Knitting Accomplishments

I did this meme a while ago like a year or so I guess. I totally ripped it from Jenger who nabbed it from Eslpeth's site.

The official rules are mark with bold the things you have knit at least once, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl (but not completed)
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dyeing with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dyeing yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

Zombie Apocalypse..would Lesley Survive?

Oo I need to change these odds. Maybe buy a sword? (don't like guns) Hmm also need to stash some food. hmmmm.. I'll take it again after the elections. That's if the zombie apocalypse doen't happen before we get the results. Yikes! Okay gotta hit wal-mart. Anyone have a Sam's or Costco Card? ~Thanks Jenger!

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Franklin posted a summary of his 1000 Knitterstrip to Huntsville on his blog. See if you recognize anyone in the group. ;-) (I'm the second one in case you were gettin a little lost.)

Okay Today I'm on cloud 9! Not even work is gonna take me off this cloud. ;-)

Happy Thursday ya'll!!!

Sym's Sweater Progress

Last night I finished the back panel while watching Sex and the City online until 1:30 am. Yeah I know it sucks doing that when you have to get the kid up by 6:20 at the latest to get her on the bus. I'm proud though. I don't know which one I'm currently more obsessed with, Sym's Sweater or Sex and the City. ;-)

Pattern notes:
So far this is an incredibly easy sweater to knit. The only complexity is changing colors at the end of each row. I think tonight I'll go ahead and weave my ends in. I wish I had done it along the way but I was a little obsessed with completing this portion. I want to finish it before Sym out grows it. Hopefully I'll have it completed by November. That's my goal. Let's see what happens. ;-)

The colors are so Sym. She picked them out herself. On the ravelry, I had a darker pink color, but she didn't like it so we switched to a pale pink. The colors in the sweater are so her it is scary. As I'm knitting along, I think of only here even if she is only in the other room sleeping. I'm constantly thinking of things about Sym that I just adore.
5 things about Sym that I adore...
~ She always has a silly song to sing. (This week it is the Chicken Dance)
~ She has to match her earrings to her shirt of the day. (totally cool!)
~ She is a future Craft Diva (She started her first Cross-Stitch project yesterday.)
~ She says some of the wildest things when you least expect it. (you never know what she'll say publicly or privately. Almost always guarentees you to laugh)
~ She is thoughtful and helpful to others. (My grandmother called and bragged about her behavior last weekend)

Thanks for reading! I'll keep ya posted on the sweater as I have details to report.
XOXOXO

My Weekend, yeah I know it is Tuesday

In the wee early morning hours of 6:30 AM on a SATURDAY, my butt was up and getting ready for a nice drive to Huntsville Alabama.
I know you Birmingham folks are saying in your heads right now "Why the hell is Lesley going to Huntsville at 6:30 AM on a SATURDAY?"

The Franklin Habit!! Yep came all the way down her from Chicago to take pix of the lovely Alabama knitters for his 1000 knitter Project. Not only did he take pics but a special pre-release on his book "It Itches!" kicked off! Too freakin cool! For the record this lady is one of 1000, and now owns an autographed copy of It Itches! ;o) Ya'll look for me when the 1000 knitters is published. ;-) Promise? I'll be like knitter number 96?-97?. (no clue which number but it will be toward the end.)

I was the second person in line to get my pic though. yeah cause leaving the house at 7 am on a 2 hour drive gets you there by 9 am instead of 10am when the event begins. Yeah. Can you tell I was excited? No not me.

I got to meet some super groovie folks!! By the way, thank you Meg at Yarn Expressions for hosting the 1000 knitters project and lettin all us knitters overrun your store all day Saturday!!

I met SEVERAL super cool folks from North Alabama. I wish I lived up that way. Just so I could hang out with these amazing folks again. :-(
One of which CraftMonkey Took pictures. Needless to say, awaking so early and still having problems with the brain after 2 hours of driving, I alas forgot to take pics to commemorate the moment. Not even with my camera phone. I suck like that. ;-)

I met a few of the Skanky Knitters Ravelry Group! Those folks Rule!! Also met some of the North Alabama Knitters too. Ya'll Rule! So does Franklin, and Delores! Ah fun Saturday!!

I left at 3. I wish now I could have hung out a little longer but I really needed to head back to the Ham (Birmingham that is). On the way I saw a sign for Ave Maria Grotto so I decided to stop on by and see it since my friend Gary whose website is down otherwise I'd link ya'll to him.

My brain had stopped farting so I was able to think to take some pics with the ol camera phone that works better than my digital cam anyways.
Here are some pics of Ave Maria Grotto. Ya'll enjoy!

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Welcome one and all to the ever impressive life of one LesleyD. Watch in amazement while LesleyD not only attempts to knit (2 sweaters, and a scarf), play with her daughter, clean her apartment, work 2 jobs, begin to build a new business, make stuff and sell it on Etsy, all the while pulling her hair out over her current full time job during one of the busiest times of the year! Look out world! NO ONE can Stop this freak of nature as she boldly attempts to keep it all together all the while remembering to go to the bathroom at regular intervals!
What will happen?
Quite honestly it isn't all that bad. My family keeps asking me when I ask one of them to watch Sym for me, if I have a hot date. My response, "Dating? What's that?"
Seriously! I wonder how that would affect one of the already MANY things I have on my to do list each day.
I just finished a little knit hat I made for a friend's birthday. They seem to be avoiding one LesleyD lately though. They are in town for a visit yet they seem to not understand that this lady has a bazilion things to do daily (even though I've told them such) and she just can't drop EVERYTHING to go visit them a billion miles away when gas is horribly scarce here.. See Here's the equation right now, Me + Man = Neglected man. I only have time for one person daily. Her name is the invincible Symi-D who flies in with her magical ability to get her mommy laughing when she is at her pentacle breaking point. I love that kid.
We went to Burger King the other day and she got a weird Neo Pet Toy. I asked her what the name of the pet was. Expecting the actual name of the NeoPet, she instead said "Jub-Jub". I then busted out laughing in the middle of BK. It was the way the kid said it so matter of fact and serious that just threw me off. Damn I needed that laugh. I hadn't laughed like that in a week. Heres' the Grundo named Jub-Jub.

Go Check it out on Burgerking.com. They are pretty groovie toys if you ask me.
I love free gifts with purchase; a funky toy and a nice outburst of loud laughter in a restaurant with only 5 other people in there.
See! Who needs to date when they can have a kids' meal with their angel? Now if I could only get that kid to massage school early, I could really have it all. My back has been killing me!

Cheers ya'll!!

Ps just found this. I definitely wouldn't want my name on this.

Friday Fillins

Friday Fill-Ins #90
And...here we go!


1. There is no need __to smoke but I keep wanting them________.


2. Where in the heck did the __milk go? I know Sym didn't drink it all in one day________.


3. __Worked, did laundry, play on the puter, and go to a football game________ is all I managed to do.


4. Prospects for __a normal guy to date is looking gloomy_______.


5. ___Consistency_______ is the message. (I left yours Grace. I liked it. ;-) )


6. Simplicity and tranquility are __bliss________.


7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __going home________, tomorrow my plans include __working________ and Sunday, I want to __sleep (as always but can't)_______!

