A Meme? From Me? Me?

I don't usually do the Memes. I don't know if you you are even that interested in what I do around here unless it's knitting related, but THIS is just way too "something I cannot pass up trying for"!

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?

I just told my mom I would be fine and happy if people made donations in my name to a good charity, but I can think of stuff:
a. My sister's cancer to miraculously GO AWAY
b. Our children to have another happy, healthy year
c. All the wool I can spin and knit for a year (and clearly a bit more since I seem to come out of every year with more than I went in)
d. A self-cleaning house
e. A huge craft studio!

2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?

-A bracelet my son made me in pre-school. It has wooden beads and pinwheel noodles. I mean what mama doesn't love some pasta jewelry?

3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?

-There are so many! I would love to make a funny family T-shirt for everybody

4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?

-When i was in about third or fourth grade, i got a ton of books and I was so excited about them. Some of them are still faves to this day.

5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?

-Well they haven't finished their lists yet, but they want all kinds of different stuff!

6. What is your favorite holiday food?

-Mashed potatoes - and cookies!

7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?

-I already did two dozen cards and am knitting up a storm. There's never enough time to do all I want to!

8. What is your favorite holiday movie?

- Elf and Love, Actually (sorry two favorites)

9. Favorite holiday song?

-All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey

10. Favorite holiday pastime?

- Baking!

This meme is from the Todaysmama holiday giveaway. I hope you enter too and I hope you even win second place to me! Hehehehe.

Thankful Thursday!

Audiopost soon, but I do have something grande to be thankful for.

I have two sisters and the oldest of the three of us has been battling breast cancer for more than three and a half years now. We recently got news that her markers were way up and that she would be trying a chemo pill. The odds of efficacy were less than 50%, but she was still wanting to avoid a port an IV chemo so she did it.

She needed the results early and got them today.

Her markers are down more than 25% after nine days of this pill. That is FABULOUS NEWS!

I am very thankful.

I am thankful for both my sisters too. This is the three of us oh about 32 years ago or so. And yes, that is me with the braids.



I sure did hate to put on a dress back then.

No Socks For You!

Leaf Sucker


The Chief's sweater. You can tell the front is blocked, but not the sleeves. What a difference blocking makes when your stockinette stitch is uneven, like mine!.



The Merino/Tencel laceweight. now I need to figure out what I can knit with it. Of course I have to finish Queen Silvia first.

Hate On Me

I finally decided to start audioblogging (um yeah I'm slow). It will get better once I get used to it!



New Socks on the way - Boyfriend Socks



This pile is just about as long as my car (which is not a big car, but still), however it is not as tall as my car. Unfortunately, I need to make another pile that big at least from the rest of the yard!



Hate on Me by Jill Scott



Talk soon!

Hey! Guess Whose Husband

Carded up his very first rolag last night. Muahahahahahahahaha!

And yes, I am aware that it looks quite a bit like it came straight out ofa 1970s Playboy, and no, it is actually just Romney wool. But yes, you do have a gross and perverted mind!

I forgot to take a photograph of the socks I finished and gifted during the retreat so Poop on that, but I am just a few inches from finishing the sleeves on my darling husband's gansey, so pictures soon maybe?

I'm getting close to finishing the merino tencel laceweight singles that are taking FOR FREAKING EVER.

I don't have any socks on the needles which is super weird.

I am already engaged in planning the next retreat, because I had a good time and i am a little slice of crazy pie.

I need to make myself some kind of spinning goal for the winter. Spin down stash or something. 15 minutes a day spinning? Maybe 30? I need to do like four hours a day. I'm going to include prepping time for anything I prep too. I gotta spin this fiber stash down!

You Know It's Fun When. . .

People fall asleep on the couch because they don't want to go to bed.

I had lots of fun meeting new friends and hanging with the ones I already knew.

Hope you all had a great weekend, and I hope I get to see all these friends again soon!

Gone Fishin'

I'll be at the Fiber in the Forest Autumn 2009 retreat until Sunday. I hope you have a great weekend!