Here I am...

When the world says, “Give up,”
Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”
~Author Unknown

I'm following Jamie Ridler's Studio's wishcasting. And, this is my wish for myself: I wish to experience peace and joy with the decisions I've made, or those I'm going to make in the coming weeks!

Ok, that wish was a stream of consciousness. Let's see where it takes me.

And, what a way to welcome myself back to the blogging world.

Hello Blogworld!

Here is some flowers (nasturtiums to be exact) from my vegetable garden as a way to say hello! Aren't they pretty on this spring day? although I've been complaining about the very very cool spring we've had here, it sure has been good for the flowers and the trees. can't complain about that point!

and I've been knitting and sewing, I'll have some pictures to post soon on that front.



And, the dogs got busy this morning also....

Catchup

Lets start my catch up with my amazing swap package I received in the mail today. Isn't it cool! Schaeffer's sock the vote yarn --Hillary of course--how will I ever knit this up? My first ever skein of the infamous Wollmeise. A book from my to reads list on goodreads.com. A two patterns from my queues, one on Ravelry and one from loopyewe.com. Now this girl was thoughtful! And check out those mittens. And they fit perfectly! Laura, you did one heck of a job--thank you very much.
And here's some projects I worked on recently... a hat for my DD's boyfriend, called oddly enough, the boyfriend hat.
And, a cowl for my mother-in-law. now, her son just needs to get it down to her! Yummy malabrigo.   and then, my souper sekrit loupy pal project.  almost done and ready to go out the door!  Woot!

Here's two pictures

Here's two pictures that made me smile today. One, a late fall blooming sedum in my yard. I love how deep the color is on this flower. and the second, is my female cat madaline, who has taken to sleeping in my sock yarn basket. Guess we all need a little warmth on these cold wintry days.

One more 2008 FO

Here is another FO for 2008. It is the Petra Lace Scarf. This was a wonderful knit. Easy pattern to follow, and the yarn? Yummy Yummy yummy. I used elann peruvian baby cashmere. I hope my SIL likes it as I made it for her for a christmas gift. I haven't done that very often--made gifts for others outside my immediate family--in awhile. Mostly because the ones I did weren't appreciated and they are so much work. easier to not do it than feel angst over the process.

2 months and counting

So much time....

and, what do I have to say for it?

Well, we have a new president elect. I'll let time speak for him. He was handed an awful economy. I hope he keeps his chin up. and in these days of record level job losses, that those mavericks on Wall Street, have the toughest time finding new ones.

I've been knitting, quilting and reading. doing my job during the day and letting the dogs in and out. making new friends on ravelry.

and, dealing with massive major migraines. yeah. but I've got pix. not of the migraines. I'll load them later.

oh give it up already

I think I've made it clear my democratic candidate of choice was Hillary Hillary Hillary. but we've got Hope instead.

well that is a lot better than this guy: Ole suspend my campaign so I can sit here mute in washington

experience my a**

and Palin. oh yeah, well she sure scored some pointed with us Americans on her interview with Couric didn't she? whew, that woman, was she even in the room with Katie or was she doing her own interview somewhere else?

and then we've got proposals for spending $700 billion of my tax money to save large financial institutions who should have known better--that was there job. who by the way, lost my money too--so, now we're throwing good money after bad?

how about spending that money on infrastructure on states, etc? food for the poor, homes for the homeless, etc.