Hi, I'm Here!!!!

Hello All,

I can't believe it has been over a month since I post it. I slightly blame it on this little one.


Meet my foster pug Stella. She arrived on July 3rd. I am smitten. It will certainly be tough to give her back to mom when it is time to go home, for now it is great to have a sleeping (shhhhh don't wake her up) pug next to me while I blog.

i have also been getting used to my new commute. I LOVE my new apartment and Salem, MA is fantastic. The commute is not too bad, but I do lose two hours of my day to travel.

I will post more tonight. But just a sneak peak at what you have to look forward too.

Ishbel.


Yarn crawling the North Shore of Boston with Guido.


Victorian Lace today Book Review

And more, more more.
I have been very busy. I have my second ishbel on the needles. i figured out the perfect pattern for felted pink ribbons to sell, AND I am getting ready to cast on the Hemlock Ring as a wedding afghan for my cousin and his fiance.

Yup, I have been busy, just not blogging. Sorry.

Oh, and did I mention that I WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will be attending the Knitters Review Retreat in November. And I WON it. You can't win if you don't play right? Well I did, and i won. I can't believe it. I do not consider myself to be a luck person and here I am going on a retreat all expenses paid. I can't believe it. i am still pinching myself.

the decision is not to decide. . . . .

Okay, so lots of updates. . . . . here it goes. . . . .

Knitting:
Things are going well. I just finished the petal bib. That was harder than it looked. I am going to make another. I may also play with the pattern a bit. I don't have pictures today. I made it with varigated pink, brown, and white sugar n cream and dark brown for the strap. OH so cute. I am right now making a baby einstein burp cloth using hte same pattern. It looks great, I just love it. Going to send that off to cousin A for Miss Charlotte.

I still have a blanket going for Victory Junction, that is a big one, and it is on the list to get finished. I keep running out of yarn.

Bookmarks galore. I am making them for Miss J's baby shower next week. i think i have all of htem done, just have to block them.

Reading:
I am currently reading little women. I never read it as a kid, and I am reading it now, it is great. I am really enjoying it.

movies:
Finally saw Juno. It was great. I re-watched sex and the city season 3 (so that I can give it to piccolo girl next week) I am holding off on seeing the movie till next weekend when I get to see it with the girls. Can't wait.

Work:
Well, that is what the subject line is referring to. I have decided not to make any decisions hastily. My sister has offered me a room in her apartment in Boston. I am looking at jobs up there. I know how much fun it would be to live in Boston, seriously I know. Especially since there is very little to do down here. Though living in Boston (even with my sister) is substantially more expensive. I am getting ready to fill out my application to be a teaching assistant down here. Not a whole lot of money, BUT it is more than I am making where I am working now. It will also give me the opportunity to work with children and really get a feel for it. here I am , a person who wants to have their own children's theatre and I have never really had significant experience working with them.

I am taking a wonderful online class on How to write a business plan. It is going well. The instructor is fantastic. She also teaches a course on writing for children, and I definitely think I am going to take that course next.

So, that is it. Sorry no pics today. I forgot my cable to upload the pictures of the petal bib. I will try to remember tomorrow I promise.

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an update on me (no knitting here)

So first things first, I got my hair done.

I decided that people have been taking things far too seriously. At 13 I was far too insecure to do this to my hair, even though I thought it was pretty cool. I guess at age 32 it is normal to be a bit more secure and able to put bright red streaks in my hair.

Nest, here is my new summertime favorite beer.
Black berry flavored beer. very tasty I must say.








Now, for those of you who thought I was crazy, I guess I am. I have started the first steps towards my lifelong dream. If there is anyone out there who has written a business plan, it would be really helpful right now. I qwill fill you all in more as it hashes itself out. I guess I expected people to try and talk me out of it, but nobody has. Everyone thinks it is actually a good idea. Crazy huh?

Well, I am at work, so I guess I should actually be trying to get some work done (details, details)
That's my life in a nutshell. I will post more about knitting, and gardening, early in the week.