Almost.

So, sometime this weekend I should be sending off the prizes from the contest. Next time I do a contest I will have the prizes ready before I post it :)

I finished a b-day present for one of my seestors yesterday, and I was patting myself on the back when I realized that I completely missed one. I'm not sure when her b-day is, but Mica, if your reading this, I picked a pattern and your present will be cast on this weekend!

Guess what!!! The fall issue of Vogue Knitting comes out this weekend! There is a beautiful sweater pattern in there that I have been looking forward to since like April I think! I'm going to knit it for my oldest. We picked out yarn at a yarn shop in FL when I was out there for her EOD graduation :) It's a very soft washable wool. I'm hoping to have it done in time for her b-day in Sept. I can't believe she is going to be 21!!

Oh, here is something I can tell you about. The hubby and I finished laying the flooring in my house last Saturday! :D One less thing we have to do before we sell it.

Speaking of the hubby, we will be married for 5 years this Saturday. I know!! Somethings seem so far away and others seem like the other day.
Hey that could be a line in a song. :)


Well, since I can't show you any pics or even write about anything I've been working on, I guess I'll just talk to ya later :)

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NEWS!!!

So, I didn't want to be the one to spread this on the internet, but since my daughter has it all over her myspace, I guess its safe to post..
I'm going to be a GRANDMA!!
I KNOW!

My oldest step-daughter (the one in the Army) is going to be a mommy.. she is due around x-mas time. The daddy is in the Air Force!
I repeat.. I KNOW!!

Not a week after the hubby and I decided to try to have one together!
Baby's everywhere (hopefully). I have an appointment tomorrow to get a referal to a fertility clinic. I'll let ya'll know how it goes.

Oh, I spent all weekend working on the floors in my house. I'm tearing up all the tile and putting in wood! It should be done this week. The hubby was working on the drive way out front (it looks awesome!!), and the grass is also supposed to be here this week!

Then.. I go on vacation. Road trip with my Army of one, soon to be mommy of one :)

Oh, I almost forgot. I am in a hat race thing on Ravelry, I didn't even realize it started, and someone already won round one.. guess what they are getting as a prize.. some hand dyed yarn from me!

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nobody Dyes

So, as some of you know, I have been dying a bit of yarn. :D
Good news, it is fun.. bad news, I'm getting no knitting or crocheting done!

I have a granny blanket that needs to be done by April 5th! But even when I do get a chance to work on it, it still doesn't seem to be getting any bigger?
Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon when working in the round?
It grew so fast in the begining.. but now.. nothing?


Anyways, my etsy store will be open as soon as I get the card for my separate account. I will post a link as soon as it is up! :)

I have a couple colorways ready to go, this is what I will be selling in the begining....
Astronomical (Thanks Angie)

TBD (Mindy)

TBD (Maymi)

TBD

TBD (Suzy)

TBD

This is my first colorway EEvil. I miss you Carol ;(


Here are some "in process" pics for your enjoyment. :)

brainstorming

planing

base yarn

tying off

dying

cooking :)

Sooo pure and innocent


ahha corruption in the midst

antici.....

pation.. ;)


Here is EEvil (burgandy Louette Gems w/ black stripes dyed onto it) being knit into socks :)



These are past due!! They are for one of my ssisters. Her b-day was the 20th.. :( Sorry, but I see you all the time, I never see Jeni, so her wedding blankie needs to get done first, but I promise, I will finish your socks before I start anything else. :D

Oh, in non-yarn news I started replacing all of the light sockets and switches in my house last night. I got about half of them done, and the other half will probably get done tonight.. or am I going to the mall to get a tux for my son since he has a prom to go to next weekend that he just told me about on Tuesday?? umm I'll figure it out later.
But half of my sockets and swithes have been changed from beige with no covers to white with stainless steel covers!! They look really good, and you don't have to bend the prongs on the plugs to get things to stay plugged in! Yeah, I probably should have changed these sooner. hahaha

My ssisters and I are going on a ride this weekend, I will take pics!

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So, the title thing is not working :(

Does anyone else have problems with allergies? I was stuck in bed all day yesterday, and I think the culporate is the olive tree in my front yard!

