Goodbye Ollie!

Ollie Mastin left earth on August 3rd, just two days shy of his first birthday. I never met Ollie, but shared his life through his Nana Mastin. Ollie's life story is available at http://olliestale.blogspot.com

Master Knitter Material????

I have decided to try and get my master knitter certificate from www.tkga.com
It is a bit scary to think I may not be good enough to do this, but I am going to do my best!

ABCs of me!

A- Attached or single: Attached!
B- Best Friend: My Hubby!!
C-Cake or Pie: Yes
D-Day: Sunday
E- Essential Item: Food
F- Favorite Color: Black
G-Gummi Bears or Worms: Bears
H- Hometown: Mountain City, TN
I- Indulgences: Yarn, scrabooking supplies
J- January or July?: July
K-Kids: Casey and Kristen
L-Life is incomplete without: My hubby
M- Marriage Date: September 28, 2000
N- Number of Siblings: 1
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples
P- Phobias or Fears: Heights
Q- Quote: "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away: Blessed be the Lord."
R- Reason To Smile: Carmen
S- Season: Fall
T- Temper?: definitely
U- Unknown fact about me: everyone knows everything about me - I'm very open
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animals: Meaty
W- Worst Habit: overeating
Y-Your favorite food: cheese
Z: Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Finished a project!

I finally finished a sweater for Pam's grandson. I was doing the Baby Surprise Jacket, but when I seamed the shoulders there was no room for a neck! Since I'm sure the baby will have a neck, off to the frog pond it went.

This is the five hour baby sweater pattern.

I added the cute little VW bug buttons.

I attempted a hat to match, but it came out being very tiny. I frogged it too. I'm giving up on this, but hope to make the baby something else for next winter.

I'm looking forward to Memorial Day weekend. I have Friday and Monday off from work and hope to be able to do some knitting and scrapbooking.

Thank You Marly

First I want to thank Marly who is sending me a copy of Nicky Epstein's new book, Cover Up. I can't wait to receive it.





I was on vacation at the Outer Banks of North Carolina last month. I was staying near the Currituck Lighthouse. The sunset over the Currituck Sound was beautiful!

























This is my new granddog, Jack. He is a five week old Jack Russell terrier. I am very glad he won't be living with me. Jack Russells are just too active for my lifestyle.

Listen to Yarn Thing!

Yarn Thing is a great podcast about knitting and crochet. Check out her website at www.yarnthing.blogspot.com

Catching Up

It seems that life gets in the way of blogging! I have been on vacation to Charleston, SC and of course, work gets in the way of my hobbies.

Here I am in downtown Charleston. I love all the flowers blooming.

Everything was beautiful. We celebrated St. Patrick's Day. There was an Irish band in the courtyard, along with many folks decked out in green attire.

I have finished a couple of knitting projects since my last post.


A nice pair of felted wool house boots for me from Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles.

A "Five Hour Baby Sweater" made with yarn from my stash.

I'm getting back into my scrapbooking after a long break. I'm working on Christmas photos right now.

Dieting is going no where as you can see from the top photo. I have only managed to keep off 1 pound since New Year's Day. I don't have much willpower! Treats always manage to show up at work, and a girl can only resist so much! :)

My hubby says he loves me the way I am, so I don't have much drive to lose weight anyway. We enjoy cooking together and eating so much.

I am going to the Outer Banks this month with 2 of my dear friends. I am excited and have already been packing.

I gave away my first pay it forward project. It was a velvet hood in chestnut brown made for a dear friend. I hope to post a picture next time!