It is Good to be Home.....

We all got back from Louisiana Sunday night. We left Wednesday evening to head to Cicily Island for a race. It takes us about 10 hrs to get there. Talk about a trip... I was in a truck with for adult men... My little ones stayed home with their grandma... I thought it would be a great time to catch up on some reading and knitting but our trip was work more than play... I didn't get much time to do anything besides enjoy the nice weather, Louisiana hospitality, Wonderful Cajun Cuisine and some good hard racing....LOL!!!! The trip was more for our business than a vacation but we did have a blast.

I am hoping I will have some pictures to show from our trip when they are developed. I absolutely enjoyed myself but missed my boys tremendously... We will be heading out there again in the Spring and the boys will definitely be going with us this time.

On Knitting News: Not much to really post about since on the trip home I slept the whole way.... I have about 2 inches of the foot to do on my sock and then the toe... I will finish the afterthought heel when I finish the toe... After those are done I am going to start on some hats... I am in the mood for hats... I really have enjoyed being on Ravelry. My name on Ravelry is: KnitDiva. That place is just endless and I plan on organize my stash when I get a minute and start entering it in to my stash on Ravelry...

It has definitely cooled down from the 80 degree weather we were having last week... I am ready to kick my self in the behind and start knitting..... How 'bout you???

A Nice LONG Weekend!!!!

The Holiday weekend was very nice but very busy. Sunday was one of our Family Reunions and My sister, mom and myself went down to Eminence to have a wonderful time with our family... We had a lot of joyable time to spend catching up and enjoying a couple of days with out the kids and hubby's...LOL!!!!

We went to my grandparent's and cousin's resting place to visit. I was crabbing at my sister that she parked in a fairly high grassy area. LOW and BEHOLD, I SCREAMED like a little girl when I stepped out of the car and my mom yells at me that I am stepping on a SNAKE!!!!! I lifted my foot in a hurry and started running for my LIFE!!!!! My Aunt's are screaming at me, "What Happen???" My sister and my mom are barrel laughing because the garter snake was no bigger than my hand but you don't scare the pee out of someone that is deathly scare of those nasty creatures....

My mom was teasing me earlier about watching for these things out here when we checked into our hotel. What would possess someone to stuff a rattle snake and some other yucky thing with fangs as long as my pinky? I told her, "OH WHATEVER!!!"

I guess when I stepped out of the car to let my mom out I must have stepped on a hole where that pesky thing was coming out of his home... My mom said I must of stepped on his head and when I lifted my foot, he started to squirm away under MY CAR!!!!! I told my sister to drive on the gravel road before I would get in the car...

I didn't get much knitting done since all those road out there are rolling curvy hills. I forgot my camera but my sister took a bunch of pictures and I will upload some pics of our Labor Day Weekend..

I started a sock from Sock Pixie called Groovy Socks with yarn I dyed. The pattern is super easy....

I did learn a trick last week that probably everyone else knows by now but it is "The New and Improved SSK" Slip 1 as if to knit, Slip 1 as if to purl, and knit. It lays down a lot better...