New Day, Old Projects :-)

I have been working on some of my WIPs today off and on while playing Pinnochle with Brian and my Mom. The ribbing on the second Monkey sock is almost done and from there it wont take that long to finish it the pattern moves very fast once you get it going. My Uncle’s sock is almost done I still need to finish the last few inches of the foot and the toe then will have the first sock done. And of course there are the ever present BBS, I really need to spend some concentrated time on them and get them done!

Jason, the guy who usually helps Brian out at the Funeral Home, and his wife Angela welcomed child number 3 into the world yesterday at 1:06PM weighing in at just above 8lbs and a whopping 22 inches long, guess that means I better get to knitting for the baby too. Looks like The new pair of socks for me just got put even further down the line but oh well it wont take to long to knit a few baby things, I have patterns just need to decide which one to use and the yarn to use. Even tho they had a girl I’m thinking I will use some of the Bernat Bamboo yarn, its Baby blue in color but they dont want a bunch pink stuff  so I think this will be perfect.

  New swift set up with Lorna’s Laces Carol Green

 Brian winding yarn with the New Ball Winder

Hes having so much fun that he actually smiled for the camera 🙂 WOW!

 No Blighs were harmed in the taking of this picture, just grazed on the ear and fur ruffled 🙂 He couldnt get enough of the Swift, and tried several times to attack it LOL! 

Thats all for now I will return you to your regularily scheduled Browsing

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Picture, I gots a Picture

 Heres the pic of the first Monkey Sock for my sister.

And because my Son asked me to do this… Here is a pic of him holding some of his weaving , he sewed em together and told me to “put a picture of him holding his bikini pants an my blog” 🙂 I have a strange young man LOL! Pics to come in a later post of Hubby the Swift and the Ball winder we got the other day!

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Anniversary Dinner and Sample Yarn

Yesterday was Wonderful! Hubby stayed home most of the day and we enjoyed a quiet day each of us on the computer or knitting and enjoying each others company. We also had to go to Neosho too, unfortunately his glasses decided yesterday was the day to break so we had to get them fixed and while there we picked up the makings for supper. Snow Crab, Shrimp Scampi, Butterfy Shrimp, Garlic Toast and Salad fixins, nummmmmy 🙂 We also picked up a small cake and opened a bottle of wine from 2 yrs ago. Stone Hill Winery in Branson MO, check em out next time your in the area they have some wonderful wines!

Knitting news… I got the Sample skein from Ray yesterday of his potential new sock yarn line called 8020 Uptowne Road. It is sweet, Soft, Smooth, non fuzzy. It takes dyes beautifully. And perhaps the biggest thing for me… It is Non Irritating to my Hands!!! I e-mailed him with all this info this am, and I hope to see this soon as a Premium line for him as his Down Home Socks yarn is to good to let go too.

In other news OLM got the server problem fixed so now I can upload pics to my website. I plan on reopening by the Middle of Feb, but keep an eye out cuz we may sneek in earlier and we will be having a Large reopening sale!!!

I got the first one of my Sister’s Monkey Socks done Monday and the ribbing started on the second one. I really like the Fleece Artist Sea Wool yarn except bein 2 ply it tends to split if you arent careful and the color she chose, Pinata. The colors for the most part blend well into each other, but some of the colors created by this blending or already a planned part of the scheme are in my opinion arent that pretty. The good thing tho is the colors dont pool and the yarn doesnt irritate my hands so I will be using it again, just in a different colorway.

Thats it for now, I need to do a few house work type things, get started on my website and take updated pics for Ravelry and here.

See ya later hopefully with some pictures!

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Monday is for Cleaning

Yep you guessed it as is normal for me I have to spend most of today cleaning. With 2 boys here on Fri thru Sun (Hubby and Son) plus 2 very active boy type kittens You can imaging what my house looks like come Sunday nite 🙂 No complaints tho cuz Hubby and I dearly love having him here and wish he lived here full time! Right now Hubby is sweeping and mopping the kitchen for me and will be cleaning the bathroom isnt he so sweet!

