Shimmy & Shawl...

Finished my Traveling Woman shawl for the Barknknit knit a long! I love making shawls...I think they're my favorite thing to knit. This one was especially nice with the cashmere in it, it's so cuddly, smooshy, and soft! It was done in Handmaiden Casbah on size 5 circ's! Already have another pattern I'm itching to cast on but need to make a skully baby hat first....or I might just cast on a little of the Multnomah shawl....

Had a blast at belly dancing again last night. Dr. Gemma of the Cogknitive podcast, Mindy, and Hannah showed up from our knitting group.....all the others chickened out or flaked on us!:) I bought this cool coin hip scarf (notice I'm not modeling it):)!!! It makes it so much fun to hear that jingle when you move, so now I jingle when I shimmy! Those of us who came last night are signing up for more lessons...I can't wait! I also can't wait to practice today just so I can wear that cool scarf and hear the coins jingle....the cats love it too!

Off to do school and make some soap boxes! Have a great day!

Family Game Night!!!

We planned all week to have a family game night on Sunday evening...

Ordered some pizza, wings and poppers and then enjoyed games of UNO!

Looking a little worried over his hand!

Hee hee you won't be smiling for long sonny! Mwah ha ha!!!

Had a fun time!

Tonight is my next belly dancing class, whoo hoo. Looking forward to it!!

New Books!!!

Loves Me, Loves Me Knot by Heidi Betts - funny, contemporary romance with yarn talk included!!:)

Just Like Heaven by Barbara Bretton - love this author...romance.

Girls of Summer by Barbara Bretton - the bond of sisterhood and finding romance.

Unravelled by Robyn Harding - light fiction of friendship and self-discovery.

Stitches by Amy O'Brien - screenplay of life, love and knitting.

Summer Tea...

Went to knit night at Sagebrush Cafe last night with the knit group. There were so many of us last night it looked like a party out on their patio! I got to meet a couple of new people and hang out with all the rest. It's always a fun time. Its so much fun seeing what others are working on...Shannon a baby blanket; Hillary getting to know us all; Diane a bag in a gorgeous green color; Nathan, and Christine were working on socks; Mindy her sweater; Jaime just chatting; Libby I can't remember; Sarah stopped by to say "hi" and I was working on my Travelling shawl which I need to remember is not a good kip knit! Nathan was showing us his new sock yarn, Zauberball...they're round and beautiful and knit up into a fabulous self striping sock...awesome! This cafe has my very favorite tea....black ice tea with peach....mmmmm so good! Wish it wasn't so far from my house. Although I do have lots of errands to run today and just might have to go out of my way to run into their again!:) Have a great weekend!

Dogs on Thursdays...DOT!

Jimmy found this cool video editor and made this of Fuji!:)

Happy DOT!

Belly Dancing

Last night a bunch of us knitters went belly dancing at the Blue Scarab! It was so much fun...and so many laughs! Those who attended: Mindy (HeyMindy) she's been taking it for over a year and brought her daughter Hannah (0Shortie0); Sarah (Limejuicy); Loretta (Loretta1031); Shannon (Cattledoglvr); Dr. Gemma (GemmaDW) and moi! The hour flew by and I was so shocked that we were done for the night. We have another free lesson next Monday and then I think Gemma, Sarah and I are hooked. Gemma has done it before so she had a cute hip scarf bell thing which Sarah and I were envious of!:) We wanna dance with bells on too!:) I didn't think I'd ever get to sleep last night because I was so excited and wound up! Looking forward to next week....I wonder if more of the Fiber Collectives will join us?

Smore's Party Mmmmmix!

Just got done making this yummmmmmy Smore's party mix. My friend, Amanda posted this on Faceback the other day and I thought "oh that sounds good." Man am I glad that I doubled the recipe....it is sooooo good.

Quick and Easy too...

3 cups of Golden Grahams cereal

3 Tablespoons of butter

1.5 cup chocolate chips

1.5 cup mini marshmallows

In medium sauce pan, melt butter, blend in marshmallows stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted. Pour over cereal and toss until covered....taste...mmmmmmmm yummy!:) This makes three cups! Enjoy!