Yesterday, Mr. Bean (a.k.a. Nathan) turned 3!!! Hard to believe it! They grow so fast! He received a big box from Mom-mom and Pop-pop yesterday with books and shoes and a Wiggles Blanket. He loved it all! We celebrated with birthday brownies instead of a birthday cake.
Today I took him to the Orthopedic Dr. because of an "itchy" episode the other night. So they took the full leg cast off and put on a below the knee cast. Nathan picked Green this time.
He did really well when they cut the red one off, then they put on a green one and his foot wasn't at quite the right angle on the next cast so they had to cut it off and redo it again. Nathan was a Trooper!! He did great the WHOLE time!

To the Left here is Nathan with his bag of presents
(books and shoes and puzzles) And below is Nathan and his Wiggles blanket.
Tomorrow his Grandmama and Grand-dude show up for a visit. We are all ready to see some familar faces!!
Oh yeah..and see those chairs behind Nathan and his Wiggle's blanket?? That's our "Couch"... Well this afternoon my REAL COUCH is being delivered!! I can't wait to try it out knitting!! tee hee!!

Hello fellow blogger readers. Not a whole lot going on here but there's some pictures to post :) that's always fun. So sit back and see what's NOT been going on.

These are some socks I'm working on. They are the Jaywalker Pattern. Special Thanks to Jackie for helping me get started on these...I tried at home alone and got alllllllll tangled up!!

Now..this is my craft cubby. If you go back a couple months you'll remember I that the WHOLE attic at the house in KY. Here I have...an angled cove. It's cozy and I'm sure eventually I'll make a hole in the ceiling with my hard head!! LOL But look at it!! SO MESSY.. SO 15 minutes later, voila...I cleaned it up.
I was reading somewhere online where people take 15 minutes just to clean up an area so I thought, this can't work! So I tried it with my craft area..I could spend HOURS cleaning it in the attic of the old house! But hey...coves can be cleaned in about 15 minutes! Sweeeeet!
This is an ATC (Artist Trading Card) It is a quilted card with a stamped image and decorated with beads and such. This is in my friend Peggy's collection.
yes More knitting....what did you think? I slacked off? Anyway this is a purse that I made. It's using part of the Jaywalker sock pattern above. With it is the lining I hope to use and the zipper.

This is Jacob in his cool Tiger Cub Scout uniform! We are all excited to jump into Cub Scouts and hope Jacob makes some life long friends.

And from my Target outing...I scored these cute slippers!! I so wish the cross bones were knitting needles LOL

OK I swiped a picture from Gaye's Blog. This is Erika, Chris, Cheesey-Me, and Jackie infront of a little Shirt shop outside. We were all together at the Knit-out. Oh how cheesey I look.
This is Gaye, taking that picture above. See she really was there!
After our big late lunch, some went for desert.

And just for cuteness purposes....my Little Nate in his red cast! :) We went for a check up yesterday and they x-rayed his leg again. The cast is not ready to come off yet but Nathan did start a savings in his cast. He had two pennies in there. I told the Dr. that he was saving to pay him, and the dr. replies "But it's two pennies." and I said "Hey, it's a start." Sheesh...NO sense of humor!! Does he actually expect a 2 year old to NOT try and stick something in his cast?!? Anyway...the Dr. fished them out and I put them in Nathan's bank when we got home. The CORRECT place to put his pennies.

WOW WOW WOW!!!
Did I have a good time yesterday or what?!?!
I went to the Boston Knit-out and Crochet 2006. I rode with Jackie and Gaye. Let me tell ya...Jackie can get around in Boston with NO PROBLEM!! She knew exactly where to go with out a map and we even beat the crowd at the Knit-out! Gotta love being early. That means you get the GOOOOOD Freebies!

The Stitching Mantis gave out a cute little bag with some fabric, a button and a 50g ball of Sensu Wool with a pattern for a little change purse to knit.
Another table gave a skein of Manos Cotton Stria (50g) in a pretty pretty bold red.
Another table gave a skein of Phoenix Classic Elite Yarn (50g) Kinda eyelashy.
Then I got a book called After Dark Uncommon Knits For Night Time, yes for FREE!! It's by Jil Eaton. There are some sassy patterns in there, even some for children.
We also ran into Chris and Erika. We hung out with them during the key note speakers and then after that we headed to Windsor Button Shop . I bought some discontinued Berroco Duo for a scarf swap and then some Superwash Lang Yarn for some socks! They are a nice fall halloweeny/thanksgivingish color!! Going to start on them Wednesday night and attempt 2 socks on one needle. We'll see how it goes.
After the Windsor Button Shop, we all went to a local pub and had a late lunch. I had the BLT with fries and it was SOOOOO good. Good choice Erika!!
I had such a great time and yes, that was my first time in Boston. We drove by the front of Cheers (remember the show) and I put on my best tourist face as I googled out the window at it. I know.....nerd.
I can not wait until Brent and I have more time to go explore Boston.

