Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Six More Weeks Of.......

 Hey everyone...Groundhog's day was 2 days ago and while I do not know if Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow or not.....how about 6 more weeks of knitting!




I have posted on here a few times about how much Lupe spoils me......here are some more beautiful ballones he got me



Well, now it is time for me to spoil him.  He has wanted a larger TV that is OLED, so I got him a 77" OLED EVO TV.....he loves it !





Of course, I love it too.....I already started (re-watching for the eleventy-billionth time) Harry Potter!




So now that we are officially in February, I can say I finished 6 items (I was at 5 items last blog post)in the month of January.  I finished (sans blocking) my all pink Hugs and Kisses blanket on Friday, the 31st of January!



I have really been in a crocheting mood, so Lupe and I went to Hobby Lobby. He picked out some yarn for a blanket for his soon to be born niece, and I got some yarn for a "spare" baby girl blanket.




So far it is looking great



Also, my cousin's son's wife is having a 3rd baby.  This is the family I have previously made the Good Vibes Throw in a Rouge and Blue.  The 3rd child is a girl, so I started a good vibes (baby size) in light pink.



I also wanted to make Antonio a Granny Square hat.  Here is the start



Do you guys know Ali from Savvy Skeins?  Well, I went to her house to help her with her new CSM....I got 1 measly picture of us setting up....LOL!  But I came home with some Bummer (a pic of dropped stitch) shirts and some boots and spurs!


Now for my biggest pride and joy....2 of my grands....Amira and Tone!  The cutest kids on the planet!








Happy Happy Happy Knitting!


Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Will this be my year of more FO's?

 Hey everyone.  How are you?  I am doing great!  I realized the other day that January is not even over and I have completed 5 things already.  Okay, Okay, two were only pot holders, but two were full sweaters.

Here are my first 4 items:


 and this past Saturday I knit a new hat for Lupe.  He might have washed his last beanie and it shrunk a bunch....LOL!




Here is the blocked version of Darlene's sweater



I have gotten a lot of work done on this all pink hugs and kisses blanket



and I pulled out my 4 corners baby blanket and finished color 2 and started color 3.



Lupe was able to fix the pipe leak....Thank you Lupe!!  When I asked him to go to the store to get more bottled water, he not only came back with water, but with flowers for me.  This man is amazing!



He also came home Sunday from work with cinnamon roll centers and this beautiful balloon!  <3


Lupe made me some great salads this past week.....and, my BIL had a birthday and he and my sister went to a cooking class for his birthday.  I thought they looked so cute, I had to share




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




Happy Happy Happy Knitting!


Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Happy Birthday Darlene!

Hey everyone!  How are you?  Today is Darlene's birthday and I am going to be late with her present...more on her present later....but here is why I will be late



 Yup, another busted (well, leaking) pipe....this is the 3rd time this pipe has leaked in the last 4 years.  It seems the cold weather causes pressure on the pipe or the tree roots....I am honestly not sure which is the bigger culprit.


We got snow....and while it was below freezing, I had a humming bird come to my feeder.  I was SHOCKED!






Since my last post, I have pretty much done nothing but work on Darlene's birthday present.  So much that my hands were hurting from all the knitting, so I took a short break to crochet 2 dishcloths that look like they have a knit stitch row in them.





Crumbl had their tres leches back this week, but not just regular tres leches, but COOKIE BUTTER tres leches....so this happened




I got that new yarn I ordered from Hobbii.  This will (one day) be a blanket/throw in my living room.


My aunt Natasha was in town from Washington State, so we had a great dinner at my sister's house




Okay.....now for Darlene's present.  The knitting is done, but with lack of water (from leaking pipe), I could not block it.....but now it is blocking and I will give it to her tomorrow!!






That is all I have.  Have a great week!




Happy Happy Happy Knitting!


Monday, January 13, 2025

Wedding of the Century!!!

 Hey everyone!  How are you?  I am well.  I am sorry I did not post last week.  It was a crazy week.

Approx the day after my last post, I looked at the weather forecast for January 11th (date of my newphew's wedding).....and it said it was going to be COLD!  So, being the genius that I am, I decided to knit a sweater in 8 days.  After I started I knew I would run out of yarn, so the sweetest lady I found on ravelry agreed to overnight me some of the same yarn she had in her for sale or trade section....and I did it!







I ended up being a little too hot, but my mom was freezing so I gave her the sweater (I know she looks mad, but I promise she is not, I just shot the pic at the wrong time.


That is pretty much the only thing I have knit on since the last post....so now I need to jump back on darlene's sweater and the unicorn wrap I am making.





Other than that, I have been of course trying to eat healthier with some food prep




I got some super cute ziplock bags with dogs on them (quart size, now I am looking for Gallon size)



Lupe got his new Joe Montana Jersy and Paulette made him some slippers (she is the greatest friend), plus she sent me a cute Christmas ornament







I got a message from Coley that she got the package I sent her to Scotland for Christmas and the cutest girl in the world (Mia) loves her USA Sour Patch Kids (she says the scotland ones are not the same).



Lupe got a great pic of him with his pops and the hats I made them


Plus a pic of Lupe looking handsome


Here is a pic of Antonio and Amira.....these two are my world!



Now, before I give you a huge dump of wedding photos....I just want to say the cold sucks.  Here is my Flower who also thinks it is too cold...LOL!



Okay....here is the Wedding of the Century....Congrats Sean and Leilani!











Have a great week!





Happy Happy Happy Knitting!