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I was really looking forward to a 4-day weekend, but it ended up to be kind of a bust.

Hubby got a bad cold and coughed his head off for days.  I had a sleepless night and was worth nothing for a whole day.  We were just kind of bummed out that we didn’t do anything fun…but then, I guess there wasn’t much we could do about it.

We did have a fun 4th….the little imp for the first time in his life actually enjoyed the fireworks.  We went over to big sis’s house and played Wii for awhile.  They actually got me to drive race cars with them.  I used to be really good at video games but no more.  I came in last every time, but I had fun.

He’s actually pretty good!  He plays against the good competition and holds his own. 

They’ve been getting the baby room ready, I just love it.

And look what I saw on the changing table.

We actually could see the neighborhood fireworks better than the city ones because a hill is in the way, but we didn’t feel like going closer and getting caught in traffic, especially if the little imp can’t stand it, been there, done that.

The parents-to-be have a great deack overlooking everything so  we stood outside watching the whole city go nuts.

This picture cracks me up.  He’s talking to his brother-in-law….he drags his name waaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy out when he talks to him and I caught him in the middle of it.

Even though he did better with the fireworks than he’s ever done, there came a point where he was DONE…so his BIL got him some headphones.

Have I said lately how great my son-in-law is?

I did get knitting done during the day of doing nothing but sitting on a chair after watching the sun come up once again.  I think I better not have any more of those Starbucks doubleshots even in late afternoon! 

Anyway, this is not for me.  I was going to make it all one color until I decided to do it for a gift. 

Today the new bride, the imp and I decided to go to the beach.  I wanted to play tourist like a friend of mine did.  I forgot to take any pictures but we had fun.  The little imp hates shopping but I got him a little present so he was a little happier.  I could just choke sometimes, though.  He showed me the “claw” and I told him if he’d be good, we could get it.  Well, he suddenly turned and ran away.  I chased after him and asked him where he was going because the deal was to stick with us.  “My phone, Mom!” he answers.  He’d left it laying on the display.  ugh.

We had ice cream before we drove home and then made a quick trip down onto the beach.

I’m not sure if they were feeding these seagulls or what, but they were flying in place when we drove by

I was excited when I got home that the flowers on my new rosebush had finally started to open, there are LOTS of them to come

it is exactly what I hoped it would be!

And now we know it is summer because the ice cream truck was driving around our neighborhood today!  Amazingly, it was not that obnoxious music it has been in years past.

Back to watching the Mariner’s, we’re actually on the board in the 2nd inning!  Things seem to be turning around for us.  I’m watching the game until hubby gets home and fixes the computer for me.  I had to bring my work computer home (from my real job) because our home computer quit…and now this one must not be hooked up right.  I discovered today that I must have overwritten some files and I am missing a week’s worth of bookkeeping.  Tonight I get to do it all over before I get the data to our programmer.  bummer.

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It’s been really nice here.  Today after church, #1 son and his girlfriend had barbecue with us.  Afterward we sat around the patio table visiting and I knit a little on my 2nd byob bag.  I have frogged back the mesh twice now.  The first time I forgot to switch to the bigger needles and it just didn’t seem right.  For some reason now I can’t get 3 rows into the mesh without ending up in trouble with the pattern.  I did have to add a few stitches so the pattern would work out, but on the 2nd time around (twice) it gets off.  I don’t get it, but I decided today must not be the day for working on it (neither was Saturday).  After I frogged it, I left it on the table and I think we came inside to watch the Mariners, we actually won a few games! 

When it started getting breezy and clouding over, I thought I’d better get outside and get my knitting and I had to just stop and laugh at the sight.

My jumbled mess of yarn, my melted ice from my coffee and the birthday gift a friend gave me today at church…all exactly as I had left it.

I got the gift early because my friend is leaving this week for the east coast.  She wasn’t sure it was something I’d like but she kept getting drawn back to it.  She didn’t know about my “100 things about me” list, but one of the things was that I love to laugh but that I don’t do it enough.  What a great reminder.  I plan to put it where I’ll see it often!

Later both girls and their hubbies showed up.  #1 son-in-law bought cherries for me from the fruit stand and brought them over to share.  What a guy.  The newlyweds were out riding bikes and stopped in.  I love it.

The day was beautiful but this evening the fog rolled in and it got cold and windy.  We may get some thundershowers tonight and then another nice day tomorrow.  Hubby had to hurry out and put the roof up on the Jeep.

The dog thinks he was helping.