I've been tagged by Gina. Here goes:
7 Songs:
1. The Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice - Man there is something about this guys voice that just goes through me. It's so dreamy and just relaxes me!!

2. Try - Aaron Crane- this is a guy that is from our home town that Brent and I used to go out and listen to often. He's in a band called Strumbeat. The song Try reminds me of the fun nights Brent and I spent out on the town in Louisville.

3. James Blunt - High

4. Home - Michael Buble - Another song that just goes through me and relaxes me. I love his voice too!

5. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison - this has always been a favorite of mine.

6. Alcohol - Brad Paisley - bet I can make you put that lampshade on your head.... tee hee

7. Don't forget to remember me - Carrie Underwood - This is a cd I got from my family before I left Kentucky. My mom even put a $50 in a birthday card for me...I guess she couldn't figure out how to get in my car with out me knowing to put it in my glove box. :)

I was surfing around Esty this morning and came upon a pay it forward item. You didn't have to pay for it. Just make sure you "Pay it Forward" and keep the karma going. SO here is my PIF Item. It's a funny little zippered change purse. If you chose to take this, just pay it forward by posting something maybe on your esty! (click on picture to check it out!)
In other news. I casted on for this door mat. It's the loops from the previous post. These were done on size 35 knitting needles. I like how it turned out! Big thanks to Tracy from the Concord Knitting group for the idea!

OK..so here's the basket of loops tied together...one day it's going to be a bathmat as soon as I finish knitting it. It's not as easy as I thought it would be to knit with... I do about 2-3 rows then have to take a break.
Next are some faces I made for Carols face swap.

I don't feel like saying much else today.... so just look at pictures.

:)

Avast Ye Hardy's!!!!!

Or something like that!! Carol says today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so I had to put up a proper picture and attempt to Talk like a Pirate. In the picture is my oldest niece, Lacey and my oldest son, Jacob. They were in Grayson Co., KY with my mother when the picture was taken sometime over the summer before we moved to NH.

For all my knitting buddies they have a cute bag on there to knit with some skulls on it. Yes you too, can Knit Like a Pirate.

Brent's in Detroit this week for work so it's just the boys and I hanging out at the new homestead. We've rented some movies and we're just kicking back and relaxing.

I've been beading faces for Carol's Face Swap (see last year's here) and I can't wait to get my returns!!

I'm working on knitting a bath mat for my bathroom. I purchased 4 bags of Cotton Loops like you use on those square looms to make pot holders, and I've looped them all together. Now to start knitting. This should be interesting. Right now the whole 4 bags are looped together and in a laundry basket because if I wound up all that it would be one big ball of LOOPINESS!! Lord knows I'm loopy enough....

Anyway... I'd take a picture but Brent has packed away the Camera. When he calls tonight I'll ask him where it is and get a picture of the basket to blog about tomorrow and you can see how far I've gotten.

Nathan's leg is doing fine. He's getting around just fine and starting to TRY to put some weight on the foot and tries to walk. I'm not encouraging it until I find him some slipper socks so he doesn't slide all over the creation and break something else if he slips.

Back to knitting...

Hello from my new home! We finally have our internet access up! I'm so happy! Let's see, where should I start.

I left Kentucky on August 3rd, my birthday, with my two beautiful son's, my mother and my dog. An hour into the ride we have some vomit action going on in the back seat from one of the boys, but after that the ride was pretty uneventful, thank goodness!!!

Jacob celebrated his 6th birthday here at our new home and he has lost two teeth! The toothfairy was very good to him. He has started First grade too and seems to really like his school and teacher.

Nathan is....well...NATHAN!! That boy is so rough!! He has a broken leg right now, but hey, that does NOT slow him down!! That boy can skoot like nobody's business. He wants to go to school with Jacob and gets upset when we drop Jacob off. He tells me in the car on the way home, "I go to my skoo." Too cute.


