We had a huge crowd last night. I had to stand on a chair to get in as many people as I could. There were socks being knit, gloves, baby sweaters, blanket squares and a little spinning was going on at the end of the table. The best news of the evening was the elevenA (aka Ila) got engaged!
We had a couple girls with us too.
Here she is showing us her beautiful ring.
Should a person post on a blog when they can't sleep? Probably not, but here I go anyway.
Well I have been quiet, if you have not figured it out yet I am only quiet when I don't have much good to say. I am going to grasp for some straws here and see if I can come up with anything remotely interesting to tell you. Let's see, Monday and Tuesday were bad, Wednesday was better, today a little better. One of the biggest gift and card holidays is upon us, Valentine's Day. I read that an estimated one billion cards are sent on Valentine's Day. OMG that is a lot of money, ink, paper, stamps, gas, and trees. It states here that 189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day. Most roses are bought by the dozen, so that would be 15,750,000 dozens. Lets say that you find a good deal and a dozen roses only cost $19.99
that would be $314,842,500 spent on roses alone. That is just way too much math for me to think about right now. I don't even want to do the math for the amount spent on cards. That would probably just make me sick. I am not against Valentine's Day it is a racket though. Be kind and show your loved ones how you feel more than just on this day. All the sap can be nice but the pressure to go overboard is ridiculous. I will admit that I am not a sappy kind of girl, give me a shoot'em up or a horror movie any day over a chick flick. All that said, John and I will go to a Hallmark store tomorrow and pick a Valentine out for each other, read it and put it back on the shelf. If any roses are ever involved they better be in a pot and ready to be planted. That way I can enjoy them for years to come instead of about a week.
On the knitting front I have pulled out a very old (over 12 months) UFO. A baby blanket for a dear friend. Her baby is a year old this month. My friend's birthday is in March so I promise to have it finished and sent in time for her birthday.
I finished the baby gator for Eli. He is very happy with it. The eyes are very cool. A picture before the eyes were added and after.
I was finally able to get some pictures of the boys being calm. The ceder chest in front of the window is Hutch's favorite place to sit. In the pictures at the bottom they are hoping daddy will give them something off of his plate.
Don't pay any attention to the laundry on the couch, pretend that it is not there. Please.
Answer each question with one word.
1. Where is your cell phone? Pocket
2. Your job? sucks
3. Your hair? brunette
4. Your mother? beach
5. Your father? golf
6. Your favorite thing? quiet
7. Your dream last night? stressful
8. Favorite season? autumn
9. Your goal/dream? happiness
10. The room you're in? living
11. Your hobby? knitting
12. Your fear? birds
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? alive
14. Where were you last night? Grinny's
15. What you are not? organized
16. Muffin? blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? Money
18. Where you grew up? Indiana
19. The last thing you did? grocery
20. What are you wearing? Jeans
21. Your TV? on
22. Your pet? Dogs
23. Your computer? old
24. Your life? chaotic
25. Your mood? stressed
26. Missing someone? Yes
27. Your car? old
28. Something you're not wearing? coat
29. Favorite store? Target
30. Your summer? Poolside
31. Love someone? everyday
32. Your favorite color? Greens
33. When is the last time you laughed? Today
34. Last time you cried? week
The holly tree resting on the fence is now gone. A friend of mine loaned us (well not "us" John was the only using it) a chainsaw, so John was able to make quick work of the tree.
Some of the out of state workers that came to help us. I got to meet two of them yesterday. They came and moved the power line that has been down all week. Here is a big THANK YOU to all of them. At the bottom, a frozen Frisch's Big Boy
Ok, I am getting over the snow. It is no longer nice fluffy fun snow. It is hard, crusty and dirty. The boys are enjoying it, but they do have enough since to not want to stay out in it too long. Unlike the two legged boys I have.
The back steps are small and both dogs cannot be on it at the same time. I wonder if they will ever figure that out. I think I will take a few pics of them tonight. They both crash like little kids at bedtime.
It was announced today that school will be out for the rest of the week.
Whatever will we do to entertain ourselves???