My Weekend

Hey everyone! Did LesleyD knit much this weekend? Yes!! She knit on Sym's Sweater, Swatched for Cherrie Amour and started a hat only to frog it. Yes lots of knittin.
I took Sym out to a Chinese Restaurant too, Golden City. They are the coolest! They are one of the oldest in Birmingham and they have the groovie decor of a Chinese Restaurant too. IF you are ever in the Ham, go swing by there! Just love their many dragons.


Also I went out solo Saturday night! woo hoo!! For the first time in a bit I went out solo Saturday night. I haven't been anywhere where solo in quite a while. Why you ask?
5 Reasons Not to go to a bar solo..
5. You have to buy your own drinks - Can cost you big time but not always!
4. You have to pay the cover charge - Which can be half your drinkin money!
3. You get lots of funny looks from other women. (aw poor you all alone or look at my man and I'll gouge your eyes out.)
2. Men presume you are there to get laid. - Can't woo them too much with your charm. (Least I choose not to.)
1. NO DD! (Which can really end up saving you money cause you drink less)

I decided not to let any of the above reasons bother me. For the first time in quite a bit, I really didn't want to go out alone Saturday night. Weird. Very Weird. Could it be maturity? Used to, I'd do it! Loved the opportunity to be able to meet whomever and strike up a conversation. But with reason number 2 looming, I didn't want to deal with that. It always looms. Men Love ya but sometimes a lady just wants to go out and NOT get laid.
Well Saturday night I was glad I went out! I paid a cover charge, bought 2 Jack and cokes, 2 beers, 3 hours of good music and nice people for a grand total of $22.
The band was Mellowship. They are a cover band, but really good. They even got me off my bar stool when they sang Shimmer by Fuel and it was all down hill from there. I totally enjoyed their lead singer Lane. He came up to the bar for another shot and some water. He was very nice and we chatted a bit. The Lead Guitarist was playing with them or the first time, William. He is a natural big time!! He was wailing on your familiar songs, (normal cover band lineup STP, Pearl Jam, Fuel, 3 Doors Down) but then they did some Stevie Ray Vaughn and Eric Clapton to show off what Willie can do. Quite impressive that Mr Willie was. Overall a damn good cover band with very sweet guys willing to talk to a lovely lady who was out for some good live music and a few drinks!
Thanks Guys! Here's their pic. I'm quite impressed with my camera phone. It took a good pic despite the cig smoke and funky bar lighting.



That's about my weekend. I did have a talk with a gentleman about a business proposition that will get me on my way to living a more fulfilling life. Send good strengthening thoughts my way if ya'll don't mind.


Take care! Time for me to get the youngin up. ;-)

I leave you with the bathroom door of Pizza Hut. It has been covered with stickers to create a groovie piece of art. Just love my boys at the hut.

Frig art

I realized when I was commenting on Jen's blog that I haven't been showing off Sym's art in awhile!! My darling daughter is really talented at 9 ya'll! I'm not just saying that cause I'm her mom either. I think she has something.

She's after my heart with this one. ;-)


This one is blurry. I need a freakin scanner. I will probably take this to work on Monday and try again.

The details are incredible!!!


I tried with my digi camera to zoom in on the mermaids but FAIL.



Last Sunday I worked at the Hut and she went with me. ONe of the drivers is a sketcher. He had some good paper and graphite pencils. Sym drew EVERYONE IN THE STORE! It was Hilarious!!
I'll see if I can get that one scanned too. ;-)

Happy Saturday! No hula-hoopin was done today. Instead laundry going to be moved to today. ;-)

I leave you with a pic of a wash cloth that I knit up a week or so ago. Don't remember which pattern though. I'm special like that. ;-)

Happy Saturday!

Fun Little Me me

I forgot to let ya'll know who I snagged this from. It was the beautiful and talented and always finding cool stuff to post Grace

The rules:
A.) Go to musicoutfitters.com

B.) Enter the year you graduated from high school in the search function and get the list of 100 most popular songs of that year

C.) Bold the songs you like, strike through the ones you hate (in my case I put a frown in front of the ones I don't like)


Alright so I graduated HS in 1996 and I had no idea how much R&B/Rap would be on the top 100. lol Some I recognized but alot I didn't and had to look up. Was worth the memories though. ;o)


:-( 1. Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix), Los Del Rio
:-( 2. One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
:-( 3. Because You Loved Me, Celine Dion
4. Nobody Knows, Tony Rich Project
:-( 5. Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey
6. Give Me One Reason, Tracy Chapman
:-( 7. Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
8. I Love You Always Forever, Donna Lewis
9. You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow, Toni Braxton
10. Twisted, Keith Sweat
:-( 11. C'mon N' Ride It (The Train), Quad City Dj's
12. Missing, Everything But The Girl
13. Ironic, Alanis Morissette
:-( 14. Exhale (Shoop Shoop), Whitney Houston
15. Follow You Down/Til I Hear It From You, Gin Blossoms
:-( 16. Sittin' Up In My Room, Brandy
:-( 17. How Do U Want It/California Love, 2Pac
:-( 18. It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Celine Dion
19. Change The World, Eric Clapton
:-( 20. Hey Lover, LL Cool J
21. Loungin, LL Cool J
22. Insensitive, Jann Arden
23. Be My Lover, La Bouche
24. Name, Goo Goo Dolls
25. Who Will Save Your Soul, Jewel
26. Where Do You Go, No Mercy
:-( 27. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), R. Kelly
28. Counting Blue Cars, Dishwalla
29. You Learn/You Oughta Know, Alanis Morissette
30. One Of Us, Joan Osborne
31. Wonder, Natalie Merchant
32. Not Gon' Cry, Mary J. Blige
33. Gangsta's Paradise, Coolio
34. Only You, 112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
:-( 35. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know), R. Kelly
36. You're The One, SWV
37. Sweet Dreams, La Bouche
38. Before You Walk Out Of My Life/Like This And Like That, Monica
39. Breakfast At Tiffany's, Deep Blue Something
40. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New), Coolio
41. The World I Know, Collective Soul
42. No Diggity, BLACKstreet (Featuring Dr. Dre)
43. Anything, 3t
44. 1979, The Smashing Pumpkins
45. Diggin' On You, TLC
46. Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody, Monica
47. Kissin' You, Total
:-( 48. Count On Me, Whitney Houston and Cece Winans
:-( 49. Fantasy, Mariah Carey
50. Time, Hootie and The Blowfish
51. You'll See, Madonna
52. Last Night, Az Yet
53. Mouth, Merril Bainbridge
54. The Earth, The Sun, The Rain, Color Me Badd
55. All The Things (Your Man Won't Do), Joe
56. Wonderwall, Oasis
57. Woo-hah!! Got You All In Check/Everything Remains Raw, Busta Rhymes
58. Tell Me, Groove Theory
59. Elevators (Me and You), Outkast
60. Hook, Blues Traveler
61. Doin It, LL Cool J
62. Fastlove, George Michael
63. Touch Me Tease Me, Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
64. Tonite's Tha Night, Kris Kross
65. Children, Robert Miles
66. Theme From Mission: Impossible, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen
67. Closer To Free, Bodeans
68. Just A Girl, No Doubt
69. If Your Girl Only Knew, Aaliyah
70. Lady, D'angelo
:-( 71. Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First), John Mellencamp
72. Pony, Ginuwine
73. Nobody, Keith Sweat
74. Old Man and Me (When I Get To Heaven), Hootie and The Blowfish
75. If It Makes You Happy, Sheryl Crow
76. As I Lay Me Down, Sophie B. Hawkins
77. Keep On, Keepin' On, Mc Lyte
78. Jealousy, Natalie Merchant
79. I Want To Come Over, Melissa Etheridge
80. Who Do U Love, Deborah Cox
81. Un-Break My Heart, Toni Braxton
82. This Is Your Night, Amber
83. You Remind Me Of Something, R. Kelly
84. Runaway, Janet Jackson
85. Set U Free, Planet Soul
86. Hit Me Off, New Edition
87. No One Else, Total
88. My Boo, Ghost Town Dj's
89. Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A.
90. That Girl, Maxi Priest Featuring Shaggy
91. Po Pimp, Do Or Die
92. Until It Sleeps, Metallica
93. Hay, Crucial Conflict
94. Beautiful Life, Ace Of Base
95. Back For Good, Take That
96. I Got Id/Long Road, Pearl Jam
97. Soon As I Get Home, Faith Evans
:-( 98. Macarena, Los Del Rio
99. Only Wanna Be With You, Hootie and The Blowfish
100. Don't Cry, Seal

