busy weekend

Princess rides Mac very well.
Friday afternoon

Princess night feeding one of the baby bunnies.
one of the bunnies died during the night.
it had a broken leg, that punctured the hide.

Princess and i making sourdough bread.
Princess and DH riding horses
Saturday morning.
(yep key to bringing kids home is get a horse).

and if you get queasy don't look at this last pic.
it is kind of nasty looking.
but looks way better than it did 2 days ago.





and now we are off to a football game.
it is only 1 pm.

Random Website Monday

The view that was seen as we escaped the Peninsula.

Bumpkins and myself while visiting Princess. Bumpkins snuggling w/Princess (Mott's in the background).

DH and I enjoyed our adventure into the Big City. Got new cell phones, new phones for the house. Ate out at Panda Express at the Diamond Center (won't eat there again, they charged Bumpkins full price for a buffet. Also service wasn't that great.) Hula Hands out in Mountain View was excellent as usual. They didn't have any poi for us to sample. But DH had raw salmon, rice noodle soup (that was good), shredded pork in a Tapa leaf (Bumpkins and I didn't like that one) Luau like pork and rice. I had teriyaki chicken and some kind of marinated beef and rice. Also made a couple of home cooked meals for Princess and her room mates.

Fur Rondy was going on while we were there and the only events that we saw were the tables and tables at the Diamond Center. There was seal skins, baleen, ivory and qiviut. A lady was knitting w/the stuff and allowed me to touch the stuff. OH! it was soooo soft! Made my day. We missed the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Sled Dog race (Princess's apartment was about 3 blocks away from where they were starting/running).



Red thing across the top is a Coif.
And these are 2 basket weave headbands that were made for the hat swap. I have forgotten the specifics... except that they were a fast knit. Lots of I cord and used little amounts of yarn. Burgundy one is peaches and cream cotton yarn. Purple is Bernat Cottontots. Pattern on Ravelry.

The picture on the right is of a coif that I made for a hat swap.
Specifics: Cast on March 2 finished March 3
Used US 10.5 and US 11 needles
yarn was local Alpaca about 50 yards.
modified pattern for Needle size and made I cord ties.

Random Website: Check out Freecycle you will need to use your yahoo account to join the groups. But this is an awesome way to acquire new "junk" for your house or to off load some stuff that is still useful- but not to you. (currently we are waiting on a phone call about a golden retriever that is being given away).

What makes today special?

19 years ago today, DM and I left for the hospital at 4:15 am. Princess made her way into this world at 7:45 am. Weighing in at 7 lbs. 2.2 oz and 21 1/2 inches long.
Happy Birthday Princess! Hope today is a very special day for you!





4 years ago today DH and I exchanged vows and rings. (Will try to post pix later tonight after work and when I can get to the scanner).

Wednesday's Works in Progress

This is Princess at 9 mos. (will this pic work better? You already had red hair by then!)



See last week's post. Nothing more has been done. Well except on the material blanket for Princess- that has seam binding on about 2 ft. I should be picking up my new sewing machine tomorrow! So I can play with it- as I won't be home Friday night and definitely don't want to wait until Saturday!
I have been working 10 hr days out at the pool. Leaving the house by 6:30 am and getting home after 5:30 pm. Bumpins went down around 8 pm tonight. But all I want to do is sit in bed w/her and read blogs and play mahjong. My 20 hr a week job this week is 30! I could call in sick the rest of the week and not use up sick leave hrs. Sad thing is that there aren't any guards to call in.

God's Hand is all over this Hawaii thing. I was talking to a water therapist today (she is a retired english teacher). And when I told her about possibly moving to Hawaii in 3 yrs. She said go to the Big Island- Well that is the Island that DH and I are seriously considering. Then I told her what I was looking for and that the 2 areas that I really liked are Waimea and Mt. View, she told me that I have been doing my research and that is exactly the right areas for my needs. Waimea- for horses and closer to the resort hotels (pools where Aquatic Directors are utilized). Then she said that she did her therapist training on the Big Island. And then this is the total God thing- she told me that she has property w/a hole dug in it for an aquatic therapy pool (there aren't any on the Big Island) and if she does open the facility that I will have a job. And where does she have this hole dug? Ocean View about 45 min from Mt. View. So is this all luck/ coincidence or does God really have his hand on all of us? (2 separate families) you tell me.....

Well I am off to find something simple to cut out for my new machine tomorrow.... and what is this machine..... it is a Scandinavia 300. Should last a very long time! Yes DM you can use the embroidery if you need to.

Also trivia- today is the 50th anniversary of the launching of Sputnik

Weather: Cold this am 29 degrees. this afternoon 40's and sunny (beautiful 1/2 harvest moon last night!)

Dinner: pizza

Tuesdays strange stuff

And this is the Baby pic that Princess wanted. The stuff we put our kids in 18 yrs ago. This was taken the day after she was born. (babies do get banged up a bit being born- wonder where that blanket is?)




Knitting: nothing, sewing nothing, cross stitch nada. Did find out that my machine is toast. It is 20 yrs. old and had a hard life. The store will take $10 off for cannibalizing. The parts for those machines are getting hard to find. So DH said w/dividends that I could get a new machine.... so I now have one on layaway. And since the last one lasted 18 plus yrs. this one should be of the same quality (major investment).

I know Princess needs a new car, more than I need a new machine. And I probably shouldn't get it- so PLEASE no guilt trips. I am already on one.

Shut down out at the pool is over. We re-opened today, and not when we were supposed to either. We were scheduled to open at 7 but had green water so we held off until noon. In the mean time, I went through inventory stuff and tossed a lot of nasty old stuff away. Tomorrow I shall do more! Also freaked my boss out (her words- not mine!). I was working on water aerobic routines while standing at the front counter. She was watching me through the window while I was physically doing some of the stuff. Like high can can kick, and the straight leg out front march. (she missed the mogul jumping and the washing machine!) Later a patron commented on the fact that I must have a twin- cause I was just out on deck. My boss's reply was "we don't want a twin of her!" Then another person doing work on the computer system was encouraged to stay away from me. (He was sitting in a small room w/o windows all morning bouncing a small ball while waiting for the computers to talk to each other).

It is 7:50 and Bumpkins is sleeping and no one else is home. What shall I do? Sort laundry and KNIT!

Tuesday's strange stuff: And since most of us are making Christmas presents and finding interesting (haven't given her that yet) ideas are difficult... How about some HotPants? Yes the teens/college girls will wear them.