My new love

HAAAAH who needs a man when you could have some soft, beautiful, purple chunky yarn to grab a hold of. My new love has just arrived. :0) I would love to introduce everybody to Mr. Velvet Grapes. My maliabrigo chunky has just came in
today and I am sooooo happy. I ordered 8 skeins of it for the sweater that I am planning on knitting. I am planning on knitting the Bridgett sweater from Coco knits. I am so excited about the idea of me knitting a sweater. This will be a huge undertaking for me but I will surprise everyone...just wait and see.

People who know me know that I am a huge NC State fan. I have loved them since the days of Jim Valvano (and was so saddened when he died from cancer). My brother graduating from there was a huge bonus. I am writing this with tear filled eyes. NC States women's basketball Kay Yow died early this morning from breast cancer. Kay had been battling breast cancer since the mid 80's. Her cancer had been in remission but then came back and spread to other parts of her body.
Besides my heart hurting for Kay, her family, and the wolfpack basketball team, I am pissed. It's bad enough that one has to suffer from this horrible cancer, but then to fight it and have it come back is totally unfair. I have had too many people that I know affected by breast cancer. My mother (and our family) lost her her dear friend that she had known for many many years from breast cancer. She like Kay, had fought this only to have it reoccur. My was heartbroken when her friend and passed. I have a good knitting buddy that had to go through this herself, but thank goodness she came through it like a trooper and is doing great!!!!
The passsing of Kay Yow is a huge blow not only to the wolfpack community, but also to the many cancer charities that Kay was involved in. But I have to believe that Kay Yow and Jim Valvano are in heaven starting up their own NC State basketball team. Who knows, maybe they are shooting hoops themselves. :0)

My snow dance worked!!!!

Let it snow Let it snow let it snow was what I was saying as I did my snow dance last night. When I heard that we were to get snow I was overjoyed. So before I went to bed I did a little snow dance in hopes that it would indeed snow. (Now all of you Northeners stop laughing at us. We do not get snow that often so when we do we have to have a little snow party.) My sister sent me a text around 5am to inform me that it was snowing. :0) So I jumped out of bed and looked out of the window to see that my happy dance worked!!!!

Then around 6am the phone rang and as I answered I heard the most beautiful words...Cumberland County Schools would be closed today!!!!

As soon as it was light outside, I ran outside to have some fun in the snow. My sister and I took sme pictures so that we could actually show people that every blue moon it really does snow in North Carolina.

As I sit here here still in my PJ'S I can't help but to smile adn think to myself.....gosh my happy dance really did work.

Haircut vs. Butchering

I take my Himalayian cat 2 times a year to the groomers to get her kitty haircut. In the Spring/Summer and Fall I usually get her a close shave. So basocally she is a naked kitty. This was the first time that I took her in the Winter to get a kitty haircut. My sister had to take her since I had to work. I gave her specific instructions on what I wanted done to her. She was to get her potty patch, her stomach could be shaved since that's where the majority of her mats are at. And to just "cut" the top part of her hair. So that's what my sister told the groomers. Well here are the before and after photos and you be the judge is this was just a "cut"

Here is my beautiful Priscillia. She is such a pretty cat. She has nice long white fur, and gray feet, tail and face. (yes I am a proud cat owner who thinks that thier kitties are the purrtiest cats in the world.) Well this is how Priscilla usually looks. She is just a little ball of fluff. She weighs 6 pounds but I would bet that it is mostly just fur.

Here is Priscilla after her haircut. My little ball of fluuf is gone. When she goes to the groomers she usually has and does have a lions tail, little "pom poms" on her feet and her face is usually trimmed. But look at the top of her. I asked for a "cut" and this is what I got. Is this really a cut? To me this is butchering. I paid $55.00 for this. I do not mind spending money on my pets but I should get at least what I asked for. The weather is a tad chilly and I am worried that she will be cold since she doesn't have very much hair on her. This was not a very good day for Priscilla and I

Hope all had a Merry Christmas

My brother got me this book. My brother knows that I love to knit so this was a perfect gift. What was more special to me what when he asked me if i knit with Alpaca. When I told him that i hadn't he went on to tell me that there is a yarn store where he lives. He went there twice to get me some Alpaca but the
store was close both days. What a brother!!!!








I love stitch markers and one can never have too many of them. I got the cutest stitch markers from a very special friend... I love frapachinos so this was the perfect gift.





The Malibrigo fairy paid me a visit and was very very good to me. I got two skeins of plum Malibrigo. Purple is my very favorite color, and I was so excited when I saw these skeins. Now I just have to find the perfect pattern to use for this yarn. Thanks Malibrigo fairy.

You want me to do what on my vacation

I had so many thinngs that I wanted to do on my Christmas break. I just knew that I would get lots and lots of knitting done, so much that my hands would hurt. HAHAHA as I soon would find out the joke was on me. I have not been knitting lately but instead I have been busy painting. In early October when I purchased my house I knew that there would be several "stages" or renavations that needed to be made. Well the first part was to paint the living room. We wanted to paint this room first so that we could lay hardwood floor down soon after. I had no idea that my living room was as big as it is. It took my sister and I 3 days to paint the living room. As you can see I think that the paint fumes got a hold of my sister cause she looks like she is having way tooooo much fun. We painted the living room pumpkin butter and wow what a difference a coat of paint can do to a room. Next for me is to paint the spare bedroom cause hardwood flooring will go in there as well. My poor knitting is soooo neglected.

Hail to the Wolfpack!!!

For as long as I can remember I have always been a NC STATE fan. When Jim Valvano died I must admit that I was really saddened . I even bought my brother a NC STATE outfit which he wore proudly. ( as seen in the picture ) When Jason was around 6 or 7 some of the NC STATE players came for a workshop/game and I took my brother to seem them play. He even was chosen by Chris Corchani to come on the court and shoot some hoops with him. Imagine the proud sister I was when Jason graduated from NC STATE with an engineering degree. :0) So our family are die hard Wolfpackfans!!!

Well imagine my shock when my little sister got a wild hair up her butt and decided to find a boyfriend that graduated from Carolina. ( UNC ) For all the non North Carolina residents, NC STATE and UNC are rivals. They do not mix!!! You simply can't have a NC STATE and an UNC fan in the same houshold. It just doesn't happen that way!! What was she thinking, had I not taught her anything, was I not a good sister? Now she goes to the majority of the UNC home games with her boyfriend. He has bought her over the the "dark side". Rumor has it that she even has an UNC sirt that she wears. What the heck!!! Come back sister come back!!!!
To keep my love for the wolfpack alive, I decided to knit my brother a NC STATE hat. Since I love my sister dearly and her boyfriend is a nice guy I decided to knit him an UNC hat. It hurt me so much to break out the blue yarn. My hands itched and I broke out in hives and even went into anaphlatic shock. ( ok so I am stretching the truth a bit) But the NC STATE "red" blood kept me alive and I made it through the tramatic ordeal. Both hats turned out nice but the red one is the better of the two.