All around the Internet Saturday....Sharing the Love of Other Peeps Blogs!

Blogiversaries
Check out Ms Grace at Lovin Comfort Knits. She is having her Blogiversary. Congrats Grace! She's also having a contest too. Go check it out why don't ya?

Rosemary is having her 2 year blogiversary too! Can you believe it? She's also doing a contest.

Random Hilarious stuff
My buddy Jen at KnittedSpecks has a hilarious video she ganked from Jennifer Mayers on myspace. It is hilarious I tell ya!

The Sneeze had another tree brain growing. You must read the back posts on the whole thing in order to get it. Check out the "Steve Don't Eat it!" too. ;-) Guaranteed to make you pee your pants in laughter.

More funny stuff. Here is Adolf our attack Cichlid to the sounds of Sym playing Madagascar. ;-) Ya'll enjoy! (Give it a while I just uploaded it to YouTube.



PS.
Okay after the upload finished I saw this! IT is pretty funny too. ;-)

Friday Fillins

Friday Fillings #88 Go check it out! It is fun!!! You like fun don't ya?

And...here we go!

1. If I was to walk into your life, ___I would hand you some wine, a ball of yarn and knitting needles and hope you don't stab me with them._______?

2. Catch a bright star and place it ___in Sym's room cause she needs better lighting_______.

3. And you can send me ___wine yarn or chocolate (or all of the above)_______.

4. ___I am searching for a new goal_______ but I'm dealing with a memory that never forgets.

5. I'm the innocent bystander / Somehow I got stuck _____by lightning when you handed me your umbrella_____.

6. What's keeping us apart isn't selfishness, __it's your attitude________.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __knitting and watching Naruto___, tomorrow my plans include ___hula hooping cleaning and working__ and Sunday, I want to ___sleep__!

Undecided Sweater! Suggestions Appreciated!!

Just found out that the yarn for my sweater will be her by the 9th! I have 6 days to figure out exactly what to knit. I've been scowering Ravelry but can't freakin decide!!
so I need your help!!!

The yarn is
Uruguay Chunky
Fiber Content 70 % wool 20% Baby Alpaca & 10% Sily (Very Soft and great next to skin no itch!)
Total yardage bought 803 yards (but can buy more if needed)
Yarn ball Gauge: 3 sts to an in on US 10.5

Bought from the lovely website Littleknits.com.
Here's a direct link to the yarn: http://www.littleknits.com/proddetail.php?prod=UrguayChunky105



So far....Here are a couple of patterns I've been thinkin about (Remember, this is my first Sweater to ever attempt!):
Cherie Amour from knitty

Pugmama's neck from the Knitting fool Sweater Generator

That's all I got so far. HELP!! Please!

My First Sym Sweater

(Please excuse the pics. My camera sucks! I swear it isn't a user error.)
Okay 2 years ago I bought an issue of Knit It! magazine.


Inside this incredible issue were SEVERAL patterns I wanted to knit. The deal sealer on this issue was this pattern!


So Part of my stash acquisition was to buy the yarn for this sweater for the Syminator. She needs one quite frankly and if I don't knit it now she'll never be able to fit into it!!
She wanted different colors so here they are....


This will be my very first Sweater. I call it the Sym Sweater.
Yeah has a nice ring to it. That is all go back to your business.....
One more sweater project to happen soon as well. Just waiting on UPS to deliver it. ;-)
Toodles

Our Labor day weekend

Sym and I had fun. Friday was Sym's B-Day sleepover and let me tell ya'll. Hanging with 7 little girls for over 12 hours isn't a picnic. Especially trying to get them all to "go along" with what you have planned.
I hate feeling like my efforts are fruitless but I keep forgetting that kids in the 6-9 range tend to not give a frag about any body else's feelings at times. I forget that they are just kids. I guess because Sym is so grownie.
Adults can be the same way too. Sym's 3rd birthday was like that. It was the first one I threw at our house at the time. I was serving hamburgers and hot dogs and my family had the gall to say, "Where are the onions and mayo? Oh you didn't get those? You should have. What's a burger without mayo?" (An EXTRA amount of disgusting white oil coating is waste of damn good beef if you ask me. Your breath is far better wtihout the onion. Trust me I'm saving you. None of that was actually said but seriously ran through my 24 year old mind at the time.) So I really haven't thrown a party at my home for Sym with family since. It was my first time doing it solo without my mom helping me. I never threw those kind of parties before and to have my family.. well let's just say I've forgiven them and moved on. This year was no different. The grownups had dinner with us at China Doll. I am still avoiding actually throwing a party that involves the grownups of my family.
It is amazing that sometimes kids take on that same kind of mentality. "I messed up and don't want to finish my project!" "I don't want to draw on pillow cases. I don't like them!" "I don't want to watch Harry Potter! I want to watch Lord of the Rings" OMG! I gave them all a lesson on demo-crazy Majority rules and you just have to fraggin deal with it! ;-) That kept me sane as well as my frequent balcony visits to smoke.
All in all the sleep over was great! The kids were good overall and I want to throw it again soon! This time I think I'm going to keep it in the 9-10 year old range.
Saturday morning was fun, I made them pancakes and took Sym and a few of the girls swimming. I had great adult conversation time with the parents. I felt sane again. LOL
I worked Saturday night at the Hut. Made some good cash and then for the first time in 2 years I went to southside with an old friend I hadn't seen in a LONG time. You might remember Eric? Yeah it has been about that long since I last saw him. It was he and his friend that I'll refer to as Cherry Pie. Reason being, she was dancing to hippie music (the band Earthbound) as if she was on that music video. ;-)
We had a blast. I danced all night with a nice gent that twirled me around till I was dizzy and I didn't even spill my drink or burn anybody. ;-) Go me!


