Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
A quiet day....
Yesterday I carried every wrench, screwdriver, nut, bolt, hammer, drill, socket, etc, etc etc from the garage into the living room to be sorted. It's all been a jumbled mess out there and it really needed to be spread out to be able to be sorted into some sort of order. There is no doubt in my mind that I carried several hundred pounds of equipment back and forth and today EVERY muscle in my body hurts.
So, it was a quiet day arguing with the "Shower Of Love" afghan. GRRRR!!! I thought I fixed some mistakes and knitted some more rows....then I saw that it was even worse than before I spent the 5 hours 'fixing' it. So I just ended up frogging about 10 rows.
I need to start working on it more often so I make less mistakes on it. I forget the feel of the pattern when I've put it down for too long and lose the rhythm of the pattern.
I got the email that Brenda will be interred on August 7th. It has brought it all back in an even worse way. I'm really having a hard time with this. She was so fun, and just.....so....Brenda! She was the greatest and I can't believe this world can go on without her laugh, her wit, her caring, and her flair for life.
So, it was a quiet day arguing with the "Shower Of Love" afghan. GRRRR!!! I thought I fixed some mistakes and knitted some more rows....then I saw that it was even worse than before I spent the 5 hours 'fixing' it. So I just ended up frogging about 10 rows.
I need to start working on it more often so I make less mistakes on it. I forget the feel of the pattern when I've put it down for too long and lose the rhythm of the pattern.
I got the email that Brenda will be interred on August 7th. It has brought it all back in an even worse way. I'm really having a hard time with this. She was so fun, and just.....so....Brenda! She was the greatest and I can't believe this world can go on without her laugh, her wit, her caring, and her flair for life.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Daddy's Daddy/Daughter Beanie Done!!!!!
YEAH!!! Christopher's beanie is done!!! Now I have to knit the one for the baby and then put the logo on both of them. His birthday is Saturday!!! ACK!!!!!!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Unplying worsted weight yarn....what fun!!!
Here a somewhat sideways pic of the "Unplying" What fun on a Friday night in Killeen, TX!!!!
And here's the close up of me slowly pulling the 1 ply out and pushing the other 3 along.
And here's the finished cake of 3ply Swish Superwash Ballerina Pink!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
"Ultimate Dry Sacks" GREAT FOR KNITTING!!!!!
"Ultimate Dry Sacks"
3 Pack Combo
$10.96 at Wal Mart
SKU 0 20968 50935 3
Ok, here are the super cool bags that I bought today. They are made of rip-stop nylon that's been treated to make them waterproof (no more worries about a young'en spilling a soda on your knitting bag in the car!!!!) There is a clip on each side and between them is a rubbery lip and a stiff edge to help keep the rolled edge flat and watersealed. These suckers are airtight and will keep the cakes/skeins from getting all smushed around.
I found them in WalMart in the camping section and paid $10.96 for the set of three.
This pic shows them hanging on the wall in the Sporting Goods section of Walmart. They are right at the top middle of the display.
There's a Chibi needle case on the pink one so you can get an idea of the size.
I have frogged (twice) an afghan that I'm making and seeing as though I just got my super cool Ball Winder from Knit Picks I had to wind all that frogged yarn. So I have these super huge cakes because it is a double strand pattern. I put the cake of yarn in the blue on and rolled the edges outward so that I would be able to feed the yarn thru the opening. The way the bag is made it kinda wants to keep it's self closed so that helps keep the yarn from spilling about.
Then I stuck the smaller bag with the cake in it into the middle sized bag and that keeps my knitting separate from the yarn so I have less tangles.
and the yarn feeds nicely out of the smaller blue bag.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Yeah!!! I finished Kitty Pi!!!!
YEAH!!! This is a great thing for me. I am TERRIBLE about starting things and never finishing them. Kitty Pi turned out GREAT!!!!!!! One more thing for me to add to my "Off The Needles" list!
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Dollar Store Murders! :-(
KWTX - News: "Police Release Names Of Store Shooting Victims
(July 4, 2007)—Killeen police Wednesday evening identified the two women who were shot to death earlier in the day at a Dollar General Store as Shelia Reed, 40, of Killeen and Gricelda P. Ramos, 28, of Killeen.
The two women were discovered after an officer on patrol spotted a suspicious vehicle around 8:20 a.m. in the parking lot of the store at 4100 West Stan Schlueter Blvd.
As the officer got out of her patrol car, she heard an alarm sounding from the rear of the building and discovered that the rear door of the store was partially open.
