Friday

I feel better today.   I should be cleaning up a little while I’m trying to tackle the mountain of laundry thats has developed while i have been on the couch…..but I’m still tired. 

It’s amazing how dirty a house can get over a week when the person who takes care of it is out sick.   You would think that other people in the house would try to make it easier for the housekeeper and help out.   I think said housekeeper is going on strike.     (Btw the housekeeper=me just so no one gets confused)

Great camera…..bad user.

 

Mr. Greenjeans in process.

Checking on my hidden stash of new yarns from Patternworks.

Oh my…. huge pictures that won’t shrink… have to fix it later.

Day…..252?

Let’s just start over.

A new beginning to blogging again.   I have been reading here and there, on and off all summer but haven’t been commenting either.  I do apologize.

I just haven’t had much to say.  It hasn’t been the best summer and I really haven’t felt like doing much of anything.   So I have been away.

So here’s to the beginning of fall and starting my new blog over again.

I got a new camera for my birthday in June.   I just started taking pictures and downloading them….because I finally got the software on the computer.   So far there is no comparison to my old camera.  This one is amazing!

Included in that not-wanting-to-do-anything list was knitting.   I did do a little but it wasn’t fun and that was pretty sad.  But again that time is over because I am back to it.  I started the Convertible Cardi from Big City Knits.  Already made a mistake by not knitting the pieces in the order it says too…because then I would have noticed the pattern error.  It’s annoying but fixable.

So is it true when you have to take out a cast-on edge to fix it you end up loosing a stitch? -because your knitting the wrong way. 

Oh…this is day for of me not smoking again.   The last time I failed after 2 weeks.  This time i can’t fail because I can’t smoke.  The best way to quit is to get really sick because that is what is working for me.   Little Miss brought home a killer cold from school and of course I get it 10x worse.   So I have been glued to the couch all week, with my blanket, antibiotics, tissues, and cough syrup.  

This time I will stick with it.   Lungs on fire is no fun.

Luckily I have had 2 days this week to myself and will have one more tomorrow while Peanut is at school.    Yes my little Peanut is in her 3rd week of school.   She has been asking for months and months to go.    When she was finally ready I wasn’t but the teachers were really helpful in making me feel comfortable in letting her go.     So now she is a big girl in pre-k and we are very proud of her.

So I have some time to myself which is really nice to have…especially since I’m sick.

So my next step is to post some pictures after my nap.

Day 2

It has been much easier then day one.  Not really having the cravings except I really want to make cookies.  But I have not smoked.  I really wanted to pick up my Tree jacket last night and work on it but I had coffee hands.  Seriously I could not open the butter tub at dinner with out fumbling.  It’s that nicotine crap effecting my hands.  Knitting was just not happening after dinner last night. 

Similar situation this evening except I have knitters ADD.  I think I might want to start something, rip something, or wind something up but I just can’t decided.  I did manage to fumble with the camera just enough to get those new rechargeable batteries in to get that working.  I took a few months of pictures and haven’t been able to get at them.   So pictures being posted is soon to come.

I did get to look at a few of the books I was gifted from the mother-in-law for x-mas.  Mostly knit-fixers which I needed.  One book was just a listing of yarn shops in different states which might be neat if we plan a trip somewhere.  I also got the double disc of knitters talking which I have not listened to yet.   I don’t really know what that’s all about but I’m sure it’ll be interesting.

I also cuddled my Noro that I purchased over the break.  Two lovely colored skeins.  I also picked up another skein of I can’t remember what in a turquoise blue mix which is turning out to be a boring scarf. I need pictures to show the colors though.  Really just sea blues. 

Lastly I looked over a special grouping of needles I acquired while we were visiting.  My Aunt gave me the remaining needles of my Great Grandmothers set.   Not really a set but a mixture of double point and straight needles.  Some with partners and some loners.  Some have one of the pair bent.  How did she bend just one?  Mostly they are aluminum which is a favorite of mine.  So I will enjoy these and I am very happy to have them.

I survived day 2.

New Beginnings

A new year, new blog, and a new start.   I have new habits this year too.  Well I made some new years resolutions and today is the day to begin the big one.  I don’t think that I ever mentioned this on my old blog but I was a smoker…. this morning.  As of now, four hours later I am no longer.  It’s not something I thought was enjoyable but it was a really bad habit that it was about time I gave up.  This will be my second time quitting.  The first was when I found out that I was pregnant.  That was an easy time to quite because it involved someone else.  I was so good too no slip ups just cold turkey as they say. I didn’t start up again until the hubby left a pack home one day and I just thought one won’t hurt.  Well one leads to two, then three, and so on.

This time it’s alot different because it’s just me.  So if I slip up it’s not a huge deal but that’s what is making my mind go crazy.  I didn’t even smoke that much but my skin is crawling.   I know it gets better.  The hubby is quitting too so this is a family effort.  We didn’t smoke in our house so that makes it a little bit easier.   I found myself today with this urge to go outside.

I will succeed in quitting.    I have projects lined up too.   Soon to be shown.  For now I will just play around with figuring out this blog.