There is a guy that "takes care of" this kind of thing, so I'm told.
We were talking to our neighbor about getting Pine "taken care of" and he said that he knows a guy that would really like to turn Olive into furniture. We said, well, we don't want Olive "taken out" we just want Pine "handled". It looks like we will now be able to make some kind of, we'll give you this if you take that type thing.
I feel bad having these guys knocked off, but a girl's gotta breath! And they are both near dead from being neglected for so long.
Hopefully I will be able to ward off the head ache long enough tonite to load some pics of my bike progress and such :D

I almost forgot!!! There is an assignment for cc!! I'm not sure where the term frogging came from for rip-it, rip-it crochet, but we need a new clever phrase. The phrase should mean something along the lines for "knitting for no apparent reason".. please leave your suggestions in the comments :D

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Bathroom pretty :D (almost)

So, its my middle daughters birthday, she is 17! WOO HOO! We went to Lone Star for dinner.. mmmm! My son went to the bathroom just as we were getting up to leave, so we ran out to the car and started to pull out.. he came running up to the car, and he was like "nnoooo don't leave me again!!" all dramatic like! hahaha everyone in the parking lot, and all the waitress were laughing at us. I was laughing so hard.. I had to re-park the car cause I couldn't breath!

Anywho, I got alot of work done on my main bathroom on Saterday!!! woo hoo!
I didn't tell my hubby what I was doing work on, I just told him that I was going to drastically change something, he was convinced that I painted "his" fireplace all weekend! He was very happy to see that his brick is still unpainted.. so far haha!

So, I still need to do something with the floor, install the door, touch up some paint, and replace the light switch and electrical plug, but for now, lets move right long to the pics..

Here is the toilet in the hall.


Too funny, had to take a pic.

Here's the old torn up door, did I mention my house spent the first 32 years of its life as a rental?



How many colors has this bathroom been?



Margie 28ish - tile 0



I even tore off all the old molding!



Toilet no leaky!!! yeah!!! I was so nervous about taking it out to remove the tile, but it had to be done to do the floor right.. but its all good! Its alot easier than you would think!


Like my wainscoating?

Here's the new door frame :D



I cut a whole in the wall..



to make some built in shelves. The bathrooms are so small, they are both getting this up-grade!



They didn't turn out too bad for a beginner! I learned some valuable lessons for the built ins that are going to go into the master bathroom :D haha

And, here is the crown molding..


This is the corner that worked! hahaha I will need to do some more work on the other corner, that is the light fixture that I installed before we moved in :D I have one like it for the master bath, but since it has not been painted yet, it has not been installed.

I cleaned and etched the floor, but it did not get as pretty as I hoped it would :( I think that I am going to have to go with a couple different shades of stain to cover it nicely.. I have to get something figured out before I can tear up the rest of the old ugly tile with the "I hope its supposed to be that dark, cause other wise that's grose" grout!



On Sunday, the wife of the guy that my hubby was out of town with, invited me to come over and hang in the pool, we had a cook out, it was very nice. I would like to say.. "Thanks for the VERY yummy steak!", Now I will send her a link to here so she can read that hahahahaha!

OH.. and my bestest friend back in IL has jumped on my "go to the gym" band wagon!!!
She is doing very well!! Rock on!! "why" indeed!

And now I'm all caught up!! Sweet! I'm going to go pack my gym bag and go to bed!

Late :D

PS. 41 people have been here!??! I think it must be counting some of you 2 or 3 times or something!! If you have time post a comment so I can see how many of you there really are :D Sweet!!

Really quick bike stuff :D

So, I am just about running out the door to meet my bf Suzie for diner, but I wanted to leave ya'll with some pics, and a movie if I can get it to post..!

My buddy from work finished the forward controls that I started altering a while ago. The before pics are here. (at the bottom) And here are the after pics! :D

http://butthenimnobody.blogspot.com/2007/05/cc-lmao.html



They are way awsome, yes? Here is a during video!



Thanks buddy! He said, "I've never had anyone want me to mess up thier chrome before, but OK".

I'm supposed to go pick up my new and improved paint job tomorrow sometime, you know there will be pics of that up here finally! :D

I have other big plans for tomorrow too!! I will be working on remodeling my main bathroom!! (Did I mention my hubby is out of town this weekend hahaha!) I'll do what I want! hahaha We'll see what I can get done without breaking anything! The kids will have to use the bathroom in my bedroom till its done, so there's some motivation not to go too far!! hahah

Well, I don't want to leave Suzie waiting!

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BLOGS!!!!

WOO HOO, more blogs!!!! I have added you all to my links! Hookers everywhere!!!

So, I did not get any pics from diving.. or from sitting on the boat sick :( I did get one from work when I was leaving Friday. This is from the very back of the stage while they were getting pre-set for the show.

Sorry about the quality, phone pic.

I have started yet another Seraphina.. hahahha I now have 3 going in 3 different kinds of yarn :D I am also working on a blankie.. I couldn't get things to gauge properly, so that has become a ripple-gahn. I've also been working on some dish clothes... I can't help it, the cotton varigated yellow yarn was just too purty!

My bike hasn't gotten anywhere yet this week :( atleast not at home. The motor guy is working on the motor (I think) and the painter is working on the paint (I think). I should be able to get all the pieces back to the house this weekend.