She entered the store and found Reed dead and Ramos seriously injured.
Ramos was flown by helicopter to Scott & White Hospital in Temple where she later died.
Police believe the women were shot during a robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to call Killeen police at (254) 501-8800 or Killeen Crime Stoppers at (254) 526-TIPS."
(July 4, 2007)—Killeen police Wednesday evening identified the two women who were shot to death earlier in the day at a Dollar General Store as Shelia Reed, 40, of Killeen and Gricelda P. Ramos, 28, of Killeen.
The two women were discovered after an officer on patrol spotted a suspicious vehicle around 8:20 a.m. in the parking lot of the store at 4100 West Stan Schlueter Blvd.
As the officer got out of her patrol car, she heard an alarm sounding from the rear of the building and discovered that the rear door of the store was partially open.
She entered the store and found Reed dead and Ramos seriously injured.
Ramos was flown by helicopter to Scott & White Hospital in Temple where she later died.
Police believe the women were shot during a robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to call Killeen police at (254) 501-8800 or Killeen Crime Stoppers at (254) 526-TIPS."
Happy Birthday, America!
Well, yesterday was MY birthday so now I'm officially 43 years old. I got to hear from all my youngen's.....and that was very nice. Richard called on the 2nd and wished me a Happy Birthday.....and then text messaged me the Happy Birthday song yesterday morning. Then Jeffrey called and it was so good to hear his voice. He told me he'd be home before I knew it.....but that's still too long for me. I miss him so much!!! Emily called me later in the afternoon and was at the tattoo parlor getting her nipples pierced and a trailing of stars tattooed on her back. I told her that seeing as though it was my birthday would she make one a fireworks star for me. She thought that was a really cool idea and is going to do that with the top star. I miss her too......when she's laughing and when she's happy......but certainly not when she's being hateful! LOL! Then Chris called after work and told me about his goings on with his chain of command. Then, later in the evening Tory text messaged me the Happy Birthday song too. I thought it was funny that both of them texted me that! She was still at work and said she couldn't call.
Her gift arrived on Monday...it was a BEAUTIFUL diamond necklace. The gold setting is tear drop shaped with a 1/3-1/4 carat round diamond in it. OMG! It is beautiful and she must have paid an arm and a leg for it. I can't believe she did that!!!!! I miss her so much too!! She has the cutest giggle and the sweetest smile.
I talked to Dolly today and she sent me a pic of Richard and Tory. It is AWESOME!
Bridgitt Upchurch and her son Scott just left...they came over to watch fireworks. Chris and Sarah came over for dinner and we had a nice time. Scott and Jim had TOO MUCH FUN with the matchbox cars and just hanging out.
And now it's 2335HRS and I'm and totally overwhelmed noisewise and am having a little bit of quiet time before bed.
Her gift arrived on Monday...it was a BEAUTIFUL diamond necklace. The gold setting is tear drop shaped with a 1/3-1/4 carat round diamond in it. OMG! It is beautiful and she must have paid an arm and a leg for it. I can't believe she did that!!!!! I miss her so much too!! She has the cutest giggle and the sweetest smile.
I talked to Dolly today and she sent me a pic of Richard and Tory. It is AWESOME!
And now it's 2335HRS and I'm and totally overwhelmed noisewise and am having a little bit of quiet time before bed.
Monday, July 2, 2007
From my beautiful step-daughter....
I got my birthday present in the mail today from my 'little' girl. (My 20 year old step-daughter is all of 5'3" on a tall day, so she's my "little girl".....my daughter is 5'9" on a short day, so she's my "baby girl"! LOL)
Anyway, I was blown away by this beautiful necklace. Tory and I have had our ins and our outs. I can't stand her and she can't stand me.....then we both adore each other.
The really funny thing is that she and I are so much alike. Both of our mothers' didn't give a crap about us. (Tory's mother passed away exactly a week before her 17th birthday). We were both subject to verbal, emotional, and physical abuse. Tory's experiences were much worse than mine those. But we understand each other's scars and quirks.
She and I go from happy to hateful at the drop of the hat, but we are both working on that. We both want to be "NORMAL." ie NOT get ballistic because someone looked at us wrong. We are working on that....I here in Texas and she in South Carolina.