Sunday was recovery day. Sym came back home around 3 with T & K. They ended up spending the night. Monday was shop till you drop day! We shopped with Sym's birthday money. I got to buy also some things for our apartment to make it not look so blah boring. Sym bought 2 Brat Dolls, a Barbie house, a case for her DS that had decals for it too, Sims Castaway for the DS and that's about it I think. I bought 2 small rugs (1 for bath 1 for kit), a cookie sheet, a 5X8 area rug, 3 pieces of art for our living room and more multiplayer video games. Also got yarn for Sym's Sweater that I'm starting tomorrow. It is getting to be sweater time ya'll!! It is about time I gave knitting one a shot! lol I'll show ya'll yarn pron and pattern etc soon. ;-) Also Misc stuff was purchased too. Like cutesy coin purses and funky bracelets and head bands. Loverly!
We had a blast and now I leave you with a pic of my new living room.

A fun little quiz. Take it why don't ya?

Grace I have been nabbin all the fun stuff off your page hun. I hope you don't mind lovely lady! ;-)

Your result for The Best Thing About You Test...

Honesty

Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully. This includes listening, and any action in the human repertoire — as well as speaking. And you? You cannot tell a lie. Both loved ones and strangers should trust you, because you won't (1) lie, (2) lie via omission, or (3) sit there and let lies be told. (Can you even let a sleeping dog lie?) All 7 virtues are a part of you, but your honesty runs deepest.

Your biggest risk is hurting the feelings of your most sensitive friends. However, most appreciate you for your candor.

Honest famous person: George Washington, if you believe the propaganda.

Your raw relative scores follow. 0% is low, and 100% is perfect, nearly impossible. Note that I pitted the virtues against each other, so in some way these are relative scores. It's impossible to score high on all of them, and a low score on one is just relatively low compared to the other virtues.

YOUR VIRTUES

40% Compassion

44% Intelligence

63% Humility

67% Honesty

13% Discipline

57% Courage

50% Passion

Take The Best Thing About You Test at HelloQuizzy

Friday Fillins (Thanks again Grace!)

I'm starting to get addicted to these. Thanks Grace for getting dangling participles at me. ;-)

Friday Fill-Ins #87


1. When I'm sick I'm ___having to take care of myself. No one has ever babied me_______.


2. When I take a walk, I think about ___bills to pay, projects to knit_______.


3. Money can't buy happiness but it can __pay off all my debts so I can be happy________.

4. Cotton makes me __feel like spring________ and leather makes me __wish I had never given away my black leather jacket from High school________.

5. The strangest person/character I've had lewd thoughts about was __he he you would never look at me the same if I told________.

6. My favorite color these days is ____blue, teal and marron______ because ___I look good in those colors_______.


7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to _a slumber part for 7 little girls squeels and all____, tomorrow my plans include __seeing an old friend and delivering pizzas___ and Sunday, I want to _sleep____!

My baby is growing up ya'll!

She just turned 9!!! 9! Her last year in the single digits! Can you believe it? I sure as hell can't! Where the hell have the past nine years gone? Was my child ever a baby? She was a baby at one point. She had to be! How else would they have gotten her out of my belly on 8/26/99? They did give me alot of drugs. Maybe they gave her a magic potion that shrank her temporarily (I was all belly prego) and then when she came out she got the instant 9 year old syrup. Those tricky doctors. Ha! She's not really nine. She is still a little baby but wait, she's ALOT taller than the 21 and 1/2 inches that they measured her when she was born.


I remember 6 very well. That's when she started her violin lessons! Ah violin lessons. yeah



I remember her being 2, vaguely.

I love my girl! She keeps me smiling when the clouds are the thickest (like this week has been in the armpit of the south.)


Happy 9th Birthday Symi-D!!!
I Love you!!!
Love Mom

Friday Fillins

go to this site and get you one too!!
Thanks Grace!!

1. Dancing to the _music_ while ___naked__ makes me __feel sexy___.

2. The last time I ____went to a party______ I nearly ____didn't leave______.

3. When I drive I ___listen to punk or electronica especially when I am delivering_______.

4. I saw __my gnome steve________ standing ___on top of the TV this morning___.

5. Give me __yarn________, give me __wine________, give me ___time to knit_______.

6. Next week I am looking forward to __Sym's 9th Birthday________.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to __the back to school splash with the girls___, tomorrow my plans include _my dad and friends' 50th bday party____ and Sunday, I want to __SLEEP___!

DRT!!! Just got the box!!

Here's the box. Had it delivered to me at the office got it at 11:45 am. Went directly to LYS and bought needles to start


Ya'll ready? I am! LOL

Here's what Emily sent as a little gift


Here's what I've knitted so far


Yep 9 rows of seed stitch!!! I'm knitting more when I get off work! I will have it mailed to Jaymi hopefully first thing in morn at latest!!I'm off!!!

Time for an Update....

Times are quite crazy lately. Work is work, home is Sym and our BOY cat Izzie. LOL Yes folks our cat is a boy. I castrated him from the begining by allowing Sym to call him "Isabella" but alas, he is a boy. I started suspecting when I saw that he started formin a bump down in the nether region. We had resuced shim from the storm drain when it was little. Luckily Izzie could be a unisex name. If not oh well we like it and we are sticking to it!!

Adolf the cichild demon fish is doing well as well. He is still chasinig cat toys. Yes he chases cat toys. I swear if he was an amphibian he would have hopped out of the tank and eaten Sym and I already. He's such an aggressive little guy that hates EVERYTHING but his nice jug in the tank. I think he actually wants to infiltrate our tank. He does like the food I leave for him but do I get a thanks? No, he just tries to bite my finger off. Yes folks this is a fish I'm talking about.
Sym is determined to catch him on video with her handy dandy camera phone (bought b/c she took care of the crap phone for 6 mo) so as soon as we get the video to the internet, Ya'll will see exactly what I'm talking about.

Doing the DishRag Tag dance this year! I'm the Fearless Captain on the quest to make sure I knit this rag as fast as my fingers allow.
I love the DRT! I've got some buddies already! Let me give a shout out to my hommies on Team # 3-Expe-Dish-ous Raggers!!
I am so psyched to get started!!! I've started practicing a seed stitch dishcloth to practice my technique. I did the same thing last year too when we got to pick any pattern we wanted. I knitted the pattern 10 times (I was the last one to get the box too) and timed myself. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of practicing this time round. All good though. ;-)

Well I've gotta get back to work.

Holy Moley!!! Lots a going on...

Well ladies and gents, I've done it. I've returned to the part time job at pizza slut. I'm delivering pizzas again to build up my Sym Birthday and Christmas nest egg. I know ya'll are already used to me not post much anymore but it is about to get even more sparse unless I am at the day job and just bored.
I'm getting really tired of things at the day job but a little bit worried about just quitting. I would hate to leave my team lead. She's super sweet and both of us have put so much into our jobs that it is tough to just walk away.

