sherriknits

Well, today we finally made the trip to try on the tux for real.  It is on it’s way for alteration and to get the ivory shirt we had ordered.  Big brother went along and the little imp really loves to imitate.

He loves his new ’suit’

He worked hard at cooperating. 

Let’s see, what else is going on today.  I did lots of forward-backward-forward knitting on the sock.  I am ready to be doing something else, but I did start the heel flap tonight.

And the weather today?  I hope it changes by next weekend or we’re having an indoor wedding!

I came home from work and found this in the refrigerator.

It was just so colorful, I had to take a picture.

And now for the sad news.  Right now, I am on the new computer we got yesterday for my work.  That in itself is exciting but I had to find all my disks to get any photo editing software on here.  I also found the kids had not put any anti-virus on here so I did that, too.

But why am I on this one?  I left tonight for a short time to take the little imp to buy a Father’s Day card and when I came home, my laptop was DEAD!  Nothing I do will make it start.  It did this same thing when it was a few months old and they sent someone to fix it.  Now it is in the extended warrantee and I bet I get to send it to them now.  I did all kinds of bookkeeping today and I did not back up my work and to be honest, I can’t remember the last time I did.  Shame on me, I know.  I am so bummed out.  Do you realize how much stuff is locked inside your computer?  Not to mention I had to figure out how to get into my domain stuff since they give me a bizarre user name consisting of very random letters.  I can’t figure out how to get into my shop’s email so I’ll have to call them on that one.

And to add to it, I am really mad about my iPod.  They are in no rush to get my mailing label e-mailed to me so I can return the defective iPod they sent me.  I have been without it for over a week and whenever they decide to send me the label, I am looking at a week’s wait.  So much for the quick turnaround they told me about when I bought the extended warrantee on that one.  I use my iPod to fall asleep to, I have pretty big sleep problems and have found listening to books is the ticket for me.  I finally had to resort to the Ambien the doctor gave me months ago.  I do not like taking sleeping pills at all and was so happy with the solution I had found.

I am just a bit melancholy tonight, but I need to step back and count my blessings.  I know I have a lot to be thankful for and I need to choose to look at those things instead. 

At least I started knitting on the sock instead of playing with my laptop!  (although if the truth were to be known, I am pretty good at doing both at the same time!)   lol

Hope you’re having a great weekend!

Tags: aargh..., computers, event, iPod, kids, knitting, sky, socks, wedding!, whatever

The wedding date is coming fast (next weekend) and in one way it feels like things are under control and in another…yikes! 

In sock progress, I am halfway through the cuff and this time around, the pattern just ‘clicked’ and I don’t have to give it much thought any more.  I can’t really knit it without the chart in front of me, but it makes sense now.  I am not going to post a picture here because the progress isn’t enough to really waste the space.  I am enjoying it, though…but I’d really like to see this pattern in a solid color because I think it’s too pretty to be lost in the multi-colored yarn.  I am convinced, though, that I won’t knit Tofutsies in anything bigger than a 0.

Yesterday afternoon, I had the surprise opportunity to knit for awhile with a friend.  We didn’t have too much time, but I really enjoyed it.  That’s one nice thing about my ‘job’, I get to sit and knit with people.  Then today, 2 more friends came and spent the afternoon with me.  I am not sure I even knit one row even though I started to.  I think we were trying to solve the yarn problems of the world, not sure if we did or not.  All of us were so tired that I’m sure we made sense to each other.  lol  I like being able to just ‘be’ with people.

I don’t have much to share today but last night, I tried to snap a picture of the sunset through the car window.  It doesn’t really do the sunset justice.  I was knitting on the way home in the car (an hour ride) and I started noticing how beautiful the sunset was.  I told hubby that I see life so differently since I got my new camera.  Maybe some day I will learn to take better pictures.  This one doesn’t qualify but you can still tell how pretty it was.

And now, hours after I started this post, I am trying to wind down for the night but I just got off from a 3 hour phone conversation and then about an hour of talking to hubby.  Right now, I feel like my life is such a journey.  We are healing for a very difficult time in our lives and because of the wedding, I got a phone call from a dear friend needing to find a ride so she can attend.  In talking to her, I was able to see the tremendous healing that has happened in my life over the past 6 months.  God is good and He knows what we need.  The journey that I am seeing is so positive because I can actually measure growth in myself and see that a sense of value is returning and a peace is settling over my life once again.  I know I have a long way to go and so many people I know also are walking that road, but healing is coming and I love the idea of walking forward together.   Isn’t that what life is about, though?  Always walking along the road of life, ever seeking to be better than we were before?