Because her mother and I were friends and neighbors and because I never knew what was happening to her as a child she holds a very special place in my heart. Most of it out of guilt...but, regardless, she is the child out of all the 5 kids (3 mine, 2 Jim's) that I want to hold and protect more than anything. Anyone who hurts her I just want to rip to pieces. No one knew what was going on in that house (even Jim because he was deployed while this was going on) and no one COULD have known. Tory's mom was one hell of an actor. She could have fooled everyone.....AND DID!!!! She had all sorts of psychiatrists, therapists, neighbors, teachers, etc believing that Tory had all these emotional issues and was basically just a demonic child. But the truth was she was being terribly abused at home while trying to protect her little brother to the best of her abilities. She was the mom to him.....and she protected and stood up for him. BUT NO ONE PROTECTED AND STOOD UP FOR TORY!!!!. And so, she's the one that I am most protective of. Jim has so much guilt over the things Dottie did to his children. He TRULY thought, while he was away in Honduras, Korea, etc, that even though he did not have a marriage (because Dottie hated him and everything about him) his kids had a roof over their heads and that they were being taken care of. Since her death we have found out that neither of those statements were true. At one point when Tory was about 9 (?) she just put Tory out of the house with a brown paper sack of clothes. I never knew this. Tory went to live with another family for about 3 months. Jim didn't even know this because he was in Korea.
And where was Child Services??? I guess they were in and out of the picture.....I still haven't put that whole picture together in my head, but Dottie TRULY could talk her way out of ANY situation.....and they would believe her!
I am now the step-mother to Richard and Tory and have heard all the stories from them...and the other members of the family. And to this day I cannot reconcile the Dottie that I knew to the Real Dottie that they lived with.
By the way, the necklace is tear shaped. I noticed that right away and mentioned it to Tory. She said it was because both of us have shed a lot of common tears in our lives.
And just the other day, she said "I love you" to me. And she NEVER says those words!!! And she has never said them to me.
That is a day I will never forget.
Anyway, I was blown away by this beautiful necklace. Tory and I have had our ins and our outs. I can't stand her and she can't stand me.....then we both adore each other.
The really funny thing is that she and I are so much alike. Both of our mothers' didn't give a crap about us. (Tory's mother passed away exactly a week before her 17th birthday). We were both subject to verbal, emotional, and physical abuse. Tory's experiences were much worse than mine those. But we understand each other's scars and quirks.
She and I go from happy to hateful at the drop of the hat, but we are both working on that. We both want to be "NORMAL." ie NOT get ballistic because someone looked at us wrong. We are working on that....I here in Texas and she in South Carolina.
Because her mother and I were friends and neighbors and because I never knew what was happening to her as a child she holds a very special place in my heart. Most of it out of guilt...but, regardless, she is the child out of all the 5 kids (3 mine, 2 Jim's) that I want to hold and protect more than anything. Anyone who hurts her I just want to rip to pieces. No one knew what was going on in that house (even Jim because he was deployed while this was going on) and no one COULD have known. Tory's mom was one hell of an actor. She could have fooled everyone.....AND DID!!!! She had all sorts of psychiatrists, therapists, neighbors, teachers, etc believing that Tory had all these emotional issues and was basically just a demonic child. But the truth was she was being terribly abused at home while trying to protect her little brother to the best of her abilities. She was the mom to him.....and she protected and stood up for him. BUT NO ONE PROTECTED AND STOOD UP FOR TORY!!!!. And so, she's the one that I am most protective of. Jim has so much guilt over the things Dottie did to his children. He TRULY thought, while he was away in Honduras, Korea, etc, that even though he did not have a marriage (because Dottie hated him and everything about him) his kids had a roof over their heads and that they were being taken care of. Since her death we have found out that neither of those statements were true. At one point when Tory was about 9 (?) she just put Tory out of the house with a brown paper sack of clothes. I never knew this. Tory went to live with another family for about 3 months. Jim didn't even know this because he was in Korea.
And where was Child Services??? I guess they were in and out of the picture.....I still haven't put that whole picture together in my head, but Dottie TRULY could talk her way out of ANY situation.....and they would believe her!
I am now the step-mother to Richard and Tory and have heard all the stories from them...and the other members of the family. And to this day I cannot reconcile the Dottie that I knew to the Real Dottie that they lived with.
By the way, the necklace is tear shaped. I noticed that right away and mentioned it to Tory. She said it was because both of us have shed a lot of common tears in our lives.
And just the other day, she said "I love you" to me. And she NEVER says those words!!! And she has never said them to me.
That is a day I will never forget.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Kitty Pi Progress
I started this Kitty Pi this morning and have been working on it off and on. Now it's looking like a lame Rasta Hat! LOL!
Seeing as though I can't finish it tonight I'm just going to put it down until tomorrow.
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