My Mom's a Nifty Knitter

May Update!

2010-05-06T10:58:00.000-04:00

Ok so after 2days in the hospital, Sugar had her surgery and came home. Since her surgery she has been very hungry and has gained 2lbs back! She is not vomiting any more and seems really happy. I am very happy that she is on the road to recovery.

My weight loss is not doing so well. I have lost 27lbs. However the past couple of weeks have been low weight loss and slow progress. My doctor told me I have to see a Endocrinologist to help with my PCOD. This could be holding back my weight loss by slowing my metabolism. Since I am following my diet and exercising every day she thinks this doctor can help get me back on track. It is very disappointing when you work so hard and get such small resuts. However last week was my nine week measuring. I have lost a total of 18.5 inches. This made me happy and not so discouraged that I give up. I want to achieve this goal so I can move on with my life!

My Kitty and Our Weight Loss

2010-04-07T13:19:00.000-04:00

So today is a really bad day for me. I had to schedule my oldest cat for surgery last week to have a tooth removed. How ever she has gotten much worse in the past couple of days. She has now lost a total of 7lbs in 7weeks, she was 15lbs. I called the Vet to move up her surgery and they stated they couldn't move her up because they were booked. I had my mom call down (we use the same Vet) and she got to speak to the doctor. The Vet said Sugar (my kitty) needs to come in tomorrow morning to have the proceedure done. They want her on IV meds way before they operate and may have to keep her over night to watch her. Now I'm scared. I don't want to loss my kitty. I love her too much. I also don't her to be in pain either. We've been through everything horrible together in the past 10yrs.

Now an update on my weight loss journey. I am now down 22lbs. I lost 4.7lbs this past week alone.

Update Time!!

2010-04-02T11:58:00.000-04:00

Ok I am soooo excited to announce that I am 17lbs closer to my total weight loss goal!! Yes I hear you all clapping for me! I feel better, I move better, I am still working on looking better. LOL The diet is working and I am not cheating at all. It has not been easy so far. When I see people eatting my old favorite foods like pizza, coneys, chicken, I sometimes wonder why I am walking this path. Then I remember that I want to be a better me. At the size I am at still today I am not the best me I could be.
So I've been walking everyday about 2 to 2.5 miles a day. Cinnamon the pup come with me and she looks forward to our long evening walks every day. I lace up my walking shoes, put on my Nintendo DS walking pedometer, stick my ear buds in and take off to see what I can find! I never know how far I'll go or how long I'll be gone, but I LOVE my daily walk.
I have also bought a Jillian Micheals excise DVD. I am kind of scared to try it out. I've seen how brutal she is on Biggest Losser. I am going to have to toughen up and stick it in the DVD and work it out! Wish me luck on that one.
Well I'll keep everyone updated on this journey in my life.

Now on a lighter note I found a wonderful lady to teach me to spin. I had a lesson with her last Sunday and to say the least, she was wonderful! So patient yet willing to help with what ever I needed. She really helped me out a lot. She told me to spin everyday for at least 15mins. Well I am glad to say that I have been doing my homework! My spinning is getting better and I feel so much better about it!

Oh yes, I have be knitting, knitting, knitting my heart out! Still my favorite past time, I am currently knitting socks (Mermaid Lagoon), a Candy Stole, a couple blocks for the block of the month club (I'm behind on those!) and a mini sock! Yes I am a busy bee, but like I said before, I am feeling sooooo much better!

Well that's all for now!

Starting The New Year Out Right!!! I hope :)

2010-03-04T13:08:00.003-05:00

So I haven't been keeping up on my Blog. I am a bad blogger :(
Well that's old and I am feeling much better. Does any one have a New Year's Res for knitting or any other resolutions? Well I have decided to do a few of things:
1) Start making things for myself. I am always knitting and then I either give it away or sell it. Have knitted soooooo many pretty things, I need to start make some for myself.
2) Start using stash yarn. I have to much yarn. I know it's hard to believe, but three large rubber maid containers full of yarn. I need to use it up.
3) I am not getting any younger so it's time to drop the weight and get healthy.

