Ravelry - 156

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10156 people are ahead of you in line.
* 8944 people are behind you in line.
* 36% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10238

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10238 people are ahead of you in line.
* 8750 people are behind you in line.
* 36% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10452

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10452 people are ahead of you in line.
* 8404 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10529

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10529 people are ahead of you in line.
* 8172 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10661

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10661 people are ahead of you in line.
* 7956 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10748

After their blog posts last week I was REALLY hoping that they would zip right thru the invitations. But now, it seems to be going in dribs and drabs. Oh well, ANY progress is better than no progress!!!!!!


Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10748 people are ahead of you in line.
* 7645 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 10843

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 10843 people are ahead of you in line.
* 7475 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 11000 EVEN!!!!!!!

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 11000 people are ahead of you in line.
* 7036 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 11148

Can you tell I can't wait????????? After their post on their blog this week saying that the new servers would be arriving and they are hoping to start inviting 5000 people a week, I am getting VERY antsy!!! I can't wait to get on Ravelry. I'm know I'm going to LOVE IT!!!!!!!
And with the way life is right now.......I need a diversion! :-(
Jim and I had a huge fight last night.....but made up....I guess. The fact that I spent this entire summer ALONE is a HUGE hurt for me. And he doesn't even seem to care!



Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 11148 people are ahead of you in line.
* 6739 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far "

Ravelry - 11283

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 11283 people are ahead of you in line.
* 6463 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 11383

Ravelry - a knit and crochet community:
"Found you!
* You signed up on July 28, 2007
* You are #21255 on the list.
* 11383 people are ahead of you in line.
* 6308 people are behind you in line.
* 35% of the list has been invited so far"

Ravelry - 11453

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# You signed up on July 28, 2007
# You are #21255 on the list.
# 11453 people are ahead of you in line.
# 6033 people are behind you in line.
# 35% of the list has been invited so far"

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New Furniture

Here's our new headboard. I haven't gotten around to putting stuff on/in in yet. Too much else to do around here. All 3 of the top trim boards open up for hidden storage and there is a 'hidden' storage in the middle of the headboard right below the picture. There is a light switch there also that lights up in the glass display case. The hinge to the 'hidden storage space' is also the touch lamp 'switch' to the 2 reading/spot light things that you can see as little gold nubs above the framed picture.



Ok, here's the dresser that's in Richard's room. It has two long cedar-lined drawers on the bottom, 2 smaller drawers on each side, and a "closet" with a drawer inside and a 'cubbyhole' storage. The oak is GORGEOUS, but it really wasn't taken care of. You can barely see it, but I put finish restorer and bee's wax/lemon oil on the right side of his dresser......you can barely see a line down the middle where the right side is darker.....but looking at it close up.....there's a HUGE difference! It looks brand new!





Here's what Richard's bedroom looks like right now. A mess!!!!! I was cutting out all those pictures on the floor. I am going to put my old nightstand (from Emily's set) in the left corner with a touch lamp on it. On the left I am going to put that blue rocker thing he has with a floor lamp behind it. I know it doesn't look like it right now, but this has really opened his room and made it a more 'grown up' room than it was. I've been really working hard on it and I hope he likes it!





I still have a ways to go on this, but maybe I will let Richard help me.......I just thought of that. He might like that. We'll see. This is going in the very small space between his headboard and the wall to his closet.
I am also buying some shelves to go on the wall on the left side of his closet for him to put his shoes on. He wanted all the stuff out of his closet....those 2 wooden storage things......EVERYTHING.

GRRRRRR!!!!

Click on the pic for better detail.
Stupid Yarn Overs!!!!!!

YEAH!!!! I'm starting the Baby Surprise Jacket!!!

Happy Birthday!!!! Rest In Peace.

Today is my beautiful daughter-in-law's 21st birthday!!!! My son told me last night that we will be meeting them at Chuck-E-Cheese about an hour after he gets off work. BUT, we have no idea when he gets off work. No problem......we can be in a holding pattern until he calls. Sarah has NO IDEA how much I must love her if I'm going to Chuck-E-Cheese for her birthday!!! LOL!!! Loud noises, crowds, commotion all put me over the edge of over-stimulation and makes my brain spin. Chuck-E-Cheese is literally my idea of what hell would be like!!!!

On the sad note. My beloved and dear friend, Brenda Miyamasu, is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. As I type this, the ceremony should just be finishing up. I feel so empty and broken knowing that her wonderful laugh and her beautiful personality are gone from this earth.
I will never forget her...or all the things she taught me about friendship.

I just finished planting her tree. Yesterday, I drove to Georgetown and bought a weeping willow to put right in front of my window. I dug the hole this morning and then planted the tree when her internment ceremony started. It's her tree and I will always think of her laughter when I sit in my chair and knit and look out the window at that tree.
I got the plaque at the nursery with the tree and it is hung in my front porch.

New Outlook.....

Jim and I have been working on our own hurts with Terri for some time now. Our pasts have scarred us and because of those scars we are hypersensitive to being hurt again. So our walls go up and as much as we love each other we still inadvertently hurt each other. We both want to change.....we both want it to be good...but we are having a hard time figuring out HOW to do that.....which, of course, is what Terri is helping us do.
There are times that it's like an armed camp here and we are both locked and loaded with all our body armor on. Those aren't nice times. But then things will come to a head and there will be a 'discussion' on what's going on and then the cease fire comes. But I still couldn't bring myself to open up to Jim or trust him...even though I love him. It was like the cease fire was fake because our issues weren't 'fixed' yet, so I was just going to get hurt again.
Terri reframed everything for me last night and this is huge for me. She said that it's more like being in a life raft in the middle of the Pacific. The bad times are when there are high seas and bad storms. Then the sun comes out. Things are better.....even though we are still in dire straits because we are still stuck in that life boat. But enjoy the time when the sun is shining and use that time to paddle hard to find dry land.
WOW!
This is such a huge thing for me. I don't think that neither Jim nor Terri have any idea of how huge this is. This is where the depths of my despair came from. I didn't see it that way. I just saw the 'nice' times as times of not shooting at each other....we were still enemies.....and nothing was worked out....I guess we were just taking time out to re-load for the next battle.
Not any more!!!!!!