We were scheduled for the imp’s therapy session tomorrow but the OT is sick so the mama-to-be and the little imp and I are all headed out of town anyway to look at baby car seats.  We just won’t have a schedule to meet now.  We’ll meet back up with the OT probably in September because the only day she had open to re-schedule us was our anniversary…no can-do.

And now I am headed to Ravelry to figure out some baby knitting since I can’t get this bag right today.

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I am almost feeling like I must be breaking my own record with posting so often.  I guess I’m not getting my words out these days so I have to finish up here to get them finished.

To start the day, I got a call from the new bride, she wanted to go for a walk.  It was pleasant…but she’s in better shape than I am.  I don’t think I held her back too much, though.

Hubby and I went to the funeral today.  I am most impressed with the legacy this lady left…she has a fine family following her and she was much loved and seemed to have great influence for the good on her family.  We got some of the fruit of that with our wonderful son-in-law.

On the way back to the shop, I had to make a little stop.

This could be called “I am bored at the stoplight that seems to be taking forever.”

People have asked how big this bag really is.  Instead of measuring, I’ll give you a visual.

It’s trying to hang off both ends.

That’s the last time you’ll see this bag here.

I had a great dinner date tonight.

We had his favorite, french toast.  He was good company, too.

Then flat loopy had to join us.

For those of you who don’t know about him, he came from Loopy Ewe and they want to see his summer ventures.  I really want to get one of the woolpet kits made exclusively for them.

I had a good friend stop over tonight with something fun.

Isn’t that cute?  The is the gift bag from Last Minute Gifts.  She figures it took about 6 hours to make by the time it was finished.  I love it!  I’ll take it to the shop for a sample, that’s why she did it.

And now that I have finished this post, hubby decides to go for a walk.  I’ve been talking to him and typing….now I am done, he is gone.  lol 

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This has been an incredibly busy week.  I didn’t knit at all for several days.  Today I got ahold of the cotton-ease yarn I have been waiting for.  I have to confess, I never thought I’d use Lion Brand yarn, but this cotton is actually pretty nice.  I love how it looks and feels in the seed stitch.  I’m about 2/3 of the way done with the base right now…lots of seed stitch but it’s actually been quite relaxing to me tonight.

It’s quite a bit bigger than the picture (and greener), had to take the picture when it was still daylight.

I love that people are making bags and actually using them but I haven’t seen one that grabbed my attention like this one did.  If you haven’t seen it, go check out the new Knitty…. byob (bring your own bag). 

The little imp got to go to big sis’s this afternoon.  When I picked him up, he was playing some race car game on Wii.  Man, that kid can drive!  He does well against some of the older kids.  You know, he does think he is going to be driving a car at 16.  We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it in putting him off.  (heartbreak)  But on the Wii, evidently they earn their licenses so maybe that will count for something.  It’s awfully interesting raising a child who is many ages rolled into one in one body.  It was so sweet, though, when we left big sis asked him to come say goodbye to baby.  He gets embarrassed but he puts his hand on her tummy to feel the baby and then looks the other way and talks to it.  very sweet.

And now I want to head to bed.  I am so tired, saw daylight approaching before I fell asleep and did well all day until about 5.  I’d have gone to bed at 7 but it was only the imp and I home much of the evening.

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Remember I mentioned yesterday that we wear the suit every day, many times a day.  Well, this is what I just saw…

There he sits in the middle of his “nest”….so excuse the mess, but I love the touch of the red spiderman pajama pants.  LOL

Weather today?  We have cloudy drizzle….supposed to be 59 and partly sunny. 

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I really am not going to complain about the weather when I think of the horrible tragedy in Iowa and the flooding going on in the midwest…but at the same time, this is the first time we’ve seen the sun in about 2 weeks and I really have to mark it on my calendar!  This has been the strangest year.  The whole town was excited when it started clearing up this afternoon!  Maybe it will warm up, too.  (we’ve had 40’s to 50’s)

I finished another simple little hat for SweetPea to match the bolero but I took it to mama without taking a picture of it.  I asked her to email me a picture but she didn’t get home until after dark tonight.  She is so thrilled at the simplest of things.  So is daddy….they take pictures of baby’s closet and send them to me.  The little bolero I made for mother’s day is hanging in the closet and it is soooo funny hanging on the hanger…the sleeves stick straight out.  I love that they are having so much fun getting ready for the big event.

Knit night the other night was really small, but we really had a great time.  Everyone came in pretty early and we just had a great time laughing and knitting.  I wasn’t going to put a picture but I thought maybe the daughter of one of the knitters might like to see her mom having fun.

See Ravelry open on the laptop there and the pink t-shirt? 

A daily occurence in our household is for the little imp to put on his tux.  I am serious.  Some days it is 4 or 5 times. 