So, in life, I also have to tink and sometimes frog…but I can still move forward, enjoying the journey and coming out with a finished product, persevering until I get it right.  Will the parallels between my knitting life and my life in general never cease?  I love that. 

Tags: friends, knitting, no knitting, sky, socks, wedding!, whatever

Today we had a family shower and it was really nice and cozy.  Here are some of the pictures…just click to move to the next one. 

The weekend was crazy.  We enjoyed our little bit of quiet time when we got left off at the motel.  We walked over to Ihop and ate breakfast for dinner, then had several hours to relax.  I was so dead tired that I didn’t touch my knitting, but I did read a knitting book, so maybe that counts! 

The graduation ceremony started at 10 a.m. and there were about 350 graduates.  I couldn’t believe it when we got out of there at 1:18!  The crush of people trying to leave was horrendous.  We all went to Applebee’s for lunch, then to see the University before we headed to the mall and home.  I have been playing the purchase/return/purchase game.  I have one more thing to take back.  Somehow I feel like I’m expanding my wardrobe anyway, but it has been so much work!  None of the stores I’ve purchased from are close to home so every time we get up that way, I have things to run into the mall when we’re flying by to some other event. 

I’m still trying to dig out my stuff from the mess the dear boy created.  I just haven’t had the heart or ambition (or time) to really attack it. 

We got home late last night.  We were bulletin servers at church this morning and then came home for a short time before we headed to the shower.  Now I am home with my feet kicked up and too lazy to go see if I can get a cute picture of a mischevious boy.

Hopefully knitting content to come!

Tags: kids, no knitting, wedding!

 Here’s a little glimpse of yesterday’s events.  What a blessed mom I am!

Here’s my two girls….my heart is just bursting!  Little sis is maid-of-honor.

And then the bride-to-be and her really good friend and matron-of-honor.  When she prayed before we ate brunch, she choked up because they live across the street from each other and after the wedding our kids will be moving an hour and a half away so there won’t be any more late night run across the street to visit kind of times.  When she was done praying, everyone in the room was choked up. She and our other daughter were the hostesses of the shower and it was held at this dear girl’s mom’s house. 

Here’s the three girls after the shower…and they are still smiling!

And last but certainly not least…..Liz commented on the number of cars he has but this is not even close to a fraction of them.  He will sit for a long time running them down the back of a box.  At least he counts and does creative things with them.  I don’t know what he’d do without his little cars and his videotapes that he builds with!!!  Melissa, please take note of the french fry box.  lol   No skins on my fries, please!

Some funny things about the shower.  The girls worked so hard on planning it.  They had so much food that they put together themselves.  They had a wonderful brunch and then they bought this beautiful bakery cake that they FORGOT to serve!!!!!  They also had a guessing game of guess how many peanut butter cups are in the jar that they totally forgot about.  When everyone was gone, they realized they had also forgotten to have everyone fill out their thank-you card envelopes.  We just had to collapse laughing over it.

Next weekend we have our family shower, will be much smaller and more intimate.  Then we have a family shower for the groom’s side of the family.  This shower yesterday was mostly our church family.  It was so wonderful to have so many people show up. 

I have started to become an emotional basket case.  As I was driving to the shower, I realized it’s really happening and I had a little cry and then was totally pulled together when I got there.  :s  

oh…ps   We got the invitations done after the shower and Daddy got some pictures printed and all is well on that front!

Tags: kids, knitting, wedding!

Here I sit at 11:12 pm and wonder if I ever had a minute to think all day!