I have all but 5 rows done on the first sock of my Sisters pair, and about 3 inches plus toe left to do on my Uncles first sock. Will be working on finishing these 2 socks tonite during Enterprise and will take a pic as soon as they are finished and the 2nd one is started.

Knit-n-Stitch update, Brian and I are working on getting everything onto the website as fast as possible. He is inputting the text and as of today I can and am uploading Pics YAY!! Will continue to update as needed, and will be a having a second Opening Sale when everything is up and  running 🙂

Thats all for now, will be updating WIP pics here and on Ravelry as soon as I have them! 

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Weekend Plans and other nonsense

Actually the only plans I have for this weekend is to Knit and we’ll see what else comes up:-) Hubby’s and my 3rd Anniversary is Tuesday, 3yrs! WOW, we both after more than one failed unhappy marriage each are both still happy and very content! Neither one of us believed you could be “happily married” even tho we have seen examples of that all over the place, and here we are 3yrs into being Very Happily Married!

On the home front Son is here and hasnt taken his new sockies off yet since putting them on! Bad news on this front is he brought the cold down with him so cross your fingers I dont get sick, I’ll definately be crossing mine!

I managed to get Uncle’s boot sock foot to within 2 inches of ready to start toe shaping and another lace repeat done on Sister’s Monkeys. BBS work will commence tomorrow and Monday (after I put a decent amount of work into my new website that is) and hopefully I will have some progress to show in a pic or 2 (before and after pics maybe…)and these pics I’ll also post on the Ravelry SFS group boards or atleast share the photos with the group. I’ve gotta get some work done on them before Kim starts wondering what I’ve done with her yarn….Maybe with some dedicated work I can get them done and sent off this week? Well its a lofty goal but with some work it might be possible if I can get past the black yarn that is.

See everybody later today or tomorrow.

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Bribing self…

Or, how to get ones self to work on things that really need to be done other than Knitting (perish the thought) and Housework (maybe I need to bribe myself for that one too, hmmmmm)

I have several pressing things that need to get done and soon.

1. Get financials together for Stone Co and the Knit-n-Stitch so we can get the taxes done, which will entail some phone calls to find an accountant and a business type lawyer (we are gonna incorporate the 2 businesses into one under a new name) fixing up a very well messed up check book register which will entail finding receipts (yikes where did I put those)    and the old register so I can make a new one along with the bank statements (OY)

2. Get the Knit-n-Stitch rebuilt, thankfully hubby can type so while I’m getting the financial stuff done he can be entering the info onto new website. I  am truely sorry the Knit-n-Stitch is closed for the time being until this stuff can be gotten done (and also because the site is down due to a major error on my new hosts side, and mine because I followed their instructions)

Well ok 2 pressing business things, I also during all of the above have to keep the house clean, feed the blog, play WIP catch with 2 very rambunctious 16 wk old tabby boys ( they love to steal socks in progress), update Ravelry, and any other number of things I can think of while this is going on. Honestly I havent figgered out how all of you manage to do this so well 🙂

The way I figger I can do this is promise myself 50.00 dollars worth of whatever yarny goodness I desire at the end of the month, or split the difference between hubby (that is if he helps me when and how I need help) and I and each of us get whatever we want for 25.00 each at the end of the month. That sound good to anybody? I’m gonna try it starting Monday (tho I have already spent my 50 dollars this month more on that later)So whatever I accomplish next week will count towards Febs totals. Now I just need an honest way of keeping track, any suggestions from blog land?

As for what I spent the money on, I bought some yarny goodness and some fixed circs from Knit Picks I got Essential Grass 3 skeins and Risata Black 3 skeins for my next 2 pairs of BBS which I will start as soon as I get the first pair finished 🙂

I finished Son’s Socks and they are waiting to be washed so he can wear them this weekend! (of course I had to try them on, we have the same size feet you know, LOL!) The one Bind off on the first one is a bit tight due to me not knowing how to do a stretchy bind off but it is still wearable and if it shrinks I can always rip back and rebind off, I hope 🙂 These socks also happen to be my first FO of 2008!!!!YAY!!! Now I just have to finish the other 3 pair of family socks and the BBS and then my sock que will be clear and I can get to work starting and finishing the other dozen or so Items I need to do (can we say way behind on Christmas 2007)

Heres hoping everybody else is having a good day and that it is warmer where you are than where I am!

