It's the Good Life, full of fun, seems to be, the ideal.....

Hello My fellow knitters!!!
It has come to my attention that I have no life, but I have wonderful friends and that's all the matters anyways. I may not go partying every night, contract illness, nor really go anywhere but I do go places sometimes. LOL Friday night Sym and I went bowling. I rather enjoyed it! She did too and she kicked my butt all over Vestavia! She has a very interesting technique. I wish I had the space on my cell phone to capture it for you but alas I did not. :-( She holds the ball at her side with her fingers in the holes, runs up to the foul line, slings her arm back a little and drops it down the lane. It is a sight! We didn't break a hundred in either game! LOL Game one Sym=91 Me=81, Game two Sym 70 me 69. Pathetic isn't it? We had fun though and that's all that matters in anything. We celebrated every lucky strike and consoled each other in every gutter ball. She had the bumpers that would pop up every turn, sometimes she'd miss the pins. Most of the time it was me who was throwing the gutter balls. I think I might just invest in my own bowling ball one day. My fingers just don't fit the 10 pound balls. Sym still has little fingers and can get away with it for now. Man she's getting tall. She's going to be built just like me. I can feel it. It may work out though. We'll at least get to share clothes. LOL
OH Yeah! Christmas! I forgot all about blogging about that!! LOL
We had a great one, complete with kid playing and dad sightings. I saw my dad and Sym saw hers. Long story short here is the time line break down of Christmas Day:
My Mom & I awoke Sym (Yeah I had to wake her up! Can you believe that?)

We Opened Presents!!!!


There are more.. TRUST ME! More and more pics of this child opening presents galore! Note the Hidden Leaf village head band? Yeah Naruto baby! UH ya like it don't ya? LOL
Santa knows!! I wish Santa had brought me one too!!! Watch out ya'll! Sym's favorite is Sakura and you know she's a bad ass in the Shippuden series! She loved it and wore it all day Christmas day!!
We had fun! I did do a little knitting Christmas day which I shall share at another time. Right now, I'm ironing out our plans for tonight.
We plan on visiting a friend and camping out in their living room. Yep I'm staying in for New Years. No bars for this knitter, just knitting, visiting with friends and watching Sym play with other kids.
I plan on posting more pics when I get home from work today (yeah bummer huh? work work work!)
Ah the good life! Drama free!!!
XOXOXO
Lesley

She got her gift!!!

Miss ShadKitty Knitty finally got her gift from me so I shall now reveal the pattern and some pics from the other night when I took them on the road. :-)

They were fingerless mits! I got the pattern from the lovely Cole. Thanks lady loo!!
I used Berroco Keltic
on size 8 dpns. This was a super fast knit but you know how my life goes. I'm lucky to knit anything anymore. LOL I loved knitting these. Okay now it is time for the pics. From what I saw from Shadkitty she enjoyed them! ;o)
Here they are the mitts night out at the Redline.
Below you see Todd, and me posing with the mitts. LOL



Okay Christmas pictures are being uploaded tonight. I haven't been home in 3 days and boy do have a ton of work to do.

Big hugs ya'll!! I hope ya'll had the Merriest Christmas of all!!!
XOXOXO
L

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!
I love ya'll dearly!!!
May ya'll have a holiday filled with love, family, friends & laughs of course!!!
XOXOXO
Lesley

I took off work today....

I took off work today and did a little bit of christmas shoppin. I did so well that I had a little to spare and bought a little treat for myself...
I got new shoes!! Ya'll just don't know how little shopping I actually do for myself so this makes me VERY VERY HAPPY!!!
Here they are:


I love my new shoes!!

Also here's a little treat for ya'll!!


Ya'll enjoy my riches!!
XOXOXO
Lesley

Just a little Update!

Greetings ya'll!! This has been a pretty crazy December. I have had quite a bit of excitement. Ya'll want to hear?
Of Course you do!!!

First of all last weekend I had my first date since the divorce. I shall not go into much detail as of now. But he is a great guy, he was very sweet and wants to go out again! It was an actual date which I was nervous about anyways. LOL We had dinner and saw a movie. Do you know how long it has been since I've gone on a "first date?" Quite a LONG time.

I have been knitting!!! I'm updating ravelry when I can usually early in the morning as you can tell. I've been knitting a secret birthday gift for the incredible ShadKitty the past couple of days. It is going to arrive to her late mostly because the non knitted item I'm givin her hasn't arrived yet.

Last night I went out on a school night to listen to my Co-Worker Brian sing. He is pretty good. He has a good voice and is quite a character. He has a song he sings called Medium Pace that will have you in stitches. Check out his Myspace Profile. The song is there but be wary if the kids are around. You may want to wait until they are asleep or something.
To keep this lady from drinkin or smokin too much, I brought the Secret knitting with me. As I was knitting on it, Brian turned everyone in the bar's attention to me by saying "You see that lovely lady in the corner there" I look up mid stitch, "She is a knitter and knits just about anything especially Willy warmers. Ya'll need to check out her myspace and check out her wares" I laughed my ass off. I have never been called out before.
Here is a pic of the project with Brian in the background.