So for number one on the list, I've started some wonderful projects. I am making a Candy Stole ( it like a wrap or shawl). It has 158 blocks in it that you knit one by one, then you sew them all together the finally you felt it. It will take a while to knit and sew and I can't wait to felt it!
My second project is my Mermaid Lagoon socks. Wow I finally get to knit a pair of really pretty socks for myself. The down fall is that you have to knit them one at a time. I am almost finished with the leg part of sock one!

For number two I have started a stash breaking KAL for knitting a block a month. So far I have January and a fourth of February finished. I am making it in Cotton Tots. So far so good. It will be a soft large blanket for ME! My Candy Stole is a stash buster as well. I have had the yarn for this project for a long time and made my mind up to get it out and work on it a little at a time.

And last but not least, I am really on a strict diet. I am working hard and exercise starts soon too. I am not getting any younger and I want to be able to live my life without the extra weight. I am working with a couple of doctor to make sure I don't get sick while on my diet. I don't know if I have mentioned in the past but I have Polycystic Ovary Disease and it makes it really hard to lose weight. I have to work 3xs as hard and really watch what I am doing. My diet started on 2-24-10 and so far for week one I have lost 6.4lbs. I know it will take time and that seems to be what I have at this point in my life. Wish me luck!

My Role at Work

2009-09-03T16:21:00.002-04:00

So I finally figured it out. Everyone has a role at work. I usually sit at my desk and just answer the phone all day. Only getting up to use the restroom or get something from the fridge. I discovered today that I Meg Griffin. For those of you who don't know who she is, she is from the cartoon
Family Guy. She is the daughter and they are only nice to her when they want something. The rest of the time they treat her like dirt. For example once she was watching TV and Peter (dad) came in and had her hold a watermelon. A few seconds later the watermelon blew up and there was watermelon and chocolate pudding all over the place. They are all just mean to her. I am not telling you all this to make you feel sorry for me, I just wanted you all to know I figured out my role.

Bla Bla Wednesday

2009-09-02T11:41:00.003-04:00

So it's another Wednesday. This is the day that I hate more than other day of the week. It's not quite Thursday and not close enough to be the beginning of the week. To top it off I have to wait to get comfortable at home until after 9pm because I have to pick up my poor son from his father's. Just when your getting unwound from work and getting busy at home I have to rush off to pick him up. Now look I love my son and I don't mind having to pick him up, but it seems stupid to interrupt his school week to rush around. Most of the time he comes home and doesn't have his homework complete, he's tired on Thursday because he didn't get to bed early enough on Wednesday and I have to deal with his mood changes. Most of the time I pick him up and he is upset or angry because of something his father said or did. I do what I can to console him, but sometimes it just doesn't work. This is why I hate Wednesday. Maybe today will be different? Probably not, my Wednesdays are like clock work, they always happen the same way. However I do have something to look forward to, tomorrow is Thursday!! Thursday is a better day because it is Friday Eve and this Thursday is really cool because it comes before a 3day weekend!!! Tomorrow will great because we have knitting at the library!! I love the 1st Thursday of the month because I get out of the house and get to focus on my knitting and my knitting friends!

Where Have I Been??

