weekly... weekly....

i will try to be weekly... but i may not succeed

this week i am working on socks for soldiers socks.. i can't believe how slowly they go when you only knit 1/2 hour a day...

i've completed the "request hat" - well i am speaking too soon but it will be done today...

and i would like to make a couple more pairs of mittens for my girl... we'll see too...

songbird banking low....

halfway through the first month....

... i decide to surface. sorry i am not better about regular blogging... lol

i've been off to visit the bairn.. she is just too cute for color tv. she fills up the holes with one tiny smile! a request from the bairn's mummy got her 4 pairs of little baby mitts to keep her little baby fingernails from scratching her little baby face. i did not take pics of them dang myself for not thinking.. but they are a free pattern called from Isanou Knits called Baby Trelawney Mitts - you can see here ... it is also available on ravelry if you are a member there... if you are not a member there and enjoy knitting, it's time to become a member there... LOL. so head on over to www.ravelry.com - i can't seem to get a link to work so you will unfortunately have to cut and paste.

my ever present socks for soldiers socks are getting 1/2 hour a day - it is not the usual constant work, but i am spread a little thinner than usual knitting.

I made two chemo-style caps for a friend who has to deal with that - and have one more made that has not been presented.. and one on the needles. She asked if i had any extra pairs of fingerless gloves so i will be getting a couple pairs of them done for her as well... will check the photos and see if i have them uploaded anywhere.. lol

the above picture is a variation on the pattern "Fetching" on Knitty.com - i just continued the cables up the back side of each glove.

also great news on the friends home front - one of son the younger's best friends got engaged over new years - so i have just finished a pair of handfast mittens for the couple. they need to get going over the ocean so i had better finish up my card and get them mailed! The handfast mitten pattern is from Countrywool and i have made them several times. I like the idea of being able to hold hands and still keep warm.. lol

soooooo (lucas north in the washroom so.. lol) can you tell what i have mostly been doing?

There is a long hiatus between programs i would like to watch on tv now.. i am an NCIS fan, so at least those are new shows... but nothing from .. welll.... you know where.. LOL

hurtling toward a new decade...

can it actually be 2010 in a couple of days? naaaah... no way not no how nuh-huh...

i am ready to put christmas away and start the next month please. I had a lovely christmas - fully family fundamental - all sort of lovely with our kids and ... yes.. virginia.. their child. She is a wonder - they were wonderful - and all round a lovely time.

but it is quiet in january and no one expects you to be merry and full of comfort and joy. you can sit it out and no one cares... so bring it on...

in the quiet of the winter moon - we remember them...

in the joys we yearn to share - we remember them....

in the rising and setting of the sun - we remember them......

should auld aquaintance be forgot.. and never brought to mind.. should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne.... one of my favorite renditions came to me from sex and the city ... you can listen here.....

a quote... okay .. here you go....

Drink, be Merry, be kind, be thankful.

I wish everyone joy for Christmas, and hope for a happy 2010.

always.....

awwwww.....

baby sweater mom8
Originally uploaded by ddhockey

it was his... now it will be hers... lol

is it a birthday? well... we'll see...

The day of turkeys and pilgrims and stuffing and such has passed. Uneventfully if i do say so myself. The day after that day is a shoppers nightmare. I will not .. i repeat NOT enter into a store that feels the need to whip people into a frenzy by opening at 3 am - the end. Not that they care, by any means, but i just don't think so!!!

Today will bring what it will bring.. or is that who? LOL

i am off to put away dishware and pans - ready to resume real life (hahah not so much)

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so no news yet on the arrival front. i imagine it is super frustrating for those involved, but do not know of it first hand, since my arrivals were both early not after their scheduled date. Guessing that the date being just a "super educated guess" and guessing that therefore the guessor might have been off by a little.. i am trying very hard not to poke at that - and live in the assurance that when they know something i will know something...

i have sent off possibly my last pair of soldier socks for the year. Having said that, I will set about getting more yarn and possibly legs as of the first and start all over again!

Spooks/MI5 was so intense this past friday i do not know if i can sit and watch beginning to end over again. It had my guts twisted in knots - some fine acting there for RA - Lucas North's torture was evident in his eyes throughout EVERY scene - and i do not even mean those OF torture. I don't think he will fall for the obvious... although in film/tv often men do...

i have ideas for some christmas knitting - yes.. i do believe i should get a shove on.

a quote:

"i saved your life... " "YOU DESTROYED ME!"