I was bad...

The lady at the thrift shop actually asked me why I needed so many blankets...He he... I found a gorgeous vintage twin flat sheet for material, a 70ish blanket for the guestroom and this




I was so excited to find a giant granny in such great shape(it did smell like moth balls...it's acrylic though..lol..I had to wash it twice), it's not the softest but oh well. I only paid 8.95 for it! I figure if I can't recruit anyone into making me something(isn't that why you teach people to knit or crochet? haha...jk) this is the closest I'll get to having something handmade that I didn't make myself:)
Cross posted at the Granny-Along....
More pics tomorrow of my other finds...

Craigslist

One of my huge addictions is Craigslist. I've found jobs, dogs( my babies Ralph and Issy and my Moms new baby Lula Bell ), sold stuff, gave stuff away, and then the most dangerous bought stuff. This is one of my favorite purchases. It is an old chest. It opens but the inside isn't in great shape. It was rust colored when we bought it, but last weekend it quit raining long enough for Mike to prime it and paint it. I bought it so that we could use it for a coffee table but it ended up being too tall, but it works perfect as a bedside table.
The fabric that is over it is an old laundry bag that I bought at an estate sale for .50$. Love it!


I need to get a cute little table top fan( I can't sleep without one going) because the one I have is an blank ugly plastic one. I think it turned out pretty well!

Little bit

This is really kinda pathetic how excited I was over about three yards of drop spindle spun, double plied yarn. I have a whole tp roll of singles but this was the very beginning of the first spindle and it was skinnier and a bit over spun. So to practice I went ahead and plied it. I worked! It's not that pretty but it is yarn... I bought the fiber from Madeline Tosh when she was at the farmers market. Such pretty colors!

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures, I had this crying at the door for me...

Dish

I had the full set of these dishes ages ago. Well probably 8yrs or so. In on one of my many moves I gave them away but always kinda regretted it. They are very much so me. So this year Mike and I took a vacation to Ruidoso the day after X-Mas and right across the street from our cabin was the Thrift Store for the Animal Shelter. I bought lots of towels(we took them right over to the animal shelter...it was cold and they said that they would love them) and this plate. It is technically a serving platter I think. So I use it as my rice plate(I make the best crunchy Texmati rice). Unpacking after the move I realized that the wonderful STR that I won has ALL of the same colors that are in my plate. So this is what is on my little dining room table. Love it! It makes me happy!

Weekend

It took Verizon almost 10 hours total to finally figure out that the people that lived here before us had their service disconnected for non payment then restarted the internet service in the others name(then didn't disconnect that when they moved) so when we called to have it all hooked up they connected it to the non paid for box number. Screwing the system all up. The techs for Verizon were great no complaints there. I'm just so happy to have internet and DVR. Which I haven't had in over 18months. It was so nice to not have to stay up to watch Third Watch(it comes on Friday and Saturday at 3am) So YEAH!

I jumped right on this wagon. I loved knitting them and finished them really quick considering that we packed, moved, unpacked and had to do major cleaning inside and outside at the new place. This is so not my last pair:)
Drying...




Look what I found at Big Lots for 30$


These are normally 129$ Plus it totally fits our odd sizes sofa(it has a full size pull out bed instead of a queen, but it's not as small as a love seat). I found our slip covered (it's either a Crate and Barrel or a Pottery Barn) sofa at a resale shop for 125$ a year ago(and they threw in 4 metal chairs for free...I loved that place). While the cover that it came with is in great shape its cream and a pain in the ass to wash. With six dogs I need something that I can throw in the wash when ever I want to. Up until now I hadn't found a slip cover that I love and that fits. This one does. So I was so excited!

So this weekend I made homemade laundry soap (which is wonderful! It cleaned dog blankets and they smell clean!), let the babies go swimming in the little pool we bought them(and then bathed them all when they got muddy running through the backyard), weeded the front bed again, went swimming at a friends(I got the cutest swimsuit at Target...which never happens for me...made my weekend), and did all of our laundry(I LOVE LOVE LOVE having our own W/D)
Mike mowed front and back and painted the old chest that I bought on Craigslist white and then today cleaned out the storage shed behind our house that was FULL of other peoples shit. So we now have a place to put our new mower, weed eater, grill and the baby pool. So I think everything is finally done.

So this week I'm going to work on my ripple, order PUL material for mama pads(I also need to go shopping for flannel), and sew a curtain for our spare room and maybe hem the flannel blankets so that I can crochet the edging when I want.