After Brian's announcement, this girl at another table looked at me and mouthed/asked "Are you knitting one right now?" I laughed and mouthed back "no I'm knitting ______"
ShadKitty doll, your gift is now well recognized at the Red Line in Hoover. LOL

The best line I've ever heard at a bar.
We were all (Brian, Tim, Mark, Jon and ?) were sitting at the table after Brian sang. Jon turns to me and says "Who's on your shirt? Your boobs are hiding somebody." I laughed my ass off at that. How many times does a girl hear that one?

Brian got his Christmas present from his GF early which is a HD digi camera. He took a pic of me and Tim, with the gift. Yo you take knitting on the road and you must take pics!!! I am not posting this one until I'm finished with the gift. It would give it away. He he he!

I finished up Jim's Jayne Cobb hat last week. Here's a pic of that:


Let's see, what else okay that's all for now. I'll read back on my blog and try to find out if I'm leaving anything out.
Thanks for stopping by!!
XOXOXOXO
Lesley

About the party... a little update

I had a blast!!! My friend and I had a good time. She ended up leaving early but that was okay with me. Her hubby came and got her (don't ask. going into detail wouldn't be best). I wish we could have hung out longer though.

It was so much fun! They allowed us to have as much alcohol as we wanted! LOL Also we got to see some good acts. I had my pic taken with Kate whom I liked most. I also got to feel and drool over some of the guys hats. They were knitted!!! LOL Kate wore a great scarf too but it was machine knit. It was cute though and I just may make one like it!!

My date that canceled on me called me Sunday. I thought that was super sweet! I told him how the party was he said that he hated that he missed it. He also wants to get together and hang out. Which is cool. The guy wants to learn how to knit.

I had a great time ya'll! This weekend was Jammed packed with LOTS of activities. They were as follows:
Friday night: hung out with sis and her step daughter. Crazy thing happened, I'll discuss later.
Saturday: 10-12 Sym at choir rehersal, me cleaning and primpin for Sat night, 12:30 to 4 we went to the zoo with a friend of mine and his daughter. We had a blast, the kids were worn out and I was a little too.
4-4:30 busted ass to Bessemer to drop of Sym at my Aunt's
4:45-5:15 Book it back home to finish getting ready.
6:15ish: left home and went to drop off a birthday gift for a friend's hubby. ( He wanted this and he got it! a knitted willy warmer! LOL
6:35 Arrived at party and partied until 2:00 am!!!!

SUNDAY
Awoke at 10:30 AM
10:30-11 Got dressed and ready for this day!
11:15 to 12 went shopping for birthday present for Niece Evie's 5th birthday Party at 1:30!
1:30-3:30 play games and chase youngins at the party.
3:40-4 Book it to the church for Sym's Choir Recital
4-5 Buy a dress for sym to wear for the recital!
5-515 get her dressed
515-530 get some food because I was starving!!!
530-6 eat and chill in my car.
6-7 Yay!! Sym!!
We went home at 7 and dummy me made coffee and I ended up awake until 2 am!!! I hate it when that happens!!!
Sym and I were both late for school and work to day. Oops. I'm proud that this year, I have been gettin that kid to school on time every day! One slip up won't kill our groove. :-)

Ya'll have a great Monday!!
I'll have pics up from the party later when the co-workers send them! LOL

Today's Horoscope.....

Aquarius Horoscope for Saturday December 1, 2007
(Jan 20 - Feb 18)

"A fresh wave of energy washes into your life today and you could be quite upbeat about upcoming social activities. Unfortunately, your optimism may run into practical considerations that prevent you from doing what you want. Don't let discouragement overtake your enthusiasm. Instead, remember that some things will just take longer than you wish."


You know guys, it is still so weird to me when I can apply a horoscope to my current life events.Is that why I still read them? (nah they just come to my inbox daily and I don't feel like fighting it. Cause one day it will tell me to go buy a lotto ticket and I'll win a couple a billion dollars.) ;-)

Tonight is the company Christmas party for the day job. It is at a fabulous place with lots of fun folks, good food, free drinks, and 2 bands. So what seems to be the "practical consideration(s) that prevent me from doing what you want"? Hmm. My date canceled on me last minute. Okay what the hell?!
Why the hell would a guy cancel on this beautiful knitter/single mom? His work called him in. Irony? I think so.
"Don't let discouragement overtake your enthusiasm. Instead remember that some things will just take longer than you wish." Yeah discouragement took over yesterday when I tried to find another guy to with me. Then I just realized that no, I'm not going to let this opportunity of having a good time get me down. So I asked a BFF to be my date. I've contemplated quite alot from this turn of event.
I don't think I'll ever ask a guy out unless the guy and I have already been dating for a bit. LOL This isn't the first time a guy has dropped the ball when I've passed it to them. I should be used to it by now, but guess what folks. I'm not! I refuse to get used to it. I know that one day I'll pass the ball to someone they will catch it and run it for a touch down for me. I've just got to be patient.
XOXOXO
Lesley
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
—SCOTT ADAMS, THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE

PS. I sold my mirror that I attached glass to with good old silicone about 2 years ago. I sold it for $35 to my co-worker. I know it is going to a good home.
Here are the pics:
this is a dragon fly I shaped onto it.


Here is the entire mirror

Yeah I took the pic at work with my camera phone but hey at least there is a pic of it. LOL