Christmas morning chaos

What's on my needles...

I am finally making some progress on the mittens that were supposed to be a Christmas gift - oh well - They will be ready for the NEXT snow storm...

I have been having a lot of fun with felted bags - this "elephant foot" bag came out beautiful - it is also a late Christmas gift.  It is a Noni pattern and I want to make the "Dr Seuss" bag next.  It would have red and white stripes with black feathers on top.  

My next project - SOCKS! - I really want to learn to make socks.  I cannot think of anything more luxurious and homey than a hand knit pair of socks made to fit your specific foot measurements.   I am a bit intimidated by the patterns but have been told that they are actually easy once you get the hang of them. 

I love my backyard

This is a photo taken from my kitchen window

Snow Day Today

We woke up to 3-4 inches on the ground. It was beautiful, cold and sunny. The perfect day to stay home and play. It was fantastic.

Hmmmm

Okay - so I was having one of those crappy mommy days - until I saw this:





I don't know what to say except that now this song (and Mr. T's shorts) are burned into my memory forever...

A wild last few weeks

Ever since the Thanksgiving from HELL in 2005 I have refused to make a Turkey. For those of you who may not know - that was the year we had internet strangers over for dinner and I got the stomach flu. Bad combination...
Anywho - Rich, not wanting to sacrifice the tradition of turkey - really, a spiral ham would do just fine - has since then been the one to cook the turkey. Each year his turkey has gotten better and better - and I think he likes the bragging rights.



Thanksgiving morning - Rich and the kids did a 5k with Gannon's time only 26.42 - wow



Micah didn't get to run because she has a broken foot - yet again... She is quick to point out however that her boot looks exactly like Bella's in the Twilight movie.


It irritates me that she never wears socks with her boot - see - you can see her orange toenails if you look closely.