So Much Food.....and my dog grand babies!!!

 Hey everyone.  I hope you had a fabulous week!  I had a week full of food and my grand dogs!  LOL!

First, my dad went to Boudros with his siblings (his youngest sister's birthday) and I snagged this pic of the non birthday sisters.  Aunt Chris and Aunt Susanna!

Then, my dad took me and Aunt Patti (my mom's bestie, no blood relation but we still call her Aunt Patti) to La Frite.  I had never been there and it was DELICIOUS!  My dad got mussles and I got steak.  Aunt Patti got a crepe.

Then, Lupe took me out for a date night/afternoon.  We watched Oddessy at the movies and then went to La Nicha.  The food was soooooo good, I forgot to get a pic of my food before it was almost gone.  I got a shrimp salad and Lupe got a shrimp plate.  He bought me gorgeous flowers and a balloon.

Then, dad took me and Aunt Patti to Fish City Grill.  I tried oysters for the first time!

I was mind blowm they are absoluetly tasteless!  I had another shrimp salad, Patti had the Sea Bass and dad had shrimp tacos.

As far as knitting....I finished my sweater!!!  Yahoo!!!

binding off:

On mannequin    

Then I felt like Christmas in July so I started some socks.  This is Must Stash Bumbles Bounce yarn.  I love it!

It was also that time to get my grand dogs for the year.  Paige went to the Lakehouse on Saturday so she took Jackson (because he is the goodest boy) and brought me Jazz and Texas.  I cannot tell you through this computer screen how large Texas is......he is so huge!  LOL!  Here are some pics:

That is all I have so I leave you with pics of my Jackson playing with Amira and being a bum at the lake....LOL!!!  Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Crazy week!

 Hey everyone.  How are you?  I hope you are all well.  I had a crazy busy week.....mostly because I went to my dad's every day this week.  He was having new floors installed and wanted someone there to make sure it all goes well (and move stuff if needed).  I can say, the floors look amazing.

First on my way to his home the very first day (Monday) I saw this baby eating from mom and mom eating grass.....I just love seeing this!!!

My dogs were not very happy with me leaving every day

Anyone remember that old plastic lenoleum yellow vinyl stick to the floor flooring from the 70's and 80's?  Well here is what it looks like after 30+ years of pergo on top of it....LOL!  Now it will have Luxury Vinyl on top of it for what I am hoping is at least another 30 years.

Here are some other pics

I ordered more cotton yarn for another sweater and it came in.  I also ordered an extra skein of the pink I bought a while back as I was worried the amount I got before was not enough.

I worked another 4 rows on my Morning rain....just 6 more rows and a bind off (and blocking) to go.

and I did one sleeve on my top down pullover and started 2nd sleeve....plus several more rows of the body are done

That is pretty much all I have.  I hope you all have an amazing week!!!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting.

Double Skunked and Happy Anniversary

Hey everyone.  How is your week?  Mine has been......eventful!  LOL!  Lets start with my protective dog (he is the biggest baby usually).  We woke up Wednesday to a very skunky smell.  He got skunked.  We did not know it at the time, but he actually killed the skunk.  It was in the backyard....dead.  I washed him really good and he was not happy with me (after saving our life and all)!

On Friday he smelled even worse.....yup, he got skunked again....and it was also dead in the backyard.  So I got some specifc skunk shampoo, and this stuff really worked.  The smell is not gone, but boy did it help.  He again, was not happy with us after again saving our life.  Lupe fixed the fence and we have gone back to closing the doggy door at night (we had a few accidents from purl, which is the only reason why we started opening the doggy door again).

After last weekend of crocheting, I did a lot more crocheting....I worked on my virus shawl....a lot!

and I started a new one......

Darlene had mentioned she needed more dishcloths, so I made her these two (the pattern is carpe diem):

and I worked on my top down pullover.....I really want to get this one done so I can wear it!

I also worked on my morning rain.  Only about 4 rows, but those 4 rows took me over 2 hours, so my brain and eyes needed a break!

Lupe and I celebrated a 5 year anniversary (5 years since we both said we were officially a couple) so we went to Pearl Put to celebrate.  It is a brand new Put Put golf course downtown at The Pearl.  The Pearl used to be where they brewed Pearl beer.....now it is a historic brewery complex that offeres dining, shopping, a famers' market and even spaces.  We had an amazing brisket grilled cheese sandwich that was absolutely amazing from an outside brisket restaurant and shared a slice of cheesecake from cafe lorraine.....it was pretty hot, so forgive me for how sweaty I am in some pictures!

All in all, it was an amazing week.  This week I will be at my dad's most of the week with floor installers, so I am not sure how much knitting/crocheting I will get done.  Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy knitting!