Speaking of this weekend, my hubby is going out of town for a motorcycle thing, so I'm going to try to get some of the work done on the house. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, it will depend on how much $ is left after I pay bills.

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Nothing to see here...

So, I spent the whole weekend swimming and carrying on, but didn't really get anything done..
I bought some yarn :D Got started on a KING size afgan for a wedding gift.. and bought some for a b-day coming up. I'm a little over half done on the Luster Seraphina :D I probably won't work on that one again for a while though with the other 2 things coming up sooner :D

My hubby got a good chunk of the garage organized last night, so some of the storage got out of my room!! We are still trying to find a way to make all the stuff fit.. I'm going to attempt to get some built in shelves installed in my bathroom this weekend! That would make life much easier!

I have cc tonight, and my hubby is going to be working on my motor.. and we are taking the paint back to the painter on Saterday. I'm going to hold my breath and hope that it all comes back GOOD and SOON! Hopefully we will be able to get on assembly in earnest next week!

Adv. SCUBA training is here :D!! I get to spend half the day in class tomorrow, and then two full days out at the lake! Rock on.. not a bad way to spend the rest of the week!

I'll try to post some pics from my friend's way cool backyard that she designed!! She owns Desert Drafting! Her backyard is soooo BA.

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FOOTBALL

So, I have a couple football games to go to tonight! Rock on! On little boy is going to be on V this year :D There is a little mini-tourney this weekend. Then I think its just practices until he goes to camp in July.
I have a b-day party to go to tomorrow afternoon for my seestor Juls, and then we have something kinda on Sunday, but I'm going to try to get something done around the house too.. oh yeah, the garage. And maybe one of the bathrooms will get a built in cabinet this weekend too.
That's the plan anyways.
Sorry I haven't been doing anything really interesting this week, but as my bike starts going back together, I will make sure there are lots of pics and details..
Alrighty then.. off to football (I'm leaving early so I can stop at the REALLY big yarn store) I need to make a big ol' king size blankie for a couple of friends that are getting hitched the first week of Sept :D
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Progress

So, I cleaned my kitchen!!! yeah Sounds mundane, but when you have been living out of boxes for a few weeks, that is exciting! I still have more to do in there, but it is lookin' good.

I'm going to help my hubby in the garage next, that way we will have room to move some storage out there from my closet, and make room in my closet for other stuff.. (like the yarn that is still in my dinning room)

It will also make room in the garage to assemble my bike!!! My lovey port and polished the rear head last night :D We are going to go over which parts need to go back to painter tonight so we can take it to him this weekend :( I hope it gets done right fast!
We are also going to go through and take inventory of everything that we have and that we need so we can go shopping for the rest. It looks like we should have it done by the end of the month!! :D Its going to be soooo cool!

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I'm baaaaack!

So, my hubby and son got the cable where it needs to be for me to be online at home :D :D
I'm going to load a bunch of pics.. say when!!

Sorry I missed cc tonight ladies, but I have been working on my SeriphinaS!!

On the way to Kern river, I ran out of homespun...


But in Inyokern, I found an antique store.. forgot to take a pic :( She had a bag of Red Heart Luster Sheen in her back shed.. so I started another one. I was working on it at the tattoo shop Monday night..


So, my trip to Kern River was GREAT!! Except for the SNAKE that tried to float on my raft with me.. NOT COOL!!

Anyways..
Cowboys may ride into the sunset, but bikers ride out of the sun rise!!


Here's some cops eating doughnuts!!!! hahahaha


Ladies and Gentlemen.. Kern River



There was a fire over the mountain when we were leaving..


We stopped at this neat little diner for dinner on the way home..


Where my bag was stolen out of one of the pick-ups!!


Luckily one of the waitresses was leaving when it happened.. the little ol' Lady chased them down and called the cops!!
Don't worry folks, I got all my dirty clothes back!! whew.. that was close!!

Let's see.. ah pics from the house you have not seen...

Here is the wall my men built..


and the painted kitchen cabinets that WILL be replaced!


Anyone know how many years bad luck this will be?? does it count as A mirror if they are all lined up together like this?



OH!!! Motorcycle talk!! My hubby got the machine shop started on my motor work today!! :D He is going to be over there port and polishing my heads so that when the guy is done with his part, we will be ready to put the motor together!

Also, I was going to put shorter springs in the front forks to lower the bike, but my hubby came up with a plan to put different bushings on the front forks to rake them out a little which will make it look just a little longer and lower.. way old school!! good one hun :D

Hey, I even got my 2 weeks worth of laundry done tonight!! And sealed the grout in my master shower...


I'm sooo sleepy.. night all :D
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