is too fuzzy

Then I pulled some cotton out from my stash

Then some cotton linen blend

For now, I have started with the cotton one

I am enjoying it!

My cousin was in town from Germany with his husband (Marius and Sven....Marius on the left is my cousin).  I always love seeing them!

They brought my favorite chap stick for everyone

We had a fabulous family dinner with everyone....Amira and Antonio have both grown so much!

We had a fabulous dinner by Jim & Janice (I had to take leftovers to Lupe, he cannot leave on weekends(yet))

Here is everyone <3

That is all I have......Have a great week everyone!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Its Beginning to look a lot like.....Halloween!!!

 Hey everyone....How are you?  I think last week I showed you some Halloween Yarn I got and I decided to start a granny square blanket....I used black as the joining color.  I know it does not look like much.....but it was a lot of work for me and I am in love so far!!!

Lupe had a parole class last week and there was a beautiful rainbow

My amazing friend, Paulette, from Canada sent the cutest outfit for Amira

Lupe made me delicious (but proabably not the healthiest) carnitas with beans and a baked potato (I asked for avocado as well).....it was soooooo good!

It is also time for my annual test knit for the lovely Brigit in The Netherlands and her Advent Stole....as you know this is top secret till December, but I can share that I have knit 49 grams so far...I started with 113 grams and am down to 64 so far....I am using a gorgeous yellow that is super hard to photograph!

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Another FO?

 Look.....Can it be true?  I have another FO!!  LOL!

It is just my socks for Lupe that were super close to being done.....

I got some yarn.....I got the monthly yarn from Jimmy Beans Wool

And I ordered some Halloween color yarn.  It is from Joanns.  It is Big Twist in the colorway Jack O Lantern.

I want to make a Granny Square blanket and could not figure out which Granny Square I liked best......so I asked Lupe and Darlene and they both like the one on the right.   I only got 6 skeins of this yarn so I am hoping that will be enough for a blanket.  My first skein got me almost 9 squares (I had to use a little of second skein to finish).

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

Happy Happy Happy Knitting

I have an FO!!!!!!!

 Hey guys, how are you??  Can yall belive I have an FO???  Here it is (my No Frills Cardigan):

It goes a little below my booty!

Also......I am addicted to greek salad's with Salmon.  Lupe and I went to Sea Island last week because his brother works there and he wanted to go see his brother, Manuel (which I did not get a pic of).  I got a salad with Salmon, and here it is (I did not eat the hush puppies....Lupe did).

This salad was soooooooo good, that I not only inhaled it, but I was making noises as I ate it because it was soooooo good.

So....Lupe (being the amazing man he is), recreated it for me.  I have had 5 of these salads since:

They are sooooooooooo good!

I am also kinda close to finishing some fingering weight socks for Lupe.  These are toe up with a Fleegle Heel (not my fave).

Here are the two most beautiful girls in the world!

That is pretty much all I have.  I hope to work on my monthly blanket and Lupe's blanket this week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Labor Day!

 Hey everyone....sorry it has been 2 weeks since I posted, but life got in the way!

It is Labor day.....I hope you are having a great one!

I got some new yarn.  I got some new bernat blanket to make my love a blanket...He loves the 49ers, so while it looks a little like the german flag, it is for the 49ers

And here is the man himself....finally home!

I also made him some socks!

Here is some yarn that is wool and cotton for either a sweater or a shawl

I got to see Celeste play a volley ball game and I got a new Ninja Creami to make protien ice cream

My handsome big dogs (my purl was not posing for me)

That is all I really have.  Have a great week!  See ya next week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!