On the knitting front, I've been rather sparse with that too. I've only been knitting on Callie's wash cloths in which I've already knit 2 and started a 3rd. I hope to finish it tonight and give them to her on Monday. That's if I am not totally exhausted after delivering tonight.

I was hoping to win the Florida lottery, but I didn't. Would be nice if I did though.
I have lots of things I need to take pics of for you lovely people. The camera in the D house stinks though. It is on my list to get a better one once I get the Sym stuff taken care of.

OH!! I've signed up for the Dish Rag Tag Sequel!! I suggest ya'll do the same! It is a fun Kal!!!
Go now and sign up if Emily has room!!!
http://dishragtag.yarnmiracle.com/people/new


Lots of love to ya'll! I'm still reading your blogs and leaving comments when I can. Big hugs!

Yay!!! It's coming back!!!

Yo!! I'm so excited!!!
Dish Rag Tag part deux is around the corner! Woot!!!

http://yarnmiracle.com/2008/07/17/dish-rag-tag-the-sequel/
So excited!!!
Gotta knit dish cloths!!!

:o)

Jayne Style DS Cozy

Yep here's the Pattern Free to ya'll whom I love, which is the entire online knitting community. If you don't love me back then you will probably leave a nasty comment so before you get the chance a big frak you to you buddy and I hope you get a visit from a knitting terrorist!! Now to the pattern


Jayne Style DS Cozy


This pattern came to mind after finishing a Jayne Cobb hat. The hat was WAY too big and I needed something to knit with some of the yarn. I was already on a double knit kick from the Jayne Hat so why the heck not?
The JS DS Cozy is double knitted (knit with 2 strands at the same time) flat (not in the round) then seamed up on one side and the bottom edge.


What do you need?
Easy dude!

1 -skein Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Yellow
1 -skein Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Orange
1 Pair of size 13 needles
1 tapestry needle or crochet hook (which ever you prefer to use to seam)
Magnetic fastener


Abbreviations
K - Knit
P - Purl
sts - stitches
SSK - Slip purlwise 2 stitches then knit the two through the back of the loop
K2tog - Knit 2 stitches together
MC - Main color (Orange)
2C - Second Color (yellow)


The Pattern
Holding 2 strands of MC yarn Cast on 30 stitches using long tail cast on method
Double knit on 13’s

CO 30 stitches
Purl first row
Stockinette stitch for 10 rows in one color
Stockinette stitch for 7 rows in the 2nd color
Bind off 15 sts
decrease rows:
-k2tog, k to last 2 sts, SSK
-Purl row
Repeat decrease rows until 5 sts remain
Bind off
Seam up one side and you are done till you put a closure device onto it. ;-)

Closure Ideas:
-Magnetic Closure with a pom-pom attached
-Button Just give a tug to the flap edgin to create button hole and sew button onto the body.

If you have any other suggestions for easy closures please include them! Also if you find any probs with the pattern let me know and I'll adjust. Please show me your version!! I would love to see them!!
This is my first published on the net pattern so be kind.

XOXOXO

Ah Vacation over That stinks!!!

I had a blast doing the vacation thing last week. Lots of fun!! Most of it wasn't planned too far in advance which I kind of like. ;-) I got out! Yes folks! I left my apartment! LOL

I must confess, not much knitting was accomplished.
Six Flags was great! Sym and I hit the coasters and had a ball! We didn't get to Ride the Batman nor the Superman rides. There's still enough summer to plan that trip hopefully. ;o)

I needed to have had another person or 2 with us to actually take pics of us on the roller coasters. Maybe next trip. Sym and I had a blast! We hit Monster Plantation which you may or may not know is like one of the oldest rides there, i think. Sure does look like it. See even the pic is grainy like those old antique photos. They really need to clean up the animatronics.


Also I got to go out like an adult for once! Wow! I went to see Caddle at a local bar. They are a B-ham band that's pretty good. They are definately a "Live Band". They tell stories on stage, that were quite funny. Here's their website if you are interested. They claim to be country rock alternative. I think they are rock with a twang. ;-)

Also I went to see Blind Melon on Wednesday. They have a new lead singer, Travis Wilson, who sounds just like Shannon Hoon but has his own groove too. Here's a video clip my friend Brian took at the show.
See!! He does sound like Shannon doesn't he?


Thursday was Tubing with the Pizza Hut gang!!!! There's this place called Limestone Park down in the middle of nowhere. You pay the guy $10 bucks, he hands you an tube, and gives you a ride into the middle of his pasture and drops you off by a river. You get on the tube and float down the river. You can buy a cooler tube for $5 to haul your beer, snacks or non alcoholic bevs too. (I prefer beer personally) IT was awesome. I have been waiting 8 years to go! You go over 3 sets of rapids. Lukily Sym and I both got away with minimal scratches. Dude if you have never been you should go. At least once in your life. The last time I went I was pregnant with Sym. Yeah I was a prego dare devil. >:-) he he

Friday & Saturday Was All with the fam!! Sym and I hung out with my relatives from Virginia, grandparents, aunts and uncles and COUSINS!! My God I didn't realize how many cousins I have now. It's getting up to the 20's just from that clan!! I love them all dearly! I brought back memories of being the kid and playing in the same spots my daughter was. It is so weird to be the adult. You know? My grandfather tripped me out! He taught Sym how to drive his Kabota lawn mower. Do you realize that when I was a kid we were instructed never to touch the lawn mower under any circumstance. (we were allowed to play in his boat though. LOL) And here he is teachin Sym how to drive it!! I was jealous, just a little. ;-)


Sunday was knit day. My buddy Mary came over with her angel Alayna. We knitted, the kids played then my butt went to bed. LOL

That about sums up the entire week off. I hope ya'll enjoyed!
Here's Sym drivin the Lawnmower. It is about as big as she is!

Music and Motherhood..

In the past few months I've been loading Symi-D's MP3 player with various songs that I think she might like. Back when she first got it, I put some Maroon 5 on there for her amoungst LOTS of other songs that I thought wouldn't be too out there for her. She LOVED Maroon 5 and played their music over and over and over. Especially the song "She will be loved." I think she took to that one because of the divorce. So...
I haven't told her about this yet, but I'm thinking long and hard about taking Symi-D to see Maroon 5 in Atlanta. She hasn't been to too many concerts and this one would be one she would thoroughly enjoy. I believe. I wish they were going to play in Birmingham though.

I remember my mom and dad taking me to my first concert when I was around her age. It was the Stray Cats. Yeah! I still love that band to this day too. My mom took us to a couple more concerts too, The Bangles and Debbie Gibson (Yep I was a DG fan back as a kid.)
From when I was 16 on, oh the concerts I would hit! OMG To name a few, Drivin and Cryin, Train, Arosmith, Megadeath, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, then I won't even mention all the cool bands I saw back in the 90's at City Stages. Way too many good ones.

I hope that I can give Sym that.

Thanks Mom!!

To this day, I still love live music. I love watching them even if it is local or a renown artist. I just wish there were more kid friendly places to watch live music or that it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to see them.

How about all you mom's out there? What concerts have you taken or will take your kids to see?

New Additions to our fam AND 9 days off! What the hell is a crafty lady to do?

