TGIF!!!

Status on Icing: Almost done. I hate how it has taken me so long to finish it. Life has been nuts.



Friday Fillins are provided to me by Grace at Lovin Comfort knits. Thanks Lady!!

1. A cup of tea _is a refreshing change to coffee in the evenings____________.
2. ___knitting needles on the couch, and kids running round______ makes a place feel like home.
3. Everything has its beauty __even if it is discusting________.
4. _His.... has_________ the taste of strawberries?
5. Art makes me __want to make or recreate it___________.
6. LOL I just noticed I forgot __my brain. Have you seen it?______.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _an outing with the gals and my Man____, tomorrow my plans include _date night and an eye doc appt____ and Sunday, I want to __knit and knit and knit and knit and knit___!

contest for a cool goth book mark set link included

Here ya go!!!

OMG!! She's blogged 2 days in a row! Whatever shall we do? Ha! It's fill in time. Thanks Grace!!


Friday Fill Ins

1. Johnny Weir ____is like the Lady Ga-Ga of Ice Skating at the Olympics._________.
2. ___I'm not really interested in watching the______ 2010 Olympics.
3. And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud __forced me to just accept the walls around me for the moment as I plot to break through________.
4. __Scream and knit___________ if you get an urge.
5. Having sweet dreams __in a comfy bed makes all the difference____________.
6. What does it take __ to be a mountain man?______
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _hangin with my man, and our 10 year olds____, tomorrow my plans include _ice skating and delivering pizzas____ and Sunday, I want to _knit with my knitting gals but I don't know if they can make it last minute____.

Quite concerned indeed....

With the impendent doom of the blobfish, a fish that appears to be somehow morphing into a human before our very eyes, I finally give you knitting before the damn blobfish gets us all!!!

I've been doing some test knitting for Sam Roshak. As I was knitting happily along, I dropped a stitch and it along with several others ended up dropping all the way down to the bottom. Oh did I mention that I was half way through the pattern? Yeah. So What's a gal to do who isn't too keen on picking up stitches in lace weight yarn? You start over of course! Here's the latest progress. I'm through the half way mark and have started knitting the decreasing. Woot!! I hope it block right. Nail biting experiance.
The pattern is called Icing and she should have it available in her ravelry as soon as all of us test knitters are finished.


The yarn is Kaalund yarns classic two 100% Australian Wool. I bought it at in the making along with the huge needle you see in the pic.
Knitting on with haste and hoping to be finished by Saturday including the blocking.

Beware of the blobfish!

Something a friend sent me.. Thought I'd share

THE SHOEBOX


A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.
They had shared everything. They had talked about everything.
They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little
Old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she had
Cautioned her husband never to open or ask her about.

For all of these years, he had never thought about the box, but
One day the little old woman got very sick and the doctor said
She would not recover.

In trying to sort out their affairs, the little old man took
Down the shoe box and took it to his wife's bedside.
She agreed that it was time that he should know what was
In the box. When he opened it, he found two knitted dolls
And a stack of money totaling $95,000.

He asked her about the contents.

'When we were to be married,' she said, ' my grandmother told me
The secret of a happy marriage was to never argue. She told me that
If I ever got angry with you, I should just keep quiet and knit a doll.'

The little old man was so moved; he had to fight back tears. Only two
Precious dolls were in the box. She had only been angry with him two
Times in all those years of living and loving. He almost burst with
Happiness.

'Honey,' he said, 'that explains the dolls, but what about all of this money?
Where did it come from?'

'Oh,' she said, 'that's the money I made from selling the dolls.'


A Prayer.......
Dear Lord, I pray for Wisdom to understand my man;
Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods;
Because Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death,
Because I don't have time to knit!

More changes

Yep changes. Why does everything change all at once? Because it didn't really change all at once. It was actually changing slowly all the time but you were just so busy that ya didn't even notice the changes happening. OH. Ok

Completed Knitting:
Buggerloo Pattern by The Lovely Shadknitty
I made 2 one grey and one brown. The brown one does not have a rim on the hat like the grey one. They turned out great! They were for Sym and Van.