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Just another Day in the life…

A knitter.

Maybe…at least the life of a knitter whos website just went down and who has to spend  the better part of an hr on hold with the new host trying to pick the pieces back up. For all my patrons of the Knit-n-Stitch please be patient, I will do my best to have the site back up and running ASAP! This little snafu is part of the ranting I did yesterday so please bear with me 🙂

Updated to add; The problem with my new host is an internal server problem and they will be getting back to me when the server is back up and running. So the problem isnt mine and I’m not crazy!

On to more relaxing and knitterly news…

Today is the Yarn Harlot’s 4th Blogiversary go on over there and wish her a Happy Day, just dont forget to come back 🙂 I will be finished with Son’s socks this evening (OkOk I know, they shoulda been done Monday) And if my camera cooperates there will be Pics for bother here and Ravelry. Hopefully I will have more than 1 finished object to show this week too as I plan to work hot and heavy on my remaining Socks while I am unable to download pics to my website.

Have a nice evening full of fun, family and good food!

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Watch Out!Rant warning in place for the next few moments

Sorry no Fo pic today, I didnt get the sock done, kept getting distracted, oops 🙂 I do have a few rants to share today just to ease my mind , get it off my chest or whatever you might wanna say, LOL

Rant number 1: I went onto Samsung’s multiple websites yesterday because my wonderful little Digimax A503 has  develpoed a problem; when I turn it on the picture screen (LCD) stays black, this happens whether or not I change the batteries, remove and replace the memory card or fiddle with the settings. Anyways, I used the contact us e-mail form described the problem and requested assistance. As of now I havent heard from them.

Rant number 2: This one is the one that upsets me the most and thats OLM’s customer support center. They want you to submit problem tickets/e-mails whenever you have a problem and they will get back to you in 24-48 hrs with an answer to your request/problem. Thats a bunch of BS. leastwise for me it is, I have e-mailed several times to every support area I can find and have yet (since signing up on the 9th of January) To get a response from them. Seeins how they cant seem to be bothered to respond to my e-mailed requests for help I have called them and while the support staff themselves are fine, they seem, to me anyways, incapable of fixing whatever problem is plaguing me and my site. Today I called yet again and ended up getting a young man who seemed fairly knowledgeable and he was able to tell me that the problem is in my DNS it was supposed to be pointed to their servers last week by another tech and guess what…It Wasnt. So at his request I did it today with minimal fuss or problems, and the other domain name problem I am having (parked domain) is they didnt park it where it was supposed to be parked. Hopefully with what I did today and what the Support tech is supposed to be doing I will be able to get my pictures uploaded and will be able to go about my merry way fixing and building my website and publishing it. If they fail this time I will be changing hosts again. Oh and I did send a Strongly worded e-mail to the support people (no cussing mind you) telling them to get off their collective butts and fix the problems. Hopefully threatening to leave them and find another host will work, but then again it might not, so we will see.

Thats all for the rants, I feel alot better, Thank You for listening and I promise my next post will be in a much better mood and hopefully I can get my camera to take atleast one more pic of my Son’s finished sockies!  I Am so proud to be a part of such a warm and caring community!

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Its Monday…Another week starts…Plans for the week include:

1. Today I need to get the Kitchen cleaned back up…Son made us a pizza Sat nite all by himself w/minor help from me (and left a pretty big mess too) including  the crust from scratch! It was really good, am Seriously thinking about seeing what it would cost to send that boy to the Culinary Institute of America! He loves to cook and is pretty good at it, seems to have a natural talent for it too 🙂 Just like he is a very talented Singer. The Sink is full, well no tas bad as it looks because the dishes are stacked badly but, full none the less. Also have to finish the laundry, just have a load to wash and 3 loads to put away.  Thats just the cleaning, LOL. Son’s sock is a heel turn and cuff away from being done, YAY! so should be able to finish it today! I also need to work on my sister’s socks, uncle’s socks and the BBS am making good progress on all of them (see pics from last post) so just need to bucle down and finish them 🙂

2. Rest of the week will be full of the normal Knit-n-Stitch stuff, if I havent heard from the OLM Support staff by tomorrow am gonna call them and see if I can get some butts in gear, and if they cant solve my delimma I’m gonna drop them as my host and go with Fat Cow, they cost a bit more initially, have to pay for the year but then there are no further charges and I can start with the small package and then upgrade when I have the money in hand to do that. Also I can have more than 1 site for the same price so it may be the best bet anyways.

