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November 23, 2006

November 8, 2006
MY BRAND NEW BABY, n" OTHER STUFF.....

Here's our brand new fur-baby. His name is WINSTON and he's only 7 weeks old. He weighs in at a "whopping" one pound and is a bundle of wiggly joy. LOL
Click on his picture for a larger view.

He's a CAVACHI, which is a cross between a Cavalier Spaniel and a Chihuahua. He's going to be very small, maybe 7 lbs tops. He reminds us of a miniture Golden Lab, only with a short little crinkly nose.

He has the sweetest disposition and his favorite past time is chewing. Everything!! He has his own room, and feels quite the king of his castle. We are having the time of our lives getting to know him. He and I bonded on sight. Instant Mom and Dave is now a combo of "Daddy/Buddy".

The past couple of months have been a whirlwind for us. Our son got married rather unexpectantly. A total surprise. We only had a few hour's warning. But, it turned out wonderful, and I promise to get pictures posted one of these days. I keep juggling my schedule and it seems like my computer time has to take a back seat to a zillion other matters.

Winston's taking a nap, so I grabbed the opportunity to update my blog. Or at least start on it. ((Grin))

I did manage to finish a pair of socks I had started about
2 or 3 years ago. They turned out really nice. I love the yarn. It's called NALLE and it's a DK weight acrylic yarn. So soft and knits up beautifully. We had it in the shop before we turned it into the Opal warehouse. I grabbed as much as I could before Mary Lou sold it off. It has gorgeous vibrant colors, and is ideal for multi-color items.

Oops!! I hear Winston. He's awake and needing some quality time dedicated to "potty traning". He's worse than a new-born baby, but worth every single minute. Oh my!! I've fallen completely head-over-heels madly in love with the litle guy.

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September 17, 2006
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?.....

It was just July. I blink my eyes a few times, and it's September already. Autumn is nipping at our heels, and I haven't even finished my Spring cleaning yet. Yikes!!

Spring done sprung and summer just slid right on by me and left me in the dust. And I do mean DUST!! And in all those nasty little places where we all fear to tread. Like the back of the fridge and stove. under the bed, or those dark recesses in our closets, or... well, you get the idea. UGH!!

I spent the latter part of spring and much of the summer sulking and nursing an early summer cold. I finally get over that, start my late spring cleaning, when WHAM!! I go and injure my wrist. And of course it had to be the right wrist, the one I favor.

Needless to say, spring cleaning came to a screeching halt, and I went back to sulking. The wrist is finally feeling good enough to type without leaving me in total agony. So here I am. Updating my blog, which has been sadly and embarrassingly neglected. Well, from the get-go, I never promised myself I'd be faithfully keeping my blog current, but I also didn't think I'd do this badly either. Ahh well....

I did manage to knit up a little purse for myself during my cold-sulking period. It turned out nifty and I love it. I've used it a few times and that's unusual for me. I normally get bored to tears with a project, can't wait to get it finished, then hide it away where I don't have to look at it again for a long time. But not this project. It was fun from beginning to end. And quick too, thank goodness. I hate to admit it, but I have a very short knitting attention span.

I used 100% wool worsted weight yarn I purchased from Meg Swanson about two or three lifetimes ago. It's been so long, I can't remember. If I'd made it a tad larger, I could felt it. But it turned out the exact size I wanted, so I'll just be careful and wash it by hand.

Oh, by the way... I've just discovered Strawberry Cheesequake Blizzards at DQ (Dairy Queen) and I am so head-over-heels in love with em. I'm sure they've been around for ages, but I just found em. I guess I really do need to get out more don't I??

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July 8, 2006
A BIG THANK YOU.....

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June 30, 2006
A NEW BEGINNING.....

Anything new is scary. Especially for me. I've never liked change. I take after my Dad. He hated change. I guess that's why he still had the same old rocker he'd had for well over 30 years when he passed away in February. Way past the point of worn out yes, but... oh so comfortable. Like my favorite pair of shoes.

I have a closet full of new shoes, but I'll grab that old comfortable pair 9 times outta 10. They should've been thrown out years ago, but I just can't bring myself to part with them. Sound familiar??

You know, you dream all your life, well most of your adult working life, of the day you get to retire. But now that I've finally reached the time to retire, it's....well.... it's kinda SCARY!!

Gosh, where did the time go, I ask myself?? Seems like only yesterday I was just a kid playing in the snow peppering my brother with snowballs. Now here I am, retired of all things. Yikes!!

If you take the time to visit my blog archives, you'll notice right off that I haven't made an entry since March. Shame on me I know, but "life" became way to busy to keep up. Both my personal life and job became hectic during April and May. Then, unfortunately, my health suffered this past month. But hopefully, now that I'm retired, I'll be able to keep up with it and make entries on a semi-regular basis. However, I'm not making any promises... either to myself or to you. (Grin)

Now mind you, I'm not that scared about retirement. LOL!! I plan on getting a lot of knitting done... and designing patterns... and napping too, which happens to be one of my favorite hobbies. AND... I thoroughly enjoy reading blogs. If you have a blog, share it with me. I'd love to read it and add it to my blog list.

Good grief!! Look at the time. I've worked right through my morning nap. Well, I'll just take two naps this afternoon to make up for it.

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