Oh Gosh, has it been that LONG!!!!

I am such a BUM!!!!! It feels like Christmas was just yesterday and now we are almost done with January. I have been knitting and reading and ORGANIZING!!!! I have so many pictures to show but can't find my darn camera... Isn't that always my excuse... hehe

Plumpy and I have a challenge every month that we are knitting a project together. I am almost done with my snake scarf.. It is going to be a Birthday present for my mom next month. I am also going to knit a ponytail hat to match. I finished my Mountain Colors socks and they will be going to my MIL today for her birthday. I have never given a pair of socks as gifts... It will be hard to part from them. You put so much effort into a pair that it is hard to give them away... I hope she will like them and enjoy them...

I have been reading the The Golden Compass and finally I am getting into the book... It had a rough start only because the beginning was hard to understand. Plumpy said that I should have went and seen the movie because it explains it a little more... I usually cannot watch a movie and then read the book. The book is definitely interesting. I have some other books that I have in holding and I cannot wait to read them.

I have some wonderful things to photograph when I find my camera and I promise to show them....

I don't know about you all but I am REALLY DONE with this COLD weather... No wonder people get depressed when it is COLD outside... 7 degrees sucks!!!! My boys just don't get it that it is TOO cold to go outside and play... The Wii has come in handy though and they are definitely enjoying that on these cold days...

Everyone, stay warm and if it is WARM, I despise you right now!!!! LOL

ALL OVER THE PLACE

My camera has went crazy and I cannot upload my pics to the computer... grrrrrr!!! So, no pics as of yet. I hate not having pictures to share.. It is boring....LOL!!!!

Halloween is in a couple of days and my boys are ready for the sweet treats... I do have to admit that last year I made myself sick by eating their candy the night of Halloween...

The boys are being a skeleton that lights up and Scream that lights up... We are going to a Haunted Hay Ride Sunday. One already told me that he is not going to do the Haunted Hay Ride (which is fine... I don't care for them myself) They are having a big bonfire and roasting hot dogs and marshmallows and giving out goodies to all the kids...

Our annual "Apple Butter Festival" is this weekend!!! It is a bummer that I will not be going this year... The boys hate that type of thing and so we are opting not to go... I am so bummed because all of us girls in the family go and enjoy crafts, food, and MORE FOOD!!!! I think we mostly like it because of the food.

I seen an absurd thing the other day!!!! Wal-mart already had Christmas TREES lit up in the store yesterday... I know Christmas is coming at light speed but come on.... Halloween and Christmas stuff at the same time... COME ON!!!! I am boycotting Christmas at Wal-mart this year since they took away layaway.... What is that all about??? Wal-mart is a major selling point around Christmas because of that factor... I usually have most of my Christmas done and paid off. Of course, the boys are asking for the most expensive things on the market.... They want PSP's X (2).... Plus all the games, movies and gadgets that go with them...

I think Hubby and I knew from the get go that having twins would not be easy. But, I think as they get older it is more apparent that toys, clothes, shoes and everything else for little boys becomes outrageously expensive..... I guess we kind of think of the NOW instead of thinking about CARS and COLLEGE!!!! OH MY!!!! (lets not even talk about that)

Anyway, I don't know if you all trudge through the crowded malls and stores to shop on Black Friday but here is a sight to watch until Thanksgiving. I watch this sight for the good deals and map out where we are going on Black Friday. Black Friday Website As we get closer to Thanksgiving you will see more and more ads popping up. I have been using this sight for over 3 years and love it... Even if you are planning on cyber shopping it helps to know about the deals...

Have a Great Weekend!!! I hope I didn't bore you too much... Ü

A JOKE!!!! Hehehe

What did the one boob say to the other boob?
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Hey, if we don't start getting some support around here people are going to start thinking we are nuts...LOL




(Hey, Kathy... this is for you today!!! LOL) Well Ain't that Nice!!!!!

I finished the Le Slouch hat from Knit and Tonic this weekend. I absolutely love the beret. I knitted it in Stockinette stitch. I will be knitting up some Fetchings to match. I think I will definitely knit a couple more of these beret's in different colors... I love how simple the pattern was to do... I forgot my camera at home today and so I can't download any pictures at work but when I get home I will definitely take some pics of the beret...

Did you see that Knitpicks is coming out with some Harmony Needles!!!! I think I will be buying some very soon.... hehe I have a list to order!!!

Well Summer Vacation STARTS tomorrow!!!!

Whew!!!! I have had an eventful couple of weeks!!!! I probably couldn't type it all in on posts... I will give a recap and then get to the yummy yarn I am knitting...LOL



Last week was horrific and went out in a BIG BANG!!!



It started the Saturday before Mother's Day, my hubby was called out on a MAJOR CASE and I didn't see him until the next Saturday... It is so HARD when it is so unexpected. They called Saturday at 8pm and said, "COME, NOW!!!!"



My son started to run a high fever Saturday even and did not break for 6 days. I thought it was a viral infection and we would have to wait it out... BUT, I went ahead and took him in to get checked out... While we were waiting for the Dr. I looked in his throat to see that his tonsils were swollen... I am like GREAT!!!! WE HAVE STREP!!!! The boys very rarely show signs of strep... NO YUCKIES on the tonsils, no sore throat, sometimes no fever... But if it is red that is all it takes to go get checked and I haven't been wrong yet... He had strep and off we were to WALGREEN's..