3. Knitting plans: Am  gonna finish Son’s Sock and get the pair washed and blocked so he can wear them this coming weekend.  Am gonna have Hubby wind me a ball of Sannybug so I can start a pair of socks for me after Son’s are done, and work on finishing Uncle’s and Sister’s  first socks. The BBS will also get lots of  undivided attention too asI plan on working on those for atleast an hr a day, hopefully that will result in the legs bein finished and maybe the heel turned before the end of the week! I really need to get this pair finished and a pair of leisure socks on the needles so I can send em back to Kim ASAP!  Practice makes perfect so hopefully as I make more and more socks I’ll be able to finish them as fast as some people do 🙂 I have 2 Baby blankies to finish too they have been off the machine for some time with circs in them so I just need to attach the contrast yarn and get em knitted especially since one of the little girls have been born already, LOL!   

The kitties have been their normal ornery selves this weekend… The boys have discovered that they Can get up on the counter and into Charlie’s kitchen window and she isnt the least bit happy about that. So I guess I will have to intercept them frequently and hopefully in the process teach them not to invade Charlie’s area! Like thats gonna happen these 2 little boys definitally have minds and purrrsonalities all their own and they are very insistant when they want something 🙂

Thats all for now, may update later with a pic of the finished sockies. Am off to knit a fef rows before I have to get started with the cleaning.

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TGIF!!!

Never thought I’d say that now that I’m not working anymore but… This week has been fun. I’ve had to deal with nasty calls from bill collectors (told them off as usual) The cats have been their usual nutty selves, Trying to chase down some Lorna’s Laces yarn for a customer.  And all the usual day to day BS that is my normal life 🙂 Oh Yeah ond of course dealing with Brian being mad at his mom since she is driving him nuts about getting the Funeral Home sold and about getting the Big House finished (its 130 yrs old it needs alot of tlc before it will be safe to live in for 130 more years) The chimney was about to fall in and one side of the house has rotted floor joists and there are so many holes in the old roof (under the current roof) that theres a ton of ceiling damage and of course theres the plumbing and electrical wiring c.1940 which is mostly eith bare wire or rats nests of splices ouch! And then the topper of the week, Some idiot shot Shadow. According to MIL tho, he is just fine and is out galavanting with his current girl friend a pretty little Border Collie 🙂

On to knitting content since I now have my rant outa the way…

 Here is an updated pic of Son’s socks, am about halfway up the foot on the second one and in case youare wondering I didnt stop the cuff for any reason other than he likes ankle high socks (YAY!!)

 Uncle Atchies’s sock, i have the heel turned and the gusset decreases done!! Now all I have to do is 9 in of stockinette and toe decreases and the second sock. If i’dve had 2 pair of size 3 circs This pair would be almost done 🙂 Save that thought, saze 3 circs will be one of my next purchase not only for this but also for the BBS cast on unless I decide to do the next pair toe up which I may do…Hmmmm thats a thought.

 and last but not least my Sister’s Monkey sock, itss been transfered to circular needles and is goin alot smoother without the dropping of the ^%&@ DPN’s.

All the kitties are doing fine being their normal loveable selves (Right???) The boys have come up with a new game to run Mama over with, they cannonball each other then just as I’m getting ready to walk around them one of them, usually Bligh, runs me over while KooKoo sits there like hes the innocent one (As if I dont know who jumped who…..) The girlies are their normal fat lazy, spoiled rotten selves.

Back to knitting and I need to update Ravelry, maybe later on that.

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