Notice the executive pose.  (and the dressy shoes)

Now for a closeup of the collar and tie….

I love his creativity and enjoyment of life.

It just occurs to me that I had better get knitting a hat for Father’s Day for daddy-to-be.  I think I’ll make the pink version of the football helmet and give him both of them and he can return whichever one they don’t need.  I can’t think of anything he’d enjoy more than a football hat for baby.  They haven’t seen any of the other hats I’ve made…I want to give them when baby is born.

Too bad I have so much to do tomorrow, but glad it’s quick!  Oh yeah…and Saturday is WWKIP so I’ll be knitting all day.

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For some reason, every now and then one of the keys on my keyboard stops working.  It has done it since I got it and it isn’t that something is in there…but today it is the K so excuse if I miss it.  I have to punch and punch it.

First of all, I would like to remember those who have given their lives for our country.  It’s good to stop and reflect.  I watched several old movies today about wartime (the old romantic kind) and some of them were poignant to say the least.

It’s funny, I forgot about much of our weekend until I loaded my pictures from my camera.  Gosh, that’s kinda scary.

Remember my daily pictures of the theater quite awhile back?  Well, for months and months all I could see was the big board fence that covered the whole front of the building.  (Remember when we had our big storm and the whole fence left? )  Well, this weekend we had our first weekly street market (that was a lot of Ks!)  and the guy who has promoted it and worked at bringing it all about is the guy who is restoring the theater.  So……..

This is while they were cleaning the area but it’s nice to be able to see.  It won’t be ready until the end of the summer but at least now the view is nice.

Friday night was date night and we were very pleased to get a call from mama and papa-to-be asking if we’d like to meet them for dinner at Red Robin.  Once again we split a burger and had great company.

Can you see the back of the boy’s head in the background?  That silly kid was putting the special salt in his milkshake! blech!!!  The boys at the table next to him were even worse.  They seemed to need attention.  One of them asked the waitress something to which she replied “go for it” and he went to an empty table that hadn’t been cleaned yet, took what looked like a grilled cheese sandwich, all eaten but the crust, and sat back down and ATE IT! gag gag gag!

Saturday was really nice…weather-wise and fun-wise.  I had 3 people who spent much of the day hanging out and knitting.  We walked down to the street market and got Costco Kraut dogs and ate them at the sidewalk table.  There were lots of people there and about 40 vendors.  I didn’t get to look too closely but it seemed to be a hit.  Of course, I left my camera in my purse so I didn’t get pictures.  Made a new friend while knitting, though, and had fun.

I did knit this weekend but no pictures yet.

When I got home Saturday we decided we needed to get some things accomplished at the house so we headed off to Home Depot.  We kind of forgot we were in the Jeep (altho the car would have been worse) and overbought.  I wanted flowers for the porch and hubby wanted to finally spend his gift cards he got for Christmas and his birthday last July.  Before we went there, we saw that they had a patio set for cheap and we ended up with that, too.  Hmmmmmm, how to get it all home….

I held the big flower pot and rose tree in my lap but the back of the jeep was rather full.

And there was one little boy surrounded in the back!  I kept asking him if he was till there because the box was behind me and I couldn’t see him at all.  He loved it.

Yep, he is sure he was a big helper.

Yesterday was kind of a rest day.  We just have to on Sunday or we feel like we never slow down.  The little imp and I did not make it to church and I am not happy about it.  He has been a bit of a trial to me this week and already ruined one day.  We were totally dressed yesterday to go and without warning he just quit cooperating.  I am not sure why it was too much to put on shoes and socks, especially when they were right there, but I did not have the desire to force the issue.  He loves church, loves Sunday school…but turned a deaf ear to getting on those shoes and socks.  So, we stayed home.  I next to never do that but he was out cold and we missed first service which we are used to attending.  He was cheerful when he got up but maybe he just wasn’t really in gear. I don’t know…but I did not care to spend another day bummed out so we stayed home.  He did see me crying and I think he felt bad, I didn’t make a big issue over it, I don’t think I needed to.

The rest of our day looked up though so enough said.

Late last night I started cleaning out my corner of yarn.  No small chore.  Every basket seemed to be connected because somehow those balls of yarn seem to jump from one place to another.  I was kind of intrigued while I untangled them all.  How in the world to they do it?  As i worked, I thought well, this must have passed this way before as I followed the maze.  I broke off very few of them but took time to save most of it.  It was kind of fun taking the challenge.  Hubby and I went to Walmart-Home Depot-Walmart to get something to put it all in.  Now when we get some extra room upstairs it is ready to go.  Finished.  woohoo! 

