Turkey Day

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. You get to eat, eat, eat, eat with family and everyone is mostly on their best behavior!

I have many things to be thankful for and I enjoy cooking, so with turkey day, you can’t go wrong!

The two tops things on my “grateful for” list this year are my #1 & #2 nephews.

Naturally, things here at LMSFG ran their smoothest!

Waking up Thanksgiving day to no electricity presented a bit of a challenge.

Lucky for me CFO is also known around these here parts as OUTDOOR MAN, so he cracked out his camping stuff and we had coffee, hot chocolate and toasted bagels for breakfast.

It finally got fixed at 11:30, so I was only about an hour behind on my cooking deadline.

The only thing that got me down all day was the 74 degree weather! I was planning on wearing my Tubey sweater, but it was too darn hot!

Hope everyone is enjoying the left-overs as much as we are!!!

Birthdays – they ain’t for grownups anymore!

I had a wonderful time on my birthday redneck yarn crawl.
Unfortunately, coming home to reality kicked me in the butt!

Over the weekend, Frack came into contact with some wonderful gastro-intestinal thing that had her creating loads of extra laundry opportunities.


Did I mention that my dryer kicked the bucket the week before?
Luckily, it’s still under warranty, but the next available appointment isn’t till the 20th!!!
Naturally, the same day as Frick’s first parent/teacher meeting!


Monday was my usual crazy school/piano lessons/CCD mess.
Tuesday I had to do a laundry mat run and a Brownie Troop parent meeting.
Wednesday was the actual Troop meeting where I had to help out.
Then Wednesday night proved yet again, how much Frack loves to share!
Luckily, I got to sleep lots on Thursday, which is a rare thing, and I think I kicked it in record time.
Not so lucky, I still do not have a working dryer, so it’s off to the in-law’s on Sunday to do some much needed laundry.

So, I did manage to get some knitting in. Also got me some souvenir sock yarn, some great patterns: Adrienne Vittadini fall 2004 book, and this sweater pattern that I had to start as soon as I got home.
It's rather simple and with luck, I might actually have it done sometime before summer sets in. I’m even using some of my S&W stash from 2005!


Urleene, Flo & Miss Kitty, thanks for helping me celebrate my last 30th birthday with style!


If I win the lottery next year we can plan one that lasts longer 'cause it's the only way to top this one!

Birthday weekend

So I’m heading out for a birthday weekend with some friends.

Get this –
Around 40 hours of nothing but eating, knitting, drinking, knitting, yarn shopping, knitting, sleeping, drinking and knitting with NO HUSBANDS, CHILDREN, OR PETS!!!

Question is – what to bring?!?



added in later:

This is SOOOO COOL!!! I wish I had the balls!
Maybe next year to celebrate the big four oh :O)