You know I'm horrible! I didn't introduce you folks to the new additions to the D family did I? Silly me.
Meet Isabella-D aka: Knitting Terrorist


We rescued her from a storm drain the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. She's been quite the party animal, let me tell you! Aside from having parties until 2 AM she's also has taken it upon herself to demand attention from the Symi and me! Gah! And She is a demandin one! She's been Symi-D's child folks. My daughter has spoiled this kitten to no ends! She is determined that this cat will be with her until the end days of Revelations. Although the agreement was set that Symi was to mother this cat (clean up poop (cause I'm past that stage), feed her, water her, play with her clean up her messes etc) but for the past 2 weeks where Sym has been a bit under the weather, I had to mommy the cat. Lovely. Thus now Izzy is no longer just Symi's cat. I didn't want that but oh well. I'm fond of the fur ball even though she is a knitting terrorist.

Also we have another addition that started shacking up with us the day before the terrorist.
Folks meet Adolf-D aka Dominator


He is not a goldfish. If you even mention the word goldfish within earshot of the tank, he'll jump out and bite your head off! Seriously folks he's a siclid. (I know I'm spelling it wrong. Please don't correct me. I get enough of that at work.) He's pretty understanding when it comes to spelling his name. He can't reach the computer yet. I named him Adolf because naturally siclids are like oskars where they are a VERY territorial fish. Adolf is a combo of both Red Devil and Convict (2 of the only types I know of, hey he was free!). Out of curiosity and I just wanted to have a sick twisted show out of boredom, I bought 6 micro gold fish to put in the tank with Adolf and the other siclid that I took off the hands of my darling sis Natalie.
Well within 6 hours all the goldfish were assassinated, and within 25 hours Rosadell (whom we named more feminin because she evaded Adolf at all cost) too. IT was sad really but you know, according to Kurt Cobain "It's okay to eat fish cause they don't have any feelings." So that's my story and I'm sticking to it. ;-) Besides I spent all of about 70 cents and they lived about as long as they would without Adolf taking over the tank.


Okay soo.... I did it!! I'm taking 9 days off from work in a row!! So what is a Crafty Moron of the Internet to do but...knit. he he he
Nah The calendar of events for the D Ladies is as follows. You paying attention right?
Okay.
Friday 6/29
Stay home with getting better but still sick Symi-D
Drink wine and blog (blog seems to be winning) or knit Adamas, but this time be smart and let the moron side play with the cat.

Saturday 6/30
Hang at home and see if she spikes a fev again, if not go fishing at the lake by our apartment. Yeppers I have a lake and a great view from our delux apartment in the sky. See:

Then take Sym somewhere family member's so I can have dinner with a new friend. he he
(I'm not tellin!! ha!)

Sunday
CHURCH! no not my friend Church but The place you worship God. Yeah I gotta go. I feel bad. We haven't been to knit night with the lovely ladies at CCUMC due to Symi-Sickness so Yeah gotta. They are good folks. I can say that honestly.
Sunday night???? not much because

MONDAY is SIX FLAGS OVER GEORGIA!!!
I must educate my daughter on the fine art of roller coasters some more. To those that know the story of her 7th birthday he he. The child needs more. or is that my inner child that needs more? hmm I haven't been since I was prego with Sym. Yep. Explains alot doesn't it. ha ha

Tuesday
I'm gonna get out that night and see Blind Melon. I REALLY WANT TO!!! This is my vacation and the only one I'll get for a bit. Gotta do something for me.

Wednesday - Thursday
Play with Relatives that are in town from out of state for the BIG A## Blow out at my fam's on the fourth!
Yeah that's what I have planned so far. More to come for the weekend...Maybe? Not sure yet.

Okay folks back to Adamas I go.
Before I forget.....
Here she is REdo # 20 at 2nd SEt of 10 on chart 2.



Thanks for visiting!!!
Love ya'll!!!
Lesley

PS. Sym and Izzy

Let me tell you something else...

Sighs...I've been knitting on the Adamas Shawl right. This shawl has been frogged (since I decided to knit this 3 months ago, mind you) at grand total of 20 times easy! 20 times!! The first 10 times were scattered over the first 2 months where I was trying to figure out the yarn and needles I should use, Knit Picks Shadow on 4s, 3s, 5s?. Needless to say after the 10th time getting through the first 5 rows only to rip the bitch back out again, I threw up my hands in defeat and went on about my business to another project. I just wasn't getting it. It happens I know.
A week ago on WWKIP day, I decided to give it another go. I'm knitting Adamas on size 7, Opal crazy colorway. I had cast on and started over a total of 5 times then BAM! I got it!!! Heaven's choir was singing on my behalf! Hallelujah!! I put it up on Ravelry as a project and joined the Adamas group on Raverly, I was so excited to finally be at the 3 set on chart 2. Such progress! I'm so getting this shawl thing!! I was in a great mood! Lovin the knittin man!!
Then something terrible happened, I drank 2 glasses of wine, lost count and something didn't mesh right. I was in the middle of tinking back the trouble row when I decided to put it down for 10 minutes. I went outside, had a smoke. When I returned, Issabella, enemy of yarn, kitten, ripped out the remaining of the half completed row. I couldn't find my way through the yarn. I shed a tear.
5 1/2 hours or more have dedicated to this shawl and all because I didn't follow my first lesson learned when knitting lace I had to undo all that work. What was the lesson you ask? (I even put a reminder on the pattern to do this too)

Simple PUT IN A LIFE LINE LESLEY-D MORON OF THE INTERNET!!!!!!!!

See I had actually learned the lifeline lesson back in the Secret of the Stole 1 (and 2). I ended up froggin the whole thing (both) mostly due to the fact that I was just not getting it right. Chart or no chart, those stoles (1 and 2) got me lost. I think my knitting mojo wasn't up to speed yet and that was my first real lace object(s) to knit.

Adamas has a great pattern to it. It repeats. I like repeats. That allows me to get into a rhythm. I like rhythm although I can't dance very well. But knitting, you damn right! I get that rhythm.

So Lesley-D Moron of the Internet has put in a lifeline into her work this 20th go round for adamas. Where did 11-19 attempt go? Well, I got off count. I was paying attention to my prior notes instead of what I was right in the middle of. SO when trying to start over I would read those notes thinking I had written them down this go round when in fact they were from attempt 8 or 2 or 10? Damn Happens to us all.

Pictures of Adamas Attempt 20? Stupid camera. They are to come soon I promise.

So I ask ya'll, What are some of your lace lessons? Does anyone have any tips?
Want to knit it along with me? Hit up the Adamas ravelry group!!

Alright enough bitchin. ;-)

Moron of the Internet Signing off.
;-)

RIP George Carlin! You fuckin Rock!!!

George Carlin died at age 71 from heart failure. He was a great man. I freakin loved his work.



<3 ya George!

WIP Parade

Here's some knitting pics. My Ravelry is updated with all the fun little note I have on them. I'm LesleyD on there because I couldn't come up with anything clever that everyone would know be by.

