Still Celebrating Into March!

 Hey everyone....can you believe it is already March?  Lupe has been continuing to spoil me for my Birthday.   He ordered me a new yarn winder (the one I got for Christmas crapped out):

I worked on my test knit

and I decided I was going to join Andrea Mowry's March 2 May KAL

I'm going to make Briochealicious with these colors:

It started this past Sunday and I barely got the first garter section done.  I am on row 1 of the first brioche section.

I also saw a reallyb cool blanket on FB......so Lupe bought me the yarn

Then I started it

but I was not "in love" and though the white was overpowering the color....so I did a swatch to switch the colors:

I like it this way better.  Here is a top to bottom comparison...but I have frogged and will restart with the color in place of white (the one on top in pic below).

Lupe took me to get my pearls I had dropped off earlier in February and they are gorgeous

On my actual birthday I got lots of well wishes....two big highlights are messages from my tante from Germany and my son.

Paige sent me a beautiful pic of Amira

and Kody sent me a pic of her on a play date with her cousin

I got a free cookie from Crumbl

I curled my hair

and I wore my daisy lenses

and got my nails and toes done....this is my 2nd iced coffee because the first completely spilled.

Lupe made the most delicious (and pricey) steaks

I ordered some yarn to make a blanket for Lupe's greak newphew, but when it got here....it was more pink than its colorway "crimson"

So Lupe and I drove to 4 different Michael's locations to find "red" yarn

Lupe organized getting his siblings together to get a picture....they all made it but 2 (1 brother and 1 sister)......He had such a great time, and he was able to drive them all in his new truck.

Lastly....I also knit on my pullover sweater

I leave you with pics of my beautiful babies (I promise I love purl just as much, she just sleeps under blankets so I never get great pics of her)!

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!

Happy Birthday to ME!

Hey everyone.....I hope you are well.  I have tons of pics this week so buckle up!  

It is my birthday this coming Wednesday (the 25th) and even though Lupe has already bought me everything my heart desires, he continues to spoil me daily!

He bought me a new bag/tote/purse from knit trolley (check her out on instagram or etsy)....it is not here yet, but this is from the listing:

He ordered me the February enchanted pages from chelsea yarns and it came in

He took me to Rolando's (the best taco place on the planet) and a new to us place called Mavericks in Floresville (it was delicious)

and he bought me a new curing iron

it curls my hair well.

He is also getting my pearls restrung...these are from my grandmother (who passed before I was born).....My aunt Natasha gave them to me several years ago and I wore them till they broke....then they sat for too long waiting to get restrung.

Lastly, he bought us a new loveseat with HEAT and MASSAGE!!! along with a new coffee table

The loveseat gets here today and I cannot wait for him to put it together!

We worked on cleaning out the shed this past weekend and found 4 newborn kittens.  We left them alone, but mom only came back for 2, and left 2.  My dogs thought they were a squeeky toy (I promise no kittens were hurt).  We took them to the shelter on Sunday......but my they were adorable.

As for knitting......I managed to get 12.5 grams knit on the Nuvem.  I switched cords too and took a pic with 2 cords on it

I worked on my lime green sweater

and my scrappy granny square sweater

I am starting a test knit for a little shawlette with this yarn

I also made some bread......one of my starters is an over achiever!

and while I tell you all about Lupe spoiling me, I promise I am good to him too....I made him schnitzel!

and I finally took a pic of him (isn't he so handsome!!) with his truck in daylight

Lastly......my best friend is so awesome!  Darlene made me the most gorgeous quilt and new bags by awesome grannie bag....did you know they come with a pocket now?  I love it!  Thank you Darlene!

Have a great week!

Happy Happy Happy Knitting!