Brent is doing great at work! In the picture above he is in one of the wheelchairs in which he works on. We live so close to his work he drove it by the house today to say hello to Nathan and I, (and our dog Lincoln). You can see that in this picture Nathan now has a red cast on.

I have found a great local knitting group and the gals have really welcomed me with open arms! I miss my Sunergo gals to bits though.

Happy Sunday. Brent has been bringing me to his office to check my email so I'm trying to post quickies just to keep you updated.

Yesterday was mine and Brent's anniversary. 11 years married!! wheeee

We celebrated and bought ourselves a new washing machine for our clothes since our old one died back in MAY!!! I'm SO tired of laundry mats.

It's grey and cold in NH today and feels GREAT!!! I talked to mom in KY and she said it was sunny and HOT there, so I was glad to be in the cooler area!

I went to a knitting group in Concord earlier today. Had a very nice time!!

Until next time!
HUGS

Still here and doing GREAT in NH!
Call my cell phone if you wanna chat with me!! It's still the Louisville cell number!!

I have found a knitting group of gals that are fun to knit with, so I'm happy to have found them. Jacob is registered for school and starts around 9-6. He's excited about that. Nathan is still saying "I wanna go home." but Lately he says, "I wanna go home..This IS home." I guess he's heard me say it enough to know that's the common response.

Last weekend we went down to RI to visit our friends Jon and Gabi and Calvin and we had a good time at their county fair.

I miss blogging and posting pictures, but know that when I'm set up at home I'll bombard my blogs with catch-up pictures!!

HUGS

Hello from New Hampshire. Things are coming together here fine. No internet at home yet but we'll get it soon, then you better get a cup of coffee or a 2 liter and be ready for some reading.

Until then........

Well...I did a post a couple days ago sitting in the airport but I guess it didn't go through!

We found a place to live and now we have scheduled the movers...they will be here the 1st or 2nd and drop off around the 6th.
Brent is leaving in the morning since he has to be at work Monday morning. I'm glad he's starting so we don't have a lack of paychecks coming in :):)

I'll stay here and wait for the movers then drive up with the boys and Lincoln (our dog) after the movers leave. I have already scoped out a hotel to stay at that is pet friendly.

I took video of the house, but once I get back up there and get pictures and internet service I'll be able to post more.

For those of you that want to keep in touch, just used my yahoo email. Back to packing the large pictures frames from the living room.

HELLO from beautiful New Hampshire. It has been a whirl wind of looking at properties to rent for us to start out. OH it's beautiful up and and I'll have everything I'll need....except my mother! I think that's going to be the hardest part. YES YES I'll miss my friends and home town and all too!! Today we have about 4 more properties to look at and we've already seen about 9 or so!! We want to make a decision tonight so we can put down the deposit and first months rent before we fly out tomorrow.
No pictures today.... maybe when I get settled and find a place to live I'll get some photos to give you some shots.

Things are moving right along.

This past Tuesday night I went to "Knitting Practice" (as Jacob calls it) and the girls gave me gifts!!!! Sonya, Tabitha and Stacy got me some Makers Mark (OH YEAH BABY!), and a Sunergo's Coffee Shop t-shirt where we meet. Stacy stuck in some left over yarn from a sweater she made, which we will NEVER forget how much work she put into calculating the thing to "Fit" tee hee!! (it is a beautiful sweater, Stacy, just have to keep razzing you about it for fun!!) and there was a baggie of scrap fabrics too!! Man I miss my sewing machine!! Ruth made me some fingerless gloves out of some Moda Yarn and MAN is that stuff soft!! She said it was for the cold climate so I could still knit!!! LOVE IT!!! I'll get a picture when I find out where Brent packed the camera. Then we all went to Karma Cafe and got a bite to eat and heard some live music, then across the street to Akiko's for some Karaoke fun!! Ruth got SSSShhhhh'ed by a girl in love with her MAN singing and we all got a giggle out of that and so Ruth pulled out a note book and we all wrote in the book what we wanted to say to each other. It was fun!!! THANKS GIRLS!!!

Tomorrow, Brent and I head to NH. The boys will be staying with my parents while we look for a place to live. Post may be scattered for a bit but I'll try to keep any interested readers up on the happenings!!! Our house is up for sale and I saw it online. Check it out here if you want to move to Kentucky!!! :)

My Uncle Royce writes for a news paper in the town where my parents grew up. A couple weeks ago Jacob stayed down there in the town with my mother and my Uncle Royce came by. It was a cool thing to see that Uncle Royce mentioned Jacob in his latest article.
Read it HERE. It's pretty neat. I always remember looking forward to reading his articles as a child when he wrote for Wildlife Magazine when he lived in Boise, ID.