Never Ending baby blanket




Green Bay Bag that I whipped out of my ass. (The needles did hurt a little)




Grey Sock 2 of 2
Do you remember when I started these socks? It was WAY back in Nov According to Ravelry.
Check out 2 of 2 next to 1 of 2



And I'll leave ya'll with that. ;-)

Friday the 13th Funny funny

Too Freakin funny not to share!!!



Don't Judge Too Quickly... We Won't. - video powered by Metacafe

<3 to ya'll!!

Such a pretty day outside.....

But here I am stuck in here for a few more hours. Sighs.
Thank God for the internet and work to be done. Hopefully time will fly by like a fighter jet in the night.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!
XOXO

Oh here's something to keep you rollin....
Ever heard of Fred?
Here's one of my Faves!

Mother's Day....

Quite memorable actually.

It all began Saturday night. I was at home with Sym. She misbehaved and I had to keep her home instead of going over to a friend's house. (I hate that part of being a mom.)
My friend Toon rode with us to Wal mart to buy the things for Sym's Pocahontas costume. Yeah I had to make it in 2 days. Is that not lovely how I wait to the last minute?
There were severe thunderstorms and tornadoes about to come through the Ham. Toon and I are both weather junkies and we absolutely love to watch James Span (the local meteorologist) on tv for hours on end. The storms seemed to stay just north of us in this weird horizontal band across the state. It was as if the city of Ham emits this weird ray of energy to block all bad storms but send it to the suburbs because the city council is corrupt. Anyways that's a story for a different time.
It was ooo 1:45ish and the storms looked to be potentially getting worse in the next couple of hours so Toon went home. Sym was in bed I was just about to do the same when the phone rings.
"This is a call is on behalf of (my dad's name) Do you know him?"
"yes he's my dad."
The phone is handed to my dad.
"Hey sugar" said my dad.
"Hey Dad. What's going on?"
Mind you folks, dad and I don't talk regularly. Oddly enough however, both of us were going through divorce at the same time this year. He's divorcing his 2nd wife.
"Baby I need you to pick me up from the County Jail in Bessemer. (Insert crazy 2nd wife name) had a restraining order against me and I was at her house to see the grand-baby who was asleep. I was talking to (the baby's daddy) when she pulled in behind me in the driveway screaming "he's here he's here! come get him" to the county." said dad.
"You hadn't been drinking right?" I ask.
"HELL NO!!" said dad.
He gave me a few other details but kept them brief since there was a deputy sitting right there too and was probably annoyed that the call was taking so long.
"Alright I'll see if I can get someone to sit with Sym while I go down there."
"Thank you baby!!" said dad. "Love you!"

I called my friend Toon since he just left. As I was on the phone with him I hear BAM and all the lights went out! A transformer blew!!! Shit! Now Toon won't have anything to entertain him while he watches Sym.
Toon arrives and I decided to just bring both of them with me 30 miles to the jail. I told Toon the story. He concurred my thoughts, that crazy 2nd wife is an evil bitch for throwing a guy in jail just for talking to someone in their driveway.

Luckily the storms didn't have too much bite to them. There was some gusts of wind that made things quite interesting.
I drove around the block SEVERAL times trying to figure out why they hell they would want to do reconstruction on the exterior of the Jail. It was dreary enough before what they gonna make it even more gloomy?
I finally found the construction entrance composed of scaffolds and boards over head. At least I didn't have to totally walk in the rain. Sym and Toon waited patiently in the car for my return. I go in, sign the paperwork. Luckily I didn't have to bring any cash otherwise I would have told dad that I'd be alot longer.LOL
So I wait. and wait and wait, 45 min go by. I ask the deputy about the weather he said it looks like it is over head. He also apologized for the wait. The power kept switchin from generator to AL Power and that was causing all sorts of chaos with the computer systems.
So I call Toon and Sym and bring them inside. We wait another 20 minutes. Finally dad is out of the hokey. We get to my car, I go to start it and the bastard wouldn't crank.
It took forever for me to locate my insurance info. Apparently when I was switching to hell chaos insurance, I neglected put the card in the car. My dad called his insurance company, I go inside to get a phone book to try to find my agent's office number so I could get the main number off the voice mail.

(If you didn't know that already, if you are ever in need and don't have the claim number to call, just call any agent that holds your insurance. Doesn't matter if they aren't there. They tell you the number on the out going message. Never fails!)

FINALLY after 2 hours of waiting on the street, 5 am the pop a lock guy came and helped us! Yay!!! Afterwards, my dad filled up my gas tank!!! It's been almost 2 weeks and I'm just now at a quarter of a tank. LOVE my new place and my short commute!!! Thanks Dad!! You saved me a bunch!!

I got home at 5:30 am and my power was still out! It did come back on at 10:30Am mom's day. Just in time for me to get up. ;-) I didn't get around to visiting the family but I did call my grandmothers and my mom and wish them a happy m day.

At 5 my sisters, Sym and I took my mom to get a mac-momma pedicure. We brought wine too. That my friends is the way to end a hellacious mothers day.

:-) Sorry to be gone so long ya'll! I've got some knitting I need to share too.
Check out my ravelry I'm LesleyD (the one and only. ;-) )
More to come gotta get to cleaning

Chillin like a fiend

What a week! I've been running here and there yet knitting along the way. It has been a hell of a week. Sym with her soccer and friend hanging Same with me too. This weekend has been a fun one. I've had my first gathering of more than 2 people here! yay! LOL Friday night Sym was spending the night at a neighbor's and my fave men came over to watch Galactica! I'm really gettin into this show. seriously. Church left me the dvd of the first 2 seasons so I can really follow along with new episodes that are coming on fridays on Sci-Fi. Interesting show that Galactica. Chilled out at another neighbor's house on Saturday. I've had a lot of fun just hanging out. I love the fact that Sym and I both are making friends. I never felt like I belong more than I do at our new place. It was as it was destined for us to live here.

On the knitting front, I knit a washcloth in about 3 hours. I've just got to weave in the ends. It was a nice little instant grat proj to get through the evening without smokin. ;-)

That's another thing. I've kind of slipped a little on the smokin. I'm trying my damnedest to quit again but here I've bought 2 packs this week. I'm allowing stress to get to me and now I've just got to find another way to get through it and not let it bother me. I have the power to quit. Just got to want it again. My chest and the 3 flights of stairs are screaming at me to be strong. I can't go back to a pack a day and I won't.

I'm still knitting on a few things. I've been asked to knit fingerless gloves for little lady C one of the neighbor girls. It is funny P wants some now too. There's a new neighbor girl H. She broke her arm a while ago and I told her that I'd knit her some too as soon as she gets her cast off. I'm also sorting through the stash to see what I can knit another tank girl with. I don't want to use the yarn I used last time. It made the material too dense. I'm wanting a clinging yet airy tank top for my summer adventures. Also am wanting to give 2 socks at the same time on a circ. That's after grey sock is finished. OH Grey sock 2 of 2!! I'm almost at the heel ya'll!! Yay!!!

Today...Mary is coming by and we is gonna knit. I've also got to do that grocery shopping thing that I've been neglecting. I think I'll spend my knitting time on grey sock. I may just finish it!!!

Off to make a grocery list ya'll!!

XOXOXO

Amusing....