So here is ripple #3 (I haven't taken pictures of #2 yet...I had to set it aside because I need to gift #3 soon)





And my four oldest babies after their baths...They are in the kitchen with the baby gate up because they are supposed to be having dinner.

Josh from Verizon

We have internet and cable! The poor cable guy was here about 5 hours for what should have taken maybe an hour. The person that set the boxes up screwed up big time. Not poor Josh(that by the way it was his wifes' birthday and he didn't even make it home till after 10pm) it wasn't his fault at all. So thank you Josh for making my day. I LOVE the internet!
So tomorrow I'll post a knitting/crochet post with pictures......

The Best Husband Ever

Happy Anniversary Mike!

So it is our second anniversary today, which means that we have been together almost 4yrs(our first date was May 28th:). Wow! So to celebrate on blogger I'm going to post the most wonderful thing Mike has ever made me.. Tada!

Is this not the best ever? So I now have a swift to go with my ball winder. I googled the directions, a trip to Home Depot, and about an hour of work and it was done(for under 20$!). I love it! We have been living in a 500sqft condo for the last 13months so anything that I can take apart and store under the bed/in a closet is a wonderful thing. Anyways, Thanks Mike!

Ps That is the yarn that is on its way to being a Monkey Sock. I finished two more repeats last night, so I think I have one and a half till I'm at the heal flap. I'm so loving this pattern. It is the fastest I have ever knitted a sock(much less on 1s and 2s). Like Cara I'm doing the ribbing and the first two repeats on 2s.(Which for some reason I'm having ladder problems. But I'm not with the 1s. Go figure, it's not bad so I hope it will come out in the wash.) Then knitting the rest with 1s(which I love). Seems to work so far:)

Sock yarn

Ok, So I posted below about the Craft bazaar that Downtown Dallas had at the Farmers Market. Mike spoiled me and told me to get whatever I want(dangerous word). So I came home with the three skeins of 400yrd sock yarn and a bit of roving(which I tried to spin with my homemade spindle..I'm working on it ok). I couldn't get the pics to come out anywhere near right so here is the link . Here is the best of the crappy photos.

The pink, yellow and white is on its way to being a Monkey (one foot down and about half of the leg portion of the other). But the other two don't have plans yet. The STR(in lemongrass:) that I won I think decided it wants to be a jaywalker. So I have at least the next two months of knitting figured out.

I won!!!

I have never won anything. Sarah from Bella Knitting was having a competition, she wanted everyone to guess when baby Measure was going to make an appearance. Well I guessed the right day. So this is what she sent me.

Way cool!!! I love it. It is green, yellow with a little tan. I kicked myself for not buying green sock yarn at the craft bazaar downtown, so she couldn't have sent me anything better. Thanks Sarah!

I will try to post more this week. I am so behind, I actually have pics of things to post but just haven't done it. We are moving this weekend so I'll try to get caught up before then.

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Bella 2/2/95 5/12/07

I just wanted to let everyone know that knew Bella, that I had to have her put her to sleep on Saturday. We are of course very sad and upset but we are so thankful that she is no longer in pain. She had twelve great years and we will miss her so much.
Check out her dogster page if you would like.
Michelle

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Forgot to cross post..So here it is...FO!!!!!!!!

Weeee!!!!I stayed up and finished my ripple last night. I started it April 7th and finished it before bed May 7th. It is draped on my queen size bed so it is pretty big.(excuse the bedside mess, that was where I was working last night and this morning just started taking pictures)


I only did 7repeats of the four color repeat instead of eight like I thought it would need. The finished size is about 50in by 65in.. I did end it in three rows of light green and then did a single crochet around the edge tucking all the ends in.


I then with a needle tucked a bit more in. So this is what I was left with.



I already have the yarn for my second. This windowsill is kinda our head board and this is what I look up and see while in bed. I love it. I think I'm gonna add a few more colors.




Here are a few more pictures. I love seeing every one's ripples and I can't wait to post about my second ripple:)

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Look what I grabbed as soon as it touch the shelf at Walmart.





And it was on the dollar shelf at that. I bought 7yards of both. A huge amount of material but I love it. I just don't know what I'm gonna do with it? Rice warmer covers? Outside shower curtain? Curtains? Pillows for the couch?


We took the baby wienies to the park today and wore them out. They are getting so big...

Ok..So I never said that I was the brightest color in the ripple

I feel like such a dork. I just now figured out how to add links without manually doing it myself. At least I figured it out at post 10, could have been worse. I guess I should see it as growth and be proud of myself.
I am now going to go look up Breyers Ice Cream Cake.
I fell of another wagon tonight, might have pictures tomorrow.....