In the midst of it, we had the girls and hubbies over for a barbecue.  The little imp and I caught a glimpse of a visitor across the street.

I know the deer are pests when you have a beautiful yard, but they are so beautiful themselves.  We watched it watch us, then slowly cross the yard and continue eating. 

A dear friend knit baby a sweater and told me to give it to mama-to-be some day when she needed it.  We were all sitting around the new patio table, it was peaceful, and I just felt like it would be a fun time to give it to her.  She’s never met Nancy but in the short time I’ve known Nancy, I feel like she has become a real friend.  I cannot tell you how blessed I am that she would do this for my grandbaby! 

I didn’t get a picture of the pleased Daddy.  I will take a better picture of the sweater.  Hmmm, how can I do that? It went home with them.  Take my word for it, it is adorable!  If you are on Ravelry, check it out at memegreen’s page.  It’s her own design and she is going to get it out of her head and onto paper.  It has 3 buttons in the front and is just so cute.

Tonight hubby brought home strawberries and get a load out of how huge they are!

That is a regular size Fiestaware cereal bowl!  Mary had to remind me how to do the straw trick to get the centers out of the strawberries and it worked like a charm.

And now I am going to get a little imp off to bed and head there myself soon.  Hope you had a great weekend!

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First of all,  I am progressing on the Francie sock.  I haven’t had a lot of time to knit, but when I do, it moves along pretty fast.  I’m loving this and have loaded A Tree Grows in Brooklyn back onto my iPod although I am trying to finish Howard’s End first.

It’s hard to show the shaping on the bottom of the foot at this point but next time I’m sure it will be worth a look.  I really like that this is a fairly easy knit but there is enough to keep interest.  I have to say even thought I have used this yarn before, it seems thicker this time.  Maybe it’s the ribbing.

Today I had the little imp with me at work for awhile.  He isn’t wild about being here but he does enjoy one little chore.

will he knit, too? from Sherri Knits on Vimeo. 

Future knitter?  If not, a great assistant anyway.  He loves it and does a good job!

Before this, he was actually writing messages to his brother that said, “Let’s go”…hoping he’d get rescued.

Good news here.  Remember many months ago when hubby’s guitar got stolen from our church?  He didn’t want them to replace it for awhile in hopes it would show up, he loved that guitar and they are not easy to come by.  Well, he finally decided it was time and “just happened” to find one listed at a store in Seattle.  The church immediately called them and purchased it.  He had the choice of dropping everything and heading to pick it up or to wait until Saturday.  Guess which option he took.  haha.  He was outta town in nothing flat.  I’m so happy for him.  They only make 50 of these a month to sell worldwide.  He had sold 2 good guitars to get the stolen one.  Anyone who knows about guitars (not me) knows that 2 guitars of the same model will not feel the same and he had really looked for a “good fit”.  He decided no matter what, he was getting this guitar and if it didn’t work, he’d sell it and keep looking.  Funny, they increase in value unlike a car.  However, not surprisingly….it is a fit! I am so happy for him and all I will say is that it is being kept locked in a secure location.  grrr. 

I’m hoping we get something accomplished this weekend.  We’re recovering from weddings and I need to get some kind of order restored to our house.  The bride isn’t anywhere close to getting moved out of her room but little imp will inherit the room.  We can start getting geared up for that and shovel out the corners of the rest of the house.  My stash will move upstairs to the room the imp vacates.  Yahoo!

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I didn’t knit all weekend or on my day off yesterday, but today I got a chance to work on the Francie sock again.

I would be farther along but I forgot my pattern at home today.  I’m a little farther than this now, the ribbing along the gusset is showing.  Usually I would have all the heel stitches on one needle and instep on the other, but this time it just wasn’t working.  I had quite the mess getting the needles shifted, it’s always nice to get a little entertainment value out of my knitting!  As the ribbing grows, though, it is looking interesting.  This is the part I have been waiting for.  The decreases are not done along the gusset but on the bottom of the foot (a la Cat Bordhi?)  Loving this sock!

This morning, #1 son and I were watching Leave it to Beaver (our new fun morning activity together) and we heard the microwave door slam shut.  We looked at each other and jumped up to see what was going on.  The imp was making himself nachos.  He grated the cheese “just like mom” and got the chips on the plate and did a great job of evenly spreading the cheese.  The smile was priceless.  I had made him some yesterday for a little surprise and I guess it was a hit with him. Ahhh, getting more and more independent every day.  This is good.