Lesley --

[noun]: A person of questionable sanity who starts their own cult

'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

And yes it involves knitting. ;-) he he he

P's Hat finally finished!!!!

OMG it turned out adorable!! I finished it last night during a hailstorm at Applebee's. Yep drinkin on the bloody beer whilst Sym-inator was skating on the ice with her friends. ;-) he he.
So here's that hat that I never seemed to want to finish.

Here's P wearing the hat. Her face is protected because I haven't gotten her mom's permission to post a pic of her on my blog. So here is the back view of the beret. She picked out the green for the pompom too. ;o) I think it is adorable!!! I may make this one again but not for a child that can nag.

Happy Saturday I'm off to the grey sock. I knitted on it during Sym's soccer game and have made some good progress! Go me!! 1 solid hour of knittin!!
Woot!!
Carry your sharp sticks proud girls & guys!!!
XOXO
Lesley

Ps. Wild layout huh? I'm still working on tweaking it. Be patient and enjoy the large font.

Will I ever get to the end of this purl row?

P's Beret...

Must finish purling this row! Must finish purling this row! Ow! my thumb!! purl purl purl purl "Damn I hate the purl stitch! I'm so slow!!!" purl purl purl purl purl purl

"Mommy, can I go.."
"yes"
purl purl purl purl purl purl purl "Damn this row!! How many damn stitches do I have on here? Maybe the next purl row I'll count."

purl Purl purl purl purl purl purl purl
"Finally!!! The freakin end!!"

Knit knit knit knit knit knit knit knit knit Knit 2 together (K2Tog), "Ah love it! change it up!" KNit knit knit knit knit knit knit knit knit, K2Tog, knit knit knit knit knit knit......"Oh no! I'm at the end of the fun row. :-( "

"This time I'm going to count for sure"
Purl purl purl Purl purl purl... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, So I wonder what I could make for diner. Should I start thawing that chicken? SHIT! I lost count! 1,2,3....20, Okay focus! Only count!! 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,...47 Where did Sym go? Oh she probably went to the neighbors house. Damn it! I lost count again! I hate these purl rows!!! I will only make this hat in the preemie size. This bigger hat thing is for the birds!!! Damn I'll be glad when I finally finish this!! That's if I have enough yarn for it. EEEK!!





As you can tell, I'm working on a beret that is starting to get old and boring to me. I wish it were in the round at least that way I wouldn't have to purl. So the other day I was relaxing and saw this skein of Knitpicks Shadow just lying around and I thought "I'm ready for something that actually makes me focus. Hmm I know! I'll knit the Yarnharlot's Snowdrop Shawl!!! That will make me think!!!" Yep and it has been a nice balance. Although the pattern, like all shawl patterns, has purl rows. Sighs. I've got to get a better purl technique!! :-)
Happy Thursday ya'll!!

XOXOXO

So how about some knitting? Isn't this supposed to be a knitting blog?

Yeah knitting. ;-)
Typically on Monday's I hang out with the wild and crazy women at the church knitting on baby things while Sym either makes something with foam and manages to get marker on EVERYTHING. I love Monday nights! But not tonight. Mom came back from a 2 month work trip in California. Boy I missed that lady!!! She had a blast and is coming over tomorrow to see our new place. Clean clean clean.... Wait already done! I"ve been doing that clean as you go thing. Smart aren't I?

Well ON to knitting!!!!
I have a few pics. I'm trying to load them to flickr but sighs the ole mozzilla is giving me grief. So here they are here on the blog.

Baby blanket in progress:

We have Preemie hat & Booties!!


We have beret for miss P in progress. I really need to finish that. Kids are so freakin impatient! I should make her wait till Christmas cause I'm mean like that. ;-)


I'm trying to decide how to make a groovie DS carrier for a friend of mine but I'm stumped. I want to give him a pizza slut groove to it but I'm having a creative block. ;-( I'm still thinkin. I may do something transformery he likes those.

Also going to finish Grey sock 2 of 2 eventually. Maybe I'll get the second finished this month. That's if the kids don't tie me down and make me make them stuff the rest of the summer. Oh boy!
Well ladies and Gents that's it for tonight. Sorry the pics suck but I am still not ready to buy a really really good cam.


peace love and sharp sticks to gouge the eyes of the infidel! (he he)
XOXOXO

Greetings from the great where the hell ya been?

This morning, Sym hands me my cell phone. She opened the flipper and saw that I had a missed call. Curious I looked at the time stamp and it was 1:42 am. 1:42 AM? This freakin has to be a wrong number. Everyone knows that I have to get up with Sym by 6 and my friends would have shown up on the phone with their name by the number. Curious very curious. Who the hell could this be? Why were they calling me? I did go out the other night and totally embarrassed myself and was WAY drunk and rejected a guy Saturday. I may have given him my digits. But after the horrible behavior, YEah right! Its not him. OO yeah lets just let that memory go. lol God I hope he won't try to stalk me! People can do reverse lookups and stalk.

I may be fabulous ya'll but I'm not in any way stalk worthy. I'm pretty open on here. I'll tell you anything so there isn't anything to find out. I mean come on!
Okay....Just so you would be stalkers know, I give you the

Top 10 Reasons Not to Stalk LesleyD
10. It will cost you too much due to gas prices. Even though I moved closer to work, I still have to haul my youngin EVERYWHERE!!!

9. I have a youngin. Hello! Good lord! She's good at seeking and she'd find ya. element of surprise is gone! And she will beat you up. Ask Church

8. I'm broke. Single mom, and I only get the equivalent of 1/2 a tank of gas per week in child support from X. You couldn't get any money from me.

7. I'm boring. yes folks I openly admit that I'm boring. I only talk of how shitty Mr X is, knitting, naruto and brag on my youngin. Maybe wine and music will sneak in there but for the most part there's no real exciting conversation coming out of my mouth.

6. I have a rolly belly covered in stretch marks. eww gross!!!

5. I haven't shaved my legs in a month

4. Don't even ask about there!

3. I'm out of contact lens so I'm wearing my glasses. They are thick and I look like a geek from hell. If you were stalking me before you have probably turned tail and took off already unless you are into glasses.

2. My farts stink, follow too close and you might catch a whif. Ask sym I'm a gasy lady.

And the number one reason NOT to Stalk LesleyD is.....
I pick my nose openly (see instant attraction right there!)

IF by NOW after learning this you still wish to stalk this lady (I hope I didn't lose any readers), I must tell you, there's a better stalkee out there for ya hun! There's plenty of movie stars out there. Or just dont' stalk. Stalking is bad ok? IF all the stalkers in the world would just go and take a chemistry class and put all the effort into chemistry instead of their stalkee, then we would have a cure for cancer. See 2 choices, stalk or cure cancer. I'd bet you'd find a cure and find it more interesting than stalkin me.

Go cure cancer!! Leave the stalking to private I's.

Enough ranting Lesley!! What should I do? Should I call the number and find out who the hell it is? Will curiosity kill me before a stalker? Probably.

Thanks!!!
XOXOXOX




Ps I've been lurking around most folks blogs but I'm back baby!!! I'm blogging and not letting too much time pass!