Hubby woke me up at 6:30 when he left for Bible study.  Don’t laugh, but he always has to tell me the day of the week and where he is going because I am almost always no where near the surface of consciousness when he leaves.   I needed to be up and moving and ready to leave the house by 8.  About 15 minutes after he left, I flew out of bed and was downstairs before I even knew I was awake.  I hate those kinds of starts!  (he told me tonight he almost called to see if I’d gotten up)

Anyway, oldest daughter and I made a run through Starbucks and then picked up my sister and headed to the bridal shop for my appointment.  I tried on about 8 dresses and actually found a few that I liked but picked one finally.  It’s so weird to try on dresses in every size and use clips to make them work…then you pick the color and they order it to be made in China…and if you are like me, you get to pay extra to have it flown from there rather than take the slow boat overseas because if I did it the regular way, I’d have it a month after the wedding.  Since I am short, there is never that dress in stock.  I hope I’m happy with it when I get it because I am stuck with it and suffering from sticker shock right now.  The dress actually has some bling bling to it but is otherwise subtly nice.  I did have lots of fun with my sister and my daughter!

We had to get back to town for her to go talk to the baker about her cake.  She literally dumped me off at my shop to get there on time.  Meanwhile, I got picked right up to go to the little “surprise” birthday party.  My dear friend picked up all of my part (little cakes, strawberries, flowers, etc.) because of my change in plans at the last minute to go dress shopping.  The party was fun and the birthday girl was very appreciative!

The party took place behind her counter at her shop…but it is still always festive.

I got one call from my shop and my cell phone went dead while I was trying to help.  I then dropped in to work for awhile….  I had a customer come in as I was getting a phone call from my bride daughter who was horribly upset because Walmart would not print the engagement picture she had because it was on a disk from the photographer that they had paid big bucks extra to have the rights to the pictures.  They won’t print without a release.  I do understand copyright but how do you explain that to a sobbing girl who is needing them for the invitation-making party tomorrow after the first big shower?  She couldn’t get ahold of the photographer to get the release.  Not sure on what we’ll do on that one yet but she did bring us a digital photo on a disk because I told her we’d take care of it for her when we went on our date tonight.  Get this…the computer at the store would not read the disk.  Dad will deal with this tomorrow while we are at the shower.

As I said, I worked when I had time today. I had two friends stop in and it was fun to sit a minute and visit. When the shop closed, we went back out of town for our date and had #2 daughter and boyfriend double-dating with us.  We spent time at Walmart, Target (getting the utensils that we are to bring w/our shower gifts tomorrow) and Barnes and Noble for coffee and a little quiet time. 

You know what’s cool?  The cafe manager at B&N made a rule that no decaf was to be made after a certain time in the evenings.  The employees said that certain nights, there are customers who only like drip decaf but they were told to make Americanos instead.  I do not really like Americanos.  The baristas started trying to wait as long as they could before they made that last pot so yours truly would get a fresh one.  Then there was a big changeover in staff.  Over the past month or so, they started telling hubby….”you know the drill.  No drip decaf.  Do you want an Americano or drip?”  He’d say “Drip, please” and they’d make it!  Tonight when we walked in, I heard one of the ladies say “Put on the decaf!”  I cannot tell you what a blessing that is to me!  Hubby drinks regular and I drink decaf.  Last week, the one girl who wouldn’t ever make the drip very often was working and I said I thought I’d have an iced latte instead.  She looked at me so surprised and asked if I didn’t want drip?  I said sure! and she made it.  The little things in life that make us feel special should never go unnoticed or unappreciated! 

A few weeks ago, we got to take little boy on our date because we had no sitter that night.  The one lady there in the cafe was pretty intrigued at this little glance into our lives.  I wondered if she’d think about it.  The next time we were there, she asked if we brought our chaperone.  We said no, my mom was back on duty.  She was a little curious and we told her laughingly that’s why we love this quiet time reading and drinking coffee together.  She said, “No wonder you guys come so regularly!”  LOL   She thought he was adorable and he was so well-behaved sitting with his stack of books.  (lest you think it’s always that way….please look the other way if you see me trying to haul him out of the dvd section at Walmart!  Quite another child then.)

When we got home tonight, that dear little boy was ready for bed and we found the usual line of cars on the table.  This isn’t the best representation of that and the boy was tired but as usual, ready to pose for a picture.

He has talked all week how big brother and girlfriend are taking him to see Spiderman 3 Friday.  He counts down the days and yesterday was saying “tomorrow”.  I finally remembered to ask and found out it’s next week…so now we start the count down again.  I’m glad big brother is willing to include him on the big premier because it is totally expected by this little boy! 

Tomorrow starts another day of craziness.  I think I better get used to it for awhile because wedding plans are now in full swing!

Tags: kids, knitting, wedding!, whatever