Good News!!!
New Mattress! Yay! The old one was 12 years old bought new/Custom made/ for the ex and I. Just got the new one Tuesday and my my my it is quite lovely indeed. My back is much happier now. :-)

MORE GOOD NEWS!!!
I won a contest at Knit Quest!! Go read about it! that's the link right there. I heart Samantha Roshak She's a great designer and I enjoy her blog lots so ya'll go over there and show some love. She's got talent I tell you! She also has patterns on ravelry for sale and is offering online knitting classes. So go! Go I tell you!!

For the past year I have really been a sucky blogger. I do apologize ya'll. I didn't realize till just recently how much I miss surfing and being apart of the knittin blog community. I feel like the last time I really posted anything about knitting was 2 years ago.
I'm back gonna change this blog and dedicate some time to it. If the rest of the world would just stop changing ever so slightly that it makes this huge change occur. I'd might be in better shape.

Hello New Year!

Yeah I'm a bit late getting to the blog. Alot has been happening in our lives (Sym's and My life that is).

2009 was fun with a year end of new. We had a new addition to our family, Miss Darky. New Home to live in (that will be ours when I pay off the mortgage in 30 years). New relationship, a prince that's appeared with a daughter Sym's age, one that's older, 17 and 2 others that are adults and are all wonderful. New venture to a place that began with the letter T.

It's wild. 2010 I'm looking forward to you. I hope that many many new things are to come.

Anyway, I thought I would do a friday fill in today that I totally ripped from Grace. Love ya hun!

1. The lesson I learned yesterday was __that there's a rumor going around a place that begins with a letter T that I'm pregnant with twins. Who knew? I sure as hell didn't___________.
2. __Baby Showers_______ where friends and family meet.
3. All these years __and I've had more fun in the last 2________.
4. ___She bit her tounge and slowly backed toward the door____ when I arrived.
5. The truth is _is better than lies and rumors__.
6. ___The laughter from her lips and the smiles on her face_____ are what I remember most from that day.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to __DATE NIGHT!!___, tomorrow my plans include __fabric shopping, knitting, tatting and slinging pizzas___ and Sunday, I want to _knit and be lazy but I'm passing on lazy to go to a bridal faire thing with my dear engaged friend Helen and BF Bonnie__!

To all my friends on the internet.....

I wish you all a Merry Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! I'll be back to the regular blogging in 2010. It's been tough trying to make time for EVERYTHING. I shall return. I haven't forgotten about ya!

So I leave you all with my 12 days that Hwy 280 gave to me.

12th day of Christmas 280 gave to me,
12 lights all greening,
11 hours at the Summit leaving,
10 nonmoving light cycles,
9 kids a screamin,
8 lines at Walmart,
7 sirens sounding,
6 red lights blinking,
5 RUDE SUV's!
4 Hoover Cops,
3 bumvertisers,
2 fender benders AND
traffic all the way to Chelsea!


Peace on earth and love to all!
<3 Lesley

Catching up

In the busy of all the stuff going on, it's been great just chilling out at home this week. I've got a stocking I have to finish. Once I do I'll post it here.
TTYL ya'll got to get to knitting.

Ok call me crazy but.....

Went to Google News and saw this headline

Irish priest kidnapped in Philippines released by MILF Christian Science Monitor - Tom A. Peter - ‎2 hours ago‎


Now, at first glance at MILF what comes to mind?
For me it was that episode of Weeds where Snoop Dog called Nancy a MILF and wrote that song about her weed as MILF Weed. You know "Mom I'd Like to Fuck".

But it seemed absurd to me that a group of MILFs would go rescue an Irish Priest and I had no idea that there was a MILF that would go to so much trouble.

Now look at where the story headline came from! Yeah the Christian Science Monitor.

So I read on in the little summary thing on my google news and low and behold,


"Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott, who had been kidnapped by militants in the Philippines, was released Wednesday night to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which handed him to the Filipino government as a goodwill gesture.
Freed priest says Filipino captors wanted money The Associated Press
MILF rebels were not my abductors, Sinnott says GMA news.tv
GulfNews - Inquirer.net - BusinessWorld Online - CNN"

Guess I MILF has another meaning huh? ;-)

Damn! It's the end of October Already!!!!

"Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too"
--Fleetwood Mac Landslide


It's been a while since I've posted. I've been REALLY REALLY busy lately. Work has plentiful and overwhelming at times. However it is has finally slowed down. Also, I've moved into my first home since the divorce. It's a condo actually and it is all mine. There's one of the things I've scratched off my 2009 to do list. I've been busy with several halloween side projects. I have 2 dias de la muertas angels I'm priming for paint. I shall share pics later. We have a new kitty named Darky. She's beautiful and my dear knitting friend Helen gave her to us!
She and Izzy are getting along great! They run together, they pounce together, the drop really smelly poop too. Sym is working double time on the litter box.

Big changes are happening. It's wild how you are used to having everything flowing one way then all of a sudden, BOOM you have changes! How interesting life is.

Completed the Son of a Dish Rag Tag. I think our captain will like the dish cloth. I hope Emily gets the box!!! I dropped it in the mailbox Friday. I have my fingers crossed that she'll receive it today!!!

Ok back to work. :-)

There is something...

There is something about having a wonderful child like Sym that keeps me happy at my darkest moments. My girl is officially 10 years old and is going on 20. This week has been literally KILLER for me. I've been under a great deal of stress dealing with my arrangements for our new home not to mention my job is at it's busiest. Despite all the stresses, my girl always gets me smiling.
She has a boyfriend that is in her class. He is J. Today a boy in her class named T told her that he liked her and that he should be her boyfriend. So what did my girl say to that? She said, "I already have a boyfriend. But if you really want to, you and he can fight for me. YEAH! That would be SO romantic!" Sym told J what T said and what she said and J said "Ain't nobody going to take MY GIRL!"
I'll keep ya'll posted on the development. I don't think this boy is actually going to fight J I think if anything it was just a joke Sym was pullin.
She is in a class this year that is just perfect for her. She's gotten her progress report. All A's and 1 B. MUCH better than 4th grade where there was an mean girl in her class. This year it is totally different. I'm grateful that this will be her last year at the intermediate school and I am hoping the positivity continues. She really needed the boost. ;-)
Thanks for reading!

Monday.....

nataliedee.com

Places I wish I could have gone or go to...

Ok, so when I have down spells in life I hit the web. I start looking at stuff that peaks my interests. For instance....

This past weekend was Dragon Con in Atlanta. If you haven't heard of it, well, you aren't alone not many people that are not into sci-fi and comic books are. If you have heard of it, but couldn't go (like me) then you probably hit a few websites to see what everyone was wearing. ;-)
I came across this on AJC.com (newspaper website in Atlanta)


Way cool if you ask me!! IF you keep lookin around at AJC.com you will see some pics of the Dragon Con Parade. They have it every year in Down Town Atlanta. Yeah I really wish I could have went. More than likely my arse will be there next year. ;-)

Another cool thing spotted on the web was this!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/theater/06lyal.html?_r=2
Jude Law playing Hamlet. All I have to say is why didn't I know about this sooner so I could have made arrangements to fly to see this guy? I mean come on!
After reading the article above, he will be performing for 3 months on broadway. That would be an awesome show to see. I'm intrigued with the snippet from the NYtimes site above of his performance in England.

Don't be surprised if I don't give out advice today.

Wednesday, Sep 2nd, 2009 -- You might believe that you have the answer to someone else's problem today, but your solution doesn't quite seem to cut it. You could become discouraged with your friends or co-workers, for they appear to be incapable of accepting your good ideas. Nevertheless, you should consider that your suggestions might be valid for you and not for anyone else.

It's all about what and who you know right?

Well there's face book for WHO you know. But there is the internet for giving you WHAT you know. ;-)

I had some free time today. In my BUSY life I have a hard time getting around to basic house cleaning stuff regularly. IT happens to everyone. Me especially. 2 jobs will do that to ya. SO I thought I'd share with ya'll the links to the places I hit online today. (Actually I'm being completely selfish. I'm only posting these here so I can get back to them later for more inspiration. ya'll just get the benefit.Doesn't mean I don't love ya.)

organize-home-getting-yourself-motivated

maintain-house-cleaning-schedule

residential-cleaning

clean-room-quickly

keep ceiling fans dust free

hints-cleaning-carpet-stains

healthy-carpet-cleaning


washing_machine cleaning

clean-dishwasher-kool-aid

Monday funny, cause we all need one

see more Lolcats and funny pictures
That's probably my fave one yet. ;-)

Happy Monday all!

Now that it is August....

