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Over the weekend, I went to Peyton’s first birthday party.

She seemed to be feeling much better, thank goodness, and had a whole lot of fun opening her cards and gifts.  I can’t believe that she’s a year old already!
Ya-Ya also invited her best friend, Jen, who brought her two little ones, Madison and Logan.  You’ll [...]

I’m going to forgo my normal Friday Fill-In to share this with you.
You all know how much of a dog lover I am (even when my two drive me absolutely batty! ).
My friend, Jenn, emailed me Faith’s story this morning and I cried after both reading it and watching the video because this story really touches [...]

And…here we go!
1. It’s time for me to block and put the buttons on the very first sweater that I’ve ever made myself!! 
 
Yes readers, I finished up the knitting of the February July Lady Sweater just in time to celebrate the date that Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear the Reaper”  was released back in 1976 , [...]

And…here we go!
1. Being out of work (for me)  is not the end of the world.
2. Sitting here, listening to the sound of rain falling, I wish I could take a nap!
3. Coffee at 5:30 in the morning, when you are super tired,  tastes so good!
4. Sometimes, putting others first is the right thing to do.
5. Watching a [...]

I did not believe it until I saw it with my own two eyes. Yes, my friends. Knitting in a music video.

Today, remember those that are fighting overseas and those that didn't come home.

A few weeks back, Ya-Ya was telling me how much Peyton loves Moose A. Moose from  the Nick, Jr. channel and wished that I could somehow make Peyton one.

Can you blame her???  This is super catchy!  As a side note, Princess Paige liked "and Zee", or at least that is what she thought was the blue bird's name when she was slightly older than Peyton.
So off to Ravelry I went to see if I could find a pattern for a toy moose. 
The only halfway decent free pattern I could find was the "Moose Toy Pattern" from Yana Knits.  I wasn't too thrilled since I dabble in crochet but, generally, my "drug" of choice is knitting.  But I figured I would give it a shot.  Yesterday, armed with a picture of Moose A. Moose, my Michaels giftcard and a copy of the pattern, I went off in search of yarn that would match the picture.  I ended up buying Red Heart SuperSaver in Gold and Vanna's Choice in Honey for its machine washability for when Peyton drools on her Moose.
When I go home I immediately attempted to start the pattern..........and was completely confused.
 I thought to myself, "There has to be a way to knit this pattern!" 
So with the help of this wonderful website, I sat at my computer and began creating a knit pattern that I could follow to make the moose.  First, I started with the head.  I figured that since crochet stitches are taller than knit, I would insert a knit round between the increases/decreases.  This is how it turned out.

I used my pepper mill to show scale and yes, I realize that I have also created what could be Mr. Peanut.  Hmmm.... Now there's an idea! Heh, Heh.
Today, I'm going to take a ride to Joann's to get some white felt for the eyes and may just end up embroidering the pupil of the eye.  Yes, I do have some mad embroidery skillz, yo.
ETA (4:38 P.M.):  When I went to Joann Fabric today, I discovered the wonder that is the "child safety eyes".  So I re-knit the head and used the safety eyes for both the pupil of the eyes and the nostr

I had to share this.

Some of you may know that I am a fan of country music.  This little boy, Drake Dixon, is rocking out in a music video that is out right now.  But I thought that this video of him was cuter.



And if you want to see his musical performance, click this video.

Growing up, there were a couple of things we knew for sure about my mom:  she loved Neil Diamond, but she loved Barbra Streisand.
My mom always played records (yes, I said records) of both artists.  I think I can say that all of us kids know the majority of songs that both Neil and Barbra sang too.
Last night, CBS had a Barbra Streisand concert on and I was right there watching (I'm sure Mom was watching too).  My favorite Barbra Streisand song has always been this:


When Ya-Ya was planning her wedding to my brother-in-law, Jon, she was stumped for a song to dance their first dance.  Then she remembered there was a song she really liked in a movie that she really loved, "The Mirror Has Two Faces".
Yes, it was a Barbra Streisand movie.  And this was the song that they danced to:

The lyrics in the song really suit them too, so it was the perfect song.
Back to knittting news tomorrow....

I'm sitting here writing this post with my new computer buddy:


The interest in the new "TV" (actually...the computer monitor, but I didn't have the heart to correct her) began the other day when I checked out one of the blogs I follow on Google Reader and they had posted video of their two pugs, Sheba and Rio.  Lourdes could not figure out how they were able to get the dogs on her "TV" and was getting quite frustrated with the two dogs for not responding to her!


Due to Lourdes' OCD, she now thinks that every time I go into the front bedroom/office, it is my duty as a good "mom" to play this video for her.  She jumps right onto the other office chair and waits patiently (and sometime not so patiently!) for me to turn on the "TV show" for her.  Oh My God!  I've created a monster!!!
In knitting news.......
I got my order from Knit Picks yesterday(Yay!!!).  I literally danced a jig in the living room and the dogs thought I had gone off my rocker.


I ordered a set of the 60" cables, the nickel plated interchangeable needles in sizes 6-8 and Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac.  I mostly got the book for the February Baby Sweater pattern, but there are a lot of other great patterns and some really valuable advice from Elizabeth Zimmerman.  The 60" cable is going to come in really handy.  I transferred the stitches from my February Lady Sweater from the needles/cable it was on (24" cable)  to the new cable.  I was FINALLY able to try the sweater on!  DH was dutifully impressed but told me that I had already knit a few sweaters and did a great job, so he could not figure out why there would be any doubt that this one was progressing well so far.  I thought that was sweet.
So now you can see the sweater a lot better:

And it fits really well! 
After trying it on for the hubs, we decided to go to the Savin Rock Roasting Company in West Haven for dinner.  DH likes the roast beef dinner and I had plans to enjoy me some corned beef and cabbage goodness.