He's a Teenager!

 Hey everyone!  If you have been following me for a while (I started this blog in 2012), you know my grandson, Antonio.  Well, he is officially a teenager!  Happy Birthday to this amazing Teenager!

With his birthday here, it made me pull out his blanket.  I ran into a small snag.  I have 7 skeins of red in a different red than the ther 15 skeins.  So, I had to get creative.  I have so many skeins of regular red, then 3 1/2 of the brighter red, then white, then 3 1/2 of the brighter red and then the same amount of regular red we started with at the end.

I also got in that Feels Like Butta Yarn and started another Hugs and Kisses Blanket

Plus I have made progress on the first Hugs and Kisses Blanket

Then I wanted to start a different crochet blanket and told my friend I was not sure I could make it and she told me I was an excellent hooker!  Love that!

I got another pic of Coley and Mia pumpkin carving

I also pre-ordered a Reading Journal from my Author friend, Maggie Cole.  She signed it and it has page markers and fancy pens.  I love it!

Lastly, I have a pic of my lazy bums!  LOL!!

That is all I have......I hope yall have a great week!  

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Trying to get Organized....

 Hey everyone!  How are you?  I think my last post showed you I was trying to get organized.  I suspected I was about 1/2 way done.  Well, I think I am now 97 % done.  I have a few straggling skeins in Antonio's room that I have to organize, but I think so far it looks good.  I cannot believe I got it all to fit in this closet!!!

I am still working on my test knit.  I am almost done with section 6....so about 1/2 way done there, but I cannot show it.

I have decided to try to do this hugs and kisses blanket for one of the 3 girl baby blankets I need to make.  I might even return some yarn to Joann's and get a solid pink from lions brand called Feels Like Butta and make a solid pink blanket with this same pattern.

I do love how this yarn does all the work:

Antonio had a band recital.  He plays the Flute.  He was fabulous and I got to see (and hold) Amira.

Lupe was loving up on Flower and I had to get a picture.

Erich has a girlfriend in Scotland and she has a little girl that is not hers, but a friend's daughter, Mia....but this daugher not only looks almost exactly like Coley (the girlfriend), she is also the cutest girl in the world.....such a sweetie!

Here is Coley:

and Mia

That is really all I have.....Hopefully next week I have more knitting and crocheting and not just organizing!!

Have a great week

Happy Happy Happy Knitting

I'm Functioning!

 Hey!  How are yall?  Well, I am functioning....this is what I mean.

LOL!

I feel like my life is unorganized so......I decided to clean out my yarn room and rearrage my yarn.  Remember when Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman goes back to the sales lady that would not wait on her?  She says, "Big Mistake, Huge!" and she shows all the bags of what she bought.

Well....I am thinking....Big Mistake....Huge!

Here is where I am so far.....and this is only like 1/2 way.  

Yup....its a disaster....I get one bin done, then bamb,  I find more yarn for that bin.  I think I am up to 3 acrylic yarn bins....and I barley use acrylic.  LOL!

I did finish Lupe's Blanket <3

He also bought me some gorgeous flowers for my desk.....I love them

That is really all I have.....I do have some amazing pics of Amira and one with Tone!

That is all I have.....hopefully I have more next week and I am more organized next week!  LOL!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

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!