Brent has been working so hard on the house!! The other day he resurfaced the front porch and put new carpet on it. I helped him paint the base of the house and the shutters on the front of the house.

Nathan just decided he would play while we worked. I had to take a walk every once in awhile to get him back infront of the house.
This is Lincoln....he's the supervisor of the job of fixing the house.
No Nonsense, No Playing, Get to work.....I'm serious....
And here is our little house!! Man I'm going to miss it especially after the work we've done to make it look nicer...Brent and I kinda looked at each other the other day and said, "Kinda sorry we didn't do this sooner!" So if you are thinking of doing it ONE DAY!! Hurry and do it so you can enjoy it and not move out 2 weeks after you do it!!! :)
Here's a shot of the guys putting the glue down. Jacob loved helping daddy and Miguel (our neighbor, boy I'll miss his cookouts! They have GREAT Fajitas!)

The other day I was RAK'ed through the mail. For those of you who have never been RAK'ed, you'll be jealous...and No it didn't hurt!!!

RAK = Random Act of Kindess

My good friend Heather RAK'ed me. Here's the package staring back at me and the goodies she sent me!! Button's with my Esty address on it, and sewing patterns for purses!!!!! :)

My Little Outlaws!!! I was sitting in the basement feeding my niece, Lana, her bottle when these two rootin' tootin' varments came down the steps with their cowboys hats on. Nathan had his on sideways...I was Crackin' UP!!! The little fella in the grey shirt is my nephew, Luke.
Off they go to terrorize the upstairs of the house!! Watch out world!! Luke and Nathan are on the job!
OH this made my day!! Luke was born 6 days before Nathan. They are two 2 year old wild ones right now, but OH they're fun!!
One day Luke had a poptart and he broke it in half and I asked "OH! Was that magic?" And I swear he looked me square in the eye like I had lost it and said, "No...It's a poptart." I just thought I'd cry from laughing so hard!

Happy 4th of July! We spent the day cleaning and packing, then went to family's house for dinner then to Tina's house for fireworks. Let me tell you...they had some fireworks!! It was great! I am glad I got to spend a little more time with her and talking with her dad too. Good People.

Here are some pictures from girls night out! From left to right, Me (what's up with the poor posture?!?), Tina (Best friend and was maid of honor at my wedding), Meredith (know her since 6th grade!) and Sarah (Bet you wouldn't guess she was one kick a$$ drummer in highschool). We went to a place where you paint your own pottery. (sorry the picture's so dark)


Sarah made a "Happy Birthday" Mug. She said she already had a plate that said "Happy Birthday" on it and when it's someone's birthday in their family, they eat every meal on that plate the day of their birthday. Glad they finally get a mug to wash it all down with! HAHA!! Meredith was the adventurous one of the group and she did two projects. The one shown is a gift for her soon to be niece. A "Z" for Zoe. Very whimsical! She also did a cat dish bowl. Too cute!
I was all excited about going to the paint your own pottery place!! I thought "OH I can create and not have to mess any of MY house up. I got in there and ...... "insert blank thoughts here"..... I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do! I started out with an 8" tile and was just going to doodle on it. Then I saw this sassy little sushi salad dish and in a book saw a bowl that said "Keys" on it. So I thought, "Hey I'll do that! Very cool idea!" Now when we move we'll have a place to set our keys!!! Note: I can not find my keys right now... I'm using my spare set. Cowinkydink??? I think so!
And Tina....she asked me if I was going to put this on my Myspace.com page, and I told her "No, just my blog!" I'm sure she'll pay me back one way or another! Her and her Husband do these BBQ festivals and competitions, so she made a cool platter. SHE DREW THAT!! No template, no picture in front of her....nothing... Isn't it awesome! We won't get our pottery back until sometime this week I think. I can't wait to see how they all turn out!
In other "moving" news...I got my beads and stamps and yarn and sewing stuff alllll packed up. The room is starting to look so empty. Hope I can make it with out any of my stuff! I did keep some yarn in my knitting bag so I can still have a couple knitting projects at hand. Well, guess I should do something around the house. It's just not packing itself!