2009-08-27T15:37:00.004-04:00

I can't believe it's been soooo long since I last posted. I had a horrible time doing the Vera trip!! The only good part was the purses, oh the bags what great bags!! I did manage to stay in budget, I know I can't believe it myself. We stopped on the way back to see the Ladybug. I even tried her out and really didn't care for her or her price! However I have tried several more out and by some strange luck came across my Joy at the Hoosier Festival!! She is a single treadle and works like a dream. The lady had hurt herself and didn't really want to take it home. She gave me a deal and had me really give it a whorl!!! I even got the travel bag for free!!! It is a demo, but she said she had only used it once or twice. I was happy this was one of my 1st buys so I could by roving and not so much yarn. I bought cashmere, silk, alpaca, angora and some cheap stuff to learn with.
I also bought some dye to try out. I wanted to see how different the color comes out next to my kool-aide dying. I have yet to try the dye out, but will let you know when I do. I have to get my fixate 1st.
I signed back up for the Worldwide Stocking Swap again this year on Rav. My two partners are just wonderful people. The lady I am making for has such similar tastes as me, it has been soooooo easy to make for her. I am almost completely finished making her stocking. She is from England and loves to knit, camp and has little boys!! Now the lady making for me is from Switzerland. She had a lovely Holiday with her family and I can't wait to hear more about it!! I love this swap because you get to learn about people from all over the world. You learn about their culture and get to share yours with them. Then you can take that back to your family and educate them on someone elses culture. It is a great learning experience. This is my 2nd yr in the swap and my stocking maker from last year was awesome!!!! She sent a story about her culture's version of Santa-a Nisse. She also sent me a Nisse ornament (a favorite ornament), some sock yarn, chocolate and a thimble with her town on it. They were all so special to me. I just felt so special that she took the time to design my stocking and then to include the wonderful story with all the stuffing!! I hope my stocking receiver feels that way about me this year! Oh well that's all from me for now!

Thank Goodness it's Thursday

2009-04-30T11:49:00.003-04:00

I am sooo glad it's Thursday!! At 430pm I am off to the Vera Bradley outlet sale!!! Only happens twice a year and man the prices are gooooood. My friend and I are driving up tonight and sleeping in a hotel. 4am we'll be in line for all the good deals for Vera!!!
However I was on Ravelry to day searching for some good knitting shops to stop at on the way back home and found one that sells Ladybug spinning wheels. I so want one. I wish I could spend the money for both Vera and a Ladybug. Oh well, I'll have to save for the spinning wheel. I can only dream for now.

Third and Last Sock Swap

2009-04-07T13:37:00.000-04:00

Sadly on Saturday I sent my last package to my sock swap. I was so sad as I cast off the final stitch to the mini sock for the hand made key chain that I made for her. It was so nice to have two great sock swap people to get to know this time around. I couldn't wait to start my final projects for my person. She was great, because she really enjoyed her swap stuff. We had similar tastes so it was easy to get stuff I thought that she would like. I just bought stuff I would want for me. Her last package had all handmade goodies. I had to take them all up the the library to show my friends up there. With the seal of approval the goodies were packaged and sent on Saturday am. Hopefully she will get them today. I received a lovely email from my sock person. We'll stay in touch after the swap is over. This is great!! Like I said, she was a great person for the swap and I enjoyed getting to know her.
Now for the person that had me, Oh boy. No really, she was really fun too. She had soooo may great patterns that she designed herself. Since she is over seas I am still waiting on package 2 and since then she has also sent package 3. Hopefully they will be coming soon. I don't mind the waiting, it makes it all the more special when they arrive. My 1st package was just great!!! Two, count them two beautiful sock yarns, tea (I LOVE tea),mints (I also LOVE) and a wonderful card. I can't wait to see what the next two packages hold. I know my socks are in the last one!!! I keep wondering what kind of pattern she did. I'll make sure to put up some pics when I get them.

WHAT??? What Happend to March?

2009-04-06T15:02:00.000-04:00

Wow, I came over here to post a blog note and was so surprised. What happened to March? It's not even the shortest month of the year, but it flew by me like it didn't even count. Well, now it's April and so starts another month.

I just came back to work from a short vacation. I wanted to take my son to Graceland, but our bonus checks didn't come before vacation this year. How a nine year old boy falls in love with Elvis is beyond me. I could understand if our house was full of Elvis or my parents were Elvis freaks, but no one I know has this kind of obsession. The boy loves the King. Now I have to take him this fall. The non Elvis part of Memphis looks like a lot of fun too. I can't wait to take him. He is sooooo much fun to watch. I never knew why mom did so much with us when we were kids, now I do. I just love to watch his face light up when he learns something new, when something clicks or when he explores some place he's never been before. Oh did I forget to tell you about his intoxicating laugh. No matter what mood your in, when he starts that one laugh, (genuine) he can turn any mood around. I might tell him he's my brat, but there's no one in the world I could love more than my son.