Ah August! The heat, the beginnings of fall, school starting and the annual Dish Rag Tag begins!! I'm already chomping at the bit ready to get it started! Emily at YarnMiracle.com is the incredible brains behind this annual event. For 3 years now the US postal service is bombarded with small boxes filled with yarn and goodies shipped coast to coast in hopes of winning the coveted prize of being the Winner!

Damn this is what keeps me looking forward to August. DRT baby!! IF you snooze you lose! Talk about a rush! Yes folks knitting can give you a rush especially if you have 8-10 people counting on you to knit the dish rag as fast as you can to send it to the next one. I seriously tune out the world in order to get that cloth finished. Calls go unanswered by me, Sym answers the phone. My sweet Sym knows not to mess with mommy during the DRT. I love August just because of the DRT.
Speaking of School starting back, Sym's first day of school is today. This isn't the best picture because it was taken by my camera phone while she was waiting on the bus this morning. She was totally excited to go back to school. I just hope she continues down the eager to learn path. She's so smart and special. I don't know where I'd be without her. ;-)

Ok so it's august...

I still can't believe how fast this summer has flown by. I'm literally overwhelmed with all the activities going on the next 2 months. First of all, I have until sometime next month to find a house to live in. I've found one, submitted an offer and now I'm playing the waiting game. I've got a good rate locked in and I'm anxious to get in. I'm also working my but off to save up enough for Sym's birthday party at the end of this month. We've decided that if I pay for her a grand party, I don't have to buy her anything. I love my kid. ;-) She knows I work hard and that to pay for everything by myself isn't easy.
Also going on this month is my grand father's birthday. My sister pam's is next month and she's gonna be 30. I'm trying to figure out what is going to be done about that party thing too.
Also I've got work going on and am about to approach the busy season for me. Both jobs. Pizza, foot ball season approaches and desk job release period.
But that doesn't mean that we don't get a chance to party. OH heck no!! I took sym to Alabama adventure yesterday. She couldn't do the water park so we just hit the coasters and the other spin you around till you throw up rides. ;-) Thank God for Buy one get one free coupons. I wanted to do something a little special for her since she starts 5th grade next week and the last thing we did this summer trip wise was our North Alabama Adventure. ;-) Love my kid. Still can't believe she is about to turn 10!! 10 Y'all!! that's like a decade! That's 10 years!! I can still remember those insignificant moments of the day she was born like they were yesterday. For instance, chowing down on corn dogs on the way to the hospital because I knew they wouldn't let me eat once I got there. The fact that she was born one minute before Days of Our Lives was supposed to come on. Yeah. 11:59 AM. Drugged on epidural and other good meds, I had told the nurses to wake me for Days when instead they said "Do you feel anything? You are having hard contractions!" Oh sorry the drugs are doing a good job. Can I have that doc's number? I'd love to feel like this again. LOL just kidding. From that day/night on, I didn't get a good night sleep until she was 4 years old. I don't think I ever will sleep like I did before I had her. Especially when she hits the teen years. I love my baby girl. She's the silliest person I know.
Our Conversation:
Me: "Come on Sym I want to take a pic of your smile."
Sym: "OK" (Crossed eyes and tongue out and ready)
Me: "Sym Seriously hun. I have way too many pics of your tongue."
Sym: "Ok mom"
(Just as the button was hit, I see a pic of sym smiling as the camera was thinking and saving it came out with her tongue out. Sighs)

OMG It is almost August!!

Wow! I haven't had a chance to post in a while. We've been quite busy lately. I'm lookin for a new place for Sym and I to call home. Someplace that I can actually own!I've been knitting a bit. Not much though. Still Tatting, no crochet lately. Why you ask? Because I've been reading and reading and reading the Anita Blake Crack books. Highly addictive I must say. finish one then eagerly search my stash for the next. We've been hitting the outdoors alot too. For the past 2 weeks Sym and I have been hula hooping with my dear friend Robbie. She teaches classes a real live health and wellness facility. She hosts a hoop night just for fun on Friday nights now. It's been great! Sym and I get out and work out then we watch a movie. Yeah we hit a park and hoop and usually the parks we hit have a free friday flick. This week it is Homewood park for Monsters v Aliens!! Cool huh?
Ya'll have fun with your weekend! I'll be back to bloggin soon I hope. Maybe I'll actually show you some knitting? Won't that be nice?
XOXOXO