Mind you that Sunday was Mother's Day and I couldn't go anywhere because of a sick child and NO hubby.... I had him home for 4days out of school because the fever wouldn't go down... Working the store during the day with him and then we would drive home to get his brother and then drive back down to the store to do the late shift... YUCKY!!!!



Anyway, to top off the hellish week I had the cops called on me Friday!!!! MEEEEEEE!!!!!! Where is hubby when you truly need his get out of trouble card...LOL!!!! I was outside watching the boys ride their bikes and we live a very busy street... I warn the boys when a car is coming up or down our road. The unsickly one got a little close to a car going up the hill. I went to talk to our neighbor while the boys are riding outside and a 2 ladies pull up in my drive way and walk over to where I was standing.. One of the ladies hit my child last fall and so we were not on good terms anyway. She got in my face and started to point her finger in my face screaming obscenities. I told her that she needed to talk like a normal human being or GO AWAY.. I told her not to disrespect me in front of my boys. I guess she didn't like that too much so she went over to my son and pointed her finger in his face and told him, " YOU ARE GOING TO GET KILLED!!!!!"



Well needless to say it did not go very well after that!!!! I did not physically touch her but it went all bad after she threatened my son... I really don't remember a lot that I said. I know I told to get off my property and when she wouldn't leave I got so close in her face I was touching her nose SCREAMING at the top of lungs... She said that my son hit her car and I told her NO, you hit my son head on and I could have pressed charges and it would have been a misdemeanor. She told me that I didn't know what I was talking about and I began to tell her that my husband was in law enforcement.... She said that she didn't care what he was... Anyway, thank goodness my tenant saved the day and got her to leave...



About 20 minutes later I seen the cops go up the road... YEEEEHAW!!!! I knew that I would see them in about 10 minutes so I sat outside with the boys to wait for the verdict... She was told that she was trespassing and that she was in the wrong.



They were called because she said that I let my kids go outside unsupervised which everyone knows in that subdivision that I am outside when my boys are outside... AND, because she thought there would be some type of retaliation because my husband was a cop... LOL!!!! The cop that took the report was a buddy of my hubbies and asked what the heck happen... I told him the story and he told me to call 911 if she comes down again. After it was over I had to go next door to my neighbors and apologize about the crap the just happen. I don't drink but a nice glass of wine would have been nice. The only nice thing that came out of the ordeal was hubby called and said that he would be home that night...LOL!!!!



So this week has been much better... Hubby has been off all week... In the whole escapade last week I went and bought a ball winder a skein of STR Sherbert and some more cables for my option needles...hehe I had to compensate myself somehow for a hard week.... OHHH!!! Hubby bought me a NEW 2007 Honda 450R for Mother's Day!!!! LOL!!!!



So I started the Jaywalker sock with the STR Sherbert... This stuff is so vibrant that I cannot get the colors right on my camera... So I will show a picture off the website. OHHHH!!! I love this colorway... I will knit some more on my socks and I will try to take a picture to show off the colors....

Sorry that the post was so long..... I won't go so long without posting.... Ü

HEY, HEY YOU OVER THERE!!! I AM STILL HERE!!!!

Do you ever feel like you need a vacation from the every day lifestyle... I SO could use a day to myself sipping on a nice iced mocha and knitting on sunny beach with sand between my toes....LOL!!! Is that too much to ask...

My life has been a whirl wind that has mean going in every direction.... I don't know if I have said much on the blog about My husband and I owning our own ATV store... We have had it up and going since last July... I work it during the day while my husband works it in the evening hours ( after his other bring home the bacon job...hehe) We had the opportunity to move into a BIGGER and BETTER storefront this past week..... WOOOOO!!!! Not only has tax season sucked... (Doesn't it for all of us....LOL!!!) I have been getting paper work to the accountant and so forth and dealing with the moving process.... We moved our store this past weekend and I am so thankful it is OVER!!!! This Capricorn is not good with change and so it has been stressful for this chick....LOL!!!! I am happy that our store is moving up... If you would like to see what it is all about, here is a link to our website: Adrenaline ATV You will see the justification on why I can say YES, I am going to buy some YARN today...hehe You would probably pass out to know that in just one of my hubbies bikes there is about $15,000... YES, that is not a typo!!!! AND, I thought I had an obsession with yarn... I try to not think about it...LOL!!! I could have my brand NEW CAR!!! (Anyway, I am off the subject...hehe)

My mom and my sister have started a new business also. They were moving this weekend as well... WOOHOO!!! BOY, do we know how to plan it!!!!

So Knitting NEWS!!!! I have had little time to knit on my Glee sweater but it has came out of its cubby... We dyed about 20 skeins of yarn in the past 2 weeks and so my needles have only seen swatches....LOL!!!!

I have some wonderful books that I would like to read in the near future... Does anyone else need a little vacation??? Maybe we can have a cyber vacation together...

I plan on putting up some pics when I get a new battery for my digital camera... Come Back soon!!! Just don't mind the cobwebs on my blog....ROFL!!!! Ü