February is Here!!!

2009-02-02T13:22:00.000-05:00

Can you believe that it is already February 2,2009? I can't believe January flew by so fast!! Already so much has happened this year. I've also got so many projects going on right now :) As we all know all good knitters have at least a couple a project on the needles. I've been checkin out library knitting books like a mad women!! I have found 2 that I just love. I would love to buy them but can not find a good price on them right now, plus funds are low. I would love to have The Big Girl Knits books for my personal library. Tooooooo many projects that I just love to keep checking them out of the library, (hint, hint like some 2@a time sock knitter I know)!! LOL We had a snow/ice storm that was sooo much fun, NOT. However I got into to work every day with out harm. The 15min trip ended up taking 1hr and 20mins. Better safe than sorry :) How do you like the pic of the ice at night? I thought it looked really cool. I love my new Night Camera app on my Iphone. It makes pics in low light and night time a breeze!!! It was a free download too.

Well all have a great day!!!

2009-01-26T11:31:00.001-05:00

So everyone out there, you really need to keep your fingers crossed for me. I need lots of prayers and good thoughts sent out!!!! I am trying to buy my 1st house!!!
I put in for the pre approval and now I have to play the waiting game. I hate the waiting game. You know what they say, all things come for those who wait. And believe me wait I have. After a messy divorce and living in my parents basement for a few years I am ready to have a place of my own. I have paid my dues and have waited long enough!!! Please please please money fairy load person grant my loan request!!!

HUMMM

2009-01-21T14:25:00.000-05:00

So another day another dollar. I am still looking for a test pattern in the Testing Pool Group on Rav. I had PMed someone but I don't know if I got to her 1st or not. It would be a good one for me to try, a toe up sock pattern. I bought a new awesome sock book over the weekend. It's like you can design your own socks. I found it just in time for my sock swap!!! I was so excited because I had a $10 coupon for Borders and that was really helpful.
I can't wait for my sock maker to wip me out some of those really cool socks that she designs. I just hope she doesn't use heavy weight yarn. Bulky weight sock yarm makes my feet to hooottt and I just can wear them. Well I've rattled on long enough for now. Have a Happy Day :)

ENOUGH

2009-01-13T12:54:00.000-05:00

So I've had ENOUGH today. I thought I would post some info on a couple of group sites on Rav and jump down my throat they've been. My day has been nothing short than H**L. I am DONE!!! Work has not been going well today, family stuff this morning didn't get me out the door well. I think you know your day is going to be bad when you walk out to your car to cry befor taking off for work!! Kids they're great huh!!!
Well back to the phones. I though maybe this might help, you know to get it out.

Sock Swap!!

2009-01-12T15:57:00.000-05:00

I finally got my sock swap partners the other day. I was so excited to find out that the person who has me is from the Netherlands!!! She knits some really beautiful socks!!! I can't wait to get a pair for me!!! I hope a get a little bit of culture from my swap person-(hint hint). When I was in the Christmas Stocking Exchange I received a Nisse ornament from my stocking maker in Norway. It was so special on my tree.

I have already choose what I am sending my sock partner here in the states. I have been doing what was hinted to us. I snoped in her Rav info and found out a little bit more about her. Her stuff is pretty neat too.

Up and Going

2008-12-17T12:51:00.000-05:00

I am so happy to have my Blog up and going!!! This is the 1st time I have ever done anything like this, so you will have bear with me during the learning curve!! LOL
So a little about me. I am an avid knitter which is why I had to start a blog. See I wanted to join a sock swap, but to join you had to have a blog. A few emails and a couple of days later, look out world, here I am.