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Another sweater

Found another sweater that I've added to the queue.  Basic Black by Glenna C, from the recent MagKnits.  Comfy, basic and fitted - which is good for me.  I might even make black, which is versatile and matches most of my wardrobe. Heck, most of my wardrobe is black.
But, I might check the stash and see if I have enough of anything. Don't think I do.

Actual knitting!!

Don't fall off your chair - I actually knit this morning!!  H was watching his run of Playhouse Disney shows and I picked up the second sleeve of L's sweater.  I finished the garter stitch border and knit to the first increase.  Wahoo!!  I never thought I'd be so excited to knit about 7 rows on a sleeve.  Well, whatever it takes, right.
Maybe I'll even take some pictures today...
Now, waiting on lasagna to cook and devising a plan for the week.
Have a nice Sunday.

weddings

I love weddings.  My friend Amanda got married last night in a beautiful ceremony at a beautiful Episcopal church in Moorestown, NJ.  The reception was a the Camden County Boathouse, which was quite nice, too.  I never made it outside to see the water since it was so cold, but we'll have to go back down there.

They looked so happy. I forgot to take my camera, though, so I don't have any photos to share.
It was fun night, though.

When I started NaBloPoMo, I had great intentions of returning to blogging full force. The reality is, I have limited time to finish the dissertation and that is taking up all of my writing time. So, I'm still going to try to post daily, but if I don't, I'm not gonna freak out about it. And if there is knitting content, great. If not, great, too.

Speaking of knitting content – I love some of the new Knitty Surprise patterns. Particularly this one. It looks so comfy. I wish I had time to knit…. Hmmmm…

stress stress stress

Geez- i'm stressed. and too busy to knit. that makes for boring NaBloPoMo.  Oh well, that's what you get from me this month. I'm all written out on the dissertation today. i'll give a longer post tomorrow.

Fall

It finally feels like fall around here. The weather has gotten cooler. The trees were absolutely gorgeous on my way to work this morning.  It makes me remember how much I love this time of year.  Time to snuggle up with a good, warm sweater and settle in for long, dark nights.  I've been really devoted to finishing up the dissertation lately, so it feels right to be back to school, too.

But, the late warm weather was great for spending extra time with H.  He loves being outside and hanging out.  And I love seeing him run and play.

He never stops running.

And he loves to help.

Happy Birthday!!!

This is a general sentiment that keeps getting repeated around here lately.  The past 6 weeks have been filled with birthdays in my family - well actually, the past 2 months. Here's the run down.

Sept 7 - my aunt's birthday
Sept 11 - my stepdad's birthday
Sept 25 - L's birthday
Oct 2 - Mom's & Dad's birthday
Oct 13 - my grandparent's anniversary - which isn't a birthday, but it's still a happy day.
Oct 26 - H's birthday
Oct 29 - my stepmom's birthday
Oct 31 - my & Kristin's birthday

It's crazy, I tell ya!!

And H thinks that every day is his birthday now.
On Friday, Oct 26th we all stayed home and we had a little family party during the day.  We bought H a Little People garage.  He loves it.

My mom came up for the weekend that evening and we had party #1.  He got lots of new toys and some new clothes from Grandma. 

He particularly loved his new truck, though one of my favorite moments was when he opened the jeans and t-shirts that grandma gave him and he promptly said - "no jeans" and moved onto the packages in hopes of finding toys.

it was a fun weekend. The pictures really don't do it justice.

The following monday, he had a party at school, with cupcakes and singing happy birthday.  There couldn't be anything cuter than eight two year olds singing happy birthday. 

Wednesday was my birthday, but H thought it was his again!!! And then yesterday was the party with the other grandparents - my dad and his wife, and L's parents.  It was a lot of fun, but I do think H is a bit confused about this birthday thing. He made out like a bandit, though, as any 2-year old should.

Halloween 2007

Finally uploaded some pictures from Halloween. H didn't want to put on the costume at first, but once he did, he made a fantastic dragon. 

He really got into the trick or treating too.  He loved picking the candy out of the bowl, and didn't want to come home, even though it was getting late and was already dark.

The stupid man down the street, though, almost ruined it.  He had his house all decorated with creepy things and then as the kids approached, he ran around from the back of the house with a chainsaw, scaring them all to death.  Luckily we saw what was happening before we got close, because H was scared and we were about 2 houses away.  He didn't want to walk back past the house when we had to in order to get home. I can't believe that he can get away from this.

All in all, though it was a good night.

NaBloPoMo Day 2

Well, there isn't much knitting going on here, but I did just buy a sweater's worth of Patons Classic Wool in their dark red. I'm not sure why I was compelled to buy this today, but it jumped out at me at Michael's. I have some birthday money burning a whole in my pocket, so I ponied up. I've been wanting to make Norah Gaughan's Titled Duster, but I'm not sure if it will look good with my curves. I'm short and busty, so this might not be the best look for me. But, if I don't use it for that, I'm sure I can find something to make with it. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

Today has been really productive, too. I'm working on the final writing of my dissertation and I've struggled through writer's block for this whole process. I think I've finally hit a stride, and I'm making some good progress. I'm not sure what has changed, but I'm not going to dwell on that. I spent the morning doing some writing at Panera and then hopped across the street to the new Chipotle in town for lunch. Hmmm. Hmmm. So yummy!

This weekend is H's birthday party – the second one. His birthday was last Friday, but not everyone could make it last week, so we're having party #2 tomorrow. See you then with some pictures. J

NaBloPoMo

In my effort to start blogging more regularly, I decided to join NaBloPoMo this month.  I'll be blogging every day, and since my knitting has been sparse, you'll probably hear about a lot of other things that are going on around here.  Here's to a month of writing and fun.