The mama-to-be had an interesting time with her best friend’s 4 year old daughter.  “How is that baby coming out?”  “Yes, but *how*”  Then as she drank water….”Is the baby getting rained on?”  We have laughed and laughed.  Then she started asking where will the birthday be?  At church?  At Chuckee Cheese?  This is one smart and persistent little girl.

Back to the knitting before bed.

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Yesterday was almost miserably hot.  It was 92 outside and 90 in the store.  It is a mystery to me how it could be so cold (snowing 3 weeks ago) and nothing in between even though we warmed up a bit after the snow.  Today started out really warm but the temperature started dropping this afternoon as the marine air started coming in.  It’s still beautiful out tho.

Even though I had no sleep and baked all day, we still went on our date.  It’s kind of hard to miss that.  Hubby wanted to take the Jeep so picture this.  I actually wore a skirt to work yesterday and getting into the Jeep was not a pretty sight. haha  We had the top down and it was really quite a pleasant drive.  We ate dinner at Red Robin, split a hamburger and ate outside. Peaceful. 

Since I was so tired, I didn’t have the energy to do anything so we headed to B&N.  I found this beautiful magazine called Artful Blogging.  I decided to bring it home and so I bought the little imp a book on Prince Caspian, too,  since he was going on a date with big brother and girlfriend tonight to see it.  They have a tradition.  (we’ve heard all week how many days and knew that yesterday it came out but that he’d see it today.)

Anyway, he woke up at 6:45 and was on his bed talking to himself about Prince Caspian so I got up and told him to go get his book and sit on his bed and read that until everyone else had to get up.  We’d gotten woken up twice last night by the Jeep alarm blasting.  Sometimes if a car drives by too close it goes off.  That was at 2:45.  I realized that I was awake for good so I got up and took my Bible out onto the porch to read awhile, then I brought my laptop out.  I looked up the magazine I brought home and was shocked (!!!) to realize I had paid $14.99 for it.  Don’t ask me how I could go purchase it, sign the slip, and not ever know how much it cost?  I guess I really was tired. Oh well, I will probably not buy another but I have a lot of good reading to do.  Mostly it reinforces what I’ve been thinking about how blogging really does change your life and what I read was good.

I didn’t last long last night, we headed home early.  It was the perfect time to be driving towards the coast.  The little bits of wispy clouds were so pretty with the setting sun turning them kind of a cantaloupe color.  The air was so fresh and sweet. I love the smell of pine needles on a warm day.  I felt so at peace and full of gratitude.  I was able to pray about my frustrations I’ve been feeling and felt so positive about knowing all is well.  I really have been feeling such love from so many people and that helps, too.  Thanks for the emails and comments, it means more than I can really say.

I knew today would be really quiet at the shop, our first really nice Saturday in a long time and shopping don’t really mix.  I did have some fun people in today, though.  One was a friend of a friend and we had a great visit.  I had one friend come knit with me and I had another friend bring her granddaughter in so I could french braid her hair.  I used to do her mama’s hair when she was the same age.  Now that feels weird.  Regretfully, I couldn’t find my camera because I wanted to take a picture of her mostly because I didn’t have a mirror so she could see the back of her hair.  When I got home, hubby said he saw me put it in my purse last night and it was indeed in my purse.  oh well.

I made a little progress on my Francie sock.  I started the heel this afternoon.

I guess it isn’t visibly much farther than the last time I showed it, but it is longer and I had the heel out of view….too late to go take another picture tonight.

I left the shop for a bit this morning and bought myself a portable external hard drive for my laptop.  I have got to try to clean this off a little bit, it is so slow and I have way too much stuff on it.  I cleared off 2,700,000 kb just getting rid of some mp3s and pictures.  I plan to get the rest off here after I am sure the drive is working.  I do hope that helps some.  It was on clearance and I had a coupon so it was a really good deal!

The little imp went to spend some of the day with the mama-to-be.  They sat in her new pool for awhile….she bought a kiddy pool last night because heat and pregnancy wears a body out.  She said she went inside and when she came out, he was sitting in her willow tree.  A few minutes later she couldn’t see him but she could hear him.  She hollered for him and he said he was “right here”.  She looked up and he was quite a way up the tree!  She asked how he planned to get down and he got a little nervous.  I said, “I bet you didn’t feel much like climbing up there, did you?”  since her hubby was not home.  She said no, she didn’t feel much like trying to catch him either.  She talked him down but it’s funny how doing things in reverse was a lot harder.  When she started telling me about it, I did ask if his feet were on the ground before I heard the story.

I can only laugh.  If I had been there I’d have probably made him fall out of the tree when I started freaking out.

I’ll probably post my next installment of my 100 things tomorrow.  I just read my first to hubby.

Have a great weekend!

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